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.%^$
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Michael Redd tallied 19 points in the contest, becoming the13th player in OSU history to eclipse the 1,500-point barrier. With1,510 career points, Redd has moved past Troy Taylor (1,497) into13th place on the all-time scoring ladder at Ohio State. %^$
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Redd scored more points in the first 1:52 of the game (five)than he did in the entire game vs. Oakland (four) on Monday. Hefinished the game with 19 points, marking the 73rd time in 76career games that he has scored in double figures.%^$
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Ken Johnson blocked eight shots in the game – all in the firsthalf. It marked the second time this season he has swatted eightshots. The eight blocks are the third-most in OSU history. BradSellers and Herb Williams hold the record with nine blocked shots.Johnson now has 208 career blocked shots – second only to Williams(328) on the all-time chart.%^$
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OSU shot a season-high 54.5 percent (6 for 11) from three-pointrange, besting the 50 percent performance Monday vs. Oakland.%^$
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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.%^$
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American tallied a season-low 43 points in the contest. TheEagles’ previous low was 57, set at Delaware. The 43-point outputis American’s lowest-scoring game since a 36-point performance vs.Princeton during the 1983-84 season.%^$
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American’s 15 points in the first half are the fewest pointsallowed in a half in Value City Arena. The previous low was 17, setMonday in the first half by Oakland.%^$
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The Buckeye defense held American’s Patrick Doctor scoreless.Doctor entered the game as AU’s leading scorer at 14.3 points pergame.%^$
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The contest was OSU’s third-consecutive sellout. With all eightBig Ten home games already sold out, Ohio State will have a stringof 11 straight sellout games.%^$
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Will Dudley tied his career high for rebounds, grabbing sevenboards vs. American. Dudley previously notched seven rebounds vs.Florida A&M earlier this season.
