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C Dallas Lauderdale (Maine Red Claws - NBA G-League)

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Dallas Lauderdale made his first start of the season against California, played a season-high 30 minutes and tied his career high with seven blocked shots.

He said he was not surprised, though I was, that he did not start against North Carolina. He said Matta told him ahead of time he wasn't.

"He told me he wanted me to get in the flow of the game" from the bench, Lauderdale said. "Nothing against me, nothing I did in practice, not that I haven?t been working hard. He just told me before the game he wanted me to get a feel for the game before I got in there. He just didn?t want me to start off in the fire."

Lauderdale played both games in New York without the protective pad on the right hand he wore in his debut against James Madison on Nov.12.

"I didn?t want to wear it because, when I had the pad on, I was passive trying to protect it," Lauderdale said. "I just wanted to go out and play and if I get hit, I get hit. It?s not going to break again because there?s (three) screws in there. If I get hit, it?ll hurt for maybe one or two minutes, but I?ll get through it."

Lauderdale also managed to stay out of foul trouble against Cal after not being able to against Carolina.

"That was important for me because (against North Carolina), I was in foul trouble," he said. "I took the loss and put it on my shoulders. I wanted to stay on the court as long as I could and help my team win."

Lighty said Lauderdale's presence on the court "helps out a ton with his length and athleticism for his size. It?s something that allows us to pressure the ball a little more and maybe gamble a little more with him back there altering shots and things like that. It just gives us a wider ranger of what we can do defensively."
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The waiting game (Hoops & Scoops: an OSU basketball blog)
 
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MaxBuck;1603629; said:
Anyone decrying the lack of 7-foot center for this season's Buckeyes needs to rethink that. Lauderdale plays much taller than BJ Mullens or Kosta Koufos. I've been very impressed with Dallas this season.
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I agree. We may still lack a true PF, but DL is giving us both a stronger offensive and defensive presence in the paint than we've has since Oden. I still cringe when he's at the line, but it's nice to see him using his strength to go to the hoop and draw fouls. He looks to be in much better shape this year, also. Nice to see a kid who is serious about working hard and developing his game to help the team.
 
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Ohio State's Dallas Lauderdale eager to hold up his end of the Buckeyes' starting lineup
By Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
December 02, 2009

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Dallas Lauderdale (52) knows the role OSU requires of its centers. "If we own the paint, that will open things up for the wings so they can do what they do," he said. "We can?t just fade into the background and let them do everything.?

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- "Own the paint" is what Ohio State coach Thad Matta constantly tells junior center Dallas Lauderdale. Because otherwise, the Buckeyes' inside game is going into foreclosure.

After three straight 7-foot freshmen came and went through Columbus -- Greg Oden, Kosta Koufos and B.J. Mullens -- the middle this season belongs to the 6-8 Lauderdale, who'd only been a renter before. As No. 15 Ohio State prepares to face another sizeable ACC team Wednesday -- No. 21 Florida State features four players in the rotation who go 6-8, 6-9, 6-11 and 7 feet -- Lauderdale must hold his ground like a scarlet oak on both ends of the court.

Defensively, it comes naturally to Lauderdale.

"I've been blocking shots since I was in seventh grade," the Solon High grad said.

Matta has seen Lauderdale mature in his shot-blocking, tipping balls to his teammates and not just swatting them out of bounds, as well as in his body control. Lauderdale does the team no good while on the bench in foul trouble, a problem he battled in Ohio State's only loss this season to North Carolina, another team with a depth of height.

"I was just slow reacting to what they did," Lauderdale said. "I think I was more the reactor and not the aggressor."

Matta and his staff have been watching film with Lauderdale, emphasizing the need to constantly move on defense and think one pass ahead. Entering the week, Lauderdale was fourth in the nation in blocked shots, averaging 4.2 per game. But he got off to a fast start last season as well, averaging 4.7 blocks in his first six games and 1.4 blocks in his final 27.
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Ohio State's Dallas Lauderdale eager to hold up his end of the Buckeyes' starting lineup | Ohio State Buckeyes - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com
 
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:bow: for Dallas's free-throw shooting last night. The announcers on the radio said that he took his hitch said he had on the top of his stroke out of his free-throw shooting and it certainly looked like it worked last night. Hopefully, that hitch will not appear the rest of the season and props to Dallas for all of his hard work in improving his free-throw shooting.
 
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