Court Report: North Carolina-Asheville

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Matt Barker, Publisher & Editor of BuckeyeBanter.com
No. 15/13 Ohio State (8-0) vs. North Carolina-Asheville (4-7)



Date: Monday, December 22
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Place: Value City Arena – capacity 19,049
TV: Big Ten Network with Tom Hamilton and former Buckeye Tony White.
Radio: WBNS-AM 1460 and WBNS-FM 97.1 in Columbus and 58 more stations across Buckeyeland on the Ohio State Buckeyes Radio Network with Paul Keels and Ron Stokes.
Series History: Ohio State owns a 2-0 record against UNC-Asheville.
Last Game: Ohio State, led by Jamar Butler’s 21 points and 10 assists, advanced to the second round of the 2008 MasterCard National Invitational Tournament by defeating North Carolina-Asheville, 84-66, last March.

PROBABLE STARTERS
North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs
Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach
Record: 4-7, 1-1 Big South | AP Poll: NR | RPI: 228 | SOS: 32
Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3FG% FT%
F 20 Reid Augst 6-6 215 Sr. 14.5 4.4 2.5 1.7 0.1 47.5 18.2 72.5
F 45 Jason Ridenhour 6-6 200 Jr. 8.9 4.8 1.2 1.3 0.5 53.8 38.1 37.5
F 23 John Williams 6-4 215 So. 11.1 6.0 1.5 0.7 2.2 52.2 50.0 59.5
G 15 Sean Smith 6-6 200 Sr. 9.5 4.0 1.8 0.5 0.3 37.0 47.9 77.8
G 10 J.P. Primm 6-2 190 Fr. 9.3 2.6 5.5 1.5 0.0 39.8 27.6 77.4
    TEAM AVERAGES       71.8 35.9 16.0 8.5 4.5 44.1 32.3 66.3
OHIO STATE BUCKEYES
Head Coach: Thad Matta
Record: 8-0, 0-0 Big Ten | AP Poll: 15 | RPI: 11 | SOS: 91
Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3FG% FT%
F 52 Dallas Lauderdale 6-8 255 So. 7.6 4.6 0.1 0.4 3.6 66.7 0.0 54.8
C 32 B.J. Mullens 7-0 275 Fr. 6.4 3.6 0.1 0.6 0.9 50.0 0.0 61.9
G 21 Evan Turner 6-7 205 So. 16.9 7.2 3.0 3.2 1.0 55.0 57.1 76.8
G 33 Jon Diebler 6-6 205 So. 11.4 2.5 1.9 1.1 0.5 44.4 40.4 84.2
G 2 Jeremie Simmons 6-2 170 Jr. 7.6 2.8 2.6 0.8 0.4 30.4 34.2 82.4
    TEAM AVERAGES       67.0 33.9 11.9 8.1 7.4 44.5 34.0 68.8


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Win over Gaels not a breeze

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Matt Barker, Publisher & Editor of BuckeyeBanter.com

B.J. MullensRight: Freshman center B.J. Mullens slams down two of his nine points against Iona. (AP Photo)

Evan Turner scored 21, Jon Diebler added 16, and William Buford came off the bench to chip in 10 points as the 17th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Iona Gaels at Value City Arena, Saturday afternoon.

Byron James Mullens, starting for an injured David Lighty, score nine first half points, but played sparingly in the second stanza and did not register another point.

With the game tied at 31-all with 15:30 left in the game, the Buckeyes used a 14-4 run to outdistance themselves from the Gaels, capped off on an a sweet alleyoop pass from Jeremie Simmons that was slammed home by Buford.

Ohio State led 28-24 at halftime, but Iona went on a 7-0 run to start the second half before Turner drained a triple from the top of the key to tie the game at 31-31.

From that point, the Buckeyes outdistanced themselves by going on a 17-6 run to take a double-digit lead after a pair of free throws from Turner.

Ohio State shot 48.8 percent (20-of-41) from the field, while holding Iona to 36.4 percent (20-of-55) shooting. The Buckeyes went 5-of-17 from three-point range, while the Gaels knocked down nine of their of 26 attempts from beyond the arc, with four of those coming from 7-foot forward Jonathan Huffman.

Once again, Ohio State was outrebounded with Iona pulling down 36 caroms to OSU’s 29 boards.



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