Buckeyes Defeat Crimson, 67-57
Value City Arena
Columbus, OH
Att: 10,944 (57%)
First Half
Osimani puts in a layup on a fast break and after Adeife sinks a short jumper, Osimani drops in another fast break layup. Poole banks in a short turnaround jumper then Osimani and Poole trade layups as the score is tied, 6-6, with 15:00 remaining. Reece dunks in a rebound then after Copeland sinks a hook and Rothbart converts a 3-point play, Nelke puts in a layup on a fast break. Finley and Nelke getting 1 of 2 free throws and after Poole nails a short turnaround jumper, Peterson flips in a layup on a fast break and Nelke makes two free throws to give Ohio State the lead, 15-14, halfway through the first half. Rothbart sinks a jump hook and after Ozier puts in a couple of layups, Cox buries a 3pter to tie the game. Poole drops in a layup then Sylla makes two free throws to tie the game, 21-21, with 5:00 to go in the half. Feeney banks in a layup then after Reece slams in a dunk and puts in a fast break layup, Reece makes two free throws. Copeland drops in a couple of layups then Copeland sinks a short turnaround jumper to pull Harvard to within a bucket at the half. Reece leads Ohio State with 8 points and both Poole and Copeland have 8 points to lead the Crimson.
Ohio State 29, Harvard 27
Second Half
Adeife and Sylla trade jumpers and after Feeney puts in a layup, Feeney makes two free throws. Adeife banks in a layup then after Reece cans two free throws, Ozier knocks down a 3pter and Reece flips in a layup on a fast break to give Ohio State an eleven point lead, 42-31, with 15:00 remaining. Reece and Sylla bank in layups and after Finley stuffs in a dunk, Sylla puts in a layup. Ozier drops in a couple of fast break layups then after Ozier, Osimani and Nelke each make two free throws, Nelson buries a jumper to pull Harvard to within 23, 58-35, midway through the second half. Adeife lays in a rebound and Finley hits a 3pter and after Henderson and Watts trade layups, Finley drops in a short turnaround jumper to pull the Crimson to within 16, 60-44, with around 5:00 left. Cox converts a 3-point play and Blackshear makes 1 of 2 free throws and after McCleod puts in a layup, Wooden converts a 3-point play and Thomson knocks down a turnaround jumper. Poole lays in a rebound then after Osimani cans two free throws, Cox drains 1 of 2 free throws and both Nelson and McCleod bank in layups as the Buckeyes hold on to defeat the Crimson.
1 2 F Harvard 27 30 57 Ohio State 29 38 67 [b]Harvard Crimson Starters min fgm-a ftm-a off reb ast pf pts[/b] C.Cox 17 2-4 2-3 0 2 1 3 7 R.Nelson 27 2-5 0-0 1 1 1 1 4 L.McCleod 17 2-4 0-1 2 2 2 3 4 T.Adeife 25 4-8 0-0 2 9 1 4 8 C.Poole 16 5-10 0-0 1 1 1 4 10 [b]Bench min fgm-a ftm-a off reb ast pf pts[/b] A.Copeland 20 4-13 0-0 3 8 0 1 8 T.Watts 21 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 M.Finley 13 3-8 1-2 0 3 0 0 8 D.Blackshear 15 0-0 1-2 0 0 2 0 1 A.Rothbart 13 2-5 1-1 1 3 0 0 5 M.Webb 9 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 K.Phillips 8 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 [b]Totals 25-61 5-9 11 34 8 16 57 PCT[/b]: .410 FG, .556 FT [b]3-PT FG[/b]: 2-5, .400 (C.Cox 1-1, L.McCleod 0-2, T.Watts 0-1, M.Finley 1-1). [b]Turnovers[/b]: 19 (C.Cox 6, D.Blackshear 5, R.Nelson 2, L.McCleod, C.Poole, A.Copeland, T.Watts, M.Finley, A.Rothbart). [b]Blocks[/b]: 9 (C.Poole 5, A.Rothbart 2, A.Copeland, M.Webb). [b]Ohio State Buckeyes Starters min fgm-a ftm-a off reb ast pf pts[/b] N.Osimani 31 3-9 4-4 0 4 6 0 10 W.Ozier 24 5-11 2-4 0 0 2 0 13 B.Reece 26 5-11 4-4 3 7 1 1 14 C.Sylla 25 3-6 2-2 1 8 1 1 8 O.Feeney 18 2-4 2-2 1 3 0 2 6 [b]Bench min fgm-a ftm-a off reb ast pf pts[/b] F.Wooden 14 1-4 1-1 0 2 0 1 3 B.Henderson 12 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 1 2 T.Peterson 15 1-2 0-0 0 2 1 1 2 T.Nelke 13 1-4 5-6 0 0 1 0 7 D.Bouma 8 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 3 0 J.Thomson 7 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 2 A.Almanson 7 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 [b]Totals 23-58 20-23 6 31 12 11 67 PCT[/b]: .397 FG, .870 FT [b]3-PT FG[/b]: 1-6, .167 (N.Osimani 0-1, W.Ozier 1-2, B.Henderson 0-3). [b]Turnovers[/b]: 9 (N.Osimani 3, B.Reece, C.Sylla, O.Feeney, B.Henderson, T.Nelke, A.Almanson). [b]Blocks[/b]: 5 (C.Sylla 2, B.Reece, O.Feeney, T.Peterson).
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