Post Game Notes From Ohio State vs. Louisville – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/28/1998 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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The Ohio State-Louisville series now spans eight games with theseries tied at four wins each. This is the third game to be playedin Columbus and Louisville’s first win on the road in the series.Louisville holds a 3-2 edge in the series in games played inFreedom Hall. The Buckeyes now own a 42-26 record againstConference USA teams. This was the first overtime game of theseason for both teams and Ohio State’s first-ever OT game in ValueCity Arena. Ohio State is now 35-48 all-time in overtime and 17-18at home. The last overtime game at home was in the 1997-98 season,the final game in St. John Arena, on Feb. 28, 1998, an 89-85 lossto Penn State. The Buckeyes are 7-1 in Value City Arena this seasonand have posted a 65-9 record since it opened. Louisville is the14th ranked opponent OSU has faced at VCA, with a record of 11-3.Overall this year, Louisville is the fourth ranked team OSU hasfaced. Ohio State is now 6-1 this year in games when leading at thehalf. Ohio State overcame a halftime deficit (33-28) to post a winfor the first time this year in the 70-62 win over Hampton Dec. 30.The 28 free throws made and 40 attempts are both season highs. The45 rebounds is the second highest total this year. The 29 defensiverebounds equals the season high total (29 vs. Tennessee St.).Senior Sean Connolly is moving closer to 1,000 career points. With13 points today he now has a total of 606 points as a Buckeye. With330 points at Providence as a freshman his career total now standsat 936. He has scored in double-digits in 10 of the 11 games thisyear. Connolly now has 109 3-point field goals as a Buckeye, whichties him for 8th on the career list. Connolly notched 64 in his oneseason at Boston College. Connolly has now made a 3-pointer in 12straight games dating back to last season Senior Brent Darby playedin his 101st game tonight, with his 59th start. Connolly played his104th game and now has 56 career starts. With two 3-point fieldgoals today, Darby upped his career total to 122, which is sixthall-time. He needs three to move into fifth place and four to tiefor fourth. Boban Sovovic is currently fifth (125) and Michael Reddis fourth (126). Jamie Skelton is third with 144 and Scoonie Pennis the career leader with 153. Darby’s 24 points gave him 983 forhis career. He needs 17 points to become the 41st player at OhioState to reach 1,000 career points. This is his 10th career gamewith 20 or more points. Darby’s 15 free throw attempts is a seasonhigh. His 12 free throws made is the second-best effort of the year(13 v. Duke). Velimir Radinovic matched his career high for freethrows and free throw attempts with his 9 of 11 effort. TheBuckeyes next game will usher in 2002-03 Big Ten play Thursday(Jan. 9) in a 7 p.m. at Michigan State in East Lansing. The gamewill be televised nationally by ESPN2. The following game will bethe Big Ten home opener, Saturday, Jan. 11 when the Buckeyes playhost to Indiana at 8 p.m. at VCA.
