tOSU 74 at Sparty 67 (ov/un 133.5) Final

[Fungo Squiggly]

Bill Raftery sucks.

 

[bkochmc]

Another double-double for Turner... 6-17 shooting, 8-12 from the foul line, 10 rebounds, 6 assists... not too bad for an off game.

 

[Jake]

ET isn't looking like ET because he's sick. I wouldn't count on him exploding in the second half.

Then again, he's ET so I wouldn't rule it out, either.

ET's line:

20 points
11 rebounds
5 assists

 

[MaxBuck]

Unbelievable stat of the day: Buckeyes outrebounded Sparty 38-32. And we even got 9 offensive boards to their 8. Against one of the best rebounding teams in the nation!

 

[Steve19]

This was only the second home loss for the Spartans this year. Getting through this three games in eight days gauntlet, with only the loss to Purdue, is huge in terms of Ohio State's NCAA seed.

The Spartans are a good team and this was a great away win.

Well done, Buckeyes!

 

[coastalbuck]

Tough as hell to beat Sparty and Hightower on the road. Well done boys, well done!!!

 

[utgrad73]

Nice game today, "others" showed up to help the team.

 

[Steve19]

For all the bench depth, MSU bench leads Ohio State bench only 4-2. You might think, looking at the numbers, that MSU decided to shut down Turner and dare the other Ohio State players to win it. If that plan was what they had hatched for the second half, they have some evidence that it might not be such a good idea.

I'm guessing Turner turns it on in the second half.

ET isn't looking like ET because he's sick. I wouldn't count on him exploding in the second half.

Then again, he's ET so I wouldn't rule it out, either.

Good call.

ET's line:

20 points
11 rebounds
5 assists

And he was sick? Stunning performance!

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Unbelievable stat of the day: Buckeyes outrebounded Sparty 38-32. And we even got 9 offensive boards to their 8. Against one of the best rebounding teams in the nation!

That is remarkable. I think it was 7-1 Sparty early on in the game. Wow!

 

[dragurd]

Buford got a Double Double as well and lighty was one reb away and lauderdale was 2 points and 2 rebs away

 

[OhioState001]

Just got back from the gave, very fun and exciting big props for winning in a tough environment. More props to the OSU fan that kept annoying the MSU student section when MSU was shooting free throws.

 

[Merih]

Just got back from the gave, very fun and exciting big props for winning in a tough environment. More props to the OSU fan that kept annoying the MSU student section when MSU was shooting free throws.

I thought I was hearing things

 

[buckeyes_rock]

Buford got a Double Double as well and lighty was one reb away and lauderdale was 2 points and 2 rebs away

Yeah, I was just going to mention this. Having 3-4 guys all around a double double is amazing team production. This was a great team victory!

 

[Oh8ch]

When our bigs drew three fouls in the first three plus minutes of the second half I thought the game had been decided.

Mad props to Lauderdale for what he did after Madsen's exit.

A remarkable team effort - for the six guys who make up this team.

 

[Best Buckeye]

Very nice win Buckeyes,