Northwestern 54
(10-3, 0-1 Big Ten)
(2) Ohio St 87
(13-1, 1-0 Big Ten)
Coverage: BTN
5:30 PM ET, December 28, 2011
Value City Arena, Columbus, OH
Top Performers
Northwestern: D. Sobolewski 10 Pts, 2 Reb, 5 Ast, 1 Stl
Ohio State: W. Buford 28 Pts, 9 Reb, 4 Ast, 1 Blk
| Northwestern Wildcats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Drew Crawford, G-F | 34 | 4-12 | 1-2 | 4-6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| John Shurna, F | 37 | 5-18 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Luka Mirkovic, C | 22 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Dave Sobolewski, G | 38 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 5-7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Reggie Hearn, G | 17 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Alex Marcotullio, G | 7 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Nick Fruendt, G | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JerShon Cobb, G | 27 | 2-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Davide Curletti, F | 16 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 17-53 | 7-20 | 13-19 | 5 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 54 | ||
| 32.1% | 35.0% | 68.4% | ||||||||||
| Ohio State Buckeyes | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Deshaun Thomas, F | 30 | 6-13 | 0-3 | 4-6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Jared Sullinger, F | 22 | 7-11 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| Aaron Craft, G | 22 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Lenzelle Smith, Jr., G | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| William Buford, G | 35 | 9-14 | 5-7 | 5-5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 28 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Jordan Siebert, G | 20 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Shannon Scott, G | 18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| LaQuinton Ross, F | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Thompson, F | 5 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J.D. Weatherspoon, F | 8 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Amir Williams, C | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Evan Ravenel, F | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Trey McDonald, C | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 29-61 | 10-20 | 19-30 | 14 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 87 | ||
| 47.5% | 50.0% | 63.3% | ||||||||||
Officials: Tim Clougherty, Ed Hightower, Eric Curry
Attendance: 19,049
