Lauderdale's defense
Shines early
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By VR Bryant
Before the season started, there were a few question marks regarding the Buckeyes? starting five?the center position wasn?t one of them.
All-everything freshman phenom and legit seven-footer B.J. Mullens seemed an absolute shoo-in for the slot, as he ? like Greg Oden and Kosta Koufos before him ? had no shortage of hype coming in.
Three games in, Mullens averaged just over 16 minutes?from the bench.
The story so far is the quantum leap in both poise and production made by sophomore forward-center Dallas Lauderdale. A year ago, Lauderdale was a role player at best, logging just a handful of minutes per game, generally just kind of ?staying out of the way?.
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