Game Awards: Iowa Basketball Crushes Ohio State At Home
By Jeremy Karll
Bench Player of the Game: Brady Ellingson
Brady Ellingson‘s 17 points against Ohio State is the third highest scoring mark of his career and highest in his Big Ten career. Ellingson hadn’t scored in double-figures since December 28 against Purdue and only had 11 total points in the previous seven games.
Ellingson is known for his random outbursts on offense, though. It’s being a consistent scorer that causes him problems. Although, on Saturday, Ellingson proved why Fran McCaffery continues to play him every game in hopes that he can catch fire like he did against the Buckeyes.
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Everyone of Ellingson’s shots looked like it was going in. He finished the game shooting 6-of-9 from the field and 5-of-7 from deep. His five made threes are a new career-high.
Aside from leading the game in scoring, he played a bench-high 25 minutes and recorded four rebounds, three assists and one steal, too. The Hawkeyes let him run the offense a couple of times, even though he airballed a deep three in the first half that was clearly out of his range.
Ellingson’s scoring, especially in the first half when he had 11 points, helped pave the way for a big offensive game from Iowa. The Hawkeyes scored 15 points in less than five minutes when Ellingson first entered the game and scored a quick eight points.
On a night where Peter Jok, the Big Ten’s leading scorer, sat out, Brady Ellingson helped pick up the slack and gave Iowa a reliable scoring option. Now, it’s a matter of if he can consistently score.