No. 5 Ohio State Shocked By Iowa, 67-64 – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/9/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 9, 2000
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By RUSTY MILLER
AP Sports Writer
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.
