NOTE: Injuries have killed me and will really have an impact on this game. I have only 4 bench players that can play (PF #21, PF #12, SG #03, and F. Ferguson)
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Game 18
Ohio St. Buckeyes (15-2)
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#11 Michigan Wolverines (14-3)
Ohio St. Starting Lineups:
C- C #31- 77 ovr
PF- Jon Rankin- 79 ovr
SF- O. Bunch- 84 ovr
SG- SG #33- 73 ovr
PG- SG #13- 73 ovr
Michigan Starting Lineups:
C- C #22- 71 ovr
PF- PF #34- 72 ovr
SF- Andrew Chung- 74 ovr
SG- Zach Myers- 76 ovr
PG- Rupert Berger- 81 ovr
This game was a battle for 1st place in Big Ten Conference. Both teams showed why they were #1. They combined for 168 points, 67-112 from the field, and 13-30 from 3-Point land. OSU jumped out to an early 6 point lead. Michigan's players are fighters so they came back and it remained a back and forth game until MU went to the 2-3 Zone on Defense. Ohio St. had trouble scoring on it and Michigan took advantage. They led by 4 going into the 2nd half. C #22 kept Michigans' injuries woes going as he got injured and was out the rest of the game. But, Frank Ferguson was big. He was origanally playing for suspended C #32 but played big minutes in C #22's injury. He was big in this game scoring 15 points and grabbing 9 boards. But MU got up to as many as 9. OSU was led by Bunch and SG #33 to get back in it. The last 2 minutes were so energetic that you couldn't hear yourself think. Rankin had a big play to give OSU a 3 point lead with 1:40 to go. 78-75 and Ohio St. was leading. "Big Shot" Chung hit a 3 to tie it up with 1:31 to go. Chung made 5 3-Pointers to give him 15. Ohio St. hit another shot and was up by 2 with 1:20 to go. PF #34 drove to the basket and got fouled. He made 2 clutch Free Throws to tie it at 80 with 1:08 to go. Ohio St. made another shot but this time forced a turnover and kept it the rest of the way. Ohio St. is #1 in the Big Ten conference after beating MU, 86-82.
PF #34 has a great lay-up after an offensive board
High Fly My is what they call him and he showed why here.......
....And here!
SG #03 soars for his slam that gives him 2 of his 4
Ferguson was unstoppable down low, scoring 15 off the bench
Berger forces a turnover by planting his feet and taking a charge- Ohio St. forces a turnover with under a minute to go and THEN makes a basket to get a 4-point lead
Best Play-
Chungs 3-Pointer with 1:31 to go to tie it at 78, but it wasn't enough to hold off a great Ohio St. team
TEAM STATS
OSU | MU
18
Rebounds 22
19
Assists 22
9
Steals 5
11
Blocks 0
14
Turnovers 11
34/52 (65%)
Field Goals 33/60 (55%)
6/15
3-Pointers 7/15
12/13
Free Throws 9/16
Ohio St. Player Stats:
(BOLD = Key Player------UNDERLINED = Best off Bench)
C #31- 15 pts. 10 reb 4 ast. 1 blk.
J. Rankin- 16 pts. 2 reb. 2 ast. 4 blk. 2 stl.
O. Bunch- 16 pts. 1 reb. 4 ast. 1 blk. 5 stl.
SG #33- 21 pts. 3 reb. 1 ast. 1 blk. 1 stl.
SG #13- 18 pts. 2 reb. 6 ast. 1 blk. 1 stl.
BENCH:
H. Page- 2 ast. 3 blk.
Michigan Player Stats:
C #22 (Injured- bruised elbow)- 7 pts. 1 reb. 3 ast.
PF #34- 13 pts. 4 reb. 1 ast.
A. Chung- 15 pts. 2 reb. 3 ast. 2 stl.
Z. Myers- 11 pts. 3 reb. 5 ast. 2 stl.
R. Berger- 15 pts. 1 reb. 4 ast. 1 stl.
BENCH:
SG #03- 4 pts. 5 ast.
PF #21- 2 pts. 1 reb.
PF #12- 1 reb.
F. Ferguson- 15 pts. 9 reb. 1 ast.
Michigan has their second game against #1 Indiana as they won last time at home.