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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 249288, member: 716"] This was a huge factor. We were rolling; had 23 points with 8:45 to go. South missed a nice baseline jumper. Dion took a [B]horrible[/B] jumper and compounded that by making a dumb reach-in foul a moment later. Joseph missed a jumper. Then the blown charge call happened. Got the nice lob to CJ to give us 25. Missed three by Joseph (good look, but still a miss). Missed layup by Joseph. Missed jumper by Joseph. Three more missed jumpers (CJ, Triche, Joseph) along with a couple free throws and a nice Triche pass to Rakeem for a dunk. Six points in the last 8:45, and a ton of forced jumpers (plus a couple good jumpers that missed). OSU was bound to shoot better in the second half. If it had been 39-29 at the half, we'd have been in good shape. Instead we'd only played to a tie. That put us into a position where we'd a.) need to shoot well and b.) need a level playing field to win. We got neither. [/QUOTE]