No. 13 seed Ohio St. reaches semis, 68-58 over Spartans

CHICAGO (AP) — Bruce Thornton had 21 factors and 6 assists, freshman Roddy Gayle Jr. scored seven of his season-high 15 factors within the remaining 5 minutes and short-handed Ohio State beat fourth-seeded Michigan State 68-58 on Friday within the Massive Ten Convention Match.

Ohio State (16-18) turned the bottom seed, at No. 13, to ever attain the Massive Ten semifinals. The Buckeyes will face top-seeded Purdue on Saturday, searching for their first win in three tries this season.

The Buckeyes had been with out main scorer Brice Sensabaugh, at 16.3 factors per recreation, as a result of knee soreness. However Gayle, who hadn’t scored in double figures since netting 12 factors on Dec. 3 in opposition to St. Francis (Pa.), scored 12 factors within the second half to make up for Sensabaugh’s absence.

Gayle prolonged Ohio State’s result in 51-39 on a 3-pointer with 8:05 remaining and Justice Sueing added one other 3-pointer on their subsequent possession. Gayle made two free throws with 4:27 left and after Michigan State airballed a 3-pointer, Gayle rattled in a 3-pointer to make it 61-50. Gayle added a tricky layup for an 11-point result in cap his run of seven straight factors for Michigan State.

Sueing completed with 4 3-pointers and 14 factors for Ohio State, which misplaced each regular-season conferences with Michigan State, 62-41 on Feb. 12 and 84-78 on March 4.

Ohio State had its lead trimmed to 36-34 earlier than Thornton and Sueing made back-to-back 3-pointers to begin a 10-2 run. Thornton capped the run with a fast-break layup after Sueing blocked a Michigan State shot on the rim.

Joey Hauser led Michigan State (19-12) with 15 factors. Jaden Akins, A.J. Hoggard and Tyson Walker every scored 10.

Michigan State missed 13 of 15 pictures halfway by way of the primary half earlier than Tre Holloman scored with 5:56 left earlier than the break. Ohio State scored eight factors round Holloman’s basket to increase its result in 28-19 and led 33-24 at halftime as Michigan State was held to 31% capturing, together with 1 of 9 from 3-point vary.