Game Notes From Ohio State’s Victory Over St. John’s – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/23/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 23, 2000
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– Senior center Ken Johnson swatted a school record 11 shots in the win over St. John’s to set an Ohio State record for rejections in a single game. Johnson had nine blocks in the second half, including a block against Anthony Glover’s attempt with six seconds to play. The previous OSU record of nine blocks in a game was held by both Brad Sellers (vs. Louisiana Tech, 3/24/86) and Herb Williams (vs. Iowa, 2/23/80). Johnson set the OSU record on the same court where Williams, who just retired from the N.Y. Knicks, starred.
– Ohio State trailed St. John’s 55-44 with 6:14 to play in the second half before going on a 21-9 run to grind out the victory. OSU scored the last 11 points over the final 2:49. During that final run, St. John’s had four turnovers. Sophomore Boban Savovic recorded two steals in 13 seconds and both Ken Johnson and Scoonie Penn recorded blocks in the final 6.1 seconds. It was Johnson’s 86th of the season and 11th of the game and Penn’s first of the season.
– Ohio State improved to 6-2 in the all-time series with St. John’s.
– Junior Michael Redd’s 15 points moved him into ninth place all time on the OSU career scoring chart. He has scored 1,603 career points in 82 games as a Buckeye (19.5 ppg.). Redd passed Robin Freeman (1,597 pts., 1954-1956) to take the ninth spot. Redd needs 11 points to pass Perry Carter (1,613, 1988-91) for the No. 8 position.
– With six field goals made against St. John’s, Michael Redd moved into the No. 10 position all-time in field goals made at Ohio State. He has made 597 career shots. Redd needs eight field goals to pass Allan Hornyak (604, 1971-73).
– Ohio State has trailed at the half in seven games this season, including a 29-23 deficit vs. St. John’s. The Buckeyes have come back five times to win games after trailing at the half.
– Ohio State head coach Jim O’Brien recorded his 48th win as the Buckeye head coach.
– Sophomore Brian Brown, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native, had another solid game for the Buckeyes with 16 points, five rebounds, six assists and no turnovers. In his last two games, Brown is a combined 12-16 (.750) from the field 2-4 (.500) from 3-point range and 4-5 (.800) from the foul line. He also had 30 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and just three turnovers in 62 minutes.
– Ohio State forced St. John’s to miss 50 shots (21-71, .296). Ohio State has now held 11 of 16 opponents under 40 percent shooting from the field. Five foes have failed to reach 30 percent.
– Ohio State is now 60-55 (.522) all-time in one-point games after the 65-64 win over the Red Storm. The Buckeyes are 19-25 (.432) on the road in games decided by a single point.
– The Buckeyes posted back-to-back wins within three days over ranked opponents last week vs. No. 10 Michigan State (78-67) and No. 19 St. John’s (65-64). The last time the Buckeyes, now 2-2 vs. the ranked this year, downed back-to-back ranked foes was in Knoxville, Tenn., during the 1999 NCAA South Regional when OSU defeated No. 4 Auburn (71-64, 3/18/99) and No. 9 St. John’s (77-74, 3/20/99). OSU was the No. 14 team in the nation at the time. Both of those wins also came over three days.
– The last time OSU won over a ranked team on its home court was at No. 19 Indiana Feb. 17, 1999. The No. 11 Buckeyes escaped Bloomington with a 69-67 win over the Hoosiers.
– Ohio State attempted just 10 free throws, making seven, vs. the Red Storm. That was both the lowest total made and attempted by the Buckeyes this season.
