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Ohio State survives in an 89-88 double overtime thriller inside Williams Arena on Monday night

With just 16 games on Monday night and only three of those games featuring power conference teams, there was almost a certainty that chaos would ensue in at least one of the games to make up for the small slate. That happened in the Barn on Monday night, and probably to an extent no one thought possible.

The game probably could’ve ended at least ten different times, but there was a lack of late game execution from both sides throughout. While watching the game, a sense of possible overtime was definitely there, as neither team led by more than four in the first half, and Minnesota’s 59-52 lead was the largest lead of regulation.

The late game catastrophes started in regulation and pushed the length of this game well over three hours. With under two minutes to go, Dawson Garcia stepped to the line for a pair of free throws. He would go on to miss both. On the ensuing possession, Parker Fox jumped into the passing lane, ran into the official, completed the steal while going to ground, and was still able to flip the ball over to Lu’Cye Patterson who hit a wide-open Garcia for a dunk in transition. The Gophers had a two-point lead with less than 90 seconds to play.

Fox came up big defensively on the next possession, hedging hard defensively and forcing a Ques Glover turnover. With 56 seconds to go, a bucket would likely do it for Minnesota. This game was just getting started though, and freshman guard Isaac Asuma, who was having the best game of his young career, threw the ball away and gave Ohio State a chance.

Jake Diebler wouldn’t use a timeout ahead of his team’s next possession, but just before Micah Parrish fired a deep three (which went in), Diebler would use a timeout to draw up a play. The play was a great one, as Devin Royal found himself wide open underneath the hoop for an easy dunk to tie – except for he would have a chance to win it, as Garcia came flying in late for his fifth foul, sending Royal to the line with the score tied at 64-64.

Ohio State had three chances to win it in these final five seconds, as after Royal missed the free throw, Glover grabbed the offensive rebound and fired from the baseline. That shot missed as well, but it fell straight to Evan Mahaffey, dead-on with the basket from four feet away. Mahaffey’s shot rolled off the rim however and sent us to overtime. All of this, and we hadn’t even hit overtime yet.

Fast forward to under a minute to go in the overtime period, and Fox had just hit a tough shot to give Minnesota a four-point advantage. After two Parrish free throws, Mike Mitchell turned the ball over with 23 seconds to play. Ohio State trailed by two and had the ball with a chance for the final shot. Parrish would travel trying to work his way inside on Kadyn Betts though, meaning the Gophers would have a chance to ice it with Asuma going to the line.

Asuma split the pair to go up three, but nothing to worry about for Minnesota as the Gophers fouled up three. OSU’s own freshman, John Mobley Jr., split his pair and Mitchell went to the line with six seconds left and his team leading 73-71. Mitchell was 10/11 from the free throw line on the season.

He missed both.

Then came the worst mistake I’ve seen in a while watching college basketball. Betts, the sophomore forward who had played limited minutes before Garcia fouled out, reached out and fouled Mobley with four seconds left and his team only ahead by two. A complete lack of concentration from the young man who was trying to make the right play, and it would’ve been, if only Mitchell had converted on one of his free throws.

Mobley sank both and after Asuma’s desperation three in the final seconds fell off the mark, the two teams prepared for a second overtime, now both truly feeling as if they should’ve already had this game won.

The second overtime looked to be all Buckeyes, as the Gophers were stunned that they had choked this game away. Bruce Thornton was the one to make things click, scoring five quick points as Ohio State jumped out to an 83-75 lead in the first three minutes of the second five-minute period.

Trying to close out games isn’t either of these teams’ strong suits though, as the Buckeyes found themselves in front just 85-82 after Patterson connected from deep. Minnesota picked up the pressure with a full court trap, and Thornton looked to travel with under 15 seconds to go. No whistle came, and the Gophers were forced to foul.

After two made free throws, it was Mitchell who hit from three to make it 87-85. Glover iced the game to make it 89-85, but Patterson had another one in him, making the game 89-88 with 0.1 to go. Ohio State found a way to get the ball in, and after three hours of real time and 50 minutes of hoops, had a very gutty Big Ten win on the road.

Royal led the way with 19 points for Ohio State and Glover chipped in 13 off the bench. Garcia battled foul trouble all night for Minnesota, finishing 2-9 from the floor and five points. Parker Fox, the man who graduated high school the same spring as Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young, had the best game of his Minnesota career, scoring 21 points and adding five rebounds and two blocks. Minnesota’s backcourt performed well, but not well enough to close out the victory, as Asuma, Mitchell, and Patterson each scored 18+.

It’ll be a tough one to swallow for Minnesota, but Ohio State will be able to move on and know they came away with a win, even if it looked on many occasions that they would drop one to the Big Ten’s final winless team.

Other Things to Note:

• #12 Houston handles TCU 65-46 at home to improve to 3-0 in Big 12 play
• John Blackwell goes for 21 as Wisconsin knocks off Rutgers 75-63 on the road
• #1 Tennessee meets #8 Florida in Gainesville with undefeated start on the line (7:00 ET, ESPN2)
• Pitt, #4 Duke, put undefeated ACC records to the test inside Cameron Indoor (7:00 ET, ESPN)
• #24 Michigan and #22 UCLA meet in Pauley Pavilion for pivotal Big Ten clash (10:00 ET, Peacock)