Mens Basketball Beats Army, 86-45 – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/22/1998 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
November 22, 1998
COLUMBUS, Ohio – %^$By Rusty Miller AP Sports Writer
%^$(AP) – Michael Redd scored 14 points and Ohio State held overmatched Army to 28 percent shooting in an 86-45 victory Sunday.
%^$The Buckeyes (5-0) remained unbeaten in their inaugural season in Value City Arena. The 41-point margin matched Ohio State’s largest since beating Alabama State 81-40 three years ago – also the last time the Buckeyes won their first five games.
%^$The contest was Ohio State’s fourth in seven days, including a 70-62 victory over Penn State Friday in the earliest Big Ten game ever played. Army (0-3) mustered just 15-of-53 shooting from the field and hit only 1-of-17 3-point attempts.
%^$Eleven Buckeyes scored, with freshmen Will Dudley and Boban Savovic coming off the bench to add 11 and 10 points, respectively. No Ohio State starter played more than 20 minutes.
%^$With Ohio State substituting heavily, Army still managed just two field goals in the first 9:58 of the second half. The Cadets, coming off a 51-point loss to Vanderbilt and a 64-63 defeat to Quinnipiac, stayed close for only the opening 8 minutes.
%^$Ahead 17-13, the Buckeyes reeled off a 20-4 spurt. Over a span of just over 8 minutes, the Cadets hit 2-of-14 shots from the field and had 7 turnovers, while Ohio State was 7-of-13 and turned the ball over four times.
%^$Seven Buckeyes scored in the run, led by George Reese’s five points. Brian Brown and Neshaun Coleman each hit 3-pointers. Ohio State was on top 40-20 at halftime and then scored the first nine points and 14 of the first 16 points in the second half. Army’s first field goal didn’t come until the 14:16 mark, by which time the Cadets trailed 57-26. Jonte’ Harrell scored 12 points and Babe Kwasniak added 10 for Army, which had 27 turnovers.
