The police in Rio de Janeiro say a Russian diplomat trying to repel an attempted robbery near the Olympic Park was involved in a shooting that left the assailant dead. The Russian embassy denied any of their employees were involved in the incident.The police say the diplomat wrestled with a gunman who was trying to rob him, causing the weapon to go off and killing the criminal. In a statement to The Associated Press, the Russians refuted the police report.There must be a misunderstanding, the embassy said in an email late Thursday.The Russian government also said its representatives are not armed. It pointed out that consulate officials are Russian citizens with Russian names, contrary to media reports that gave a Brazilian-sounding name.Authorities did not officially identify any of the people involved in the incident and only said the man who was attacked was a lawyer and a vice consul for Russia.The Daily Mail earlier reported that Marcos Cesar Feres Braga, a Brazilian lawyer who holds the vice-consul post at the Russian consulate, grabbed his motorbike-riding assailant and pulled him into his car before the assailants gun went off in a struggle over the weapon, killing him.The mugger struck at around midday Thursday as Braga was waiting for traffic to start moving again after the Olympic torch had passed by on Avenida das Americas in the Barra da Tijuca district of Rio, close to the Olympic Park and athletes village, the Daily Mail reported.The vice consul got into a physical confrontation with the aggressor, and during the fight, the assailants gun was fired several times, said the police statement. 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However, following that run, the Knights continued to chip into the lead without changing much of their game plan.In the final minutes, FDU cut the deficit to just six points before OSUs JaQuan Lyle iced the game with two free throws.Initially, defensively, we were good . but we didnt finish possessions, OSU coach Thad Matta said. Even some of the shots they missed were wide open. Thats just a sign of we werent as sharp as we needed to be.Darian Anderson led Fairleigh Dickinson with 17 points, and Kaleb Bishop added 12 to make it his second straight game with double figures. Knights coach Greg Herenda said that his team matched up better against OSU than it did against Army (4-4), their previous opponent.The Buckeyes were coming off a near-upset win at No. 6 Virginia on Wednesday that somehow didnt translate to the court on Saturday. Williams said that, for whatever reason, the team continues to play down to its opponents rather than remaining consistent.I feel like this team is at its best when were about to play a game and we play like our hairs on firee, he said.dddddddddddd. When we play these games, we dont have that sense of urgency.Both teams shot better in the second half, OSU at 53.6 percent and Fairleigh Dickinson at 41.7 percent. Despite Thompsons 13 rebounds and five blocked shots, the Knights still had 28 points in the paint and grabbed nine offensive rebounds to OSUs eight.We did just enough to have a chance to win and to do extraordinary things, you need to play extraordinary, Herenda said. Ohio State was just too big, too long and too good today.BIG PICTUREOhio State: The turnover bug continues to bite the Buckeyes, who turned the ball over seven times in the first 10 minutes of the game and 14 total. In OSUs last game, the team coughed up 20 turnovers to Virginia and allowed the Cavaliers to overcome a 12-point halftime deficit.JaQuan Lyle struggled for a second straight game with only seven points and five turnovers with five assists.Thompson said that Matta told the team that the Fairleigh Dickinson performance showed signs of regression.Fairleigh Dickinson: The Knights have had their struggles through seven games following last seasons conference tournament championship and NCAA tournament bid. However, at several points, Fairleigh Dickinson exposed the Buckeyes.These games help us so much down the road, Herenda said. Today it hurts and it stings, but as the season goes on, these games help us tremendously.UP NEXTThe Buckeyes host a midweek matchup against Florida Atlantic on Tuesday before welcoming the Connecticut Huskies to the Schottenstein Center on Dec. 10.Fairleigh Dickinson returns home on Wednesday to play the Iona Gaels before beginning a three-game road trip at Towson. ' ' '