The game started off well, but I didn't get to see it because I was in class. The Buckeyes showed some heart when Michigan took the lead late in the game, 66-64. Then the Buckeyes managed to score and tie it up at 66. The Wolverines, led by a reDONKulous player in Manny Harris, who finished with 26 points and 6 rebounds. He ended up thinking that he had won the game when, with 10 seconds left, he drove down and shot the jumper for the lead with only 2.2 seconds remaining. He thumped his chest knowing he had almost single-handladly won the game for the Wolverines. The inbound pass went straight to Evan Turner, who proceeded to go over the half court line and shoot a deep three. What happend next will go down in history for Evan Turner. By the way, I love Thad Matta.
Turner went 1 for 8 in the second half, but you could certainly say he made up for it with that. Perhaps the worst part for Michigan was that they had started the season ranked at 15, and from then on, just crumpled, slowly, but surely. Now looking for some redemption, they took care of Iowa and almost up-handed Ohio State. David Lighty and William Buford each scored 15 points for Ohio State, making up for Turner's down play in the second half. Ohio State is now 14-1 in the past 15 games aganist the Big Ten, which is good for our running in the NCAA and Big Ten Tournament. Evan Turner obviously makes a huge diffrence to this team, and I would be shocked if he didn't win POY. Mark Titus had this to say about the crazy shot that the Villan took. Next up for Ohio State will be Illinois, who upset Wisconsin (Damn, there goes my perfect record already) to get to the semis. This doesn't spell good news for us, to me, it Illinois always seems like a dangerous bunch. We'll see what happens.
You can't defend this dude.
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