Roddy Gayle scored nine points in the final 6:02 against Iowa to rescue Ohio State from the jaws of defeat in a breakout clutch performance by the Buckeye freshman.
The lead changed 18 times in Thursday’s second-round Big Ten Tournament matchup, but Ohio State was chasing the Hawkeyes as the contest reached its final eight minutes. Somebody had to step up to get the Buckeyes over the hump.The freshman guard started eight of the past nine games for Ohio State, but before Thursday, he didn’t score more than six points in any of them. In fact, with a little over six minutes remaining against Iowa, Gayle had yet to score a point all afternoon.
With nine points in a little over six minutes of game time, Gayle lifted the Buckeyes to a 73-69 win over Iowa. Plenty of other Buckeyes contributed heavily to the upset victory, but Gayle was the X-factor, and his late-game explosion was the story of the day. Gayle seemed remarkably poised in the moment for a player who’d never made plays like that at this level of basketball.
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