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#12 Ohio State 79 , #16 Michigan State 68 (Final)

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2/23/06

OSU: Breslin beaters

Thursday, February 23, 2006


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AP AL GOLDIS DIALS IT UP Ohio State’s Terence Dials dunks over Michigan State’s Shannon Brown as Buckeye teammate Ron Lewis looks on during the Buckeyes’ 79-68 win at Michigan State on Wednesday.
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Ohio State 79, Michigan State 68



EAST LANSING, Mich. - Ohio State was too strong inside and too sharp outside for Michigan State on Wednesday night.

Terence Dials scored 19 points down low and the 13th-ranked Buckeyes hit 11 3-pointers in a 79-68 victory over the 18th-ranked Spartans, snapping Michigan State’s 15-game home winning streak.

“It has been so tough to get a win here, it feels great to do what we did tonight,” Dials said. “Everyone played a part in it. When people have to focus on our 3-point shooters, it opens up a lot inside.”

Je’Kel Foster had 17 points, Ron Lewis 13, Jamar Butler 12 and Matt Sylvester 10 for the Buckeyes (20-4, 9-4), who tied Iowa for first place in the Big Ten and snapped a 10-game losing streak in the Breslin Center.

“I thought we did a great job of sharing the basketball and finding the open guys,” Ohio State Coach Thad Matta said.

“To have 20 assists and nine turnovers is something we’re always striving for.”

Maurice Ager had 26 points for the Spartans (19-8, 7-6), 16 coming in the first half as Michigan State took a 37-34 lead.

“We stopped rebounding and getting stops,” Ager said. “Those were two big reasons we lost. But we just have to keep moving forward.”

Shannon Brown had 17 points and Paul Davis added 14 for the Spartans, who struggled without forward Matt Trannon, sidelined after breaking his jaw Saturday against Michigan.

“I think Ohio State deserves a lot of credit,” Michigan State Coach Tom Izzo said. “The last four minutes of the game, they played extremely well. I didn’t think I’d have to go with a four-guard lineup as much as we did.”

The Spartans led, 43-36, early in the second half but Dials scored to tie it at 54. Foster and Lewis then combined for three 3-pointers as the Buckeyes went ahead, 63-58.

“We spent all summer preparing for a game like this one,” Foster said. “We played our game, shot our shots, and they fell.”

Ohio State led, 67-66, when Butler hit a 3 over a sprawled Drew Neitzel. Two offensive rebounds by Sylvester helped pad the lead before Butler connected again from long range to ice the win.

The Buckeyes shot 48 percent from the field, including 46 percent beyond the arc. Dials had 10 rebounds as Ohio State finished with a 33-32 advantage on the boards.

“The biggest challenge we had at halftime was trying to do a better job rebounding the basketball,” Matta said of an 18-10 second-half edge. “I thought that was the difference. But we kept our composure during their runs and hit some really big shots.”

The Buckeyes avenged a 62-59 double-overtime loss on Jan. 15 in Columbus, their only loss at home this season. Trannon had 14 points and 11 rebounds in that game. “Of all the teams we could’ve played tonight, I think that was the toughest with our matchup problems,” Izzo said. “They exploited it a couple of times. And that was the difference in the game.”
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Wow, what a game! This time last week, I noted with disappointment that Wisconsin outscored us by 14 in the second half, as we were up 9 at halftime and lost by 5. This week, we turned the tables, outscoring a very good MSU team by 14 in a very hostile environment. That has to be the stat of the game, in my opinion. Absolutely fabulous halftime adjustment by the coaches and execution of the game plan by the players.

Again, I think Jamar was a star--relentless defense on Nietzel (who, IMO, doesn't get enough credit for being a very solid point guard), fabulous handling of the ball late in the game when we needed to eat up some clock, and of course the huge 3 that essentially wrapped up the victory as the shot clock expired. Syl impressed me a lot this game too. Not only did he hit a few big shots and have some excellent passes, but he showed some great senior leadership. Finally, the fact that we had 5 players in double figures was phenomenal--a great team effort as Dials carried us and kept us in the game early, yet was on the bench and other guys got it done down the stretch. A great win for OSU basketball! :osu3:
 
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Dispatch

OHIO STATE 79 | MICHIGAN STATE 68

Breslin breakthrough

Butler’s clutch plays down the stretch help Ohio State assume share of Big Ten lead

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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KIRTHMON F . DOZIER | DETROIT FREE PRESS Travis Walton of Michigan State looks to pass against Matt Terwilliger of Ohio State.
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AL GOLDIS | ASSOCIATED PRESS Drew Neitzel (11) of Michigan State and Jamar Butler of Ohio State leap for an errant pass in the first half.


EAST LANSING, Mich. — The climb to the top of the Big Ten standings for the Ohio State men’s basketball team encountered Mount Everest again last night. Few reach that peak.

A week after losing their grip down the stretch in the Kohl Center at Wisconsin, where they haven’t won in six years, the Buckeyes tried again in the Breslin Center, where they hadn’t won in 13.

This time, Jamar Butler got a grip, snatched a game waiting to be won by someone and pulled his teammates along with him.

Two titanic threes by the sophomore point guard, one to repel a Michigan State surge, the other with a second on the shot clock, turned the tide in favor of the Buckeyes in the final four minutes last night and spurred them to a 79-68 victory over the Spartans.

Ohio State held the Spartans to two field goals in the last 13:12, and two points in the last 3:51, to snap a 10-game losing streak in the Breslin Center, where it had not won since 1992, and hand Michigan State its first home loss of the season.
More important, it elevated the 13 th-ranked Buckeyes (20-4, 9-4) into a tie for first place in the Big Ten with Iowa, which does not play again until Saturday.

Wisconsin can make it a three-way tie tonight by winning at Northwestern.
"Jamar is the mentally toughest guy I know," forward Matt Sylvester said. "He stepped up and knocked down the shots he needed to knock down."

Terence Dials led five Ohio State scorers in double figures with 19 points and added 10 rebounds for his fourth consecutive doubledouble. Je’Kel Foster had 17 points, Ron Lewis 13, Butler 12 points and seven assists and Matt Sylvester 10 points.

Dials did not play the final 4:57 after picking up his fourth foul. Backup Matt Terwilliger held Spartans center Paul Davis without a shot in that span, during which the Buckeyes outscored Michigan State 12-6.

"I told (Dials) he would go back in with three minutes left," coach Thad Matta said, "but we got that lead and I liked the flow we had. I had Terence on call, ready to go. Matt just did a tremenoudous job fighting on the block."

Michigan State (19-7, 7-6), ranked No. 18, likely saw its last chance for a Big Ten championship vaporized.

Maurice Ager scored 26, Shannon Brown 17 and Davis 14 for Michigan State.

The Spartans played without athletic forward Matt Trannon, who suffered a broken jaw Saturday against Michigan, and coach Tom Izzo said that hurt their ability to guard Ohio State’s perimeter-oriented offense. The Buckeyes shot 48.3 percent from the field, including 11 of 24 three-pointers.

"Of all the teams we could have played tonight, I think that was the toughest team we could have played because of our matchup problem," Izzo said. "They exploited it a couple of times and that was the difference in the game."

Ohio State, which led by as many as 12 points in the first half, trailed by five with 13:30 left before regaining the lead with a 17-7 run in the next six minutes. Four three-point baskets, two apiece by Foster and Lewis, and a three-point play put the Buckeyes ahead 63-58 with 7:44 remaining.

Michigan State got as close as 67-66 on a Brown three with 3:52 left, but Butler answered and the Buckeyes closed the game with a 12-2 run in which they made a number of key plays, including Butler’s clock-beating three, two offensive rebounds on a possession they ended up scoring on, and a blocked shot by Terwilliger when he and Butler double-teamed Spartans point guard Drew Neitzel at the top of the key with the shot clock winding down.

"We weren’t looking at the past. That wasn’t our team," Lewis said. "This group, we haven’t been here before. We didn’t feel any pressure. We just knew we had to come in here and get the win."

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Thursday, February 23, 2006
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I'm terrible at remembering when there's a basketball game. I'm just not as much into basketball as I am football. And, of course, in Cleveland, any basketball hype is about the Cavs. But last night, I was finally up to watch a game. Of course, I forgot until 9:00, and searched all through the channels looking for the game. It wasn't flippin' on! I even watched TV Guide channel looking for it (I hate doing that - it makes me feel like a woman). I settled on watching ESPN2 - Texas vs. K-State. I was able to watch the bottom line and see the scores flip by.

Stupid Cleveland. Stupid fair-weather Ohio State fans.
 
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Here are a few pics of the game...........

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Ohio State's Je'Kel Foster, right, and Ron Lewis celebrate a play during the second half of a college basketball game against Michigan State, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, in East Lansing, Mich. Ohio State won, 79-68.
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Ohio State's Terence Dials (34) dunks over Michigan State's Shannon Brown, left, and Ohio State's Ron Lewis (12) during the first half of a college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, in East Lansing, Mich. Dials led Ohio State with 19 points and 10 rebounds in a 79-68 win.
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Ohio State's Terence Dials, left, maneuvers to the basket against Michigan State's Paul Davis during the first half of a college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, in East Lansing, Mich. Dials led Ohio State with 19 points and 10 rebounds in a 79-68 win.
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Michigan State's Drew Neitzel (11) and Ohio State's Jamar Butler leap for an errant pass during the first half of a college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, in East Lansing, Mich.
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Michigan State's Shannon Brown (3) dunks over Ohio State's J.J. Sullinger (0), Ron Lewis (12), Terence Dials (34) and Je'Kel Foster (23) during the first half of a college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, in East Lansing, Mich.


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Ohio State's Je'Kel Foster, left, passes the ball past Michigan State's Travis Walton as he falls out of bounds during the first half of a college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, in East Lansing, Mich.
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The official stats show that last night OSU outrebounded MSU by 5, had 5 blocks, and shot 85% from the line.

When MSU played here we were outrebounded, had zero blocks, and shot 60% from the line.

Is this what home court advantage is all about?

(BTW - of those rebounds Sullinger had ONE and Foster and Lewis SIX each.)
 
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Oh8ch said:
The official stats show that last night OSU outrebounded MSU by 5, had 5 blocks, and shot 85% from the line.

When MSU played here we were outrebounded, had zero blocks, and shot 60% from the line.

Is this what home court advantage is all about?

(BTW - of those rebounds Sullinger had ONE and Foster and Lewis SIX each.)
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Well SUlly didnt play the last 13 minutes of the game.

I think he had 20 minutes at the most.
 
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Golferdow01 said:
He almost got a "T" for slamming the ball on the MSU guy's foot, and I think Matta saw that and benched him.
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Dow, I think you're exactly right. Matta saw Sullinger nearly hit the MSU player with the ball and yanked him.

As I reflected on the game, it seemed that Matta was making a statement to his players: if you want to play when the game matters, play smart.

Wasn't it against Indiana that JJ has a similar outburst?

Also, Dials made the ill-advised reach-in foul on the perimeter with maybe 4-5 minutes left (for his 4th) and found a seat on the bench.

It almost seemed like Matta was sending a message to the team with Sullinger and Dials: I will take my chances with intelligent play, even if it means keeping more talented players on the bench. Dials could have come in with 2 minutes to go. he didn't.

This is a message that can resonate for years with younger players.

It's a message that we've grown accustomed to from coaches like Woody and Tressel. It's a message that can pay dividends with Matta.
 
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