Men’s Basketball Takes On Syracuse – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/24/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 24, 2000
Ohio State will meet Syracuse for the fifth time in Buckeye basketball history. Ohio State is 3-1 all time vs. the Orangemen. The first meeting took place in Columbus Feb. 17, 1911 with the Buckeyes winning 48-17. The series resumed Jan. 4, 1982 in Columbus with OSU again coming out on top 67-57. Syracuse won its only game Dec. 14, 1982 at home 91-85. The teams last met on neutral ground March 20, 1983 in Hartford, Conn., in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Buckeyes won 79-74.
Opponent: Syracuse
Site: Sullivan Arena (8,700)
Game Time: Midnight (EST)
TV: ESPN
Local TV: None
TV Talent: Bob Carpenter (P-by-P)
Jimmy Dykes (Color)
Radio: OSU Radio Network
(63 stations)
Local Radio: WBNS FM-97.1 AM-1460
Radio Talent: Paul Keels (P-by-P)
Ron Stokes (Color)
Ohio State Buckeyes
Probable Starters (2-0)
G 4-Brent Darby, 6-1, So.
G 21-Boban Savovic, 6-5, Jr.
G 13-Brian Brown, 6-4, Jr.
C 32-Ken Johnson, 6-11, Sr.
F 33-Zach Williams, 6-7, Fr.
Several Buckeyes reach milestones in opening round of Shootout
The Buckeyes downed Florida State 90-65 behind a perfect shooting performance from junior co-captain Brian Brown, who led all scorers with 23 points. Brown, who set a career-high in scoring, connected on all nine of his shots from the field while going 5-for-5 from 3-point range. He also added five assists. Senior co-captain Ken Johnson became the all-time record holder in blocked shots with five against the Seminoles. He now has 329 in his career, passing the 328 rejected by Buckeye great Herb Williams (1978-81). Johnson was effective offensively as well. He worked the paint for 16 points and six rebounds. Not to be outdone were sophomore Brent Darby and junior Boban Savovic. Darby scored a career-high 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field to go along with a career-best five assists. Savovic, starting his second game as a Buckeye, contributed a solid 10 points and a game and career-high eight assists. The Buckeyes got out of the gate early and never looked back. After the first 20 minutes, Ohio State led 48-37 after shooting 70 percent (19-27) from the field and 80 percent (8-10) from 3-point range. For the game, OSU connected on 60 percent (35-58) of its shots from the field and 67 percent (10-15) from long range.
The 10 made 3-pointers tie for 10th all-time for 3-pointers made in a game. The last time the Buckeyes hit for 10 in a game was March 19, 1999 against Detroit in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis.
Buckeye guards shoot Northern Lights out in win over FSU
Brian Brown connected on all nine field goal attempts and each of his five 3-point attempts on his way to a career-high 23 points. Running mate Brent Darby hit on 8-of-13 field goal attempts and 2-of-4 3-pointers. The pair shot 17-of-22 (.773) from the field and 7-of-9 (.778) from long range.
Brown’s effort ties Havlicek, Yudt for OSU single-game shooting records
Ohio State great John Havlicek connected on all nine of his shots from the field Feb. 4 1961 at Michigan to set the record for best field goal percentage in a single game. The Buckeyes won that contest 80-58. Brown’s 5-of-5 effort from 3-point range also tied Rick Yudt’s 5-of-5 effort from 3-point range against Morgan State (W 95-74) Dec. 27, 1994.
Ohio State vs. the BIG EAST
The Buckeyes own 50 wins in 81 previous meetings against members of the Big East Conference.
Boston College 1-1
Connecticut 3-2
Georgetown 2-1
Miami, Fla. 1-2
Notre Dame 6-5
Pittsburgh 15-9
Providence 1-0
Rutgers 0-1
St. John’s 6-2
Seton Hall 2-1
Syracuse 3-1
Villanova 1-1
West Virginia 9-5
Totals 50-31
Noting the win over Florida State
- Ohio State improved to 4-0 all-time against Florida State and to 31-14 against teams representing the Atlantic Coast Conference.
- The Buckeyes are 3-1 in the Great Alaska Shootout following the win over FSU.
- Buckeyes are 50-51 in the first game of the season away from Columbus.
- Jim O’Brien has a career record of 295-255, just five victories short of career win No. 300. The win over FSU gives O’Brien a 60-38 record at Ohio State in four seasons as the Buckeye head coach.
- Ken Johnson has 94 career starts, with a start Friday, he will tie for 10th all-time for career starts at Ohio State. He will tie former guard Jay Burson (1986-89), who finished his career with 95. n Johnson not only took over the No. 1 spot in career blocks at Ohio State, he also moved into the No. 4 position in career rejections in the Big Ten. He needs 21 more to surpass Joe Barry Carroll (1977-80) of Purdue for the No. 3 spot in the Big Ten. Carroll finished with 349 career rejections.
- Freshman center Velimir Radinovic got the most out of his two minutes of action. Radinovic played the final two minutes of the game and scored a career-high six points. He hit both of his shots from the field and was 2-for-2 from the foul line.
- Ohio State is 44-11 all time in games played in the month of November.
