John Mobley Jr. scored 15 of his 20 factors within the second half to guide 5 Ohio State gamers in double figures in a 89-63 win over Grambling State on Tuesday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio.
Bruce Thornton scored 18, Devin Royal 16 and Amare Bynum had 12 factors and a game-high 9 rebounds whereas Christoph Tilly added 10 factors for the Buckeyes (9-3).
Antonio Munoz led the Tigers (5-7) with 19 factors and Derrius Ward had 12. Jamil Muttilib and Jimel Lane had 10 factors every.
Ohio State took its largest result in that time on a Thornton basket, 54-34, at 15:18 of the second half. Grambling State pulled to inside 56-44 about three minutes later.
Mobley then got here out of a timeout and drilled a pair of 3-pointers 33 seconds aside and the Buckeyes had been off. Mobley completed a 14-0 run with one other triple to make it 70-44 and put the sport away. Ohio State outscored Grambling 50-39 within the second half.
The Buckeyes additionally completed the primary half with a fury, flattening their last six pictures after the Tigers stored the sport aggressive for the primary quarter-hour.
Every staff had their stretches of domination, however sadly for Grambling State, Ohio State had extra.
The Tigers led 5-4 after almost 4 minutes earlier than Ohio State reeled off 10- straight factors whereas the guests missed all six pictures. Grambling then scored 5 unanswered earlier than Bynum created area and sank a 3-pointer to make 17-12.
Later, Colin White got here off the bench to cap an 8-0 streak with a layup to make it 31-18.
These had been the one factors of the primary half for the Ohio State reserves, a sore level for coach Jake Diebler after the Buckeyes received zero factors off the bench in a 71-70 loss to No. 12 North Carolina on Saturday.
A part of the explanation was the freshman Bynum made his first profession begin towards the Tar Heels and contributed 11 factors and 6 rebounds.
Due to the blowout, the starters got here out early and the Buckeyes completed with 13 bench factors.
After White’s bucket, Muttilib made a 3-pointer for Grambling, however Bynum was on the receiving finish of a lob by Thornton for the slam to make it 33-21.
–Area Stage Media
