Hauser, Michigan State deal Ohio State 6th loss in row 62-41
Published 4:18 pm Tuesday, February 14, 2023
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joey Hauser scored 23 points to help Michigan State beat Ohio State 62-41 on Sunday, handing the Buckeyes their sixth straight defeat.
Hauser sank 8 of 13 shots from the floor, including 6 of 9 from beyond the arc, and grabbed eight rebounds for the Spartans (16-9, 8-6 Big Ten Conference). Tyson Walker added 10 points and Jaden Akins finished with eight points and nine boards.
Sean McNeil led the Buckeyes (11-14, 3-11) with 10 points off the bench. Bruce Thornton had nine points and five rebounds.
Hauser scored nine points on 3-of-4 shooting from 3-point range, Michigan State held Ohio State to 19% shooting in the first half and the Spartans led 27-14. The Buckeyes made just 5 of 26 shots, including 3 of 15 from beyond the arc, and 1 of 2 free throws. The Spartans shot 40% — 3 of 11 from distance — and didn’t attempt a foul shot. Michigan State scored eight points off of eight Ohio State turnovers, while the Buckeyes forced five turnovers and failed to score off any of them.
A.J. Hoggard hit a jumper to open the second half, pushing the Spartans’ advantage to 15. Ohio State chipped away at the lead, pulling within 38-33 on back-to-back baskets by Brice Sensabaugh with 11:24 left to play. The Buckeyes would get no closer.
Hauser answered with a 3-pointer and Walker hit back-to-back jumpers in a 13-2 run as the Spartans upped their lead to 51-35. Hauser’s 3-pointer with 1:37 remaining gave Michigan State its biggest lead at 23 and capped off a late-game 24-6 spurt.
Michigan State shot 46% overall and hit 7 of 22 from distance. Carson Cooper shot and made the only free throw attempted by the Spartans in the game.
Ohio State made only 17 of 60 shots (28%), including 6 of 29 from distance (21%), and didn’t attempt a free throw in the second half. The Buckeyes totaled just five assists.
FG | FT | Reb | |||||
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MICHIGAN ST. | Min | M-A | M-A | O-T | A | PF | PTS |
Hauser | 35 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 1-8 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
Sissoko | 16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Akins | 25 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 2-9 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Hoggard | 25 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
Walker | 34 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
Hall | 27 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Brooks | 13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kohler | 13 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Cooper | 6 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Holloman | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Izzo | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sanders | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Smith | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Whitens | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 200 | 27-59 | 1-1 | 11-37 | 15 | 12 | 62 |
Percentages: FG .458, FT 1.000.
3-Point Goals: 7-22, .318 (Hauser 6-9, Hall 1-1, Hoggard 0-1, Smith 0-1, Brooks 0-2, Walker 0-2, Akins 0-6).
Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 1.
Blocked Shots: 2 (Hauser, Sissoko).
Turnovers: 10 (Sissoko 3, Kohler 2, Walker 2, Akins, Hoggard, Holloman).
Steals: 4 (Walker 2, Akins, Hoggard).
Technical Fouls: None.
FG | FT | Reb | |||||
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OHIO ST. | Min | M-A | M-A | O-T | A | PF | PTS |
Key | 20 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Sensabaugh | 26 | 3-14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Sueing | 31 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Gayle | 27 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Thornton | 38 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
McNeil | 26 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Okpara | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brown | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Likekele | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Holden | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 200 | 17-60 | 1-2 | 11-30 | 5 | 7 | 41 |
Percentages: FG .283, FT .500.
3-Point Goals: 6-29, .207 (McNeil 2-8, Gayle 1-3, Thornton 1-4, Sueing 1-6, Sensabaugh 1-7, Brown 0-1).
Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: 1.
Blocked Shots: 2 (Gayle, Okpara).
Turnovers: 10 (Key 3, Sensabaugh 3, Sueing 2, Gayle, Thornton).
Steals: 6 (Gayle, Likekele, McNeil, Okpara, Sueing, Thornton).
Technical Fouls: None.
Michigan St. | 27 | 35 | = | 62 |
Ohio St. | 14 | 27 | = | 41 |
A–15,110 (18,809).