Florida Atlantic Quotes and Notes – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/17/1998 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
December 17, 1998
COLUMBUS, Ohio –
%^$Attendance: (16,201)
%^$Ohio State head coach Jim O’Brien:
%^$”I’m happy to win another game here at home and to match our win total of last season this early.”
%^$”Scoonie, Michael, Jason and Jon came out early and played extremely well. We made some changes in our defense when we thought they became too comfortable in their offense. I thought that was the critical juncture in the game.”
%^$”Jon has been playing well. If he can get a little more physical, he could be a major factor.”
%^$”The turning point in this game was when we came out strong early in the second half.”
%^$Florida Atlantic head coach Kevin Billerman:
%^$”If Ohio State plays with that level of execution, they will do very well in the Big Ten.”
%^$”We’ve played some good teams and Ohio State is very good. Penn/Redd is the best backcourt we’ve played this year. When you have good guard play you can win a lot of games.”
%^$”Because of our shooting, I like when teams go zone against us and that’s the biggest difference between the Big Ten and the TAAC. When you come up here you have a 6-10 Johnson going against you as opposed to a 6-4 or 6-5 guy in the TAAC.”
%^$Game Notes vs. Florida Atlantic 12/18/98
%^$* Ohio State is now 1-0 against Florida Atlantic and 5-0 against the Trans-America Atlantic Conference after the 99-70 win.
%^$* OSU’s 99 points are the most this year, besting the 92 points they scored against Tennessee-Martin on Monday. The 99 points are also the most since a 102-point effort on Dec. 14, 1996 against George Mason.
%^$* Ohio State’s has connected on at least one three-point field goal attempt in each of the last 194 games. Michael Redd extended the streak with a trey at the 18:01 mark of the first half.
%^$* Redd also extended a personal streak of his own. With his 26-point performance, Redd has now scored in double digits in 18 straight games and in 39 of his 40 career games. His first field goal of the contest was No. 300 for his career.
%^$* Ohio State had three players (Penn, Redd, Sanderson) in double figures by halftime. OSU had four players in double figures for the second straight game, as Boban Savovic finished with 10 points.
%^$* Ohio State’s 55 points in the first half are the Buckeyes’ second-most in a half this year. OSU racked up 58 points in the first half of the season-opening win over Oakland University.
%^$* Redd’s six three-pointers are tied for the third-most in a game in OSU history. Jay Burson holds the record with nine in a Dec. 27, 1988 game against the University of Florida.
%^$* Ohio State last scored 90 points in consecutive games during the 1996-97 season. OSU tallied 97 against Long Island and then 102 against George Mason.
%^$* Kwadjo Steele set a career-high with four points in the contest.
%^$* OSU’s 11 made three-point goals are tied for the third-most in school history. The Buckeyes have hit 11 three-pointers in a game three times this year and also set the record with 13 earlier this season.
%^$* Ohio State is now 8-2 on the season. This is the quickest an OSU team has equaled the previous season’s win total in school history (with a minimum of eight victories). The previous record was during the 1915-16 to 1916-17 seasons.
%^$* Jon Sanderson set season-highs in assists (5) and rebounds (7) in the game. He also tallied 14 points, which is his second-highest output this year.
