Notes & Quotes – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/13/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
February 13, 1999
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Ohio State sophomore Michael Redd moved into 26th place on theall-time Ohio State scoring list with 22 against Iowa. Redd has1,142 career points in 55 games in his career. Frank Howard(1956-58) is next on the list with 1,147. Buckeye junior ScooniePenn tied a career high with 27 points against the Hawkeyes. Heknocked down a career-best six 3-pointers, all in the second half.He had 24 points in the final 20 minutes, including a perfect 6 of6 outing from the free throw line. When Redd and Penn combine for40 or more points, the Buckeyes are 8-1 this season. The duo scored49 against the Hawkeyes including 39 of 46 second half points forOSU. The 19 wins this season is the most since the 1992 Buckeyesfinished 26-6. The nine wins in the Big Ten are the most since the1992 team was 15-3. Penn had two assists against Iowa. He needsjust three more to reach 300 for his career. Ohio State is 6-2, 3-1on the road, against ranked teams this season. That is the mostwins over ranked teams since the 1989-90 squad was 6-9 vs. theranked. The Buckeyes have won three road games against rankedopponents for the first time in school history. Ohio State last wonthree games away from home in 1991-92 when Ohio State won at No. 15Michigan 68-58 (2/2/92), at No. 12 Michigan State 78-65 (2/29/92)and on a neutral floor against No. 18 North Carolina 80-73(3/27/92) in the NCAA Midwest Regionals in Lexington, Ky. OhioState has now connected on at least one 3-point shot in 209consecutive games. Neshaun Coleman extended the streak for thethird time in the last four games with 11:13 to play in the firsthalf against the Hawkeyes. Senior Jason Singleton scored 11 pointsagainst Iowa. He is close to becoming the third Buckeye to reach1,000 career points this season. Singleton has scored 946 careerpoints in 108 career games (8.8 ppg.). Ohio State broke a 10-gamelosing streak to the Hawkeyes. The Buckeyes also won for the firsttime at Iowa since a 79-73 win Jan. 6, 1990. Breaking the losingstreak to the Hawkeyes was just one of many losing streaks brokenthis year. Ohio State ended winning streaks by Illinois (11 games),Iowa, Purdue (9), Minnesota (5), Indiana (4), Michigan (4) and PennState (3) this season. The four road wins in the Big Ten this yearis the most for the Buckeyes since the 1991-92 season when theBuckeyes were 7-2 on the road in the league. The Buckeyes have nowwon three consecutive Big Ten road games, at Illinois, Purdue andIowa. The Buckeyes won at Purdue, Michigan State and Minnesota in1992. The last time Ohio State won four consecutive road games inthe league was in 1991 when OSU won at Michigan, Northwestern,Indiana and Minnesota. Ohio State will be going for a rare sweep ofboth Indiana and Purdue this season when the Buckeyes travel toIndiana this week. Ohio State last won both home and away series’with the Hoosiers and Boilermakers in 1985.
