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SG Luther Muhammad (transfer to Arizona St.)

LUTHER MUHAMMAD SUFFERS DISLOCATED SHOULDER, EVALUATION ONGOING
Colin Hass-Hill on November 28, 2018 at 10:38 pm @chasshill
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With just 1:06 remaining in Ohio State's 72-62 loss to Syracuse on Wednesday, Luther Muhammad went down with an injury. Trainers ushered him out of the arena and back to the locker room.

After the game, Chris Holtmann said Muhammad suffered a dislocated shoulder, but did not have an update on his status or the severity of the injury.

"He's being evaluated," Holtmann said. "It's a shoulder dislocation. We're hopeful that he's going to recover. We'll know more later."

Muhammad scored five points and had a team-high six assists against Syracuse. The freshman has started six of seven games.

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...uffers-dislocated-shoulder-evaluation-ongoing
 
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interesting answer from ho1tmann in response to a postgame question about muhammad's prognosis:

“Just progressing. Continues to do rehab. I don’t have any indication for what Wednesday night’s going to be. They’re super physical and playing them there is going to be a great challenge. Right now I couldn’t say one way or the other.”


between muhammad not wearing any kind of brace today and that response from coach, i'm hopeful that the dislocation is something luther projects to return from rather quickly. returning to play this wednesday certainly would shock me, but getting back by ucla (22nd) is possible if it's nothing too serious.
 
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interesting answer from ho1tmann in response to a postgame question about muhammad's prognosis:




between muhammad not wearing any kind of brace today and that response from coach, i'm hopeful that the dislocation is something luther projects to return from rather quickly. returning to play this wednesday certainly would shock me, but getting back by ucla (22nd) is possible if it's nothing too serious.

As long as he didn’t suffer any ligament damage, I’d say the shoulder is still just a bit sore. Another week to week and a half and he might be back.
 
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Best conditioned basketball player on the roster

Holtmann said that part of what has allowed Muhammad to be so reliable is that he came to Ohio State in much better shape than most freshmen do when they get to college. He’s the most well-conditioned player on the Buckeyes roster, and it showed from the beginning of the season. When some freshmen have already hit the perceived wall that first-year college players hit at some point, he continues to play at a high level.

He stands at just 6-foot-3 and 185 pounds, but at times seem to carry himself as if he’s bigger than that. The intensity and fearlessness he plays with on the defensive end make things tough for other guards and played a large role in why a starting backcourt that came into Saturday’s game averaging 37.6 points combined were held to just seven points on 3-of-15 shooting.

As a team, no High Point player reached double figures until the 6:37 mark of the second half, when Ricky Madison made a layup to cut the Buckeyes lead to 66-49.

“The one thing about Luther that helps him right now is he’s our most conditioned player and that’s typically atypical of a freshman,” Holtmann said. “One of the things with freshmen is you’re trying to get them to play harder than they’ve ever played in their entire life because of the level. Where here, you have a freshman that’s pretty much led every sprint in conditioning from day one and has shown a consistency from conditioning on in practice so it allows him to just play at the pace that you need him to play. Whereas most freshmen you have to challenge them (to do that).”
https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2018/...shman-campaign-for-ohio-state-basketball.html
 
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LUTHER MUHAMMAD'S CAREER-HIGH 24 POINTS, STOUT DEFENSE HELP OHIO STATE END SKID
Colin Hass-Hill on January 26, 2019 at 5:19 pm @chasshill
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An 8-0 run by Ohio State early in the second half of its game against Nebraska on Saturday, which included two points via a jumper from Luther Muhammad, gave the Buckeyes a six-point lead with 13 minutes remaining.

But the Cornhuskers began to creep back into the game, just as they had done at the beginning of the second half. Two free throws from Glynn Watson Jr. and a free throw from Tanner Borchardt cut Ohio State's lead to three. Both teams desperately needed victories. The Buckeyes had suffered five straight losses, and Nebraska had lost four of its past six games.

What happened next swung the entire game, and halted the momentum of Ohio State’s loss-laden January.

Kaleb Wesson kicked off what proved to be the deciding stretch of the game with a 3-pointer. The next possession, Muhammad found himself with sufficient space after Wesson screened Thomas Allen and pulled up from beyond the arc, burying the triple while falling to the ground. The next time down the court, Muhammad received the ball, side-stepped Isaiah Roby and pulled up for another 3-pointer that gave Ohio State a 10-point lead.

C.J. Jackson extended the lead to 13 points with a 3-pointer on the following offensive possession, but Nebraska then scored six straight points to cut the Buckeyes lead to seven. With no Ohio State points for three minutes, Chris Holtmann needed someone to step up and end the Cornhusker rally.

Muhammad, playing arguably his best game as a Buckeye, drilled a 3-pointer with the shot clock ticking dangerously close to zero after his team nearly lost control of the ball. Holtmann called it “as critical as any play in the game.”

"I thought if there was a play in the game, it was probably that one because we were on our heels a little bit. It was a late-possession 3," Holtmann said on 97.1 after the game.

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Muhammad scored a career-high 24 points in Ohio State's 70-60 win against Nebraska, hitting 7-of-12 shots from the field and going 3-for-4 from beyond the arc. With time running out, Muhammad hit all six of his free-throw attempts in the final minute to put away the Cornhuskers.

Still, Ohio State needed contributions from everybody to pull away.

All 10 Buckeyes players who saw time on the court grabbed at least two rebounds. Both Andre Wesson and Jackson scored 10 points, and Jackson added four assists. Keyshawn Woods had nine points and six rebounds. Kaleb Wesson scored just seven points, but had a team-high 11 rebounds and was key to his team out-rebounding the Cornhuskers, 45-31. Musa Jallow, who earned a start after scoring 12 points against Purdue, added five points and four rebounds.

No one, though, was more consistently impactful on both ends of the court than Muhammad. The freshman guard had six rebounds, the second-most on the team, and added three steals, as well.

As Ohio State has endured its five-game losing streak, at times it can be hard to maintain a long-term outlook with the team.

The Buckeyes opened the season with a 12-1 record, heightening expectations of a young team that lost Keita Bates-Diop, Jae'Sean Tate, Kam Williams and Andrew Dakich in the offseason. But they dropped their first five games in the new year in succession before the victory against the Cornhuskers. Ohio State needed a reason for optimism, and Muhammad indulged onlookers.

His performance is only a hint at what is to come in future seasons.

Muhammad entered the program with a penchant for defense and intensity. Even if his offense was completely underdeveloped, he would have been able to make an instant impact on that end of the court.

Early in the season, Muhammad showed off his ability by impacting each shot from Purdue Fort Wayne's John Konchar, who averages 19 points per game, to hold him to only 13. He has been tested since then, guarding Cassius Winston, who lit him up in the second half of Michigan State's win, among others. But he maintains constant activity and an attitude on defense that bleeds over to his teammates.

“Everyone who plays basketball likes to score, but what is scoring if your guy is also scoring?” Muhammad said on Nov. 11. “It's better when you score and also you're getting a stop and your man's not scoring, because if you score 20 and your man scores 20, you really ain't score.”

What about scoring 24 points while also agitating opponents on the other end of the court? Because that's what Muhammad did on Saturday.

At this point in Muhammad's career, the 6-foot-3 guard isn't a primary scorer. He isn't even a consistent secondary scorer. But the tools are there. On a team bereft with ball-handlers who can slash through the lane and finish, Muhammad's ability to drive stands out. He also has a nice mid-range jumper. He even cracked 40 percent from beyond the arc with his 3-for-4 performance from 3-point range on Saturday.

Muhammad isn't a finished product. Far from it. But his 24 points, six rebounds and three steals hint at his long-term potential.

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...points-stout-defense-help-ohio-state-end-skid
 
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