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No. 4 Ohio State 77, Washington 66
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) - Deshaun Thomas tied a career high with 31 points and led No. 4 Ohio State to a 77-66 win over Washington and the championship of the Hall of Fame Tip Off tournament on Sunday.
The 6-foot-7 junior, who also had eight rebounds, had 21 in the first half as the Buckeyes (3-0) built at 10-point lead and cruised through the second half.
Aaron Craft added 18 points for the Buckeyes, who beat Rhode Island on Saturday.
C.J. Wilcox led Washington (2-2) with 18 points and Abdul Gaddy had 15. The Huskies earned the right to play Ohio State with an overtime win Saturday night over Seton Hall.
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No. 4 OHIO ST. 77, WASHINGTON 66
OHIO ST. (3-0)
Thomas 12-20 4-5 31, Thompson 0-5 3-4 3, Ravenel 4-5 4-4 12, Craft 5-11 8-8 18, Smith, Jr. 0-5 0-0 0, Scott 2-5 0-0 4, Ross 2-3 0-0 4, Williams 2-3 1-5 5. Totals 27-57 20-26 77.
WASHINGTON (2-2)
Jarreau 2-3 1-1 5, N'Diaye 4-7 1-5 9, Gaddy 4-6 4-5 15, Suggs 4-12 1-2 11, Wilcox 7-13 0-0 18, Breunig 0-1 0-0 0, Andrews 0-2 2-2 2, Simmons 2-4 2-2 6. Totals 23-48 11-17 66.
Halftime-Ohio St. 41-31. 3-Point Goals-Ohio St. 3-12 (Thomas 3-7, Craft 0-1, Thompson 0-2, Smith, Jr. 0-2), Washington 9-18 (Wilcox 4-8, Gaddy 3-4, Suggs 2-5, Breunig 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Ohio St. 34 (Thomas 8), Washington 28 (N'Diaye 11). Assists-Ohio St. 14 (Craft 4), Washington 10 (Andrews, Gaddy, Jarreau 2). Total Fouls-Ohio St. 17, Washington 17. A-NA.
Hofstra 103, Marshall 100 2OT
MARSHALL (2-3)
Tinnon 2-6 2-2 6, Pittman 6-13 7-8 20, Spikes 3-6 3-6 9, Scarver 3-10 2-3 10, Kane 10-23 10-15 33, Martin 4-9 0-0 12, Goff 0-1 1-7 1, Hanner 4-5 1-1 9, Manning 0-0 0-0 0, Mbao 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-73 26-42 100.
HOFSTRA (3-2)
Hall 6-12 4-7 16, Imes 2-7 4-6 9, Kone 4-8 6-11 14, Mejia 6-9 9-9 22, Stokes 5-20 11-14 26, Allen 1-2 0-0 2, Buie 3-6 3-5 9, Nwaukoni 0-2 0-1 0, Washington 1-4 3-4 5. Totals 28-70 40-57 103.
Halftime-Hofstra 37-31. End Of Regulation-Tied 85. End Of 1st Overtime-Tied 89. 3-Point Goals-Marshall 10-33 (Martin 4-9, Kane 3-10, Scarver 2-7, Pittman 1-6, Tinnon 0-1), Hofstra 7-18 (Stokes 5-10, Mejia 1-3, Imes 1-3, Washington 0-2). Fouled Out-Buie, Kone, Mejia, Scarver, Tinnon. Rebounds-Marshall 43 (Kane 11), Hofstra 57 (Hall 14). Assists-Marshall 21 (Kane 10), Hofstra 11 (Stokes 6). Total Fouls-Marshall 39, Hofstra 30. A-1,276.
OHIO 73, WOFFORD 50
WOFFORD (1-3)
Swinton 0-2 4-4 4, Byrd 2-6 0-0 6, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Collins 0-9 2-4 2, Skinner 3-6 2-2 8, Cochran 4-16 4-6 14, Faithfull 4-5 1-2 12, Wagener 0-0 0-0 0, Gordon 0-2 0-0 0, Neumann 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 15-50 13-18 50.
OHIO (3-0)
Offutt 1-1 2-2 4, Cooper 5-7 3-4 15, Kellogg 4-8 0-0 10, Smith 1-3 0-0 2, Baltic 4-7 0-0 9, Goff 0-1 0-0 0, McKinley 0-0 0-0 0, Hall 2-4 0-0 4, Johnson 1-2 2-2 4, Taylor 1-3 0-0 2, Wilkins 2-4 1-2 7, Keely 6-7 4-8 16. Totals 27-47 12-18 73.
Halftime-Ohio 34-16. 3-Point Goals-Wofford 7-22 (Faithfull 3-3, Byrd 2-4, Cochran 2-8, Skinner 0-1, Gordon 0-1, Swinton 0-2, Collins 0-3), Ohio 7-17 (Cooper 2-3, Wilkins 2-4, Kellogg 2-6, Baltic 1-2, Taylor 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Wofford 31 (Neumann, Skinner 5), Ohio 28 (Smith 6). Assists-Wofford 8 (Faithfull, Skinner, Swinton 2), Ohio 16 (Kellogg, Offutt 3). Total Fouls-Wofford 17, Ohio 17. Technicals-Gordon, Cooper. A-4,718.
Women
At Minneapolis, Minn. (Williams Arena)
UNLV 60, OHIO UNIVERSITY 51
UNLV 31 29 - 60
Ohio University 35 16 - 51
UNLV (2-2)
Cesarz, Alana 9-21 6-6 27; Thompson, Kelli 4-11 3-4 11; Callaway, Amie 3-6 0-0 6; Anderson, Amanda 2-7 0-0 5; Miller, Danielle 2-6 1-2 5; Verin, Rejane 2-4 0-0 4; Haynes, Rmanii 1-3 0-0 2; Moderegger, Fredi 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-58 10-12 60.
OHIO UNIVERSITY (1-2)
Fowler, Ashley 4-10 0-0 10; Robinson, Shavon 4-6 2-2 10; Byard, Mariah 3-16 0-0 9; Fisher, Tina 3-8 2-3 8; Black, Kiyanna 2-6 1-1 5; Baldwin, Alex'ie 2-5 1-2 5; Bailes, Erin 1-9 2-2 4; Lyles, Symone 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 19-62 8-10 51.
3-point goals-UNLV 4-12 (Cesarz, Alana 3-4; Anderson, Amanda 1-2; Miller, Danielle 0-2; Thompson, Kelli 0-4), Ohio University 5-24 (Byard, Mariah 3-13; Fowler, Ashley 2-6; Black, Kiyanna 0-1; Baldwin, Alex'ie 0-1; Bailes, Erin 0-3). Fouled out-UNLV-Verin, Rejane, Ohio University-None. Rebounds-UNLV 48 (Thompson, Kelli 9), Ohio University 32 (Baldwin, Alex'ie 7). Assists-UNLV 15 (Haynes, Rmanii 11), Ohio University 14 (Fowler, Ashley 6). Total fouls-UNLV 12, Ohio University 12. Technical fouls-UNLV-None,
This is the same tournament that Kentucky won last season in an early test for that young team, which won the national title.
Hofstra 103, Marshall 100, 2OT
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Shaquille Stokes netted 26 points, including 10 in overtime, as Hofstra beat Marshall 103-100 in double overtime Sunday.
All of Stokes' overtime points came in the latter frame. He put the Pride (3-2) up 94-89 with two free throws and a 3-pointer to begin the second overtime and closed it with four free-throws.
The Herd's Elijah Pittman drained a 3-pointer with seven seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime.
Hofstra led 78-70 with 4:03 left, but two Chris Martin 3-pointers capped a 10-2 Marshall (2-3) run that knotted the game 80-all. David Imes and Stevie Mejia each made two free throws and Stokes added one more as the Pride took an 85-82 lead, setting up Pittman's 3-pointer.
In the first overtime, Imes drained a free throw to tie the game 89-89 with 23 seconds left, but missed his second attempt, leading to the second overtime.
Ohio 73, Wofford 50
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) - Reggie Keely scored 16 points and D.J. Cooper 15 as Ohio remained unbeaten with a 73-50 nonconference victory over Wofford on Sunday.
The Bobcats (3-0) took control with an 18-3 run that put them ahead 26-11 with 5:49 left in the first half.
Ohio shot 60.9 percent (14 of 23) in the half while holding the Terriers (1-3) to 14.3 percent (3 of 21).
It was 34-16 at halftime. Ivo Baltic's jumper made it 36-16 to start the second and the Bobcats never led by fewer than 20 points the rest of the way.
Ohio, which has won 12 straight at home, has won its three games this season by an average of 30 points.
Cooper, a senior guard, had two steals for Ohio to become the school's all-time leader with 261.
WOMEN
UNLV 60, Ohio 51
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Ohio Women's Basketball concluded its participation at the 2012 Subway Classic on Sunday, falling to UNLV by a final score of 60-51. The Bobcats held multiple leads throughout the game but were done in by a 9:25 field goal drought during the middle stages of the second half.
The Bobcats ran into a prolific scoring effort by Alana Cesarz, who scored 27 points on 9-of-21 shooting. She was followed by Kelli Thompson, who was the other Lady Rebel to score her way into double figures.
Shavon Robinson and Ashley Fowler led the way offensively for the Bobcats, each scoring 10 points. Mariah Byard and Tina Fisher were not far behind these two, scoring nine and eight points, respectively. Lexie Baldwin grabbed a team-high seven rebounds in the defeat.
