Akron (66) vs Ohio State (67) · Nov 9, 2021 · NCAAM Scores

FINAL

Nov 9, 2021

Game Recap

No. 17 Buckeyes need late layup to beat Akron 67-66. Zed Key saved No. 17 Ohio State from a season-opening embarrassment, catching a sharp pass from freshman Malachi Branham in the paint and laying in a buzzer-beater to give the Buckeyes a 67-66 win over Akron on Tuesday night.

Box Score

	1	2	T
AKR	28	38	66
OSU	36	31	67

AKRON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
25Enrique Freeman	29	4-6	0-0	0-0	9	0	0	1	0	2	8
24Ali Ali	33	6-11	2-4	3-3	3	2	1	0	2	3	17
13Xavier Castaneda	27	4-8	3-7	0-0	5	2	0	0	2	4	11
4Bryan Trimble Jr.	30	2-8	1-6	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2	5
1K.J. Walton	31	6-9	0-0	4-6	3	0	2	0	3	1	16
21Aziz Bandaogo	11	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
22Mikal Dawson	10	1-5	0-3	0-1	2	0	0	0	2	2	2
2Greg Tribble	14	1-4	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	3	2
11Garvin Clarke	15	1-5	1-2	2-2	3	0	0	0	1	0	5

TOTAL		25-5843.1%	7-2231.8%	9-1275.0%	29	5	4	2	11	19	66

OHIO STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
32E.J. Liddell	30	10-19	1-4	4-8	11	3	1	3	1	5	25
23Zed Key	26	7-11	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	1	2	1	14
10Justin Ahrens	34	2-4	2-3	1-2	1	3	0	0	2	1	7
0Meechie Johnson Jr.	23	0-3	0-3	4-4	5	0	2	0	2	2	4
55Jamari Wheeler	29	0-3	0-0	2-2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2
14Justice Sueing	15	1-7	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	1	2
3Eugene Brown III	9	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
50Joey Brunk	6	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
22Malaki Branham	24	3-9	1-1	0-0	6	3	1	1	1	1	7
2Cedric Russell	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
TOTAL		26-6043.3%	4-1428.6%	11-1668.8%	35	11	5	5	9	15	67

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st halfakrosu

(20:00) Jump Ball won by Akron
+2 (19:36) Enrique Freeman made Layup.
20
(19:03) Meechie Johnson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:03) E.J. Liddell Offensive Rebound.
(18:58) E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
(18:58) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(18:48) Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:48) K.J. Walton Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:44) K.J. Walton made Layup.
40
+2 (18:31) Zed Key made Layup. Assisted by E.J. Liddell.
42
(18:15) Foul on K.J. Walton.
(18:15) K.J. Walton Turnover.
+2 (17:53) Zed Key made Layup. Assisted by E.J. Liddell.
44
(17:29) Ali Ali missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:29) Meechie Johnson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(17:23) Foul on Xavier Castaneda.
(17:12) Jamari Wheeler missed Jumper.
(17:12) Enrique Freeman Block.
(17:12) Xavier Castaneda Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:57) Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
64
(16:36) Zed Key Turnover.
(16:19) Aziz Bandaogo missed Layup.
(16:19) Zed Key Block.
(16:19) K.J. Walton Offensive Rebound.
(16:16) Foul on Meechie Johnson Jr..
+2 (16:12) Xavier Castaneda made Layup.
84
(15:56) Meechie Johnson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:56) Ali Ali Defensive Rebound.
(15:51) Ali Ali Turnover.
(15:51) Meechie Johnson Jr. Steal.
(15:43) Justin Ahrens missed Jumper.
(15:43) Aziz Bandaogo Defensive Rebound.
(15:20) Aziz Bandaogo missed Jumper.
(15:20) Jamari Wheeler Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:08) Zed Key made Layup. Assisted by Justin Ahrens.
86
(14:43) Ali Ali Turnover.
(14:43) E.J. Liddell Steal.
(14:28) Foul on Aziz Bandaogo.
(14:28) Official TV Timeout
(14:26) Foul on Greg Tribble.
(14:23) Justice Sueing missed Jumper.
(14:23) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(14:16) Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:16) E.J. Liddell Defensive Rebound.
(14:05) Foul on Enrique Freeman.
(14:00) Justice Sueing missed Layup.
(14:00) E.J. Liddell Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:55) E.J. Liddell made Dunk.
88
(13:33) Mikal Dawson Turnover.
(13:10) Malachi Branham missed Jumper.
(13:10) E.J. Liddell Offensive Rebound.
+3 (13:03) Justin Ahrens made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by E.J. Liddell.
811
+3 (12:34) Garvin Clarke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
1111
(12:13) Justice Sueing missed Jumper.
(12:13) Mikal Dawson Defensive Rebound.
(12:06) Mikal Dawson missed Layup.
(12:06) E.J. Liddell Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:55) Justin Ahrens made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malachi Branham.
1114
(11:51) Akron Timeout
(11:36) K.J. Walton missed Jumper.
(11:36) Akron Offensive Rebound.
(11:29) Foul on Justin Ahrens.
+1 (11:29) K.J. Walton made Free Throw.
1214
+1 (11:29) K.J. Walton made Free Throw.
1314
(11:04) E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
(11:04) Akron Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:39) Greg Tribble made Jumper.
1514
+2 (10:20) E.J. Liddell made Layup. Assisted by Justin Ahrens.
1516
(10:13) Foul on E.J. Liddell.
(10:03) Foul on Greg Tribble.
(10:03) Greg Tribble Turnover.
+2 (9:35) Zed Key made Layup. Assisted by Malachi Branham.
1518
(9:16) Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:16) Malachi Branham Defensive Rebound.
(9:07) Meechie Johnson Jr. Turnover.
(8:58) Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:58) Meechie Johnson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(8:39) Justin Ahrens Turnover.
(8:39) Bryan Trimble Jr. Steal.
+2 (8:31) Bryan Trimble Jr. made Layup.
1718
(8:31) Ohio State Timeout
(8:11) Zed Key missed Jumper.
(8:11) Justice Sueing Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:11) Justice Sueing made Two Point Tip Shot.
1720
(8:04) Foul on Meechie Johnson Jr..
(8:03) Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:03) Ohio State Defensive Rebound.
(8:00) Official TV Timeout
(7:29) Jump Ball won by Ohio State
(7:28) Ohio State Turnover.
(7:16) Greg Tribble missed Layup.
(7:16) Malachi Branham Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:59) E.J. Liddell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eugene Brown III.
1723
(6:29) Xavier Castaneda Turnover.
(6:22) E.J. Liddell Turnover.
+2 (6:16) K.J. Walton made Layup.
1923
+2 (5:42) E.J. Liddell made Jumper.
1925
(5:19) Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:19) Ohio State Defensive Rebound.
(5:06) Foul on Mikal Dawson.
+1 (5:06) E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
1926
(5:06) E.J. Liddell missed Free Throw.
(5:06) Zed Key Offensive Rebound.
(5:01) Zed Key missed Layup.
(5:01) E.J. Liddell Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:56) E.J. Liddell made Dunk.
1928
(4:35) K.J. Walton Turnover.
(4:35) Malachi Branham Steal.
(4:26) Malachi Branham missed Jumper.
(4:26) E.J. Liddell Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:21) Malachi Branham made Layup.
1930
(4:20) Akron Timeout
(4:08) Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:08) E.J. Liddell Defensive Rebound.
(3:36) Foul on Xavier Castaneda.
+1 (3:36) E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
1931
(3:36) E.J. Liddell missed Free Throw.
(3:36) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(3:35) Foul on Joey Brunk.
(3:18) Foul on E.J. Liddell.
+1 (3:18) Garvin Clarke made Free Throw.
2031
+1 (3:18) Garvin Clarke made Free Throw.
2131
+2 (2:56) Joey Brunk made Jumper.
2133
(2:38) Foul on Cedric Russell.
(2:38) K.J. Walton missed Free Throw.
(2:38) Joey Brunk Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:20) Joey Brunk made Jumper.
2135
(1:56) Garvin Clarke missed Layup.
(1:56) Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:56) Enrique Freeman made Two Point Tip Shot.
2335
(1:27) Justin Ahrens Turnover.
+2 (1:12) Ali Ali made Jumper.
2535
(0:41) Jamari Wheeler missed Jumper.
(0:41) Garvin Clarke Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:30) K.J. Walton made Layup.
2735
(0:30) Foul on Cedric Russell.
(0:30) Technical Foul on Bryan Trimble Jr..
+1 (0:30) Justin Ahrens made Free Throw.
2736
(0:30) Foul on Bryan Trimble Jr..
(0:30) Justin Ahrens missed Free Throw.
+1 (0:30) K.J. Walton made Free Throw.
2836
(0:06) Justice Sueing missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:06) Garvin Clarke Defensive Rebound.
(0:01) Garvin Clarke missed Jumper.
(0:01) Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
(0:00) End of 1st half

2nd half

Team Stats

AKR

OSU

66Points67

25-58(43.1%)Field Goal(%)26-60(43.3%)

7-22(31.8%)3-Point(%)4-14(28.6%)

9-12(75%)Free Throw(%)11-16(68.8%)

34(14)Rebounds(Offensive)38(17)

5Assists11

4Steals5

2Blocks5

11Turnovers11

19(1)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

4Largest Lead14

Game Details

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 · 6:00 PM

Value City Arena · Columbus, OH

attendance: 11,947 (62.7%)

tv: ESPN2

spread: OSU -16.5

over/under: 140.5