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#12 Ohio State 61, Northwestern 52 (Final)

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#11 Vedran Vukusic- 6-8 245
20.2 ppg 3.4rpg
big tall croatian, averages almost 37 minutes a game. has played 35+ minutes in every game except his last game against fife's ipfw. i wouldnt be suprised if he doesnt leave the floor, assuming he plays. very good shooter, shoots .506 from the floor and .347 from behind the arc. with his size, weight and being a relatively decent athlete causes matchup problems.

#14 Mohamed Hachad 6-4 200
11.0 ppg 4.6rpg
shoots .405 from 3land and .544 from the floor, but struggles at the line. has a tendency to play defense with his hands not his feet, bc of this he will pick up some cheap fouls. good rebounder for a guy his size. also plays a lot over 30 minutes a game

#0 Tim Doyle 6-5 215
8.7 ppg 3.8rbg 4.1apg
good shooter, shoots almost 52% from the field. good rebounder. averages 2.4tos a game. can be taken off the dribble. plays 32 mins a game.

20 Craig Moore 6-4 175
6.9ppg 1.9rbg 2.7 apg
freshman gaurd, limits turnovers, but if pressured he will cough it up. has seen his role greatly increased since about christmas as hes developed as a player. not a strong rebounder.

Sterling Williams 6-4 180
PPG 3.9 APG 1.1 RPG 2.3
the chicago product is a freshmen who like moore has seen his pt increase greatly since the 1st of the year. poor shooter less than 15% from 3 land and .370 from the floor, hustles and plays hard to try and overcome his lack of offensive game.

#52 Vince Scott 6-10 225
PPG 3.7 APG 1.7 RPG 3.0
tall, but lean. will shoot the 3, has more than 100 career attempts in 3 years. in limited time will be in foul trouble if attacked. rebounding numbers are misleading, has not had more than 4 in a b10 game, had close to ten in a couple of ooc cupcakes.

#5 Michael Jenkins 5-8 185
PPG 2.5 APG 1.7 RPG 2.1
shoots 19% from 3 land. and only .345 overall. good ball handler, rebounds will for his size.

sorry this one is not very good, not much free time this week and i have only seen nw play 2 games and some bits and pieces.
 
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Northwestern (12-11) vs. (12) Ohio St. (18-4)

Northwestern (12-11) vs. (12) Ohio St. (18-4)Preview - Box Score - Recap

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Badly in need of a win to keep pace in the crowded battle for the Big Ten title, Ohio State hosts Northwestern on Saturday, a team it has had little trouble with lately.

The 12th-ranked Buckeyes (18-4, 7-4) have won 11 straight over the Wildcats and 23 of the last 27 meetings. Ohio State hasn't lost at home to Northwestern (12-11, 4-7) since 1977, and is 62-14 against the Wildcats in Columbus.

The Buckeyes, 13-1 at home this season, will be looking for an easier game after falling 78-73 to Wisconsin on Wednesday night. The loss snapped Ohio State's four-game winning streak and dropped it into a tie for third place in the conference with Illinois.
Iowa leads Ohio State by 1 1/2 games, while the Badgers are a half-game ahead.

Close behind Ohio State are Michigan (7-5 Big Ten) and Michigan State (6-5).

Ohio State made only four of 17 3-pointers against Wisconsin after hitting 28 in its previous two games. The Buckeyes' four losses have come by a combined 15 points.


"We had opportunities, and with Wisconsin's help, we at times lost our composure on both ends of the floor," Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. "We have to pick ourselves up and get ready to go Saturday at 12 o'clock."

Terence Dials scored 12 of the Buckeyes' first 14 points in the second half, but was shut out after the 12-minute mark. He finished with 24 points, his best output since he had 25 against Indiana on Jan. 7, and added 11 rebounds.

"I thought he had some great looks that honestly that didn't go down for him," Matta said. "They obviously were a little bit more aware of him, but I thought Terence really played tonight. He did a good job of getting his positioning where he wanted, and we did a good job of getting him the ball."

Northwestern played without leading scorer Vedran Vukusic, but still managed to hang in with Illinois before running out of gas in a 63-47 loss Wednesday night. The Wildcats got as close as 48-45 before the Illini responded with 14 straight points to put the game away.

"Our guys were worn out," Wildcats coach Bill Carmody said. "It just seemed they were a little fresher than we were."

Vukusic averages a Big Ten-best 20.2 points per game, but had his string of 81 consecutive starts snapped because of a sore lower back. He was held out as a precaution and may be able to play Saturday.

For a team that plays a Princeton-style, slowdown offense, Northwestern had a tough time without its best offensive threat on the court.

"Obviously, we need his contribution on offense. He's been a great scorer for us," said Mohamed Hachad, who led the Wildcats with 17 points. "If you're going to come back and score on offense, he's a big target and we didn't have him tonight." Ohio State leads the series with Northwestern 105-44. The teams meet again March 1 at Evanston.
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2/18/06

OSU MEN’S BASKETBALL

Buckeyes want to act their own age

Senior-laden team looks to avoid rookie mistakes vs. Wildcats

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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As the Ohio State men’s basketball team worked its way toward the top of the Big Ten standings the past two weeks, rival coaches said they were not surprised. The Buckeyes, they said, had what makes a difference at this time of the season: Three fifth-year seniors and two fourth-year players among the top six in the rotation.

"They had old guys last year and this year they’re even older," Illinois coach Bruce Weber said. "That’s how you win.

"Look at all the teams in the Final Four last year. They weren’t young puppies. They were older, more mature guys who had been through it, and that’s what (Ohio State has) this year."

And that’s what made the loss at Wisconsin on Wednesday night all the more disappointing for the Buckeyes. Coming off their most complete game of the season against Illinois, and more seasoned than the Badgers for the first time in years, they had a legitimate shot at winning in the Kohl Center.

They botched it by giving up 50 points in the second half and, in coach Thad Matta’s estimation, losing their composure against a more aggressive opponent that took the fight to them and had them on their heels for the final 20 minutes.

How does that happen to a veteran team in that situation?

"If I knew," Matta said yesterday, "I would have corrected it.

"Just being a little bit sounder is what we have to strive for."

That’s the big question about the Buckeyes (18-4, 7-4) today as they play host to Northwestern (12-11, 4-7) in Value City Arena. For as old as they are and the season is, they remain prone to inopportune instances of loose play at both ends of the court. Without it, it is not a reach to say they could be undefeated. Four of their games have been decided by five points or less and they have lost all four: at Indiana, at Iowa, at Wisconsin and at home to Michigan State in double overtime.

"We have to play better, we have to play smarter, we have to play harder, we have to find a way to get the job done, whatever it is," Matta said. "It may be scoring, it may be getting stops, it may be getting rebounds, it may be taking care of the ball against the press."

At Wisconsin, it was options B and C. Ohio State couldn’t stop the Badgers — who scored on 25 of 36 possessions in the second half, including all of its nine in the final five minutes — partly because it couldn’t keep them off their offensive board.

"We lost our heads," J.J. Sullinger said, "and some nights more than others, it’s kind of hard to get them back."

Wednesday was one of those nights. The sold-out Kohl Center was passionately loud and the noise swelled as the Badgers rallied from a ninepoint halftime deficit. It did not help the Buckeyes that their two toughest-minded players, guards Je’Kel Foster and Jamar Butler, missed time down the stretch because of foul trouble, as did Sullinger, who fouled out trying to defend the irrepressible Alando Tucker.

"When you don’t have your (guys) on the floor who have been out there all year, it’s going to be tough," center Terence Dials said.

The Buckeyes have a similar test ahead next Wednesday at Michigan State, which has been even more inhospitable a host than Wisconsin in recent years. Other than that, though, the remainder of the schedule looks friendly — or about as friendly as it gets in the Big Ten this season. Ohio State plays Northwestern twice and plays host to Michigan and Purdue.

"We still feel we’re in the thick of things in the Big Ten," Dials said. "If we get this one (today), we’re tied for second again."

The loose ends remain, though, waiting to be tied up.

"We can’t lose sight of that," Matta said. "We are who we are. We have to play sound basketball for 40 minutes."

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