Game Notes From Ohio State’s Victory Over Toledo – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/22/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 22, 1999
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Ohio State improves to 20-2 all-time at Value City Arena withthe win. The Buckeyes are now 48-13 vs. the MAC, 5-4 vs. Toledo and56-20 vs. Ohio Division I schools.%^$
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Ohio State has now connected on at least one three-point goalin 228 consecutive games after Scoonie Penn drilled a trey late inthe first half.%^$
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Penn has now started in 100 games during his career. Fifty-sixcame while at Boston College and the other 44 have come at OSU.%^$
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Ken Johnson scored a career-high 17 points, breaking hisprevious high of 15, set vs. Vanderbilt (11/28/99) and Indiana(3/5/98). He also recorded his second career double-double. Thefirst was in the March 1998 contest vs. Indiana. Johnson’s fiveoffensive rebounds tied a Value City Arena record for OSU.%^$
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OSU placed four scorers in double figures – Johnson and Redd(17), Penn (16) and George Reese (10). OSU has had at least four indouble figures in six straight games.%^$
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Michael Redd moved into 14th place on OSU’s all-time scoringlist with his 17-point performance. Passing Jerry Francis (1,486),Redd now has 1,487 points.%^$
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Toledo went 9:40 in the second half without hitting a fieldgoal. After a Robierre Cullars’ three-pointer at the 11:51 mark,the Rockets failed to connect on another field goal until JustinHall’s layup at the 2:11 mark.
