Buckeyes Suffer First Setback of the Season – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/28/1998 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
November 28, 1998
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%^$ NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Vanderbilt’s Dan Langhi and Greg LaPointe hit four%^$crucial free throws in overtime Saturday as the Commodores won 92-86 and handed%^$Ohio State its first loss of the season.%^$
Trailing 88-86 with 22.1 seconds left, Scoonie Penn of Ohio State (6-1) was%^$called for traveling. That forced Penn to foul LaPointe, who hit two from the%^$line with 20 seconds left to give Vanderbilt (6-1) a 90-86 lead.%^$
Penn missed a 3-pointer on Ohio State’s next possession, and fouled Langhi%^$with two seconds left. Langhi made good on two free throws to put the game out%^$of reach.%^$
Vanderbilt squandered a 66-57 lead with 7:32 remaining in regulation play,%^$and Ohio State tied the score 80-80 with four seconds left on Ken Johnson’s%^$tip-in.%^$
After trailing 7-2 in the first three minutes of the game, Vanderbilt%^$rallied to take an 11-9 lead on Sam Howard’s 3-pointer at 13:32. The Commodores%^$never trailed again.%^$
Vanderbilt, facing a full-court press from the Buckeyes for most of the%^$half, slowly pulled away and built a 39-25 lead, their largest of the game, on%^$Howard’s 3-pointer with 2:37 remaining.%^$
The Buckeyes cut the lead at halftime to 39-31.%^$
Howard scored 22 points for Vanderbilt. LaPointe scored 18, and Langhi added%^$had 14 points and 17 rebounds. Vince Ford scored 12, and Deandre Moore added%^$10.%^$
For the Buckeyes, Penn scored 23. Johnson had 15, and Michael Redd added 10.%^$
