National Basketball Association
Louisville 64, Ohio St. 55
When: 9:30 PM ET, Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Where: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Officials:
# Brian Dorsey, # Karl Hess, # Michael Stephens
Attendance:
22784
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No. 5 Louisville 64, No. 13 Ohio State 55: Wayne Blackshear scored 22 points while Montrezl Harrell collected 13 points and 10 rebounds as the Cardinals withstood a late rally by the visiting Buckeyes.
Terry Rozier registered 11 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Louisville (6-0), which limited the Buckeyes to 30.4 shooting and held a 46-41 rebounding edge. Chris Jones added 10 points as the Cardinals won the ACC/Big Ten Challenge contest despite shooting 35.2 percent from the field.
Louisville native D'Angelo Russell led Ohio State (5-1) with 17 points, six rebounds and all of the Buckeyes’ seven assists. Marc Loving had 13 points and six rebounds before fouling out with 7:01 remaining while Sam Thompson registered seven points and seven rebounds for the Buckeyes, who trailed by as many as 19 early in the second half.
Blackshear made four 3-pointers and scored 16 points in the first half for Louisville, which led 35-18 at the break after holding the Buckeyes to 6-of-26 shooting. Jones drained a 3-pointer with just over six minutes left to push the Cardinals’ lead to 12 before the Buckeyes rallied with a 10-2 run to cut the deficit to 51-46 with 4:19 remaining.
Russell made four straight free throws to pull the Buckeyes within 56-53 with 1:12 left, but Rozier responded with a 3-pointer and the Cardinals sealed the win at the foul line. Rozier and Jones were a combined 6-of-26 from the field, but Rozier scored eight points in the final four minutes to squelch Ohio State’s comeback hopes.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Louisville improved to 26-5 in December over the last four years, including a 14-1 over the last two seasons. … Ohio State G Shannon Scott, who came in averaging 9.2 points, missed six of seven shots and scored three points. … Louisville, which shot 16-of-28 from the foul line, recorded its 31st straight win at home against a nonconference opponent.
Top Game Performances
| Ohio St. |
|
Louisville |
|
D'Angelo Russell 17 |
Scoring |
Wayne Blackshear 22 |
|
D'Angelo Russell 6 |
Assists |
Terry Rozier 7 |
|
Jae'Sean Tate 7 |
Rebounds |
Montrezl Harrell 10 |
|
D'Angelo Russell 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Wayne Blackshear 6 |
|
Shannon Scott 3 |
Steals |
Wayne Blackshear 3 |
|
Amir Williams 2 |
Blocks |
Anas Mahmoud 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Ohio St.
|
55 |
30.4 |
6-18 |
15-25 |
7 |
39 |
4 |
10 |
14 |
| Louisville
|
64 |
35.2 |
10-29 |
16-28 |
15 |
45 |
5 |
11 |
16 |
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