Ohio State 68, Iowa 65 (Final)

[OHSportsFan]

Commentators stealing your idea.

:)

BUCKEYES WIN!

 

[bkochmc]

PJ Hill with the hustle play to get the ball in the scrum!

Great to see that young man play well on the court. He doesn't need to score, just bring his energy and intensity.

 

[Jake]

Iowa misses! PJ Hill dives on the ball, gets it to Diebs and the clock runs out!

Bucks win, 68-65

:cheers:

 

[leroyjenkins]

PJ Hill says "Thanks Noopy!!"

 

[BB73]

PJ Hill docve on the ball with about 4 secods left - what hustle he shows.

 

[PlanetFrnd]

YESSSSSSSSS

 

[OregonBuckeye]

Thanks for the updates guys! ESPN.com was sucking.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Diebler had a great game, 27 points:

7 for 10 outside the arc (70%).

5 for 10 inside the arc (50%) counting foul shots too.....go figure

 

[OHSportsFan]

On the free throws issue. I tracked this in the WVU game thread.

13/22 Today

Ohio State has now missed 9 or more free throws in 6 of their 11 games.

Ouch.

 

[bucknutz]

Congrats to the bucks on a great fight for a win.

Good interview with Diebler on BTN after the game. After asking him about his great scoring game he said to bad I couldn't make a free throw. Also gave credit to PJ Hill on how well he played.

 

[buckeyemania11]

Stats

Shooting:
FG- Ohio State 23-44 (52.7%) Iowa 23-44 (52.7%)
3 PT FG- Ohio State 9-15 (60.0%) Iowa 14-28 (50.0%)
FT- Ohio State 13-22 (59.9%) Iowa 5-7 (71.3%)

Rebounding:
Total- Ohio State 23 Iowa 23
Offensive- Ohio State 4 Iowa 3

Turnovers- Ohio State 9 Iowa 14

Diebler 27 Points 5 Rebounds 3 Assists 3 Steals
Buford 16 Points 5 Rebounds
Turner 11 Points 5 Rebounds
Simmons 6 Points 3 Assists 3 Steals
Lauderdale 4 Points 4 Rebounds Blocked Shot
Mullens 4 Points 2 Rebounds Blocked Shot
PJ Hill 4 Assists Blocked Shot

 

[generaladm]

Good start to the conference sched. Hopefully, these close games will pay off down the road, or at least get them to work on covering the perimeter and making free throws. Good to see Diebs have a breakout game. I like what Buford brings to the fast break offense, if he sees a chance to get ahead of the D, he gets to the basket fast. Late last season, I thought PJ showed a lot of potential, just needed to play more under control. Glad to see him get another chance. Sometimes when a player loses his spot and regains it, they respond very well. PJ definitely brings the effort.

 

[Best Buckeye]

Whoa, I just got home and saw the score. Iowa must have come to play. Nice win for my Bucks.

 

[buckeyemania11]

protecting home court in conference play is the important thing

Purdue Minnesota and Michigan all lost their home opener in conference play

 

[dav713]

I like what Buford brings to the fast break offense, if he sees a chance to get ahead of the D, he gets to the basket fast.

I'd like to point out that the announcer called it wrong (and repeated several times) that Buford blew a Defensive assignment that resulted in a layup. The Iowa player cut from up top, and Diebs should have followed him a bit.

Not a knock on Diebs, he had a great game. But I saw the same thing happen quite a few times with different players. We could have cut down on the easy opportunities by following the cutter for a step and putting a hand in the passing lane to discourage the pass. We were watching the ball a bit too much.

Overall great win. I liked the intensity PJ brought. We didn't bring IT coming out of half, but we regained our intensity and came out with a good win. Congrats bucks.