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Emmett Leads Tech Past Ohio State
January 04, 2004 | Men's Basketball
Jan 4, 2004
By RUSTY MILLER
AP Sports Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Andre Emmett had 27 points and Texas Tech, despite giving up 26 more shots from the field, beat Ohio State 80-72 Sunday in coach Bob Knight's return to his alma mater.
Devonne Giles added 17 points, Ronald Ross had 15 points and seven assists and Robert Tomaszek chipped in with 10 points for the Red Raiders (12-2), who have beaten three Big Ten opponents in the last 13 days. They defeated Iowa 65-59 in a game in Dallas and pounded Minnesota 90-73 on New Year's Day in Lubbock.
Emmett hit 10 of 19 shots from the field and 7 of 9 free throws and added 11 rebounds.
Knight had not led a team into Columbus since the next-to-last team of his 29 seasons at Indiana was beaten 73-56 five years ago - his most lopsided loss ever against the school from which he graduated in 1962. His teams had lost three in a row against the Buckeyes.
Nick Dials, a freshman walk-on given a scholarship just before the season started, led Ohio State (8-5) with 15 points. J.J. Sullinger added 12 and Tony Stockman 10.
Sullinger and Stockman, transfers from Arkansas and Clemson respectively, had horrible shooting days against the Red Raiders' defensive pressure. Sullinger was 4 for 13 and Stockman 4 for 18.
Texas Tech came in holding opponents to 40.8 percent shooting from the field and continually frustrated the Buckeyes as they forced the ball inside to big men Velimir Radinovic, Terence Dials and Shun Jenkins - who frequently missed shots in close in heavy traffic. The Buckeyes made just 32.9 percent of their shots as their big men combined to hit 8 of 20 from the field.
Ohio State was 26 of 79 from the field to the Red Raiders' 32 of 53.
Tech outscored the Buckeyes 46-28 in the paint in spite of Ohio State trying to go inside on almost every trip down the floor.
The Red Raiders took their first lead on Emmett's 14-foot jumper at 18:01 of the second half, part of a 6-0 run. The Buckeyes missed their first six shots of the half.
A 3-pointer by Nick Dials with 10 minutes left gave Ohio State a 52-47 lead but Tech countered with a 10-0 run. Ross started things with a 3-pointer, Giles made two free throws and then a bucket and Emmett scored the final three points - hitting the front end of a bonus situation and then following his miss on the second shot with a putback that made it 57-52.
The Buckeyes drew as close as 61-60 on Ugo Nwankwo's baseline jumper with 4:33 left, but Tomaszek followed with a 15-footer, Ross hit a layup off a backdoor pass from Tomaszek, Emmett scored on a drive and Jarrius Jackson made a layup to make it 69-60 with 2 minutes left.
Ohio State never got closer than six points again.
