Ohio State Loses To #17 Ranked Michigan, 56-51

Filed under Game Recap on February 19th, 2012

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On February 18th on the road, the Buckeyes were upset by the Wolverines in Big Ten action, 56-51.

Deshaun Thomas led the way in scoring for the Buckeyes with 25 points in 40 minutes. Thomas contributed a game-leading 13 rebounds.

The Buckeyes didn't win and, unfortunately, they were expected to. The Buckeyes have now split regular season games with the Wolverines, having beaten them earlier this season, 64-49.

Michigan created separation in turnover margin and three-point shooting.

Three-pointers were devastating, as Michigan shot 23% from three-point range and Ohio State shot 18%. The Buckeyes gave the ball away 13 times to eight for the Wolverines. Ohio State struggled with only 51 points compared to its 74.9 average this season.

OSU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Deshaun Thomas 40 25 13 1 0 0 1 B+ Jared Sullinger 35 14 8 1 1 0 3 C+ William Buford 40 6 6 2 1 0 2 C Aaron Craft 36 4 2 3 2 0 2 D+ L. Smith Jr. 28 2 1 2 2 0 3 D Sam Thompson 12 0 2 0 1 0 1 - Shannon Scott 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Amir Williams 3 0 2 0 0 0 0

MICH Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Jordan Morgan 35 11 11 1 2 0 0 A Trey Burke 37 17 2 5 0 0 3 C+ Stu Douglass 38 7 2 1 1 0 0 C+ Tim Hardaway Jr 38 13 3 0 0 0 4 C+ Evan Smotrycz 18 2 5 1 0 0 1 C Zack Novak 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 - Matt Vogrich 5 0 1 0 0 0 0

The Buckeyes have fallen to 22-5. They've dropped to 2nd place in the Big Ten as their conference record goes to 10-4. Their record against RPI Top 50 teams (Michigan #14) falls to 7-4.

Up next is Illinois at home on February 21st.

• Jared Sullinger has 16 straight double-digit point games.
• Deshaun Thomas has led the team in scoring 5 times and in rebounding 5 times in 27 games this season.
• The Buckeyes have been unlucky 3 times this season in games decided by 5 or fewer points. Since 2006, Ohio State has lost 18 close games.
• Deshaun Thomas recorded a double-double. It was the 1st of his career.
• The last time OSU started the season 22-5 was 1999.

• Trey Burke has 6 straight double-digit point games.
• Jordan Morgan accounted for 44.0% of the team's rebounds.
• Jordan Morgan set a career high with 9 defensive rebounds.
• Tim Hardaway Jr set a career high with a 100% three point percentage.
• Jordan Morgan recorded a double-double. It was the 1st of his career.

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