Junior guard Bruce Thornton (2) surveys the courtroom through the Buckeyes’ 69-61 loss to UCLA Sunday in Los Angeles. Credit score: Ohio State Athletics
As USC ahead Rashaun Agee sank a layup to tie the sport at 80 with slightly below a minute left, Buckeye followers braced for an additional late-game collapse.
With the NCAA match hanging within the stability, Ohio State head coach Jake Diebler known as a timeout with 56 seconds to play.
Determined for a bucket, the Buckeyes turned to ahead Devin Royal.
The sophomore, who has been clutch for Ohio State all season, got here via but once more. He powered in an and-one with 41 seconds left to offer the Buckeyes again a lead they’d not relinquish.
Ohio State saved its NCAA match odds alive, because the Buckeyes went into the Galen Heart Wednesday night time to knock off USC 87-82 and snap a three-game shedding streak.
The Buckeyes, who struggled tremendously from the ground of their previous two video games, broke free from their capturing droop in dominant trend, placing on a first-half clinic from the sector.
The staff shot a stellar 72% from the sector and made its first eight 3-pointers of the sport.
Led by the backcourt trio of guards Bruce Thornton, Micah Parrish and John Mobley Jr., who mixed for 38 first-half factors, Ohio State matched its highest opening-half complete of the 12 months, scoring 52 factors.
Even with the Trojans capturing 54% from the sector, the Buckeyes went into halftime with a cushty 14-point lead.
However consolation has been a rarity for the Buckeyes this season, and the second half was no completely different.
Leaning on the frontcourt, Royal and ahead Sean Stewart mixed for a fast 10 factors to take care of a 13-point lead heading into the primary TV timeout.
After the break, nevertheless, Royal rapidly picked up his fourth foul, the pictures stopped falling and USC produced stops and continued its offensive success.
Backed by an 11-3 USC run that lasted almost 5 minutes, the Buckeyes discovered themselves clinging to a 5-point lead with slightly below eight minutes to play.
After one other 6-0 Trojan run led by guard Wesley Yates III, who led all scorers with 27 factors, the Buckeyes noticed their as soon as 17-point lead evaporate, going right into a timeout with 3:50 left up only one.
Regardless of solely hitting two subject targets within the final 10 minutes, the Buckeyes used 11 free throws, together with 4 straight, to finish the sport and maintain on for a 5-point victory.
Ohio State returns house to tackle Nebraska Monday at 9 p.m. The sport broadcasts on Peacock.
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