With nine 3-point makes after halftime, Ohio State had its most in any second half all season in Tuesday’s 70-45 blowout win over Minnesota.
The three-ball just wasn’t falling for Ohio State early on Tuesday night. Less than five minutes into the second half, that script got flipped.
Through 20 minutes of play against Minnesota, the Buckeyes shot just 1-for-8 from beyond the arc and finished the first half with only 23 points – their fewest before halftime all season – as they entered the second half with a two-point deficit against a team they were favored to beat by 13.It took a dramatic second-half turnaround to get the Buckeyes back on track, but the 3-point line was instrumental in a final frame in which Ohio State outscored the Gophers 47-20.
Jamari Wheeler was the tip of the spear for the Buckeyes in the second half. The Penn State transfer point guard knocked down a triple on Ohio State’s first possession of the second half, and the other member of the Buckeyes’ starting backcourt followed suit thereafter. “That was critical,” Holtmann said. “It was a late clock, we were trying to get the ball inside. He’s a really capable shooter with time and space. We know that. It might take him a minute, but he’s very capable. We want him to shoot those and be ready to shoot them.”
Four minutes after the Wheeler three, which gave Ohio State a 26-25 lead over Minnesota, Malaki Branham knocked down back-to-back shots from deep to give Ohio State an eight-point lead. Thirty-seven seconds later, Wheeler hit another for the Buckeyes, and by the time he hit his third 3-point shot of the second half at the 11:24 mark, Ohio State had mounted a commanding 13-point advantage.
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