Game Notes From Ohio State’s Victory Over American – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/29/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 29, 1999
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Ohio State improves to 8-2 on the season with the 79-43 winover American University (5-5). OSU holds a 22-2 record during itstwo years at Value City Arena. Michael Redd tallied 19 points inthe contest, becoming the 13th player in OSU history to eclipse the1,500-point barrier. With 1,510 career points, Redd has moved pastTroy Taylor (1,497) into 13th place on the all-time scoring ladderat Ohio State. Redd scored more points in the first 1:52 of thegame (five) than he did in the entire game vs. Oakland (four) onMonday. He finished the game with 19 points, marking the 73rd timein 76 career games that he has scored in double figures. KenJohnson blocked eight shots in the game – all in the first half. Itmarked the second time this season he has swatted eight shots. Theeight blocks are the third-most in OSU history. Brad Sellers andHerb Williams hold the record with nine blocked shots. Johnson nowhas 208 career blocked shots – second only to Williams (328) on theall-time chart. OSU shot a season-high 54.5 percent (6 for 11) fromthree-point range, besting the 50 percent performance Monday vs.Oakland. Ohio State has connected on at least one three-point goalattempt over the last 230 games. Michael Redd extended the streakwith a trey at the 18:08 mark of the first half. The last time anOSU team missed all attempts from three-point range was Feb. 2,1992, when OSU went 0 for 5 in a 68-58 win over Michigan. Americantallied a season-low 43 points in the contest. TheEagles’ previous low was 57, set at Delaware. The43-point output is American’s lowest-scoring game since a36-point performance vs. Princeton during the 1983-84 season.American’s 15 points in the first half are the fewestpoints allowed in a half in Value City Arena. The previous low was17, set Monday in the first half by Oakland. The Buckeye defenseheld American’s Patrick Doctor scoreless. Doctor enteredthe game as AU’s leading scorer at 14.3 points per game.The contest was OSU’s third-consecutive sellout. With alleight Big Ten home games already sold out, Ohio State will have astring of 11 straight sellout games. Will Dudley tied his careerhigh for rebounds, grabbing seven boards vs. American. Dudleypreviously notched seven rebounds vs. Florida A&M earlier thisseason.
