Thursday, February 03, 2000
Ohio State 51, Wisconsin 48
Buckeyes win 7th straight
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS — As Ohio State coach Jim O'Brien said, “It certainly wasn't pretty.”
Michael Redd scored 14 points and No. 5 Ohio State weathered two 3-point misses in the final seconds to hold off Wisconsin 51-48 Wednesday night.
“We got the looks we wanted,” Badgers coach Dick Bennett said. “We just couldn't put anything away.”
The win was the seventh in a row and 11th in the last 12 games for Ohio State (15-3, 6-1 Big Ten). The 51 points matched Ohio State's lowest point total in a conference win since 1982.
Scoonie Penn added 13 points for the Buckeyes, who won despite shooting 37 percent from the field. They hit 12 of 14 free throws, although both misses came in the final 48 seconds.
Redd said, “That's the ugliest win I've ever been associated with at Ohio State. We didn't play well at the offensive end. Everyone was shooting jumpers and coach said, "You can't shoot jumpers against Wisconsin.'”
Even though they trailed most of the game, the Badgers (11-10, 3-6) controlled the tempo. Tight defense, mixed with chest bumps and hand checks, held down the scoring at both ends.
The Buckeyes led 49-44 after Reese hit a baseline jumper with 2:07 left. But a 3-pointer by Duany Duany with 29 seconds left cut the lead to 50-48.
Reese was fouled with 22.8 seconds and hit the second of two shots, with Wisconsin calling time out to set up a 3-point attempt.
Center Mark Vershaw put up a shot behind the arc with 8.5 seconds left that missed, but Kowske rebounded and kicked it out to Kelley who misfired on another 3-pointer. The ball bounced under the basket as time ran out.
Kirk Penney added 10 points for Wisconsin, which shot just 32 percent from the field.
The low score backed up the teams' ranking as the two best defensive teams in the Big Ten. Wisconsin came in allowing just 56.5 points a game, with Ohio State second at 58.2.
WISCONSIN (48)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Kowske 31 5-11 4-6 4-11 0 1 14
Kelley 34 0-2 1-2 1-2 1 4 1
Vershaw 35 2-9 1-1 0-2 3 0 5
Penney 20 4-8 2-3 1-2 1 2 10
Boone 13 0-2 2-2 0-4 1 4 2
Davis 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Bryant 21 1-6 0-0 0-3 3 1 3
Duany 26 3-10 0-0 0-3 2 1 9
Wills 14 2-6 0-0 3-6 1 2 4
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TOTALS 200 17-54 10-14 9-33 12 15 48
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Percentages: FG-.315, FT-.714. 3-Point Goals:
4-18, .222 (Kelley 0-1, Vershaw 0-1, Penney 0-2,
Boone 0-1, Bryant 1-6, Duany 3-7). Team rebounds:
2. Blocked shots: 2 (Duany 2). Turnovers: 14
(Kowske 3, Penney 3, Bryant 2, Kelley 2, Wills 2,
Duany, Vershaw). Steals: 4 (Kelley 2, Bryant,
Vershaw).
OHIO ST (51)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Ocokoljic 12 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 1 0
Johnson 34 3-10 0-0 2-6 0 2 6
Penn 33 3-9 7-8 0-3 2 2 13
Brown 34 3-6 2-2 0-8 3 3 8
Redd 34 5-12 2-2 1-3 3 1 14
Darby 17 2-5 0-0 0-2 1 1 5
Robinson 2 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
Reese 28 2-6 1-2 2-3 0 2 5
Dudley 6 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
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TOTALS 200 18-49 12-14 6-29 9 13 51
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Percentages: FG-.367, FT-.857. 3-Point Goals:
3-12, .250 (Ocokoljic 0-1, Penn 0-4, Brown 0-1,
Redd 2-4, Darby 1-2). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked
shots: 6 (Johnson 5, Reese). Turnovers: 14 (Penn
5, Redd 3, Johnson 2, Reese 2, Darby, Robinson).
Steals: 7 (Darby 2, Penn 2, Redd 2, Brown).
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Wisconsin 23 25 - 48
Ohio St 29 22 - 51
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Technical fouls: None. A: 19,100. Officials: Ed
Hightower, Gary Bova, Tim Hutchinson.
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