National Basketball Association
Ohio St. 85, Savannah State 45
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Where: Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Officials:
# Eric Curry, # Dan Dorian, # Gene Steratore
Attendance:
13848
By SportsDirect Inc.
No. 7 Ohio State 85, Savannah State 45: Deshaun Thomas poured in 22 points and the Buckeyes rolled to their 37th straight non-conference home win.
LaQuinton Ross (13 points), Shannon Scott (12) and Evan Ravenel (11) joined Thomas in double figures. Ohio State (7-1) dominated the glass, outrebounding Savannah State 48-21. Ross and Ravenel each had nine boards, and they combined for seven of the Buckeyes' 19 offensive rebounds.
Arnold Louis had 14 points before fouling out to lead Savannah State (5-5), which lost its second straight. The Tigers came into this game allowing 53 points, and the output allowed to Ohio State was a season high for a Savannah State opponent.
Ohio State led 42-18 at half and Thomas was a big reason why. He hit four 3-pointers in the opening period and reached the break with 21 points.
The Tigers went on an 8-2 run to start the second half, but that's as close as they would get. Ohio State widened the gap from there, and led by as many as 42 points late in the game.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Buckeyes junior G Aaron Craft dished six assists but had zero points, his first scoreless performance since his freshman year. ... Five of Ravenel's nine rebounds came in the first five minutes. ... This marked the 14th straight non-conference home game that Ohio State has won by 20-plus points.
Top Game Performances
| Savannah State |
|
Ohio St. |
|
Arnold Louis 14 |
Scoring |
Deshaun Thomas 22 |
|
Preston Blackman 3 |
Assists |
Aaron Craft 6 |
|
Rashad Hassan 4 |
Rebounds |
Evan Ravenel 9 |
|
Arnold Louis 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Evan Ravenel 5 |
|
Preston Blackman 2 |
Steals |
Shannon Scott 4 |
|
Jyles Smith 2 |
Blocks |
Trey McDonald 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Savannah State
|
45 |
37.0 |
1-10 |
4-9 |
6 |
21 |
3 |
7 |
20 |
| Ohio St.
|
85 |
47.5 |
10-19 |
19-26 |
15 |
48 |
5 |
12 |
20 |