Lighty Debuts with USA Basketball in Exhibition vs. China – Ohio State Buckeyes
7/2/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State sophomore David Lighty scored four points in his USA Basketball debut Sunday in an exhibition vs. China. The U.S. won the game 91-75 and will continue exhibition play Thursday in Dallas against Africa. Lighty played 10 minutes in the win vs. the Chinese squad, which featured Yi Jianlian, the first round draft pick (No. 6 overall) of the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2007 NBA Draft June 28. Jianlian scored 15 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds in the loss.
Lighty, a 6-5 guard from Cleveland, Ohio, played in all 39 games for the 35-4 Buckeyes in 2006-07, his rookie season. He averaged nearly four points a game with 40 assists and 20 steals. He excelled down the stretch in helping Ohio State win both the regular-season (15-1) and postseason (3-0) Big Ten titles during the Buckeyes run to the NCAA title game vs. Florida in Atlanta.
Lighty is one of four returning scholarship players for the Buckeyes in 2007-08.
