Why didn't Ohio State guard the inbounds pass? What's the latest on Isaac Likekele? That and more from a loss to North Carolina at MSG.
Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann's full press conference after a loss to North Carolina on Dec. 17, 2022.NEW YORK CITY – For about two seconds of game-clock time, Brice Sensabaugh was set up to be the star of the afternoon. A pull-up jumper from the Ohio State freshman over the outstretched arm of Leaky Black had broken a 77-all tie and put the No. 23 Buckeyes ahead of North Carolina inside Madison Square Garden, but the Tar Heels had two timeouts and a plan.
On the second play, Black was initially marked by Ohio State’s Justice Sueing, who then turned his back and shadowed the play to see where he could try and be effective. After starting in the paint, the 6-11 Nance was able to gain separation from Sensabaugh just outside of the key near the left baseline, take a step and bury the turnaround jumper over the 6-6 Sensabaugh just before time expired.
“It just came down to stops at the end of the day,” Sueing said. “It’s a little bit of a new group, but we can’t keep using that excuse. We’ve learned in the past how important it is to be able to start second halves off strong, get stops down the line. We just didn’t get the stops we needed to get, and it cost us.”
“I just didn’t think we came out with the necessary understanding of how the game was going to be changed, not just in tempo,” he said. “We don’t talk about tempo. It was more just our defensive energy wasn’t what it needed to be.” . Thornton entered the game averaging 1.7 turnovers and had played two games without any giveaways, but trailing 66-56 was when Davis instituted a full-court press to try and shake a few things loose.
“I would love to do that more,” he said. “I just felt like our starters were in there so much, so it’s hard to do that for an entire game. I’m looking forward to trying to figure out a way to do that more consistently throughout the game.” His presence undoubtably would’ve helped Thornton, and while Holtmann said he is worried about putting too much on the freshman’s plate so early, the coach pointed to two other players whose progression could help fill the void in Likekele’s absence.
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