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.%^$
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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)
%^$Radio: OSU Radio Network
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%^$Local Radio: WBNS FM-97.1 AM-1460
%^$Radio Talent: Paul Keels (P-by-P)
%^$ Ron Stokes (Color)%^$
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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.
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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.%^$
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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.%^$
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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%^$3-point range against Morgan State (W 95-74) Dec. 27, 1994.%^$
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Ohio State vs. the BIG EAST
%^$ The Buckeyes own 50 wins in 81 previous meetings against members of%^$the Big East Conference.%^$
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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
%^$Totals 50-31
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Noting the win over Florida State
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- Ohio State improved to 4-0 all-time against Florida State and to 31-14%^$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.%^$
