Justin Ahrens felt “useless” during a nine-game shooting slump, but the Buckeye captain snapped out of it Sunday with 14 points and four 3-pointers against Maryland.
In the second game since losing his starting job for the Buckeyes, the senior captain sprang to life against Maryland, knocking down four 3-pointers – and three before his first miss – in a 14-point performance that marked his highest scoring total since Dec. 8. Ahrens’ 3-point stroke provided a spark for the Ohio State offense in its“Obviously I’m a shooter, so when I’m not making shots, I feel like I’m almost useless out there,” Ahrens said after the game.
During a nine-game stretch that started with a Buckeye win against Wisconsin on Dec. 11, Ahrens averaged only 3.7 points per game, down from 9.1 in Ohio State’s nine games before that. Through the first nine games, Ahrens shot 44.4 percent from 3-point range, but that dropped off to 21.4 percent in the subsequent nine.
After starting the first 17 games in a row for the Buckeyes, Ahrens was removed from the lineup for the first time in Ohio State’s road loss at Purdue last Sunday. Ahrens logged just 11 minutes for the Buckeyes, scored only three points and shot 1-for-4 from deep. It was the sixth straight game in which Ahrens had knocked down one or fewer threes for Ohio State, despite attempting at least four in each of those games.
“You would never have noticed any difference in Justin Ahrens the next time we came to practice,” Holtmann said. “He was the loudest, the most energized, the best talker in practice, and that is a mature kid. When I talk about pro’s pro, that’s exactly what it looks like. Most kids, when they have a bad game – and if you lose – they come in and they don’t have the same spirit that Justin had. His spirit has not waned through this stretch.
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