Court Report: North Carolina-Asheville
Posted on December 22, 2008 by Matt Barker, Publisher & Editor of BuckeyeBanter.com
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No. 15/13 Ohio State (8-0) vs. North Carolina-Asheville (4-7)
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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.
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PROBABLE STARTERS |
North Carolina-Asheville Bulldogs Head Coach: Eddie Biedenbach |
Record: 4-7, 1-1 Big South | AP Poll: NR | RPI: 228 | SOS: 32 |
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| 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 | |||||
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OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Head Coach: Thad Matta |
Record: 8-0, 0-0 Big Ten | AP Poll: 15 | RPI: 11 | SOS: 91 |
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| 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 | |||||
