Ohio State Hits Triple Digits Second Time This Season In 113-60 Win Over Mount St. Mary’s

Ohio State used an efficient offense and another good defensive performance to remain undefeated and beat Mount St. Mary’s 113-60 on Nov. 25 at Value City Arena.

The Buckeyes were led by sophomore guard John Mobley Jr. in the contest, who scored a career-high 26 points on 10-of-15 shooting, and they held the Mountaineers to just 37.3 percent from the field (22 of 59).

Mobley scored the first five points of the game, but the Mountaineers used an OSU turnover to tie it up at five before junior forward Devin Royal went on a 5-0 run of his own for a 10-5 score.

After a Mount St. Mary’s three-pointer, the Buckeyes went on an 8-0 run to take an 18-8 lead.

The Buckeyes remained efficient from the field on the way to a 29-15 lead at 10:27 thanks to senior center Christoph Tilly’s first three-pointer of the game on his third attempt.

The Mountaineers made three of their next four shots to bring the score within eight at 7:37. Tilly got the lead back to double digits by converting a three-point play. That began a 10-0 run for the Buckeyes, with Thornton scoring five of those points and Tilly getting the other five.

Junior forward Luke Mceldon ended that run with a layup, but the Buckeyes held a 41-25 lead with under five minutes to go in the first half. The Buckeyes didn’t stop there, however, and added nine more points to take a 50-25 lead at 1:33.

The finish to the first half was helped by the defense forcing Mount St. Mary’s to one make on its last nine shots of the frame. The Buckeyes shot 58.6 percent from the field in the half (17 of 29), which included 7 of 16 three-pointers falling to take a 52-26 lead into the locker room.

That quickly became a 38-point lead at the start of the second half when OSU went up 69-31 just 4:09 into the period.

The Mountaineers managed a 6-0 run to make the score 74-41 at 12:19 but sophomore center Ivan Njegovan scored four straight points in the paint to end it. Njegovan stayed hot with a three from the top of the key to stretch the lead to 40 points, 85-45, with 9:16 remaining

The Buckeyes crossed the 100-point mark on a fast break dunk by freshman forward Amare Bynum and went up by 50 when freshman guard Mathieu Grujicic knocked down a free throw at 2:44.

Mobley’s 26 points led the Buckeyes, followed by Royal’s 17, Njegovan’s 15, senior guard Bruce Thornton’s 14 and Tilly’s 12. Senior forward Brandon Noel led the team with seven rebounds while Thornton dished out a team-leading five assists.