No. 5 Ohio State Shocked By Iowa, 67-64 – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/9/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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By RUSTY MILLER
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Dean Oliver kept Iowa in it until Kyle%^$Galloway nailed a 3-pointer from the right corner with four seconds left as%^$Iowa upset No. 5 Ohio State 67-64 Wednesday night.%^$
The loss dropped Ohio State (16-4, 7-2) into a tie for first place with%^$Michigan State in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes had won eight straight and 12 of%^$13.%^$
It was the third time this season the Buckeyes lost on a 3-pointer at the%^$end of a game.%^$
Oliver, who hit a 3-pointer in the final minute a year ago to beat the%^$Buckeyes in Columbus, scored 21 points, while Galloway added 12 and Ryan%^$Luehrsmann had 10. Reserve Rod Thompson grabbed 11 rebounds and contributed big%^$plays on three consecutive possessions down the stretch.%^$
Scoonie Penn, who scored nine of Ohio State’s last 10 points, led the%^$Buckeyes with 22 points. Michael Redd added 14 points, George Reese 13 and%^$Brian Brown 10 while Ken Johnson matched his own school record with 11 blocked%^$shots.%^$
Oliver scored the first five points of the second half as the Hawkeyes%^$(11-11, 4-6) expanded a 37-27 halftime lead to 42-27.%^$
Trailing 57-47 with four minutes left, the Buckeyes mounted a charge on%^$baskets by Reese and Redd and a free throw by Johnson to cut the lead to five%^$with 2:42 left.%^$
But then Thompson stepped up. After Oliver forced a shot that bounced to the%^$right baseline, Thompson picked off the rebound and hit a 10-foot follow. Penn%^$countered with a jumper, but during a wild scramble near the Hawkeyes’ foul%^$line, Thompson picked up a loose ball, pivoted and fired a pass to Galloway,%^$left all alone in the lane because of a double-team, for the layup to make it%^$61-54 with 1:28 remaining.%^$
Penn’s two foul shots – his eighth and ninth consecutive points for Ohio%^$State – cut it to 64-61 with 41 seconds left. After Jacob Jaacks missed two%^$foul shots for Iowa, Redd hit the back end of a two-shot opportunity with 29%^$seconds left.%^$
Rob Griffin then missed two foul shots for the Hawkeyes, with the Buckeyes%^$hurrying downcourt. They put up three shots before Reese grabbed an offensive%^$rebound and tied the game at 64 with 11 seconds left.%^$
Oliver quickly brought the ball downcourt against Ohio State’s pressure and%^$whipped a quick pass to the right corner to Galloway, who made the 3-pointer.%^$
After a timeout with 3.3 seconds left, Ohio State inbounded to near midcourt%^$to Penn who dribbled to the right wing and got off a 3-point attempt that%^$bounced off the front of the rim as the final horn sounded.%^$
Iowa finished 9-of-14 on 3-pointers and outrebounded the Buckeyes 40-33.%^$
Ohio State is 26-3 in Value City Arena, two of the losses to Iowa and the%^$other to Notre Dame – all on 3-pointers in the final seconds.
