Penn State 54, #4 Ohio State 78 (Final) - Page 5 - ScarletBuckeye

PHATBUCK13 · 01-25-2012, 10:14 PM

I'm in a drinking bowling league on Wednesdays.

I'll catch up with y'all in about an hour.

Big win.

We missed the 24.5 right!

McKraut · 01-25-2012, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by PHATBUCK13

I'm in a drinking bowling league on Wednesdays.

I'll catch up with y'all in about an hour.

Big win.

We missed the 24.5 right!

By one daggum point buddy, we missed the Sullinger, Buford, Thomas trifecta by a point as well...

On an unrelated tangent, bowling league eh? Are you a fan of the Big Lebowski as well, brother?

BuckeyeBlitz08 · 01-25-2012, 10:43 PM

Everyone knows what we are going to get from the starters but I was so glad to see so much out of the bench tonight. They did well and scored like they should. Yeah they could have played better defense but that will come with time since most of them are freshman. Overall good game for the Bucks. The more playing time Matta gets for the bench will help in the tourney big time.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 01-26-2012, 11:19 AM

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OSUBasketballJunkie · 01-26-2012, 11:35 AM

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Men's basketball Ohio State goes wire to wire against PSU
Buckeyes take control from opening tip, coast to another one-sided victory

By Bob Baptist
The Columbus Dispatch
Thursday January 26, 2012 5:22 AM

In what is rated as the toughest conference in college basketball, Ohio State made it look easy again last night.

The fourth-ranked Buckeyes, who lead the nation in scoring margin, got out to an 8-0 lead on Penn State and never trailed in a 78-54 victory at Value City Arena.

The Nittany Lions became the fifth Big Ten team and 15th overall to lose to Ohio State by 20 or more points this season, and the 12th at Value City Arena.

The Buckeyes (18-3, 6-2) extended their home-court winning streak to 37 games, second-longest in the country to Kentucky’s 47.

“In the games we have played well, we’ve had good practices going in, and I think that’s a big eye-opener for our basketball team because we are young,” guard Aaron Craft said.

“At the beginning of the year, we really didn’t understand how important practice was. I think we’re starting to see and realize that if we have good days in practice, day in and day out, it tends to spill over to the game. I hope we can continue to build off that.”

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OSUBasketballJunkie · 01-26-2012, 12:02 PM

ozone.net

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Craft Corrals Frazier, Sparks Buckeye Blowout of PSU

By Brandon Castel

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Aaron Craft did what he does best Wednesday night and Ohio State’s agitator helped the Buckeyes do what they do best in a 78-54 win over Penn State at Value City Arena.

Craft scored 11 points and dished out three assists, but more importantly, he shut down the Big Ten’s leading scorer, Tim Frazier, as the 4th-ranked Buckeyes (18-3, 6-2 Big Ten) won their 37th-straight game at home.

“I thought Craft did a great job on him,” Penn State coach Pat Chambers said after the game.

“Yesterday in practice I had a couple of our second-team really get after Tim and play physical, play tough. I think that’s the way Craft plays. I think Craft got into Tim a little bit, mentally and physically.”

Ohio State’s sophomore point guard was in such a groove Wednesday that even his alley-oops were going in. With just over a minute remaining in the first half, Craft lobbed a 35-foot pass towards the rim for freshman Sam Thompson, who already has an alley-oop dunk up for Geico Play of the Year.

Thompson went up for the easy slam, but Craft’s pass went in the basket instead to give the Buckeyes a 38-15 lead over the Nittany Lions (10-12, 2-7).

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OSUBasketballJunkie · 01-26-2012, 12:04 PM

ozone.net

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Buckeyes freezing of Frazier plays key role in win over Penn State

Ben Axelrod

With 13 minutes left in the game and his team down by 25 points, Penn State guard Tim Frazier had his lay-up attempt cleanly blocked at the basket by Ohio State forward Sam Thompson. The block sent Frazier tumbling to the floor and knocked his left sneaker off, causing him to spend the ensuing OSU possession with one eye on the action and one eye on his shoe.

It was just that kind of day for the Nittany Lions’ star.

Frazier entered Penn State’s Wednesday night match-up with No. 4 OSU with a league-high 10 twenty-point-plus scoring games. He left it having scored 16 points on a not-so-efficient 6-of-16 shooting.

The reduced play of Penn State’s leader in scoring, rebounds, and assists played an instrumental role in the Buckeyes’ 78-54 blowout victory over the Nittany Lions on Wednesday night.

It wasn’t just Frazier’s scoring that fell below his season average. The junior guard pulled down just one rebound and added four assists, numbers which are both south of the 5 rebounds and 6.4 assists he was averaging before Wednesday night.

Penn State coach Pat Chambers attributed Frazier’s subpar outing to the play of OSU point guard Aaron Craft.

“Craft did a great job on him,” Chambers said. “Going in yesterday, I had a couple of our second teams guys really get after Tim and play physical and play tough and that’s the way Craft plays. I think Craft got into Tim a little bit, mentally and physically.”

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