Tilly’s Late Bucket Provides Buckeyes 64-63 Victory Over Notre Dame

COLUMBUS, Ohio – On a day celebrating one in all Ohio State’s all-time greats, the Buckeyes delivered a dramatic win. Led by senior guard Bruce Thornton’s 24 factors and a game-winning lay-up by Christoph Tilly, Ohio State edged Notre Dame 64–63 in entrance of a raucous Value City Arena crowd Sunday afternoon to stay unbeaten on the season.

The recreation capped off Jerry Lucas Legacy Weekend, honoring the Ohio State legend with a statue unveiling on Friday and a halftime look throughout which Lucas dotted the “i” in Script Ohio. 

Thornton completed with 24 factors on 8-of-15 taking pictures and added 4 rebounds, three assists, and a steal. In doing so, he handed each Terence Dials and Allan Hornyak to maneuver into thirteenth place on Ohio State’s all-time scoring listing with 1,588 profession factors.

Tilly delivered his greatest efficiency of the younger season, scoring 18 factors and grabbing 4 rebounds whereas going 10-of-13 from the free-throw line. Junior Devin Royal added seven factors and a team-high six rebounds, whereas John Mobley Jr. and Gabe Cupps chipped in 9 and two, respectively. Bynum supplied a activate the bench with 4 factors and 5 rebounds, together with an important dunk halfway by way of the second half.

Ohio State shot 38.0 p.c from the sector and 30.4 p.c from three-point vary however made up for it on the free-throw line, going 19-of-23 (82.6%). The lead modified palms 9 instances all through the sport, a enjoyable back-and-forth contest. Braeden Shrewsberry gave the Irish the lead with a jumper on the 2:08 mark however Notre Dame wouldn’t rating once more. Tilly’s lay-in with 13 seconds left put the Buckeyes again in entrance by one and Markus Burton’s game-winning three-point try was off the mark as time expired. 

Burton led the Irish with 14 factors regardless of taking pictures simply 3-of-14 from the sector. Freshman Jalen Haralson added 13, whereas Carson Towt posted a game-high 12 rebounds to go along with eight factors.

With the win, Ohio State improves to 4–0 on the season and continues its sturdy begin below head coach Jake Diebler.

Up Next

Ohio State returns to motion on Thursday, Nov. 20 when the Buckeyes host Western Michigan at 8 p.m. ET at Value City Arena. Tickets might be bought at OhioStateBuckeyes.com.

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