The visiting Dayton Flyers hung tough with the Ohio State Buckeyes for a half and went into the locker room with a one point lead,but a sizzling second half of shooting for Ohio State told a different tale as the Buckeyes raced out to a lead that stretched as far as 19 before settling to the final margin of 74-63.
Kosta Koufos led 4 Buckeyes in double figures with 21 points in a loud Schottstein Center that seemed far noisier than usual.
Two reasons for that were the articles on the atmosphere from the Cal game at St.John Arena and
the large amount of fans from the visitors from Dayton.
Between the reasonably short trip (75 Miles) and the rare opportunity for Dayton to play OSU (Had not played in 20 years),this was a hot ticket for Flyer fans.
Ohio State moves on to New York for the tournament Semi-Finals against the Ole' Miss Rebels Tuesday night.
The Pirates have trimmed their roster to 26,which leaves just 1 move to be made.
It looks like it will come down to which lefthander they prefer between Sean Burnett and
Phil Dumatrait.
Burnett is the sentimental choice,but I would be surprised if it is not Dumatrait.
The Xavier Musketeers play for a spot in the Elite Eight tonight against the West Virginia Mountaineers.Coverage here tomorrow on the Muskies as well as tonight's New Jersey Devils-New York Rangers matchup.
Bullpen Notes
The Hagerstown Suns announced their giveaways schedule today and even though some of the silly stuff returns,it appears that they have stripped the number of the eye rolling stuff away and added a few interesting nights.
On the Good side:
Six different Player sticker nights-Good stuff,I would have liked cards better,but still good!
Suns Alternate hat day-Battlin' Bob's day is now made.
John Henry Moss day-The long time President of the SAL (now retired) comes to Hagerstown.
Maybe now I can get some of his cards that come in the SAL Prospects set every year signed!!
On the bad side:
KISS Tribute night-This has leaving early written all over it!
Elizabeth Schulze Bobblehead night-1,000 Elizabeth Schulze's bobbleheads given away.
Schulze is the head of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra,most of whose members/patrons would not be caught dead at a Suns game.
Yet another Egg Toss Championship=Enough Said.
Overall,a long way to go,but an improvement anyway you look at it.
Missouri State hired Purdue assistant Cuonzo Martin as their new head coach.
Martin was one of my favorite players in his Boilermaker playing days and was always a hard nosed defender.
Best of luck to Martin.
And finally,our man in Japan,Brandon Siefken has started a Japanese prospect site.
Check it out,never know if you learn early on about the next Ichiro or Matsuzaka.
Photo Credits
Koufos-Terry Gilliam-AP Photo
Martin-Unknown
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