Shocker In Providence: Ohio Takes Down Georgetown
The No. 14 seed Ohio Bobcats defeated No. 3 seed Georgetown, 97-83, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament tonight.
Mar 19, 2010
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The win gave Ohio its first NCAA Tournament win since 1983 and its fifth in 17 tries.
With the win, Ohio advanced to take on the winner of sixth-seeded Tennessee and 11th-seeded San Diego State in second round action, which is set to begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of the Villanova-St. Mary's contest.
Ohio's Armon Bassett led all scorers with 32 points on 9-17 shooting. D.J. Cooper also chipped in 23 points and a game-high eight assists and three steals on 8-12 shooting and 5-8 from 3-point range. DeVaughn Washington added a double-double with 12 points and 10 boards, while Kenneth van Kempen had 11.
Ohio connected on an astounding 13 of 23 3-point attempts (56.5 percent) and 58.2 percent (32-55) of its field goal attempts as a whole.
Georgetown was led by Chris Wright's 28 points, while Greg Monroe had 19 points and 13 boards to go with six assists. Hollis Thompson added 16, while Jason Clark had three steals.
Ohio jumped out to a quick six-point lead and held off Georgetown until the Hoyas took their first lead at 13-11 on a 3-pointer by Hollis Thompson at the 12:47 mark. The Bobcats took the lead back (17-15) on a jumper by Kenneth van Kempen just under two minutes later. After a Wright 3-pointer, the Bobcats closed the last nine and a half minutes by outscoring their Big East foes 31-18 on the strength of six 3-pointers.
Bassett led all first-half scorers with 17 points, while DeVaughn Washington had eight points and eight rebounds. Ohio's D.J. Cooper had four first-half assists. Georgetown's Chris Wright had 16 points, while Greg Monroe had 10 points and five boards on 5-6 shooting from the field.
Ohio built its first-half advantage on a 16-5 edge in second chance points and actually outrebounded the bigger Hoyas 18-16. The Bobcats finished the half shooting a blistering 50 percent (8-16) from long range.
Ohio didn't cool off in the second half, making 66.7 percent of its shots en route to a 19-point lead (63-44) with 13:13 left on a Freeman jumper. Georgetown cut the lead to seven (81-74) on an Austin Freeman jumper with 4:55 left but Ohio made all 10 of its free throws down the stretch to emerge with the win.
Georgetown didn't have a bad offensive game either as it made 50.2 percent (31-61) of its shots, but also turned the ball over 18 times to Ohio's 12.
