Micah Parrish collected 18 points and the Ohio State ended a scrap of three home games with an 82-65 victory against Iowa on Monday evening.
Parrish scored 11 points in the second half dominant for Buckeyes (12-8, 4-5 Big Ten Conference), who won their biggest victory of the season-a 73-70 victory on the road at the time . 11 Purdue. He added six rebounds.
Bruce Thornton totaled 15 points and eight rebounds for Ohio State. Devin Royal finished with 12 points and eight rebounds. John Mobley Jr. scored 12 with eight assists.
Drew Thelwell scored 20 on an 8 per 10 shot with three 3 points to lead the Hawkeyes (13-8, 4-6), which lost four of the five. Owen Freeman raised 14 points and eight rebounds. Seydou Traore and Payton Sandfort both scored 13. Sandfort made three points to 3 points, giving him 240 for his career and binding him with assistant coach Matt Gatens for third place on the Iowa list.
Mobley and Parrish both scored seven to help the Ohio State take a 30-26 advance at halftime. Thelwell and Freeman both scored 11 to keep the iowa near – representing nine of the 11 Hawkeyes baskets in the first half. There were eight lead changes and three links before the break.
Royal had a basket and a three-point game in an 11-3 race to start the second half, increasing the advantage of Buckeyes to 12. Sandfort struck a 3-point pointer to get the new Iowa, But Thornton responded with a 3-point pointer and Sean Stewart stole the ball and soaked to cap a 9-0 sequence for a 50-32 advance with 12:26 to play.
The Stewart layup gave Ohio State its biggest lead at 62-39 with 8:49 to play.
The Ohio State plays Penn State Thursday. The Iowa welcomes No. 10 Purdue on February 4.
Report by the Associated Press.
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