Ohio State ends five-game losing streak, handles Iowa at home

Coming into Saturday, the Ohio State and Iowa basketball groups have been two ships crusing in reverse instructions. The Buckeyes had misplaced 5 in a row, all by single digits, and the Hawkeyes had been winners of 4 straight.

So yeah, it didn’t look good, particularly with the challenges we noticed with the Ohio State offense by means of the dropping streak.

However that every one modified on Saturday.

The Buckeyes appeared like a distinct staff. The offense was shifting the ball round and sharing it with extra environment friendly possessions, the vitality stage was significantly better on each ends of the courtroom, and the capturing and decision-making miles from what we noticed over the previous couple of video games.

All of it resulted in a much-needed 93-77 win over Iowa to cease the bleeding and provides followers, gamers, and coaches the hope and perception that issues can certainly flip round.

You had a sense if Ohio State was going to notch a win over the surging Hawkeyes, the trouble could be led by freshman sensation Brice Sensabaugh and that’s precisely what occurred. The 6-foot, 6-inch, 235-pound ahead completed the sport with a career-high 27 factors on a blistering 10-of-12 capturing, together with 4-of-5 from past the arc. He additionally grabbed 5 rebounds and made significantly better choices with the ball.

Nevertheless it wasn’t simply Sensabaugh. The staff shot 56.3% from the ground and knocked down 8-of-16 three-pointers. Sean McNeil (10), Justice Sueing (10), Zed Key (11), and Isaac Likekele (18), who additionally completed with a double-double (10 rebounds) all scored in double figures.

Scoring wasn’t the one factor that appeared to enhance for OSU. The Buckeyes took higher care of the ball by notching 15 assists to only 11 turnovers, outrebounded Iowa 36 to 29, and did significantly better at attending to the free-throw line as properly (17 to 14 benefit).

With the win, Ohio State improves to 11-8 total and 3-5 in Huge Ten play. There’s nonetheless an extended solution to go, however a step in the appropriate path is strictly what this staff wanted Saturday.

We must keep watch over an obvious knee damage to Key on a dunk with lower than a minute left. It didn’t appear like it was too terribly critical, but it surely was a non-contact damage and people all the time include concern.

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The Buckeyes will subsequent be in motion towards Illinois on the highway Tuesday.

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