8:00 PM ET, February 7, 2009
Value City Arena, Columbus, OH
Top Performers
Minnesota: B. Hoffarber 19 Pts, 3 Reb, 1 Ast
Ohio State: E. Turner 18 Pts, 10 Reb, 4 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Damian Johnson, F | 36 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| Ralph Sampson III, F-C | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Colton Iverson, F-C | 26 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Al Nolen, G | 29 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| L Westbrook | 25 | 2-10 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Paul Carter, F | 10 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Devoe Joseph, G | 18 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Jonathan Williams, C | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devron Bostick, G | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Hoffarber, G | 21 | 6-10 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Jamal Abu-Shamala, G-F | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 22-54 | 7-22 | 7-11 | 13 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 58 | ||
| 40.7% | 31.8% | 63.6% | ||||||||||
| Ohio State Buckeyes | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Dallas Lauderdale, F | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jeremie Simmons, G | 22 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Evan Turner, G-F | 40 | 4-14 | 0-0 | 10-12 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| Jon Diebler, G | 40 | 4-11 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| William Buford, G | 40 | 5-14 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| P.J. Hill, G | 17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kyle Madsen, C | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| B.J. Mullens, C | 23 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 22-52 | 6-18 | 14-21 | 8 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 64 | ||
| 42.3% | 33.3% | 66.7% | ||||||||||
Officials: John Hughes, Ted Hillary, J.D. Collins
Attendance: 19,049



