13th-seeded Buckeyes top Iowa, win again in Big Ten tourney

CHICAGO (AP) — Bruce Thornton scored 17 factors and Roddy Gayle Jr. had all 9 of his factors within the last six minutes to assist in giving Thirteenth-seeded Ohio State to a 73-69 win over fifth-seeded Iowa within the second spherical of the Huge Ten Event on Wednesday.

Brice Sensabaugh added 16 factors, Justice Sueing 14 and Sean McNeil 13 for the Buckeyes (15-18), who will play fourth-seeded Michigan State in Friday’s quarterfinals. Ohio State beat the 12-seed, Wisconsin, within the first spherical.

Filip Rebraca scored 20 factors, Kris Murray 17 and Tony Perkins 16 for the Hawkeyes (19-13).

Gayle tied the sport with a jumper then hit a 3-pointer for the sport’s 18th and last lead change at 64-61 with about 3 1/2 minutes remaining.

A wild scramble for the ball that spanned your entire court docket and had a number of gamers spilling to the ground with possession flip-flopping ended with the ball out of bounds to Ohio State with 11.5 left and main 71-69. The Buckeyes inbounded the ball to Sueing and his free throws clinched it.

The groups break up their regular-season conferences with the winner scoring within the 90s. Iowa got here in first within the Huge Ten and within the high 20 nationally in scoring offense at 80.6 per recreation and Ohio State averaged 72.8. However the recreation received off to a gradual begin offensively within the first half with Ohio State main 29-28 on the break.

Whereas Ohio State completed 7 of 18 from the arc, Iowa was solely 4 of 17 and was outscored 14-8 off turnovers that included 10 Buckeyes steals.

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