All five bench players who saw action in Ohio State’s Big Ten Tournament opener vs. Iowa outscored their season averages, playing a key role in the Buckeyes’ 90-78 win.
Ohio State has played its depth more frequently since Jake Diebler became the Buckeyes’ head coach one month ago. That strategy paid off in a big way in the Buckeyes’ Big Ten Tournament opener against Iowa on Thursday night.to earn a second-round win over the tournament’s No. 7 seed and advance to Friday’s quarterfinals in Minneapolis.
No Buckeye backup came up bigger than Scotty Middleton, who scored 11 points – all in the first half – to lead the Buckeyes in scoring in the first 20 minutes. The freshman wing, who had averaged only 4.1 points per game during the regular season, made all four of his shot attempts – including three 3-pointers – in 15 minutes of action. It was his first double-digit scoring game since the season opener against Oakland.Fellow freshman Devin Royal, who scored only 4.
Collectively, the 37 bench points are the second-highest total off the bench for the Buckeyes all season behind only theiron March 3, in which Ohio State had 40 points off the bench. However, that bench total includes 24 combined points from Roddy Gayle Jr., Felix Okpara and Evan Mahaffey – all of whom typically start but came off the bench in that game so that Key and Bonner and Owen Spencer could start on Senior Day.
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