Game Details
Virginia (21-3, 10-2 ACC, NET: 18) vs. Ohio State (16-8, 8-6 Big Ten, NET: 40)
Day/Time: Saturday, 8 p.m. ET
TV: Fox (Gus Johnson & Jim Jackson)
Forecast
KenPom: Virginia 76-71
BartTorvik: Virginia 75-70
ESPN BPI: Virginia +2.5
Game Coverage
Media timeout: Ohio State 11-4, 15:32/1st
Yet another slow start: 2-of-6 shooting, three turnovers on eight possessions on offense.
Ohio State is 5-of-8 FG, 1-of-2 3FG in its eight possessions.
Media timeout: Ohio State 17-15, 11:57/1st
Virginia on a 9-0 run, which is more, Ohio State has gone ice cold – no points in the last 2:06.
Bench depth will be key for Virginia. Ohio State rides its starters hard.
Media timeout: Ohio State 28-26, 6:54/1st
Virginia has shot itself back into this one: 10-of-19 FG, just five 3FGA (2-of-5).
Eight makes in the paint (8-of-13); 6-of-7 at the rim.
Ohio State is 10-of-18 FG: 4-of-7 in the paint, 3-of-5 midrange, 3-of-6 3FG.
Media timeout: Virginia 35-31, 3:26/1st
Ohio State missed five of its six shots in the last stretch.
Nine UVA guys have scored.
UVA: 12-of-21 FG, 9-of-14 in the paint.
Half: Game tied at 37
Virginia is attacking much better on offense: just nine attempts from three and two midrange shots.
Shooting 9-of-16 in the paint (6-of-8 at the rim), getting to the line – 10-of-13 FT.
Ohio State is … making some slop: 3-of-6 in the midrange, just 7-of-15 in the paint (3-of-6 at the rim).
Should be able to clean that up.
Ohio State has a 9-0 advantage in points off turnovers (TOs: UVA 6, OSU 2).
UVA has a 46.7 percent offensive rebound rate, but it’s 4-4 in second-chance points.
Media timeout: Ohio State 45-42, 15:39/2nd
Turnovers: UVA 9, Ohio State 2.
Three in eight possessions to start the second half.
Media timeout: Ohio State 59-53, 9:50/2nd
Ohio State is 10-of-16 from the floor in the second half, but is only up six.
Virginia is 4-of-11 from the floor, but 2-of-4 from three, 6-of-7 at the line.
Ohio State is 5-of-7 at the rim in the second half.
Figure out a way to stop that, and this game is Virginia’s.
Media timeout: Game tied at 59, 6:52/2nd
Virginia is getting to the rim and getting calls – which is how you can tell we’re not in the ACC tonight.
Stat of the game: Ohio State has a 16-0 lead in points off turnovers.
Media timeout: Virginia 63-61, 3:40/2nd
Bruce Thornton has 28 points, and looks like an NBA player tonight. Tough in the lane.
Ohio State has missed seven of its last eight shots.
Ohio State timeout: Virginia 65-61, 1:04/2nd
Dallin Hall with a steal and a fast-break layup.
Buckets hard to come by.
Final: Virginia 70, Ohio State 66
Virginia held Ohio State to two points over a nine-minute-plus stretch of the second half to erase a six-point deficit, then held on despite troubles at the free-throw line to post a 70-66 win.
The key guy tonight: Ugonna Onyenso, who had eight points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots in 22 minutes.
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