Ohio State beats Iowa State

[Nate]

The game was closer than the score eludes to.

Game Recap

and

Box Score

Also...what does everyone think of the new Home Greys???

[tavbuck]

The game was closer than the score eludes to.

Game Recap

and

Box Score

Also...what does everyone think of the new Home Greys???

Not so high on the home greys. they would be a nice alternate road uniform.

[elcheato]

My thoughts on the game:

The game was close throughout the game. Though battle. Buckeyes were giving an arrangement of threes to ISU but we had a dominate game inside. Grabbing board after board. Very good inside.  I thought it was a little to close. ISU came within 2 points deep into the 2nd half. We bounced back thow. When they were within 2 points the score was 55-53 and we out scored them the rest of the game 20-3! It was an amazing stretch. Also only fouling 6 times in the whole game!

Key Players:

Greg Oden had another dominate inside game. Scoring 18 points on 8-15 from the field. Can you believe that 8-15 was his worst shooting game this year. Hard to believe. He got a strong 9 boards. He was unstoppable inside. No one could even contain him. He is going to do great in march in the tourny.

Daequan Cook was the Buckeyes leading scorer with a  magnificent total of 21 points. He nailed three three balls. His stroke was great. 8-12 on field goals and 3-5 on three pointers. He had the best shooting performance for a Buckeye.

Michael Conley Jr. had a great game as well. Getting 15 points going 4-8 from the field and nailed all 7 of his free throw attempts! He had the best Free throw performance for a Buckeye. Also getting 3 rebounds and 4 assists and swiped the ball once.

Ivan Harris had a good day shooting the rock. 4-5 from the field and 2-3 from beyond the arc for a total of 10 points. He got 3 rebounds to go along with it.

Struggles:

OSU struggled to defend the 3 ball tonight. They gave up 10 three pointers and it seemed that they were always open beyond the arc. They had a hard time covering Mike Taylor. He hit 4 of ISU's 3's. They will need to cover the three pointer better so they can keep the game in a blow out and not stay in close games.


Overall the game was great. This team is having a wonderful start.

[Nate]

Oden is a force in the middle. He actually jammed his thumb on his good hand last night so that might have been part of the reason for his worst shooting performance as a Buckeye.

Cook is a great player with almost unlimited athletic ability.

Conley has impressed me with his ability.  He is fast, elusive and has a great basketball IQ.  He just knows what to do with the ball and when.

The game was close but when they went into that zone at the end of the game it killed ISU.  I bet we see more of that.

Very good game against a scrappy team.

[elcheato]

Lets hope we can get a win over Florida. Can't wait to see Oden in full force agiants a tough team. He will get a lot more minutes then usual meaning that his stats will go up. I expect a 20 point 10-15 rebound night for Oden.