Ohio State 59 vs Samford 22 Final

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

OSU-Samford preview

Saturday, November 29, 2008 3:09 AM
By Bob Baptist


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Game preview

OHIO STATE VS. SAMFORD

Noon today
? Where: Value City Arena
? TV: Big Ten Network
? Radio: WBNS-AM (1460)
? Records: Ohio State 2-0; Samford 3-1
? Matchup to watch: Samford runs the Princeton offense also employed by Northwestern, a reason the Bulldogs are on the Buckeyes' nonconference schedule. Ohio State had trouble its first two games communicating and rotating properly in its zone defense.
? Notable: Ohio State was ranked last in the Big Ten in scoring (65.5 points per game) and first in scoring defense (49.5) before yesterday's games. Evan Turner, David Lighty and William Buford were among the top four in steals per game. Samford has made 59.3 percent of its shots inside the three-point arc and 39.5 percent outside it. Ohio State and Samford have played once before, an 80-62 Buckeyes victory on Dec. 13, 2003, in Value City Arena. Samford, located in Birmingham, Ala., moved to the Southern Conference this season from the Ohio Valley.
? Next: at University of Miami (ACC-Big Ten Challenge), 7 p.m. Tuesday

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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Samford looking to play tough at Ohio State


Saturday, November 29, 2008 MIKE PERRIN
News staff writer


Coach Jimmy Tillette takes his Samford Bulldogs to Columbus today to challenge the Ohio State Buckeyes.
The 12th-year head coach will pocket a check for the university and will hope his young team can bank some lessons for down the road.
"I'm excited about the money," Tillette said of his second visit to OSU. "It's what you have to do at our level. It's a nice place to play. Hopefully it won't be snowing too heavily. We'll go play and hopefully improve."

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[buckeyes_rock]

I can't believe no one has posted the key to this game.

 

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

Ugh. Why does it seem like every team tOSU plays wants to play slow?

 

[buckeyemania11]

Simmons Diebler Turner Lighty Lauderdale starting 5 for the bucks

 

[buckeyemania11]

Lighty gets the first point at the line at the 16:47 mark

1-0 Bucks

 

[buckeyemania11]

timeout at 15:47

still 1-0

Ohio State 0-5 From The Field, Samford 0-6

 

[Bestbuck36]

[Sarcasm]Great shooting thus far in the game.[/Sarcasm]

 

[Bestbuck36]

Buckeyes 1-0 with a solo shot by David Lighty in the 3rd.

We've had some open looks but cant knock em down early. No second chances on either end thus far.

 

[buckeyemania11]

Diebler banks a deep 2 in

3-0 bucks

 

[buckeyemania11]

Evan Turner with a tip in

5-0 Bucks

 

[buckeyemania11]

Mullens with a steal and Mullens gets the ball back for a layup

7-0 bucks

 

[Bestbuck36]

Uh oh, the subs in and moving up and down. If we score 20 we win. Samford looks inept on offense.

 

[buckeyemania11]

Samford gets a layup

Mullens answers with a Dunk

9-2 Bucks

 

[buckeyemania11]

Bucket for Samford

Turner Answers with a mid range jumper

11-4 Bucks

timeout at 10:57