Game Notes From Ohio State vs. Morehead State – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/16/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 16, 2000
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Ohio State head coach Jim O’Brien notched his 300th career winwith the win over Morehead State. O’Brien has posted a 65-40 careerrecord during his three-plus seasons at Ohio State and has a300-257 record in 19 seasons as a head coach.%^$
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Tickets are available for the Ohio State vs. Kansas game Dec.23 (4:15 p.m., CBS) by calling 1-800-GO-BUCKS or 614-292-2624 or inperson at the Ohio State Athletics Ticket Office in the JeromeSchottenstein Center.%^$
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Ohio State improves to 35-3 during its two-plus seasons atValue City Arena. The Buckeyes are undefeated (6-0) this year athome.%^$
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Ohio State extended its streak of consecutive games with atleast one 3-point goal made when Boban Savovic drilled a shot frombehind the arc early in the first half. Ohio State has connected onat least one 3-point goal in 259-consecutive games.%^$
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Johnson started his 101st career game tonight, moving into aseventh-place tie with Troy Taylor (1982-85) on the all-time gamesstarted chart. Johnson is one of eight players in Ohio Statehistory to eclipse 100 starts in his Buckeye career.%^$
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Ken Johnson blocked one shot in the contest, giving him 352 forhis career, which is third all-time in the Big Ten. Johnson stands13 blocks behind Iowa’s Acie Earl (1989-93, 365).%^$
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Sean Connolly nailed 5-of-6 (.833) shots from 3-point range,marking the fifth time in his career he has hit five or more fromlong range. His game 3-point field goal percentage is thesecond-best in school history, tying him with Damon Stringer’s .833(5-6) vs. Northwestern in 1996 and Jamaal Brown’s .833 (5-6) at USCin 1991.%^$
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Connolly has drilled at least one 3-point field goal in hislast 14 games, dating back to his freshman year at Providence. Thelast time Connolly failed to connect from long distance was Feb.15, 1999, an 0-for-3 performance at St. John’s.%^$
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Ohio State has held a double-digit lead in every game it hasled at halftime. The Buckeyes are 7-0 in those contests.%^$
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Brian Brown tied a career high with seven assists. It marks thethird time in his career that Brown has recorded seven assists.%^$
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Will Dudley tied a career-high with 12 points in the contest,matching his 12-point performance from last year vs. FloridaA&M (12/11/99). After his nine-point performance in the priorgame vs. St. John’s, Dudley has scored 21 points during the pasttwo games. That marks the best back-to-back scoring performances inhis career. His previous best was 18, set last year with a 6-pointperformance vs. Duquesne and a 12-point output vs. FloridaA&M.%^$
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Zach Williams earned his first career double-double, scoring 12points while grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds. Williams joins KenJohnson as the only current Buckeyes to have recorded adouble-double.%^$
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Tonight’s contest was the first between Ohio State and MoreheadState. Ohio State has a 9-0 record all-time vs. teams from the OhioValley Conference, including a 2-0 mark this year.%^$
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Ohio State’s 93 points are by far the most points MoreheadState has given up this season. The previous high was 73 byHuntington. Morehead State was first in the OVC in scoring defense(64.0) entering the game.
