April 5, 2011 - 2:10pm
Michigan vs Ohio State Live Blog
BY CHRIS MESZAROS
We're here at Crisler Arena for the 13th game of the Michigan basketball season as the Wolverines look to salvage what has so far been a trainwreck of a season. Michigan comes into this game against Ohio State with a 6-6 record while the Buckeyes come in at 10-3.
However, Ohio State remains without their best player in Evan Turner who injured his back on Dec. 5 against Eastern Michigan. With Turner out of the lineup, the Buckeyes have beaten the likes of Presbyterian, Delaware State and Cleveland State, but were destroyed in their last contest at Wisconsin, 65-43. It will be interesting to see how the Wolverines fare against the Turner-less Buckeyes.
In Michigan's last contest against Indiana, the Wolverines lost71-65 even though the Hoosiers were without their best player in freshman Maurice Creek.
18:30 remaining First Half Manny nails a three against nice defense and DeShawn makes a jumper from just behind the free throw line to give Michigan an early lead. OSU called for traveling.
Michigan 5, Ohio State 2
16:33 remaining First Half Lucas Perry misses a three but was on target. Ohio State misses their shot on next possession and Manny capitalizes with a nice jumper off a screen.
Michigan 7, Ohio State 2
13:14 remaining First Half OSU's Jon Diebler hit a three on one possession and then a two on his next to make the game closer. Douglass extends Michigan's lead to 12 with a three from the top of the arc. Michigan ball after a OSU offensive foul.
Michigan 12, Ohio State 9
11:55 remaining First Half Zack Novak makes a three to extend Michigan's lead to six. TV timeout.
Michigan 15, Ohio State 9
7:45 remaining First Half OSU's Jon Diebler keeps shooting lights out for the Buckeyes with two more three pointers. He has 14 of OSU's 20 points. The Wolverines looked a bit sloppy over this stretch with two Manny turnovers, however Douglass hit another three before the timeout.
Michigan 25, Ohio State 20
4:09 remaining First Half Michigan keeps the tempo up but is sloppy with the basketball and gets unlucky on a couple possessions. Ohio State ties it up on an old fashioned three point play.
Michigan 27, Ohio State 27
3:11 remaining First Half Sims gets open in the paint and makes a baby hook to give Michigan the lead back.
Michigan 29, Ohio State 27
:55 remaining First Half Manny slices through the lane on two occasions and gets the and one on his last possession but OSU keeps it close with a three from David Lighty.
Michigan 34, Ohio State 32
HalftimeMichigan needs to find someone to stop Diebler who keeps getting open off of screens and is killing the Wolverines with 14 points. It seemed like this game was going to turn into another game like Indiana with the Wolverines taking an early lead and giving it up midway through the half, but they come away with a two point lead, 34-32.
14:00 remaining Second HalfManny with a pair of threes as both teams go back to back. Ohio State is getting way too many second chance opportunities.
Michigan 44, Ohio State 41
13:33 remaining Second HalfOn a deep pass Michigan gets lucky as the ball grazes off an OSU player before going out of bounds. First timeout of the half.
Michigan 44, Ohio State 41
12:14 remaining Second HalfVogrich with great plays both on offense and defense, grabbing two offensive boards and putting one back in for a basket and then getting a jump ball against OSU. Sims gets a fast break two and Crisler is the loudest so far this season.
Michigan 50, Ohio State 44
9:50 remaining Second HalfMorris makes a nice fade away and OSU makes both free throws on the other end and Buford makes a three off a Michigan turnover
Michigan 52, Ohio State 49
8:32 remaining Second HalfBeilein takes timeout after OSU ties it up with a Buford three.
Michigan 52, Ohio State 52
7:01remaining Second HalfMichigan winds down the shot clock and DeShawn hits on a finger-roll shot as time expires on the shot clock.
Michigan 54, Ohio State 52
5:48 remaining Second HalfManny makes a ridiculous shot while being fouled and makes the free throw
Michigan 59, Ohio State 55
Final Michigan pulls away from Buckeyes late in the second half. The team wins 73-64 and earns its first Big Ten win of the season.
Michigan 73, Ohio State 64
