Luke Goode stroked a 3-pointer with greater than a minute left in additional time to present Indiana the lead and Anthony Leal blocked John Mobley Jr.’s jumper with a second left to permit Indiana to flee Ohio State with a 77-76 Huge Ten Convention win Friday night time.
Indiana (14-5, 5-3) now has received 5 of the final six conferences with the Buckeyes, together with each video games a yr in the past. Ohio State (10-8, 2-5) misplaced its third straight convention recreation, all by two factors or much less.
Mobley hit a 3-pointer with 38 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the sport at 71-71. Indiana held the ball earlier than Luke Goode drove for a layup that missed, Oumar Ballo obtained the offensive rebound however missed the put-back, rebounded once more and missed a jumper. Ohio State rebounded however was unable to get off a shot because the clock ran out.
Ohio State took the lead, 76-74, on Bruce Thornton’s three-point play with 1:26 left in additional time. Indiana’s Myles Rice drove to the basket however missed a layup to tie the sport, however Oumar Ballo got here 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 try for Ohio State and Kanaan Carlyle drove the baseline and misfired on a brief jumper with :14 left.
Goode completed with a career-high 23 factors and Ballo scored a double-double with 21 factors and 15 rebounds with 4 assists and two blocks for the Hoosiers. Carlyle added 13 factors.
Mobley completed with 22 factors to guide the Buckeyes. Micah Parrish added 19 and Thornton added 18.
Indiana performs at Northwestern Wednesday. Ohio State performs at No. 17 Purdue Thursday.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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