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#19 Ohio State 95, Florida A&M, 53 (Final)

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I'm sorry, but that looks gay as hell (before the PC guys go ape-shit, generic statements like that aren't against our new policy).

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Here are some pics from the game............


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Florida A&M's Jonathan Kelly, left, drives around Ohio State's Je'Kel Foster during the first half of an NCAA basketball game Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, in Columbus, Ohio.

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Ohio State's Matt Terwilliger (42) shoots the ball between Florida A&M's Rome Sanders, left, and Akini Adkins during the first half of an NCAA basketball game Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, in Columbus, Ohio.
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Florida A&M's Joe Ballard, left, tries to shoot over Ohio State's Terence Dials during the first half of an NCAA basketball game Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, in Columbus, Ohio.
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1/31/06

NO. 20 OHIO STATE 95 FLORIDA A &M 53

Buckeyes roll after shooting heats up

Sullinger ties career high with 24 points for OSU

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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Ohio State’s J.J. Sullinger shoots over Florida A &M’s Glen Elliott in the second half.


The word that came to mind as time waned in the first half was constipation.

No matter how hard the shooters on the Ohio State men’s basketball team tried, they could not get the threes to fall last night. Thirteen of the first 17 they tossed up stayed out.

As a result, Florida A &M stayed in the game. The team ranked 217 th in the Rating Percentage Index zoned off Terence Dials on the inside, dared the 20 th-ranked Buckeyes to beat it from the outside and trailed by only four points less than two minutes before halftime.

Then, with 29.6 seconds left in the half, Je’Kel Foster made his first three of the game — and his first in more than 46 minutes in two games. Matt Sylvester made another a second before halftime, naturally.

Foster made two more in the first five minutes of the second half. In a 28-9 run that lasted a little more than six minutes sandwiching halftime, he scored 14 points. The Buckeyes’ lead went from four points to 23 in that span and, at least for a game, their emotions went from frustrated to relieved as they ran away to a 95-53 victory in Value City Arena.

"We’re a good-shooting team," J.J. Sullinger said. "We haven’t been shooting the ball lately the way we did. But I thought we shot the ball pretty good tonight."

Sullinger, embellishing his uniform with white tights he bought at a mall yesterday, carried Ohio State for most of the first half by scoring 19 points.

He finished with 24, tying his career high, and Foster added 18 to lead the Buckeyes, who played a rare nonconference game in the middle of the Big Ten season because they had back-to-back byes in their conference schedule last week and this week.

The Buckeyes finished their nonconference schedule undefeated (11-0) for the first time since the 1990-91 season. They resume Big Ten play Saturday at home against Minnesota.

Going unbeaten outside the Big Ten "was one of our goals and we accomplished it," Sullinger said. "But we’ve got a lot more basketball left. Now it’s winning time. We’re down to the nitty-gritty to accomplish our next goal."

The victory assured Ohio State (15-3) of finishing with a winning record in the regular season — the Buckeyes have 10 games left, including at least one in the Big Ten tournament — and being eligible for postseason play.

The Buckeyes were 20-12 last season but were banned from the postseason by the university for alleged NCAA violations during the tenure of former coach Jim O’Brien.

The university’s hearing before the NCAA infractions committee is Friday in Chicago, but no tournament ban is expected this season because it appears the appeals process would not end before the NCAA and National Invitation Tournament fields are selected March 12.

"In my heart I feel good about what’s going to happen," coach Thad Matta said. "But you’ve always got that what-if in the back of your mind."

Florida A &M (10-11) played the second half without leading scorer Tony Tate, apparently because of dehydration. The Rattlers were led by center Rome Sanders, who scored 15 points and got Dials benched briefly in the second half for lax defense.

FAMU coach Mike Gillespie targeted Dials at the other end, also, walling him off with zone defenses that limited the Buckeyes’ leading scorer to five shots from the field and six points. Ohio State, emphasizing the extra pass to try to find openings to shoot, took 36 of its 71 shots and made 13 of its 37 field goals from outside the three-point arc.

"You would have thought they made more than 13 threes. I thought they had 24," Gillespie said.

"That’s a hell of a team we just played. If they shoot the ball that well every night out, they’re as good as anybody we’ve played, and we’ve played Florida, Indiana, Georgia and Northern Iowa. This is a terrific team."

The key word there is "if."

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anyone hear gillespie's comments on harris? basically along the lines how/why is this kid not playing. im glad to see ivan has decided it seems to scratch and claw at the oppurtunity and fight his way for pt. also he has always seemed much more comfertable at the 3. he just doesnt fit in playing with his back to the basket as has been forced on him, no matter his size.
 
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I didn't see the game, but what I like is that the guards seem to have gotten their confidence back a bit from three-point range. The clip I saw showed them really having fun and they needed that. Playing .500 ball the last six games has been a bit of a depressing stand and they will need all their strength to get through the next games after Minny.

I am still hoping that they can win 23 this year in regular season, including a win at Wisconsin and TSUN..
 
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Steve19 said:
I didn't see the game, but what I like is that the guards seem to have gotten their confidence back a bit from three-point range. The clip I saw showed them really having fun and they needed that. Playing .500 ball the last six games has been a bit of a depressing stand and they will need all their strength to get through the next games after Minny.

I am still hoping that they can win 23 this year in regular season, including a win at Wisconsin and TSUN..
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Yeah, but they still missed a lot of shots shooting 13-36 from behind the arc.

I would like to see the % in the 40-45 range on an avg. basis.
 
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Due to living in Toledo, I was not able to see the game (however, I WAS able to see the replays of the dunks... FAN-tastic!).

Looking at the box score, the name that jumps out at me is Ivan Harris. 15 boards, 4 rebounds, 2 steals in 15 minutes. JJ went OFF! Butler's 4:1 assist to TO ratio is great to see too, though I'd like to see a starter get some points on the board. I hope we can keep this momentum going!
 
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BuckTwenty said:
Due to living in Toledo, I was not able to see the game (however, I WAS able to see the replays of the dunks... FAN-tastic!).

Looking at the box score, the name that jumps out at me is Ivan Harris. 15 boards, 4 rebounds, 2 steals in 15 minutes. JJ went OFF! Butler's 4:1 assist to TO ratio is great to see too, though I'd like to see a starter get some points on the board. I hope we can keep this momentum going!
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Harris was very good in garbage time, but didn't see much (if any) time on the court in the first half when the game was close.

Sullinger did go nuts last night. He had the two dunks on missed shots and almost got an even better follow-dunk in the first half, but went up one-handed and doinked it off the rim. D'oh!

Butler, as I remember, took all three of his shots early on and just stopped shooting. I absolutely agree that we might (will) need more offense out of him in the coming weeks, but last night, he just seemed to be more concerned with making the extra pass to get someone else an open shot.

It was very nice to see Je'kel come out of his funk in the second half. Hopefully, he can get back to the way he was shooting a couple weeks ago.
 
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