R Defense

[ScarletDave]

Was amazing tonight. 40 minutes. Even on OSU's made baskets inside, they were contested or they just had a great player in #34 down there. Shaq Doorson's effort deserves praise - he played with a chip and was so tough. GREAT great movement on the 2-3 zone, the focus was there, head in the game. Just great stuff. And mostly freshmen (but great job Shaq D !!)

 

[kcg88]

Eh. It was pretty good. We gave up a lot of open 3-point looks with late closeouts. Happened against Miami too, which goes to show you it's not a killer, but still.

 

[BillyC80]

OSU was shooting 48% from the field coming into this game, and 37% from three. Tonight our D held them to 40% and 31% respectively, both well below their averages, so I’d say we stepped it up.

Thiam did get beat a couple times on jab-step/step-back threes, but otherwise OSU executes an offense that gets them open looks from deep, which is why they’re a top 20 team.

Overall we held our own on D, enough to get the upset win.