Men’s Hoops Falls to Indiana, 78-71 – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/5/1998 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
%^$March 5, 1998%^$
%^$ CHICAGO (AP) – Andrae Patterson snapped out of a four-game slump with 25%^$points and Bob Knight remained calm most of Thursday night as Indiana won its%^$Big Ten tournament opener, 78-71 over Ohio State.%^$ %^$
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%^$ Knight, who might be suspended by the league for berating a referee last%^$month, is expected to be coaching again Friday when the Hoosiers (19-10) face%^$Purdue in the semifinals.%^$ %^$
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%^$ Indiana must inform the conference by Monday whether Knight will sit out a%^$game or the school will pay a $10,000 fine, according to reports.%^$ %^$
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%^$ Michael Redd scored 25 points for Ohio State (8-22), ending a season in%^$which it won only one Big Ten game and set a team record with a 17-game losing%^$streak. Redd, the first true freshman ever to lead the conference in scoring,%^$finished at 21.9 points per game.%^$ %^$
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%^$ Knight sat quietly on the bench for most of the game but did start to get%^$agitated in the closing minutes, when the scrappy Buckeyes rallied from a%^$17-point deficit to within four. On one occasion, Knight screamed at forward%^$Charlie Miller, but the coach never got into it with the referees.%^$ %^$
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%^$ A.J. Guyton added 23 points for Indiana, which had lost its previous three%^$games by an average of 24 points. The Hoosiers shot only 38 percent in the%^$defeats, but hit 47 percent Thursday.%^$ %^$
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%^$ Patterson, a frequent visitor to Knight’s doghouse over the years, was%^$9-of-14 from the floor. The previous four games, the senior forward averaged%^$5.8 points on 29 percent shooting.%^$ %^$
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%^$ Ken Johnson’s rebound basket with 15:23 to go pulled Ohio State within four%^$at 39-35. Patterson then sparked a 10-0 run with seven points, including a%^$3-pointer, and Indiana eventually went ahead 67-50.%^$ %^$
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%^$ Poor free-throw shooting by the Hoosiers helped the Buckeyes pull to 75-71%^$on Neshaun Coleman’s 3-pointer with 18.5 seconds left. But Luke Jimenez made%^$one free throw and Luke Recker hit two to wrap up Indiana’s victory.%^$
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%^$OHIO ST (71)%^$ fg ft rb%^$ min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp%^$Singleton 25 2-4 0-0 1-3 2 5 4%^$Sanderson 27 3-6 0-0 1-5 3 5 7%^$Johnson 33 6-11 3-6 6-10 1 3 15%^$Davis 35 4-9 0-2 4-5 3 3 8%^$Redd 39 7-22 9-11 2-3 3 4 25%^$Coleman 29 4-9 0-0 0-0 4 4 10%^$Hanna 9 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 2 2%^$Herron 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0%^$Steele 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0%^$_______________________________________________%^$TOTALS 200 27-64 12-19 15-28 16 26 71%^$_______________________________________________%^$%^$Percentages: FG-.422, FT-.632. 3-Point Goals:%^$5-14, .357 (Sanderson 1-3, Redd 2-6, Coleman%^$2-5). Team rebounds: 10. Blocked shots: 4%^$(Johnson 4). Turnovers: 11 (Redd 3, Johnson 2,%^$Sanderson 2, Singleton 2, Coleman, Hanna).%^$Steals: 6 (Redd 3, Sanderson 2, Coleman).%^$%^$INDIANA (78)%^$ fg ft rb%^$ min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp%^$Recker 26 2-9 5-7 1-5 3 2 10%^$Gladness 36 4-9 2-4 4-7 1 4 10%^$Patterson 31 9-14 5-7 1-5 3 3 25%^$Lewis 33 1-2 0-0 0-3 8 2 2%^$Guyton 39 5-12 9-10 1-5 1 0 23%^$Jimenez 9 1-1 1-3 0-2 3 1 3%^$Mandeville 9 1-1 1-2 2-4 0 3 3%^$Miller 17 1-3 0-0 0-1 0 3 2%^$_______________________________________________%^$TOTALS 200 24-51 23-33 9-32 19 18 78%^$_______________________________________________%^$%^$Percentages: FG-.471, FT-.697. 3-Point Goals:%^$7-17, .412 (Recker 1-4, Patterson 2-4, Lewis 0-1,%^$Guyton 4-7, Mandeville 0-1). Team rebounds: 5.%^$Blocked shots: 1 (Recker). Turnovers: 10%^$(Patterson 3, Lewis 2, Gladness, Guyton, Jimenez,%^$Mandeville, Recker). Steals: 4 (Guyton 2, Lewis,%^$Patterson).%^$__________________________________%^$Ohio St 23 48 – 71%^$Indiana 30 48 – 78%^$__________________________________%^$%^$Technical fouls: None. A: 27,711. Officials:%^$Eric Harmon, Sam Lickliter, Randy Drury.%^$
