Goode and Ballo Deliver for the Hoosiers
Indiana snaps two game losing streak with an Overtime Win at Ohio State
By Nick Jenkinson/Excel H Sports
The Indiana Hoosiers snapped a two-game losing streak with a 77-76 overtime win against the Ohio State Buckeyes Friday Night inside the Schottenstein Center in Columbus Ohio. The Hoosiers are 14-5 overall and 5-3 in the Big Ten and bounce back after back-to-back 25-point losses to Iowa and Illinois. Ohio State is 10-8 overall and 2-5 in the Big Ten and have dropped three straight games by a combined five points. Indiana leads the all-time series with the Buckeyes 113-88 and have won 4 straight in the series and 5 of the last 6 and 2 in a row in Columbus.
Luke Goode scored a career high 23 points, Oumar Ballo posted his third straight double-double with 21 points and 15 rebounds and Kannan Carlyle scored 13 points off the bench for the Hoosiers. Indiana finished 27-64 from the field for 42%, 6-20 from three-point range for 30% and 17-23 from the free throw line for 74%. The Hoosiers pulled down 39 rebounds, dished out 15 assists, 6 blocks, 4 steals, 34 points in the paint, 23 bench points and committed 10 turnovers.
John Mobley Jr. led Ohio State with 22 points, Micah Parrish added 19 points and Bruce Thornton scored 18 points. The Buckeyes finished 28-62 from the field 45%, 8-23 from three-point range for 34% and 12-18 from the free throw line for 80%. Ohio State pulled down 35 rebounds, dished out 10 assists, 5 blocks, 3 steals, 36 points in the paint, 8 bench points and committed 11 turnovers.
The game featured 13 lead changes and 8 ties with the biggest lead of the game is when Indiana led by 10 at 68-58 and Ohio State led by 7 points at 33-26. It was game that both teams needed to keep pace in the Big Ten and after for Indiana after the chants of “Fire Woodson” Tuesday Night against Illinois the Hoosiers needed this game and a win on the road since Indiana had no true road wins this season and the Hoosiers played with some pride and effort and got the win and now head to Northwestern on Wednesday.
Oumar Ballo scored the first six points of the game as Malik Reneau missed his fifth straight game with a knee injury and Freshman Bryson Tucker missed the game due to injury. Luke Goode went 7-14 form the field draining four three pointers and a perfect 5-5 from the free throw line. Ballo was 8-14 from the field and 5-7 from the free throw line. Anthony Leal started in place of Trey Galloway as Leal pulled down 3 rebounds and had an assist but made the game winning block on John Mobley Jr. at the end of overtime to preserve the win and played 31 minutes. Galloway played 35 minutes scoring 7 points on 2-9 from the field, 1-4 from three-point range with 6 assists and 5 rebounds. Carlyle went 5-12 from the field, 1-3 from three-point range and 2-5 from the free throw line with 4 rebounds.
Ohio State led 35-29 at halftime. Indiana outscored the Buckeyes 42-36 in the second half as the Hoosiers had several chances to win the game at the end of regulation and were not able to finish as the Hoosiers played their first overtime game all season and third overtime for Ohio State as they are 1-2 in overtime games this season. Indiana outscored Ohio State 6-5 in the extra period as Goode’s three with over a minute left in overtime game the Hoosiers the lead.
Mobley hit a 3-pointer with 38 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game at 71-71. Indiana held the ball before Luke Goode drove for a layup that missed, Oumar Ballo got the offensive rebound but missed the put-back, rebounded again and missed a jumper. Ohio State rebounded but was unable to get off a shot as the clock ran out. Ohio State took the lead, 76-74, on Bruce Thornton’s three-point play with 1:26 left in overtime. Indiana’s Myles Rice drove to the basket but missed a layup to tie the game, but Oumar Ballo came down with the offensive rebound and kicked the ball to a wide-open Goode on the wing for the game-winner. Mobley missed a 3-point attempt for Ohio State and Kannan Carlyle drove the baseline and misfired on a short jumper with :14 left. After the game Indiana Head Coach Mike Woodson said “I don’t even want to comment on the outside noise. It’s ridiculous.” and Luke Goode said, “We represented Indiana basketball with pride tonight.” The Hoosiers responded with a huge road win and exposed the lack of inside presence the Buckeyes playing with Devin Royal who had a wrist injury. When there back were against the wall after a very ugly game and home crowd the Hoosiers rallied to with a big win on the road in the Big Ten.
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