At the end of regulation, Capel brought in Pledger for Gallon. This makes sense because although Gallon is a decent FT shooter for a big guy, Pledger is surely better at the stripe. However, Pledger wasn't fouled and Mason-Griffin was. I was thinking at the time (before he even shot and missed) that Gallon should be coming back in for defense and rebounding. And especially after the first one was missed and the possibility of needing only a two pointer was possible.
Gallon didn't come in and Anderson was able to shoot twice at the end to get his game-tying bucket. It wasn't like OSU went with a five-guard lineup that we had to defense--Moses was in the game. And I know it wasn't an oversight by coach because he did the exact same thing at the end of OT when Willie made his FT's. Maybe he doesn't trust Gallon to be able to be down on the block and get back on defense, but even if that's the case, I still think it might be more valuable to have him waiting back on defense just in case.
Gallon didn't come in and Anderson was able to shoot twice at the end to get his game-tying bucket. It wasn't like OSU went with a five-guard lineup that we had to defense--Moses was in the game. And I know it wasn't an oversight by coach because he did the exact same thing at the end of OT when Willie made his FT's. Maybe he doesn't trust Gallon to be able to be down on the block and get back on defense, but even if that's the case, I still think it might be more valuable to have him waiting back on defense just in case.