Buckeyes Get Physical With Coastal Carolina – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/13/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 13, 1999
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By RUSTY MILLER
AP Sports Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Brian Brown scored 15 of his career-high 18 points in the second half as Ohio State used its inside strength to beat Coastal Carolina 83-75 Monday night.
Because of an off shooting night from the perimeter, the Buckeyes continually pounded the ball inside to 6-foot-11 Ken Johnson and 6-7 George Reese forcing Coastal Carolina – whose tallest starter was 6-6 – to foul.
The Buckeyes hit 29-of-37 free throws to the Chanticleers’ 9 of 10.
Brown, who shot 52 percent from the foul line last year as a freshman, hit all 10 of his free throw attempts in the second half.
Scoonie Penn led the Buckeyes (4-1) with 21 points, while Michael Redd had 16. The Buckeyes’ guard tandem combined to hit 13-of-35 shots from the field. Reese added 13 points.
Matt Gladieux, an Ohio native, scored 27 points for Coastal Carolina (1-6). Todd Shannon added 18 points and Steve Miles 14.
The Chanticleers kept the game close by hitting 14 of 30 3-pointers, which set a Value City record.
Ohio State has yet to play a team with a winning record and the opponents have a combined 10-21 record. The Buckeyes’ travel to No. 8 Kansas Thursday.
Coastal Carolina lost its fourth in a row. Ohio State, which had won its last three games against Vermont, Duquesne and Florida A&M by an average of 36 points, did not have an easy time.
Coastal Carolina hit 7-of-13 3-pointers to take a 36-35 lead at halftime, with Shannon hitting all three of his shots behind the arc.
Gladieux’s 3-pointer with 9:50 left tied it at 51, but Ohio State took the lead for good on a pair of Penn free throws, two more by Brown and an outside jumper by Penn.
The Chanticleers pulled to within 57-56 on Gladieux’s two foul shots with 6:59 left.
But Ohio State ran off the next six points – including a Brown 3-pointer and two foul shots – to push the lead to 63-56. The Chants never got closer than four points.
The crowd of 16,344 observed a moment of silence before the game in memory of the mother of Coastal Carolina coach Pete Strickland. Rita Strickland died Saturday in Boston.
