COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No. 3 Ohio State had reeled off double-digit wins in its first 10 games. As Delawares players watched some of the film from those victories, they began to wonder, "What would the Buckeyes do if they were in a tight game?" They found out on Wednesday night, hanging around for most of the game before falling 76-64. "Thats one of the things that we realized, looking at their past games -- that they really hadnt been in a dogfight," said Jarvis Threatt, who had 14 points and nine rebounds for the Blue Hens (5-6). "We just tried to make it a game and we fell a little short." LaQuinton Ross scored 19 points, including eight in a decisive 15-0 run in the middle of the game, for Ohio State (11-0), while Lenzelle Smith Jr. had 14, Aaron Craft 12, Amir Williams added 11 points and 12 rebounds and Amedeo Della Valle finished with 10 points. The Blue Hens led by as many as six points in the opening 4 minutes. They never led after Marvin King-Davis hit a short jumper with 3:31 left in the half to put them up 26-25. Then the Buckeyes ran off the last 12 points of the half to take a 37-26 lead and then Ross opened the second half by hitting a 3-pointer. Still, Delaware didnt fold. The Blue Hens twice cut the lead to eight points, the last time at 68-60 with 1:48 remaining on a second consecutive layup by Saddler right down the heart of the lane. But Smith hit a jumper and two free throws and the game was out of reach. "Our guys stood toe-to-toe for the most part with who Im going to call the best team in the country," Delaware coach Monte Ross said. "Im just going to say that and Im going to keep saying that because we played them. I hope they win every game the rest of the way." Saddler, still rounding into shape after a seven-game disciplinary suspension, had 17 points to lead the Blue Hens, who have lost three straight. 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"I was happy when I crossed the finish line. I needed this for my self-confidence," Cuche said. "I hope that Klaus feels even more pressure now." Calgarys Jan Hudec was fourth while Erik Guay of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was seventh and Ben Thomson of Invermere, B.C., was 16th. Cuche has been the best downhill skier for the past two seasons and would love to add one more crystal globe to his collection. "I am under pressure as well though I have nothing left to prove," Cuche said. "It would be different if I had never won a globe before. I have six globes at home, four of them for downhill. I can just go out and attack and hope Klaus hasnt his best run." Kroell struggled with the soft snow after two days of rain and mild temperatures. Fog caused poor visibility at the upper part of the hill and forced organizers to lower the start by 500 metres (yards). The same course will be used for next years world championships. "The snow was very weak," Kroell said. 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On the womens side, the fight for the downhill crystal globe is lacking a similar exciting climax because Vonn has won four of seven events to clinch the title for a fifth straight season. In Tuesdays training, Vonn stood up out of her tuck well before crossing the finish line but still posted the third-fastest time, 1.01 seconds behind Weirather, who later acknowledged she missed a gate. "Its pretty warm and it has been raining a lot for two days, so it wont be a normal race, it will be a spring race," Vonn said. "Usually I am not at my best on these snow conditions but I will try everything." Vonn, who has also secured her fourth overall title, is trying to become the first female skier to break the 2,000-point mark in one World Cup season. Austrian great Hermann Maier is the only racer to have managed that feat when scored exactly 2,000 in the 1999-2000 season. "I am not sure whether I can do it but I will go for it," said Vonn, who has 1,808 points. Weirather, whose father Harti won downhill gold at the 1982 world championships in Schladming, timed 1:50.26 on the 2.9-kilometre Streicher course to lead second-place Mancuso by 0.29. "Its good spring conditions," Mancuso said. "Its actually not so bad. I like this kind of snow. Its compressing and its not dangerous, its not braking anywhere, its very consistent. Thats very important for safety." Mancuso won the downhill at the World Cup finals last year and is looking to repeat that achievement. It would be her first downhill victory of this season. "I definitely like where my skiing is right now," said Mancuso, who added she liked the course. "There is a couple of turns and I thought it was pretty fast. Its not super challenging because its not steep anywhere but there are some big winding turns." cheap nfl jerseys ' ' '