Ohio State's offense clicked back into gear for much of the night, but its defense struggled at a high level in a double-digit loss at Iowa.
“That’s something I said in the locker room at halftime,” senior guard Sean McNeil said. “We played really well for a majority of the first half and there’s a 2 ½, 3-minute stretch where defensively we have continuous lapses where we give up big plays and allow them to make runs. This was similar to that game.”
Plenty of teams don’t. Iowa entered the game leading the Big Ten in scoring and now is third nationally in adjusted offensive efficiency according to KenPom.com. In the first meeting between these teams, Ohio State held Iowa to 108.7 points per 100 possessions – the 10th-lowest mark of the season for the Hawkeye offense.“There’s some things that continue to happen, but Iowa shot it well tonight,” McNeil said. “We gave up some plays that stuck out to me.
“I would say they looked the same to me,” Iowa’s Tony Perkins, who had 24 points on 11 of 16 shooting, said. “On our end, we just wasn’t connected defensively . We let them get comfortable and do what they do as a player. They’re all Power 5 players, so everybody can hoop. We just brought defensive intensity, moved the ball and did what we had to do.
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