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SF Justin Ahrens (transfer to Loyola Marymount)

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Do the numbers based on minutes per game and it will be much different. I was looking at his stats vs the best in country this year and he's way under the leaders in minutes. Buckeye depth and the rotation happening will never let him get that many minutes so unless he starts firing like DWJ, please don't, he'll never come close in that regard. Where it stands now, it's Diebler and Ahrens for me as top 2 and I could win with either of those guys on the trigger.
 
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Bestbuck36 said:
Do they numbers based on minutes per game and it will be much different. I was looking at his stats vs the best in country this year and he's way under the leaders in minutes. Buckeye depth and the rotation happening will never let him get that many minutes so unless he starts firing like DWJ, please don't, he'll never come close in that regard. Where it stands now, it's Diebler and Ahrens for me as top 2 and I could win with either of those guys on the trigger.
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I seem to remember 2 other buckeyes in distant memory who had at least one season as buckeyes shooting the 3 ball on fire...and that would be Jamar Butler and Jekel Foster...I think both did it in their Sr seasons just too lazy to look up the numbers each player had but I believe both were mid 40s or higher in percentage
 
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MARVYMARV14 said:
I seem to remember 2 other buckeyes in distant memory who had at least one season as buckeyes shooting the 3 ball on fire...and that would be Jamar Butler and Jekel Foster...I think both did it in their Sr seasons just too lazy to look up the numbers each player had but I believe both were mid 40s or higher in percentage
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Damn Foster was on fire and then went ICE COLD
 
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MARVYMARV14 said:
I seem to remember 2 other buckeyes in distant memory who had at least one season as buckeyes shooting the 3 ball on fire...and that would be Jamar Butler and Jekel Foster...I think both did it in their Sr seasons just too lazy to look up the numbers each player had but I believe both were mid 40s or higher in percentage
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Nobody's close to Diebler yet if you look at it from an overall career standpoint. Ahrens could close the gap quite a bit if he keeps this up another year and a half, but Diebs did quite a bit more his first two seasons, and rarely left the court so the volume is always gonna be higher.
 
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Glad to see Ahrens not quitting on his shot, and that when the game was on the line, he buried all three of them. Saw a bit of 'i don't want to take the shot' passes. But Justin, and Duane made them when they counted. Also wanted to shout out Justin's defense. He looks like a completely different defender than he was last year, or even early this year. He's still not in Muhammad's league, but much, much better, moving his feet to get in front of his man, forcing him to pass it off. Keep it up, Justin.
 
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Glad to see Ahrens not quitting on his shot, and that when the game was on the line, he buried all three of them. Saw a bit of 'i don't want to take the shot' passes. But Justin, and Duane made them when they counted. Also wanted to shout out Justin's defense. He looks like a completely different defender than he was last year, or even early this year. He's still not in Muhammad's league, but much, much better, moving his feet to get in front of his man, forcing him to pass it off. Keep it up, Justin.
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I think he knows that if he does not put forth a great deal of effort playing defense that his offensive skills are not going to keep him on the court by themselves. I am pretty sure Holtmann has made that pretty clear to Justin.
 
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This season, Ahrens has finally improved enough defensively that he can be relied upon to play big minutes. He is no longer a liability on one side of the court, meaning Holtmann trusts him enough to leave the junior out there in more than just situations where the Buckeyes need to score.

The results are evident. Since the end of December, Ahrens has averaged 23.5 minutes per game, scoring 9.5 points per outing on 46.8 percent shooting from three-point range. If you look at the eight games since he’s been a starter for the Scarlet and Gray, Ahrens' numbers increase to 10 points per game on 49.8 percent shooting in 25.8 minutes per contest, including two games where he’s been on the court for 30 or more minutes.

While no one will confuse Ahrens for a lockdown defender, he has improved enough to earn those consistent minutes. He is no longer a player the other team can target defensively, meaning he can stay on the court and do what he does best on the other side of the ball.

“His attention to detail has been good,” Holtmann said. “He’s been a talker, a communicator, in the scouting report, he’s had a high level of attention to detail. He did not have that his first year. He did not have that his first year and a half. He just didn’t. He understands that if he’s going to be a good defender, a defender that can be out on the floor for consistent minutes, he has to be an elite team defender. That’s what he’s gotta continue to do.”
 
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This season, Ahrens has finally improved enough defensively that he can be relied upon to play big minutes. He is no longer a liability on one side of the court, meaning Holtmann trusts him enough to leave the junior out there in more than just situations where the Buckeyes need to score.

The results are evident. Since the end of December, Ahrens has averaged 23.5 minutes per game, scoring 9.5 points per outing on 46.8 percent shooting from three-point range. If you look at the eight games since he’s been a starter for the Scarlet and Gray, Ahrens' numbers increase to 10 points per game on 49.8 percent shooting in 25.8 minutes per contest, including two games where he’s been on the court for 30 or more minutes.

While no one will confuse Ahrens for a lockdown defender, he has improved enough to earn those consistent minutes. He is no longer a player the other team can target defensively, meaning he can stay on the court and do what he does best on the other side of the ball.

“His attention to detail has been good,” Holtmann said. “He’s been a talker, a communicator, in the scouting report, he’s had a high level of attention to detail. He did not have that his first year. He did not have that his first year and a half. He just didn’t. He understands that if he’s going to be a good defender, a defender that can be out on the floor for consistent minutes, he has to be an elite team defender. That’s what he’s gotta continue to do.”
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So happy for Justin. Kid works his ass off and he's seeing the results. Could've easily transferred like so many before him but he stuck it out and now look at him. Playing major minutes for a top 5 squad and he's only a Junior!
 
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