As The New Top Ranked Team In The AP Top 25 Poll This Week After Knocking Off Previously Top Ranked Gonzaga Duke Is Matching Up With Ohio State In The ACC/ Big Ten Challenge Tonight In Columbus Ohio

As the new top ranked team in the AP Top 25 Poll this week after knocking off previously top ranked Gonzaga Duke is matching up with Ohio State in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge tonight in Columbus Ohio.

Duke comes into the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge with a record of 7-0!

Their previous game?

An 84-81 win over Gonzaga who then was the top ranked team in the country! Since Gonzaga’s loss to Duke they’ve dropped to number 3 in week 4 of the AP Top 25 poll while Duke jumped to the top spot in the AP Top 25 poll.

In the Duke , Gonzaga game Paolo Banchero scored 21 points while his teammates Wendell Moore Jr. scored 20 points, Mark Williams scored 17 points.

“according to goduke.com”

Though, it wasn’t all perfect for Paolo Banchero, Duke as they had to play without him for some amount of time because he was having cramping issues.

Paolo Banchero had this to say about his cramping issues!

His quads locked up and he had to come out of the game, get an IV but would return with nearly eight minutes to play. He scored just one point in the second half.

“according to an article by Myron Metcalf on espn.com”

Ohio State comes into the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge with a record of 4-2!

Their previous game?

A 71-68 loss to 23rd Florida who this week ranked

In their 71-68 loss to Florida Ohio State  The game gives, and the game takes away. One night after winning at the wire against Seton Hall, Florida hits a three-pointer at the buzzer to steal a 71-68 victory Wednesday night in the championship game of the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-off.

The Buckeyes are now 4-2 on the young season while Florida improves to 5-0.

For the sixth-consecutive game, E.J. Liddell led the Buckeyes in scoring with 23 points on 7-of-11 shooting. He was also 8-of-12 from the free throw line and blocked five shots. Liddell scored 28 points in the game against Seton Hall on Monday and was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Kyle Young played just 14 minutes before fouling-out but was impactful in those 14 minutes. He scored 11 points and grabbed a team-high six rebounds.

Zed Key and Jamari Wheeler each finished with seven points while Justin Ahrens made a pair of threes to finish with six points.

The first half was a grind at times for both teams. After going more than six minutes without a field goal, the Buckeyes ended the half on a 13-4 run over the final 4:19 to lead 30-26 at the break. Liddell had 13 points, four blocks and three boards in the opening 20 minutes.

Wheeler scored on back-to-back lay-ins early in the second half. Those lay-ins felt big at the time as they gave the Buckeyes a five-point lead which ballooned to as much as 10 with 12 minutes to play. Florida slowly chipped-away and pulled even with 3:30 left in the game.

The Gators tied it again with less than 40 seconds left and after a Liddell missed jumper, Tyree Appleby hit a running three-pointer as the buzzer sounded to give Florida the victory.

Notes

• All 10 Buckeyes that saw action in the game scored at least one point

• J. Liddell has had multiple blocks in five of the six games this season

• Cedric Russell’s three-pointer in the first half was his first points in a Buckeye uniform

• The Buckeyes committed a season-high 18 turnovers and were whistled for a season-high 24 fouls in the game.

• This was the 14th all-time meeting between Ohio State and Florida. The Buckeyes lead the series 8-6.

• “according to an article on ohiostatebuckeyes.com”

  Duke, Ohio State previously played in the ACC/ Big Ten Challenge during the 2012-2013 season!

  Where?

  Durham North Carolina!

  In that match up Duke was ranked 2nd in the AP Top 25 poll!

  In that match up Duke won 73-68!

  Why?

  Rasheed Sulamon scored all 17 of his points in the second half of the second-ranked Blue Devils' 73-68 come-from-behind victory over then No. 4 ranked Ohio State.

  Mason Plumlee who currently plays for the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA scored 21 points and a career-high-tying 17 rebounds, and Ryan Kelly added 15 points and hit 3-pointers on consecutive trips downcourt early during the 20-7 run that put the Blue Devils (7-0) ahead to stay and sent them to their third win over a top-five team this month.

  “according to an article on goduke.com”

  In that game Ohio State lost by a score of 73-68.

  Deshaun Thomas scored 16 points for Ohio State (4-1), while Aaron Craft and Lenzelle Smith Jr. had 11 apiece.

  Shannon Scott pulled the Buckeyes within 66-64 with a free throw with 28.9 seconds left before Quinn Cook sealed it by hitting six free throws in the final 27.3 seconds.

  “according to an article on ohiostatebuckeyes.com”

  Tip off is set for 9:30pm from The Schottenstein Center!

  The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Jay Bilas, Holly Rowe, Karl Ravech!