12:00 PM ET, December 13, 2008
Value City Arena, Columbus, OH
Top Performers
Butler: G. Hayward 25 Pts, 7 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl
Ohio State: E. Turner 14 Pts, 5 Reb, 3 Ast, 4 Stl
| Butler Bulldogs | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Matt Howard, F | 29 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Shelvin Mack, G | 35 | 3-11 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| Ronald Nored, G | 24 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Gordon Hayward, G-F | 38 | 8-15 | 7-11 | 2-2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| Willie Veasley, F | 18 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Shawn Vanzant, G | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Zach Hahn, G | 19 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Grant Leiendecker, G | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avery Jukes, F | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Garrett Butcher, F | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 15-47 | 8-22 | 13-15 | 8 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 51 | ||
| 31.9% | 36.4% | 86.7% | ||||||||||
| Ohio State Buckeyes | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Dallas Lauderdale, F | 26 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Jeremie Simmons, G | 33 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Evan Turner, G-F | 31 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 6-9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| David Lighty, G-F | 38 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 1-5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Jon Diebler, G | 35 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| A Crater | 6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Madsen, C | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B.J. Mullens, C | 16 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| William Buford, G | 13 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 17-42 | 4-14 | 16-28 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 54 | ||
| 40.5% | 28.6% | 57.1% | ||||||||||
Officials: Glenn Mayborg, Donnee Gray, William Kaminski
Attendance: 13,976



