Winning on the road in the Big Ten conference isn’t easy. Winning on the road in East Lansing is even more difficult. The Buckeyes nearly did it on the back of Deshaun Thomas, who continued his march as the Big Ten’s best scorer with a 28 point masterpiece. However, Thomas didn’t get the shots in the final possessions for the Buckeyes, and Shannon Scott had an absolute brain cramp on the game’s final possession as the Buckeyes fell short against the Spartans 59-56 in a physical game of runs where a better overall team beat the best player.
This truly was a game of runs as the Buckeyes fell behind 13-2 and failed to score for nearly the first five minutes of the game. The Buckeyes uncharacteristically turned the ball over five times in that span and were quite characteristically missing shots. Then, a pair of threes fell from Thomas and Aaron Craft, and the Buckeyes joined the fray as they rattled off a 15-0 run of their own over the next seven minutes to quell the crowd.
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Deshaun Thomas,
Shannon Scott,
Aaron Craft,
Derrick Nix,
Amir Williams,
Branden Dawson,
LaQuinton Ross,
Evan Ravenel,
J.R. Smith,
Keith Appling,
Lenzelle Smith Jr
TEAMS: New York Knicks, Ohio State Buckeyes, Michigan State Spartans
TEAMS: New York Knicks, Ohio State Buckeyes, Michigan State Spartans
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