ahrens provided a nice spark the first couple minutes of the second half. also i loved our passing especially the post feeds. nice to see
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OHIO STATE'S IMPROVED, ASSIST-FILLED OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCE KEY TO BEATING NORTHWESTERN
To call Northwestern a defense-first team wouldn’t do justice to how porous their offense has been. The Wildcats have cracked 60 points just once in the past seven games and have the 310th-best shooting percentage in the country (40.9 percent). Only one of their top eight scorers shoots better than 40 percent from the field, and they have the worst adjusted offensive efficiency in the Big Ten.
Thus, entering Wednesday night’s game against Northwestern, Chris Holtmann knew Ohio State just had to find offense somewhere to pull out a victory. The Wildcats’ ineffective offense combined with his team’s stout defense didn’t seem like it would equate to a bundle of points, but the Buckeyes had struggled to score, as well.
For the first half, offense on both sides of the court was sparse, with neither team shooting better than 38 percent. The score was just 24-20, with Ohio State holding a slight edge, at halftime. But as the second half progressed and the Buckeyes took over, eventually winning 63-49, their offense came alive.
Ohio State’s shooting percentage improved from 37.5 percent in the first half to 53.3 percent in the final 20 minutes. The group assisted on 12 of 16 made field goals with seven different players accounting for at least one assist. The Buckeyes had 18 assists and only eight turnovers for the game, with an impressive 12-to-1 ratio in the second half.
For a team that just scored 44 points – the program’s fewest in nearly a decade – in a deflating loss to Michigan State, that offensive efficiency was a welcomed sight.
“(The Wildcats) do other things (rather than focus on turnovers) to affect you in terms of their positioning, although they really did pressure us tonight more than maybe we anticipated, which is why we tried to back-cut them some,” Holtmann said. “But I thought our guys were just a little bit more conscientious. And listen, I've talked about it. They would tell you that's the No. 1 thing I've talked about really since the first two weeks of the season. So as you can tell, it's obviously fallen on deaf ears. But I'm pleased with tonight what their approach was and their mindset in that area.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...nsive-performance-key-to-beating-northwestern
To call Northwestern a defense-first team wouldn’t do justice to how porous their offense has been. The Wildcats have cracked 60 points just once in the past seven games and have the 310th-best shooting percentage in the country (40.9 percent). Only one of their top eight scorers shoots better than 40 percent from the field, and they have the worst adjusted offensive efficiency in the Big Ten.
Thus, entering Wednesday night’s game against Northwestern, Chris Holtmann knew Ohio State just had to find offense somewhere to pull out a victory. The Wildcats’ ineffective offense combined with his team’s stout defense didn’t seem like it would equate to a bundle of points, but the Buckeyes had struggled to score, as well.
For the first half, offense on both sides of the court was sparse, with neither team shooting better than 38 percent. The score was just 24-20, with Ohio State holding a slight edge, at halftime. But as the second half progressed and the Buckeyes took over, eventually winning 63-49, their offense came alive.
Ohio State’s shooting percentage improved from 37.5 percent in the first half to 53.3 percent in the final 20 minutes. The group assisted on 12 of 16 made field goals with seven different players accounting for at least one assist. The Buckeyes had 18 assists and only eight turnovers for the game, with an impressive 12-to-1 ratio in the second half.
For a team that just scored 44 points – the program’s fewest in nearly a decade – in a deflating loss to Michigan State, that offensive efficiency was a welcomed sight.
“(The Wildcats) do other things (rather than focus on turnovers) to affect you in terms of their positioning, although they really did pressure us tonight more than maybe we anticipated, which is why we tried to back-cut them some,” Holtmann said. “But I thought our guys were just a little bit more conscientious. And listen, I've talked about it. They would tell you that's the No. 1 thing I've talked about really since the first two weeks of the season. So as you can tell, it's obviously fallen on deaf ears. But I'm pleased with tonight what their approach was and their mindset in that area.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...nsive-performance-key-to-beating-northwestern
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