Game Notes From Ohio State’s Victory Over Coastal Carolina – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/13/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 13, 1999
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Ohio State improves to 4-1 on the season with the 83-75 victory over Coastal Carolina (1-6). OSU, winners of four-consecutive contests, returns to action Thursday at Kansas.
Coastal Carolina hit a Value City Arena-record 14 three-point goals, breaking Florida Atlantic’s record of 13, set last season (12/17/98). The 14 treys are the fifth-most ever by an OSU opponent, two short of the record of 16, set by three teams. Coastal’s 30 attempted three-pointers also are the fifth-most by an OSU opponent.
Coastal Carolina’s 75 points are the most by an opponent at Value City Arena. The previous high was 71, set by Iowa last season (1/12/98). The Chanticleers are the first team to score more than 60 points vs. OSU this year.
Ohio State has now drilled at least one three-point field goal attempt over the last 225 games. Michael Redd extended the streak with a three-pointer early at the 18:15 mark of the first half.
George Reese has scored in double figures in three-consecutive games this season – Duquesne (15), Florida A&M (16) and Coastal Carolina (13). Coming into this season, Reese had accumulated four double-figure scoring contests, but none consecutively.
Brown Brown tallied a career-high 18 points, marking the second-consecutive game he has broken his high. He also has notched consecutive double-figure scoring outputs for the first time after tallying 18 vs. Coastal Carolina and 14 vs. Florida A&M. He came into the season with two double-figure scoring games. Brown also drilled 11 of 12 from the free throw line. With his 16-point performance, Michael Redd has scored in double figures in all but two of his 71 career games. Redd moved into 16th place on the all-time career points list with 1,439 points, moving past Paul Ebert (1,436). Redd stands two points behind 15th-place Bill Hosket (1,441). Redd also drilled his lone free throw attempt and is perfect this season (16 of 16) from the charity stripe.
Scoonie Penn scored a season-high 21 points in the win. It marks the first time a Buckeye has eclipsed the 20-point barrier this season.
Ken Johnson blocked six shots in the contest, giving him 25 through five games this season and 183 for his career. He stands four blocked shots behind second-place Brad Sellers (187) on the all-time OSU blocked shots chart.
OSU hit a season-high 29 free throws in 37 attempts, which was good for 78.4 percent – the Buckeyes’ second-best performance this season.
Ohio State out-rebounded the Chanticleers 44-25 and are 4-0 this season when out-rebounding the opponent.
Cedric Davis’ three blocked shots are an opponent record at Value City Arena, breaking the record of two, set by several players.
