Ohio State 64 Illinois 58 (Final)

[Best Buckeye]

Pruitt didnt start and will not play for Ill

 

[bkochmc]

OSU leads 6-5 at the first TV timeout... Lighty and Turner are doing a good job attacking the basket.

 

[Best Buckeye]

Lighty is playing well at the start .. 6 points 10 - 5
Deibs hits his first shot ,,, might be a good omen.. 13 - 8

 

[Yertle]

Damn BTN! And up in Cleveland, I can't even listen to the game. Keep the updates coming, please!

 

[bkochmc]

Bucks up 13-8 with 10 minutes left

 

[bkochmc]

Sloppy play by the Bucks (turnovers, bad shots)... defense is playing well though.
13-10 at the 8:00 TV TO

 

[gefootball10]

good d or just missing shots?

 

[bkochmc]

good d or just missing shots?

Some shots were a bit ill-advised.

Lighty for 3... now has 9 points
Nice little move by Turner to give the Bucks an 18-10 lead... timeout ILL

 

[Best Buckeye]

Lighty is our Offense so far, We are trying to make them shoot long jump shots which our D sets up 18 - 10.
They are getting a lot of O rebounds even w/o pruitt

 

[bkochmc]

Lighty to Hunter for the fast break 'oop!

 

[OCBucksFan]

THat was nice.

 

[CookyPuss]

Sloppy play by the Bucks (turnovers, bad shots)

That phrase is starting to be uttered far too often around here. I know, it goes with having a young team. What bothers me though is that the slop does not always appear to be due to aggression but to mental lapses or just plain laziness. I don't mind mistakes from hard play.

 

[bkochmc]

Ill hits a 3...
Koufos on the other end for 2

 

[gefootball10]

so...22-13?

 

[Best Buckeye]

Lighty has 11 ... and a reminder from the heads that Eric Gordon was originally supposed to go to Illinois.

Score is 24 - 18