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Chicago St +35.5 at tOSU (ov/un 143.5) Sat 4:30 BTN

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Much much better second half. I venture to even say the energy and focus was far better with the guys off the bench than it was from the starters.

Craft is such a dominant player, when he has a little bit of an off day for defense or with his decisions its glaring. When DT isnt shooting well, it is glaring. When Smith or Thompson arent in the books, its glaring.


Who is going to be the real guy to pick it up and stand out? Della Valle maybe. Ross maybe? Can Smith get consistent? Can Sam dominate on defense enough to get himself going on the offense?

Good to see Amir get recognized and start today.
 
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Matta said afterward in the interview on BTN that Amir started moreso due to Ravenel not practicing like he should've been after they came back from Christmas than anything else. So if that was the main reason for Amir starting, I would expect that Ravenel would find his way back into the starting group in the future, he just has to practice like a senior and lead the team better.
 
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I think it is going to be game to game as to who is going to step up for this team. I think Thad is going to have to tinker with he lineup throughout the season. He may have to sub guys more than he seems to like to find an additional hot hand during a game. ADV is a guy who looks to be able to light it up and I can see him getting more minutes as the season progresses.
 
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Maybe it was a post-Christmas hangover. More likely, it was the surprise gift Chicago State belatedly presented the Ohio State men?s basketball team.

?I?m sure we did surprise ?em,? Chicago State coach Tracy Dildy said. ?I?m sure they watched a lot of film on us and they hardly saw any zone (defense). Our game plan was to play a lot of zone and see if we could get them to settle for jump shots. We were willing to take our chances if they would have just kept shooting jump shots.?

The 10th-ranked Buckeyes obliged for more than 12 minutes yesterday at Value City Arena, hoisting about half their shots from three-point range and scoring 16 points, only two more than Chicago State.

After three timeouts, they finally adjusted, attacked inside the zone and began pulling away for an 87-44 victory in their final nonconference game of the season.

Deshaun Thomas had 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists to lead five Buckeyes who scored in double figures. LaQuinton Ross had 15 points, Lenzelle Smith Jr. 13 and Amedeo Della Valle 11. Aaron Craft had 10 points and six assists. Della Valle had all of his points and Ross 13 of his after halftime, when Ohio State (10-2) outscored the Cougars 50-20.

Quinton Pippen, a nephew of former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen, led Chicago State (3-12) with 12 points.

?It?s really easy against a zone to start chucking up threes and taking the first easy shot you get when there?s still 28 seconds on the shot clock,? Craft said.

?We got kind of antsy at times and were taking good shots, but (could we have gotten) a better one later on in the possession? I think we did a much better job of that as we started adjusting and started attacking the gaps more and shooting more layups,

shooting more shots that are a lot easier to make. That kind of gets you in a rhythm against a zone to make the longer shots.?

Ohio State shot 56.9 percent for the game and finished 8 of 17 from three-point range after missing seven of its first eight.

Leading 16-14 with 7:34 left in the first half, the Buckeyes came out of a timeout and scored on 10 of their last 11 possessions of the half by driving the ball into the zone. The 21-10 run gave them a 37-24 lead at the break, and they quickly expanded it to 21 points by scoring on five of their first six possessions after halftime.

?That was something we emphasized (in practice) the last couple days, trying to get the ball into the paint,? coach Thad Matta said. ?The zone presented some avenues.?
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THEWOOD;2283022; said:
Sam only had 1 dunk??????
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I thought so - he only had 2 buckets, one was the memorable underhand feed from Shannon Scott. His other basket was in the last minute of the first half, I didn't remember that being a dunk.
 
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