Game Notes From Ohio State’s Victory Over Minnesota – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/9/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 9, 2000
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Ohio State improves to 9-3 overall and 1-1 in Big Ten play withthe win. Minnesota shares identical records. OSU is now 23-2all-time at Value City Arena. With his 25-point performance,Michael Redd moved up two notches on the all-time OSU scoringladder to 11th place with 1,550 points. Redd moved past 12th placeTony Campbell (1,529) and 11th place Gary Bradds (1,530). MichaelRedd scored a season-high 25 points, topping his previous high of20, set at Kansas (12/16/99). The 25 points are an OSU high for theseason. Scoonie Penn scored 20 points in the game, falling onepoint short of a season high. Penn tallied 21 points vs. CoastalCarolina (12/13/99). Redd and Penn combined to score 45 points,marking the first time this year the two have combined to eclipsethe 40-point barrier. OSU is now 12-3 in games where Penn and Reddcombined for 40 or more points. Ohio State has now connected on atleast on three-point field goal in each of the last 232 games.Michael Redd extended the streak with a three-pointer in the firsthalf. Scoonie Penn moved into third place on the three-point fieldgoals chart after drilling two vs. Minnesota. With 113 careerthree-pointers at OSU, Penn moved past Chris Jent (112) into thirdplace and now stands behind only Neshaun Coleman (147) and JamieSkelton (144). Ken Johnson blocked seven shots in the contest,giving him 218 for his career. Johnson stands second on theall-time OSU blocked shots list, trailing only Herb Williams (328).Johnson’s seven blocks mark the seventh time in 12 gamesthis season he has blocked five or more shots in a game. Johnsonbecame OSU’s first disqualification of the season,fouling out late in the first half. The foul out broke OhioState’s streak of 16-consecutive games without adisqualification. Joel Przybilla set the opponent record forblocked shots in Value City Arena with seven. The previous high wasthree, set by Coastal Carolina’s Cedric Davis earlierthis season (12/13/99). Coming off a career-high 24-pointperformance at Illinois, George Reese tallied 14 points vs.Minnesota. Reese has scored in double figures in eight of the 12contests this season. Reese also tied his season high with ninerebounds. Minnesota blocked 10 shots in the game, which is thesecond-most ever against Ohio State. The record is 12, set byFlorida (12/16/87). OSU held Minnesota to 10 assists in the game.The Gophers came into the contest averaging 18.2 assists per game -tops in the Big Ten. The 10 assists tie a season low for Minnesota.
