From: atchison@lyre.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark Atchison)
Subject: tOSU 71 - PSU 68
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:55:42 GMT

Well, all is right with the world. For at least 24 hours, the Ohio State 
Buckeyes are all alone atop the Big 10 standings, and Penn State is all alone
in last.  There's a nine team logjam in the middle. :)

Last night the Buckeyes became the first Big 10 team to visit the "comfortable"
surroundings of Rec Hall in State College, PA.  If you weren't brave enough to
watch the early game on ESPN last night, let me tell you a little about this
arena.  The most democratic thing that the WBNS radio announcer (Columbus)
could find to say about it was that it would be about 11th in the Big 10.
The sidelines have fans, a la high school gyms, two feet or less from the
sidelines.  Small high school gyms.  It even has something resembling the 
"stage end" -- bonus points if you played in one of these and get the humor.

It boiled down to this.  Penn State shot 61% in the first half, and rained 3's
in like layups -- including 2-3 from transfer center Don Amaechi, a 6-10 
space eater from England via Toledo and Vanderbilt.  The announcers claimed
he's a 50% three point shooter.  We'll just say I'm skeptical of his touch.
Despite the hot shooting, Penn State only led by 4 at the break, 42-38.

The second half witnessed the inevitable cool-down, and PSU only ended up 44%
from the field for the game.  The Bucks were reasonably consistent on offense,
and were no doubt aided by Greg Simpson's 4/4 performance from beyond the three
point line.  On the down side, Ohio State was outrebounded badly, 44-30, but
they offset this by turning the ball over only 4 times the entire game -- a 
great accomplishment for a young team on the road.

In the end, Ohio State missed some free throws, and two more PSU threes gave
the Lions the ball trailing by only three with just 9 seconds.  Ohio State 
elected to foul and avoid another three pointer, but it almost backfired when 
the intentionally missed second free throw went off Funderburke's hands out of
bounds.  PSU's out of bounds play got them an open layup for the tie, but the 
pass just missed, and the Bucks held on.

For the Buckeyes, standouts were Lawrence Funderburke, as usual, and Derek
Anderson and Greg Simpson.  Funderburke's jumper was on, and he went 9-15 from
the floor with only maybe two dunks.  Anderson was 3-3 from the field, and
had 2 boards, 3 assists, and a steal to go with a big drive and dunk in crunch
time.  Simpson came off the bench to go 3-3 from long range in the first
half, and added 2 assists and a steal in just 14 minutes.

For the Nittany Lions, Greg Bartram had a big first half with 9 points, but
disappeared in the second half.  Amaechi was impressive, going 7-12 from the
floor, and 4-5 from the line, along with 11 rebounds.  And as expected, DeRon
Hayes was the points leader with 23, but only 7 in the second half.  The PSU
stars seemed a little tired toward the end, but played hard the whole way and
hammered the offensive glass.

OSU = 28-61 (.459)  ft: 9-14 (.643)  3pg: 6-15 (.400)
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PLYR     MIN  FG  FGA  FT  FTA  3G 3GA RB  A  PF  TO  BK  S  TP
Skelton   35   3   12   6    8   1   6  3  2   0   0   1  2  13
Fnderburk 30   9   15   0    0   0   0  6  1   0   1   4  0  18
Anderson  22   3    3   0    0   0   0  2  3   2   0   0  1   6
Davis     30   2    7   1    2   0   3  3  3   3   1   0  2   5
Dudley    27   3    7   2    4   0   0  4  0   4   0   1  1   8
Simpson   14   5    7   0    0   4   4  1  2   0   2   0  1  14
Brandewie 18   2    2   0    0   0   0  6  0   1   0   0  0   4
Etzler    15   1    5   0    0   1   2  1  1   0   0   0  0   3
Ratliff    3   0    0   0    0   0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0   0
Macon      3   0    1   0    0   0   0  0  0   1   0   0  0   0
Watson     3   0    2   0    0   0   0  2  0   2   0   0  0   0
TOTALS   200  28   61   9   14   6  15 30 12  13   4   6  7  71

PSU = 27-62 (.435)  ft: 7-12 (.583)  3pg: 7-15 (.467)
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GO BUCKS!!!

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_______________________________________________________________________________
 Mark Atchison, a.k.a. <atchison@cis.ohio-state.edu>; Graduate Student in the
Computer Science Dept, THE Ohio State University (NOT an Ohio State University)
		Any plagiarisms seen above are not my own...
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