OSU BASKETBALL Buckeyes sharp on home court

OSU hit 51 percent from the field in their third victory.
COLUMBUS (AP) -- Tony Stockman is officially no longer in a shooting slump.
The senior guard scored 26 points and hit two early 3-pointers to set the tone in leading Ohio State to a 74-49 win over turnover-prone Delaware on Friday night.
"That felt real good, real good," Stockman said. "The last couple of days I've been working on my shot. It helped out a little bit."
The Buckeyes' leading scorer a year ago, Stockman came in averaging 9.5 points on 42 percent shooting in the first two games this season.
The Buckeyes (3-0) controlled the game from the outset, scoring the first nine points and later adding a 13-0 run to build a 41-19 lead at the half.
Coach warned his team
Stockman, a senior who played his first two seasons at Clemson, hit 10-of-13 shots from the field including 6-of-9 3-pointers. The 26 points bettered his previous Ohio State high by a point, set a year ago against Penn State.
"He had a huge ball game," said Delaware coach David Henderson. "Andrew Washington started out on him and I told him all week, 'This kid can play. He can really shoot the basketball.' We gave him two open looks early and you can't do that because he'll knock them down."
J.J. Sullinger chipped in with 12 points for the Buckeyes, who hit 51 percent of their shots from the field.
The Blue Hens (0-1), coming off a 16-12 record a year ago and with three starters back, could not hang onto the ball. They had as many turnovers (19) as points in the first 20 minutes. Center Raphael Madera, confronted by three defenders who sagged on him every time he got the ball in the middle, had five turnovers himself -- matching Ohio State's first-half total.
"You could tell it was their first game," Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. "I've been their shoes, playing on the road in your opener. We have had two games which we felt was an advantage for us. Hopefully, our defense had something to do with that [the turnovers]."
Many miscues
Harding Nana had 11 points and Andrew Washington 10 for the Blue Hens, who finished with 24 turnovers.
Stockman hit two 3-pointers and had eight of the Buckeyes' first 11 points.
After Delaware pulled as close as 20-12 on Nana's breakaway dunk with 9:31 left in the opening half, the Buckeyes ran off the next 13 points -- with Stockman hitting a 3 and Je'Kel Foster scoring five points.
Ohio State led by as many as 34 points in the second half.
Not until a Calvin Smith turnaround with 16:37 remaining did the Blue Hens have more points (23) than turnovers (21).
The Buckeyes, who play Houston in the semifinals of the Guardians Classic on Tuesday in Kansas City, had 10 players score.
"We earned the right to go to Kansas City," Sullinger said. "Now we want a chance to prove our doubters wrong."