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#11 Ohio State vs. #6 Iowa St., Friday, March 22, 9:50PM, TBS

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Ohio State basketball discusses importance of team defense ahead of Iowa State game
Ohio State has only faced three teams — Iowa, Purdue and UCLA — this season ranked in the top 100 in points per game and only one has its season average against OSU. The key to slowing down the Cyclones will be controlling the tempo and limiting fast break opportunities. Especially for a team that belongs to a conference that thrives in transition.

“In our film sessions, we went over after we make a bucket they are good at pushing it right on the court and getting quick buckets,” Musa Jallow said. “We have to get our guard back and we should be ready.”

Jallow and Andre Wesson operate in the frontcourt but are also the Buckeyes’ most versatile defenders. They can guard big or small and have experience playing together as the four and the five. Iowa State plays a lot of small lineups, making OSU’s small-ball lineup used earlier in the season an option.
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“He’s obviously a huge key,” Prohm said “But I think they’ve got other pieces that are other guys, like (Keyshawn) Woods and (C.J.) Jackson, that we’ve got to be dialed in on as well.”

Keyshawn Woods put together two solid games in the Big Ten tournament — he scored 34 points on 66.7 percent shooting against Indiana and Michigan State — and hopes to build on that in his first trip to the NCAA. Jackson has had some good moments in the past month as well and was the main reason why Ohio State forced a game into overtime against Wisconsin.

Prohm understands that what Wesson brings will be a problem, but his personnel is more suited to deal with any wild cards the Ohio State guards may throw at him.

The Cyclones’ best four players operate on the perimeter. In the tournament it’s usually guards who can win you a game, especially down the stretch. Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann knows the value of guard play in the postseason and has spent this year looking for a consistent player in crucial moments.

“It is harder late in games to throw the ball to a big guy,” Holtmann said. “You can utilize him some, but it makes it a little bit more difficult.”
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Iowa State head coach Steve Prohm states focus will be on stopping Ohio State’s guards on Friday
 
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