Ohio State 65, Northwestern 47 (final)

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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Men's Basketball
Buckeyes Go Low to Tame Wildcats
Postgame Note and Quotebook
By John Porentas

Kosta Koufos and Othello Hunter accounted for 30 of Ohio State's 65 points to help the Buckeyes (17-8, 8-4 Big Ten) to a 65-47 win over Northwestern (7-15, 0-11 Big) in Evanston. The win is OSU's 17th straight over the Wildcats.
Ohio State has struggled to find consistency on offense this season, but was able to solve Northwestern's 1-3-1 zone for open shots down low for their big men. When that happened, things also got easier on the perimeter allowing the Buckeyes to shoot 53 percent from the field and 41 percent from the three point line.
The Buckeyes were able to get the ball down low to Hunter and Koufos with diagonal passes over the top of the Northwestern zone from guards Jamar Butler and Evan Turner. The duo combined for 13 assists, seven by Turner and six by Butler.
"I saw it right from the (opening) tip. They had a smaller guy up top and a bigger guy down low," said Butler.

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[LitlBuck]

Can't add much to what already has been said. It was a typical Ohio State/Northwestern basketball game. They are more those for about 30 minutes and then we blew the game open with a lot of thanks to Diebler.

I thought KK played well but again he seemed to get upset when Matta took him out for a blow with about 16 minutes to go in the second half. We were way too sloppy with the ball.

It almost seems like guys think they have to jump into the air to make a pass which was the cause of quite a few turnovers.

Have no idea what has happened to Lighty. He almost seems to be regressing. Butler was lazy with some of his passes that led to turnovers. Hill gave him a rest but the game was in the bag when he played and he really did not do anything.

 

[BuckSenator]

Actually I thought this game went exactly as I imagined it would go. The smaller scrappy team came to play as it always does. Good job by Carmody to keep the troops emergized, He impresses me in that regard.
They have no inside players and wore down just as is expected and that's when we pulled away.
Butler played too much as usual and I thought Matta should be breaking in someone new at the PG , But I have thought that all year which explains why I am not a coach.
A good question is who will be our PG next year? For sure it won't be anyone with much experience so we better have another good one somewhere.

Doesn't Carmody look like Connan O'brian a little bit???

anyway...I like his energy!

 

[Best Buckeye]

Doesn't Carmody look like Connan O'brian a little bit???quote]
Only if he is mooning you .