Men’s Basketball Faces Duquesne In The Nationwide Black Coaches Association Classic – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/2/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 2, 1999
No. 15 Ohio State Buckeyes
Probable Starters (1-1)
G 12-Scoonie Penn, 5-10, Sr.
G 22-Michael Redd, 6-6, Jr.
G 13-Brian Brown, 6-3, So.
C 32-Ken Johnson, 6-11, Sr.
F 40-George Reese, 6-7, Sr.
Duquesne Dukes
Probable Starters (2-2)
G 22-Shawn Tann, 6-4, Jr.
G 4-Courtney Wallace, 6-4, Jr.
G 34-Chuck Stanfield, 6-4, Jr.
F 5-Wayne Smith, 6-7, So.
F 3-Devon Stephenson, 6-7 Sr.
Buckeyes host BCA Classic
Ohio State is hosting the 1999 Black Coaches Association Classic. The Classic consists of two games played at a single site. Youngstown State will battle Kent State in the Classic’s first game. Tipoff is 5:30 p.m. The second contest features Ohio State vs. Duquesne. Tipoff is schedule for 8 p.m.
Redd, Buckeyes lead Big Ten teams in free throw shooting
Ohio State junior Michael Redd connected on all eight of his free throws in the win over Vermont and both attempts vs. Notre Dame. He leads all Big Ten players from the foul line with a perfect shooting percentage. Redd has made eight or more charity tosses nine times in his career but has never been perfect from the line in a game with more than one attempt. He is a career 62 percent foul shooter (275-441). As a team, the Buckeyes are shooting 78 percent (25-32) from the line this season, also best in the Big Ten. Redd and senior Scoonie Penn are a combined 14 of 15 from the free-throw line.
Ohio State notches first win vs. Vermont
Vermont found itself trailing No. 15 Ohio State by just four with 15 minutes remaining. Then Ohio State junior guard Michael Redd started making some shots. With Redd scoring nine of his 19 points in a 17-2 second-half run, the Buckeyes rolled to a 74-51 victory. Vermont (0-4) hit seven of its first nine shots of the second half to pull within four, with Tony Orciari scoring 10 of the points in the 18-9 surge. However, Redd scored the next seven points for the Buckeyes, starting the streak with a 3-pointer from the left wing. The pressure defense by Ohio State (1-1), playing its first game in 13 days, forced the Catamounts to miss 12 consecutive shots from the field as the Buckeyes built a 61-42 lead. Vermont scored only 11 points in the final 13 minutes. Redd topped the Buckeyes with 19 points, while Scoonie Penn had 18 and Ken Johnson finished with 12 points. Johnson added five blocked shots and six rebounds. The Buckeyes hit 26-of-53 shots from the field, with Penn and Redd combining to go 12-of 27. Redd hit his last three attempts. Orciari scored 16 points and Tobe Carberry had 10 for the Catamounts, who have already lost to a pair of teams in last year’s Final Four. They opened their season with an 89-52 loss at national champion Connecticut. Vermont, playing before its largest crowd ever, made just four of its last 24 shots from the field. The crowd of 19,100 at Value City Arena was big enough to make it the second-largest city in Vermont. Prior to the game, a banner commemorating Ohio State’s trip to the Final Four last spring was raised to the rafters in the arena by 1998 co-captains Neshaun Coleman and Jason Singleton.
Home Sweet Home
Ohio State will play nine of its first 10 games at home, including 7 of 8 contests in December. The only road trip before Big Ten play begins Jan. 6 on the road at Illinois is a matchup at Kansas Dec. 16.
Noting the win over Vermont
Ohio State notched its first win of the season in the 74-51 win over Vermont. The Buckeyes stand 1-1 on the season. OSU leads the series with the Catamounts 2-1, improving to 5-2 vs. the America East Conference. Vermont fell to 0-4 with the defeat.
OSU, ranked No. 15 in the Associated Press top-25 poll, improved to 278-88 all-time when ranked in the AP poll.
After Vermont rallied to within four points, 44-40, with 15:02 left, Ohio State put the game out of reach with a 19-2 run over the next 8:38. The Buckeyes allowed just 11 points over the final 15:02.
With Scoonie Penn’s 3-pointer early in the first half, Ohio State now has connected on at least one 3-point goal in 222-consecutive games. The last time an OSU team missed all attempts from 3-point range was Feb. 2, 1992, when the Buckeyes went 0 for 5 in a 68-58 OSU win over Michigan.
The Buckeyes had an exemplary night at the charity stripe, hitting 17 of 21 free throws (80.9%). Michael Redd led OSU from the stripe, drilling all eight of his attempts.
OSU also controlled the ball well committing just nine turnovers.
Penn’s three 3-pointers moved him past Damon Stringer into seventh place on the all-time 3-point field goals made list. Penn now has 91 career 3-pointers at Ohio State.
Penn tied his OSU-best with six steals, tying his previous best, set last year vs. Indiana (1/9/99). Penn’s career best is eight, set vs. Pittsburgh during his sophomore season at Boston College.
Freshman Brent Darby scored his first collegiate points in the contest, drilling two free throws in the first half. Sophomore Doylan Robinson earned his first minutes as a Buckeye, making his first appearance in the second half.
Ken Johnson blocked five shots in the game, giving him 10 this season. He holds fourth place on the all-time list with 168, one behind third-place Jim Smith’s 169. Johnson had a fine all-around game, tallying 12 points and six rebounds in a team-high 36 minutes of action, committing just one personal foul.
Michael Redd tallied 19 points vs. Vermont, his 20th-consecutive double figure scoring game. He has reached double figures in 66 of his 68 career games. The last time Redd failed to break into double figures was Jan. 16, 1999, at Michigan when he tallied eight points.
1999 Final Four banner unveiled
A banner celebrating the 1999 Final Four appearance by the Ohio State men’s basketball team was unveiled in a pregame ceremony Nov. 29 vs. Vermont. The banner will hang at Value City Arena throughout the 1999-00 season and then will be moved to the Ohio State practice facility. The banner was raised by 1998-99 captains Neshaun Coleman and Jason Singleton.
Duquesne opens season 2-2
The Duquesne Dukes opened the 1999-00 season with losses to Delaware (86-81) and St. Francis, N.Y. (64-63) at the Pepsi Challenge in Binghampton, N.Y. The Dukes won their home opener over Northeastern, 87-77, before downing West Virginia on the road, 94-80, Tuesday in Wheeling, W.Va. Five Dukes reached double figures in the win over West Virginia. Wayne Smith (6-7, So., Toronto, Canada) led the way with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Only eight players saw action for Duquesne vs. West Virginia, four scored 15 or more points in the win.
Sophomore Canadian leads Dukes
Duquesne’s Wayne Smith leads the Dukes in scoring with a 20.5 ppg average. Over a third of his points have come from the foul line where he has connected on 29 of 36 attempts (.806). He has scored 82 points and leads DU with 29 rebounds (7.3 rpg.) in four games this season.
Porter in second season with Dukes
Darelle Porter is in his second season as the head coach at Duquesne. He compiled a 5-23 record in his rookie campaign last season and is off to a 2-2 start this year. Porter, a Pittsburgh native, is a 1991 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. He began his coaching career at Duquesne as a volunteer assistant coach in 1992. He worked his way up to full-time status in 1994 and took over the program April 7, 1998.
OSU meeting with Duquesne just the 2nd in history
The Buckeyes and Dukes have met just once before on the basketball court. The teams have not faced one another since Jan. 18, 1941 when the Buckeyes downed the Dukes in Columbus, 44-33.
Ohio State 15-11 vs. the Atlantic 10
Ohio State has faced nine of the 12 members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and has a 15-11 overall record against the league. The Buckeyes have a winning record over each team in the league with the exception of George Washington (2-2) La Salle (1-1) and Virginia Tech (0-4).
EAST
Fordham N/A
Massachusetts N/A
Rhode Island N/A
St. Bonaventure 1-0
St. Joseph’s (PA) 3-0
Temple 2-1
WEST
Dayton 3-2
Duquesne 1-0
George Washington 2-2
La Salle 1-1
Virginia Tech 0-4
Xavier (OH) 2-1
Totals 15-11
Lucas named to SI All-Century Team
Ohio State basketball legend Jerry Lucas (1960-62) was selected to the Sports Illustrated All-Century Team, one of only five players to be so honored. Lucas is joined on the team by Bill Bradley (Princeton, 1963-65), David Thompson (N.C. State, 1973-75), Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati 1958-60) and Lew Alcindor (UCLA, 1967-69). Lucas averaged 24.3 points a game in his OSU career and an astounding 17.2 rebounds a contest. He was a three-time All-America selection and the Big Ten’s only three-time player of the year. Lucas’ 1,411 career rebounds stands as the career record. His 17.2 average also is a career record. He averaged 17.8 rebounds as a senior, which stands as the OSU single season record.
Penn named 1st Team AP All-American
VCA sold out for 1999-00 Big Ten season
The entire 1999-00 home Big Ten men’s basketball season at Value City Arena is sold out. All 19,100 seats are sold this year, including 4,000 student season tickets. A total of 10,000 student season ticket applications were submitted for the 4,000 available seats. Split season tickets were distributed to 8,000 students who submitted applications this year. Last season 650 student season tickets were sold. The Buckeyes averaged 17,228 fans last season. Ohio State was 14-1 in its first season a VCA.
Tickets available for December games
Tickets are available for all games in December because these games are all played when OSU students are on break. Ohio State included on the student application an opportunity for all students to buy these games, however, many are not in Columbus during break. Tickets available for these games are those not purchased by students. These tickets go on sale Nov. 29. OSU men’s basketball games with tickets available include: Florida A&M (Dec. 11), Coastal Carolina (Dec. 13), Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 19), Toledo (Dec. 22), Oakland (Dec. 27) and American University (Dec. 29).
Buckeyes sign three for 2000-01
Jim O’Brien, Ohio State head men’s basketball coach, announced the signing of three highly recruited players to be added to the Buckeye program. Matt Marinchick (Hudson, Ohio), Velimir Radinovic (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and Zach Williams (Middle Village, N.Y.) all signed letters of intent Nov. 11.
Marinchick (Ma-RIN-chick), a 6-10 center from Hudson (Ohio) H.S. is ranked No. 20 nationally at his position by Athlons Sports. He led his high school team with 12.8 points per game as a junior.
Radinovic (VEL-ah-mere Ra-DIN-o-vich) is a 7-0 center/forward from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Last season, he averaged 16 points and 12 rebounds at T.A. Blakelock High School in Toronto.
Williams, a 6-6 power forward comes to Ohio State as the No. 4-ranked player in New York. Williams, of Christ the King High School, averaged 15 points and eight rebounds on his high school team that was ranked No. 3 in the nation last season
Penn, Redd earn preseason Big Ten recognition by both coaches and media
Ohio State senior guard Scoonie Penn (Salem, Mass./Salem) was selected as the preseason Big Ten Player of the Year by the league coaches during the conference-sponsored media day.
Michigan State senior Mateen Cleaves was selected by the Big Ten media as its preseason player of the year candidate. Ironically, the coaches tabbed Cleaves the Big Ten Player of the Year at the conclusion of last season while the media selected Penn. Penn along with OSU junior Michael Redd (Columbus, Ohio/West) were both selected as first team all-conference members by both the media and coaches.
The coaches also added Cleaves and Morris Peterson of Michigan State to the first team along with A.J. Guyton of Indiana. The media selected a similar first team but replaced Guyton with Cory Bradford of Illinois. League coaches picked Michigan State to win the conference this year followed by Ohio State, Illinois, Purdue and Indiana. The media picked MSU, Ohio State and Illinois as its top three.
Buckeyes spend last 14 weeks in AP poll
Ohio State spent the final 10 weeks of the 1998-99 season and the first three weeks of 1999-00 ranked among the Top 25 teams nationally in the Associated Press Poll. The Buckeyes finished No. 14 in the AP and No. 4 in the ESPN/USA Today polls. OSU is currently 15th in the AP Poll (11/29/99).
Redd, Penn named OSU captains
Senior Scoonie Penn and junior Michael Redd were named team captains during preseason camp. It will be the second season Penn has served in that capacity at Ohio State. He along with seniors Neshaun Coleman and Jason Singleton served last season. Redd will be serving his first season as an OSU captain.
Both Buckeye captains named to Wooden Awards watch list
Scoonie Penn along with running mate Michael Redd were named Wooden Award preseason All-Americans. The OSU guard tandem is among the 25 of the nation’s elite players to be considered for the award.
Penn, Redd listed on several preseason All-America lists
Buckeye senior Scoonie Penn is listed on several first team All-America teams. Some of the publications or preseason pollsters who have deemed Penn among the nation’s best include: Sport Magazine, Athlon Sports, Basketball Times, Street & Smith’s and Blue Ribbon. Lindy’s picks Penn and junior Michael Redd as First Team all-Big Ten Conference selections. Redd has been consistently deemed a second team nomination in most of the preseason publications.
Penn sets 3-point shooting record
Scoonie Penn connected on 88 of 229 (.384) 3-pointers last season to place his name at the top of the single season record list at OSU for made 3-pointers and attempts. After two seasons at Boston College and one at Ohio State, Penn has connected on 195 of 564 3-pointers (.346).
OSU 3-point field goal streak extended to 222
Ohio State has connected on at least one 3-point field goal attempt over the last 222 games. Senior Scoonie Penn extended the streak with a trey early in the first half against Vermont. The last time an OSU team missed all attempts from 3-point range was Feb. 2, 1992 when the Buckeyes went 0 for 5 in a 68-58 OSU win over Michigan. Buckeye opponents have a streak of 214-consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made. Michigan went 0-10 from long range March 3, 1992 in an OSU 75-66 victory, marking the last time an opponent was held without a 3-pointer.
