Another Balanced Effort Lifts The Buckeyes Past Dartmouth – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/28/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec 28, 2003
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By RUSTY MILLER
AP Sports Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Tony Stockman came off the bench to score 15 points and lead a balanced attack in Ohio State’s 71-58 victory over Dartmouth on Sunday.
Once again Ohio State coach Jim O’Brien shuffled his lineup, starting three former walk-ons and getting substantial contributions from several players who barely played earlier in the season.
J.J. Sullinger had 10 points for the Buckeyes (7-4), with Nick Dials and Ivan Harris each adding nine points. Ten players scored and nine saw at least 10 minutes of action.
Steve Callahan scored 13 points and Michael Lang had 12 for the Big Green (2-7).
Dartmouth hung around with the Buckeyes until midway through the second half. The Big Green – whose media guide was half the size of the game program – were tied at 24 with 3:11 left in the first half and trailed just 30-29 at the break.
Callahan hit a 3-pointer with 16:39 remaining to pull Dartmouth to within 37-34, but then the Buckeyes sprinted away.
Stockman hit a 3-pointer before Nick Dials popped in another. After the Big Green missed their second shot in a row, Harris hit a rebound follow to make it 45-34.
The Buckeyes later went on a 9-0 run to build the lead to 57-38. They never led by fewer than 12 points again.
Bigger, stronger and deeper Ohio State hit half of its 48 shots from the field, including 8 of 17 3-pointers, and held a 35-21 edge on the boards.
The Big Green, who made 9 of 17 3-pointers, fell to 6-21 against Big Ten teams, including 1-3 against Ohio State. The only win came in the national semifinals in 1944, with Dartmouth going on to lose to Utah 42-40 in the final.
The last time Dartmouth had beaten a Big Ten team was on New Year’s Day of 1949, a 52-49 win over Northwestern.
Dartmouth coach Dave Faucher scheduled the game as a homecoming to three of his players who are from Ohio.
The biggest cheer during the game might have come at halftime when a fan was plucked out of the sparsely filled arena and he won $100 by making a halfcourt shot.
