Ice Likekele caught fire Saturday, doubling his previous season-high with 18 points and giving the Buckeyes a shot on the arm en route to the dominant win they desperately needed.
Ice was a fitting nickname for Isaac Likekele during the seven games that preceded Saturday.
Before the Buckeyes’ matchup with Iowa, Likekele scored 10 combined points against Ohio State’s last seven opponents. He also hadn’t scored more than nine points in any one game this season, with the season-high of nine coming in the opener against Robert Morris. It had been nearly two months since Likekele had even scored five or more points for Ohio State.
“Some of it, I think is his break set him back a little bit. And I think I've been a little bit apprehensive to throw him in situations because some of it was I didn't know where he was at in terms of his mental space,” head coach Chris Holtmann said after the win. “So I take some of the blame for that.
Likekele had seven points on 3-for-5 shooting in 14 minutes of action in the first half alone. He didn’t lose any steam in the final 20 minutes, scoring 11 points, six rebounds and five assists in the second half and finished with his best game of the season by far.
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