Michigan
10-7, 3-2B1G
Ohio State
14-4, 3-2B1G
Wolverines Stumble on the Road at Ohio State
1/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 13, 2015
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Site: Columbus, Ohio (Value City Arena)
Score: Ohio State 71, Michigan 52
Records: U-M (10-7, 3-2 Big Ten), OSU (14-4, 3-2 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Jan. 17 -- vs. Northwestern (Crisler Center), 8:15 p.m. [ TV: BTN ]
• Kornacki Postgame Feature: Wolverines Unable to Match Buckeyes' Energy in Defeat
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The University of Michigan men's basketball team suffered its second conference defeat of the season, falling at Ohio State, 71-52, on Tuesday night (Jan. 13) inside Value City Arena. The Buckeyes scored the first 13 points of the second half and never looked back.
Junior Caris LeVert led the Wolverines with 14 points on 4-of-10 shooting, and sophomore Zak Irvin scored 11 points and grabbed five boards. Freshman Mark Donnal posted eight points (3-of-7 shooting) and four rebounds.
D'Angelo Russell hit a triple to give the OSU a 7-3 lead three minutes into the game, but Michigan came back to tie the score after a LeVert floater and a basket by junior Spike Albrecht. Irvin drained a baseline jumper, and a three to put U-M on top, 12-9, but Ohio State used a 15-2 run to take a 24-14 lead with 8:44 left in the first half.
LeVert made a three to cut the Michigan deficit to single digits, but the Buckeyes came back with three straight baskets to put them up 30-17 at 5:18. Ohio State continued to outscore Michigan for the remainder of the half and held a 39-24 lead heading into the break.
U-M shot 10-of-27 (37 percent) in the first period and knocked down 4-of-13 (30.8 percent) from three. Ohio State went 15-of-33 (45.5 percent) from the floor before the intermission and shot 3-of-11 (27.3 percent) from long range. Russell led with 10 first-half points, while Irvin was right behind him with eight.
The Buckeyes scored the first 13 points of the second half to go up 52-24, before Michigan responded with four straight baskets to cut the OSU lead to 52-32 with 11 minutes left in the game.
Down 60-39, LeVert nailed a triple and Donnal followed with a layup to make the score 60-44 with five minutes left on the clock. Donnal made a hook shot to cut the Wolverines' deficit to 14 points at 64-50 with 3:13 to play, but it was the closest they came to the lead.
Michigan finished the night shooting 20-of-59 (33.9 percent) from the floor and made just 6-of-26 (23.1 percent) from beyond the arc. Ohio State shot 28-of-57 (49.1 percent) and went 5-of-18 (27.8 percent) on three-point attempts.
Russell led all scorers with 21 points on 6-of-12 shooting, and he added six assists. Shannon Scott posted seven points and eight assists. Sam Thompson and Amir Williams scored 12 and 10 points, respectively.
OSU assisted on 20 of its 28 made field goals and outscored Michigan in the paint, 36-20.
The Maize and Blue will now travel back home to take on Northwestern on Saturday night (Jan. 17) inside Crisler Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:15 p.m., and the game will be available on the Big Ten Network. [ Tickets ]
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