Ohio St. 50, Wisconsin 43
Sunday, March 17, 2013 3:30 PM
Location -
United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Officials -
Michael Kitts, Ted Valentine, Terry Wymer
Attendance -
20560
Final Scoring Summary
Recap
No. 9 Ohio State 50, No. 23 Wisconsin 43: Deshaun Thomas had 17 points and seven rebounds as the Buckeyes defeated the Badgers to win the Big Ten championship in Chicago.
Second-seeded Ohio State (26-7) held Wisconsin without a field goal for the final seven-plus minutes en route to winning the tournament crown for the third time in four seasons.
Traevon Jackson had 10 points for fourth-seeded Wisconsin (23-11), which will be part of the NCAA Tournament field as an at-large entry.
The Badgers had a 41-39 lead with 7:03 to play before Thomas hit two free throws and Craft scored the go-ahead basket with 5:30 to play. LaQuinton Ross made back-to-back baskets to cap an 8-0 burst that gave the Buckeyes a six-point advantage with 2:41 remaining.
Ohio State led 13-6 seven-plus minutes into the contest before going nearly eight minutes without scoring. Wisconsin rolled off 14 straight points and later led 24-15 before the Buckeyes scored the final eight points of the half.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Buckeyes had a 39-28 rebounding edge and collected 12 offensive boards. … Jackson made two free throws with 2:27 to play for the Badgers’ only points over the final seven-plus minutes. … Both teams shot poorly from 3-point range with Ohio State going 1-for-16 and Wisconsin 3-for-18.
Wisconsin Badgers
| |
REBOUNDS |
|
| PLAYER |
MIN |
FGM-A |
3GM-A |
FTM-A |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
A |
PF |
STL |
TO |
BLK |
PTS |
|
Jared Berggren
|
23:00 |
1-4 |
0-1 |
0-2 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
Ben Brust
|
32:00 |
3-6 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Traevon Jackson
|
35:00 |
4-10 |
0-3 |
2-2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
|
Mike Bruesewitz
|
34:00 |
2-8 |
2-7 |
0-0 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Ryan Evans
|
29:00 |
3-9 |
0-0 |
0-1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
|
Sam Dekker
|
22:00 |
3-6 |
0-3 |
2-3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
|
Frank Kaminsky
|
13:00 |
2-2 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
George Marshall
|
12:00 |
0-2 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
200 |
18-47 |
3-18 |
4-8 |
5 |
21 |
26 |
11 |
12 |
4 |
8 |
3 |
43 |
| |
38.3%
|
16.7%
|
50.0%
|
Team Rebs: 2 |
|
Total TO: 8 |
Ohio St Buckeyes
| |
REBOUNDS |
|
| PLAYER |
MIN |
FGM-A |
3GM-A |
FTM-A |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
A |
PF |
STL |
TO |
BLK |
PTS |
|
Sam Thompson
|
25:00 |
4-6 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
Aaron Craft
|
40:00 |
4-9 |
0-3 |
1-1 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
|
Lenzelle Smith Jr.
|
29:00 |
2-6 |
0-3 |
0-0 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
Deshaun Thomas
|
38:00 |
6-19 |
0-6 |
5-6 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
|
Amir Williams
|
16:00 |
1-2 |
0-0 |
3-4 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
Evan Ravenel
|
11:00 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
LaQuinton Ross
|
19:00 |
3-7 |
1-2 |
0-1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
|
Shannon Scott
|
22:00 |
0-1 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
200 |
20-52 |
1-16 |
9-12 |
10 |
27 |
37 |
8 |
12 |
6 |
9 |
1 |
50 |
| |
38.5%
|
6.2%
|
75.0%
|
Team Rebs: 2 |
|
Total TO: 9 |