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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Attendance: 15,803
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. Tickets are availablefor the Ohio State vs. Kansas game Dec. 23 (4:15 p.m., CBS) bycalling 1-800-GO-BUCKS or 614-292-2624 or in person at the OhioState Athletics Ticket Office in the Jerome Schottenstein Center.Ohio State improves to 35-3 during its two-plus seasons at ValueCity Arena. The Buckeyes are undefeated (6-0) this year at home.Ohio State extended its streak of consecutive games with at leastone 3-point goal made when Boban Savovic drilled a shot from behindthe arc early in the first half. Ohio State has connected on atleast one 3-point goal in 259-consecutive games. Johnson startedhis 101st career game tonight, moving into a seventh-place tie withTroy Taylor (1982-85) on the all-time games started chart. Johnsonis one of eight players in Ohio State history to eclipse 100 startsin his Buckeye career. Ken Johnson blocked one shot in the contest,giving him 352 for his career, which is third all-time in the BigTen. Johnson stands 13 blocks behind Iowa’s Acie Earl (1989-93,365). 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. Connolly has drilled at least one 3-point field goal inhis last 14 games, dating back to his freshman year at Providence.The last time Connolly failed to connect from long distance wasFeb. 15, 1999, an 0-for-3 performance at St. John’s. Ohio State hasheld a double-digit lead in every game it has led at halftime. TheBuckeyes are 7-0 in those contests. Brian Brown tied a career highwith seven assists. It marks the third time in his career thatBrown has recorded seven assists. Will Dudley tied a career-highwith 12 points in the contest, matching his 12-point performancefrom last year vs. Florida A&M (12/11/99). After his nine-pointperformance in the prior game vs. St. John’s, Dudley has scored 21points during the past two games. That marks the best back-to-backscoring performances in his career. His previous best was 18, setlast year with a 6-point performance vs. Duquesne and a 12-pointoutput vs. Florida A&M. Zach Williams earned his first careerdouble-double, scoring 12 points while grabbing a career-high 11rebounds. Williams joins Ken Johnson as the only current Buckeyesto have recorded a double-double. Tonight’s contest was the firstbetween Ohio State and Morehead State. Ohio State has a 9-0 recordall-time vs. teams from the Ohio Valley Conference, including a 2-0mark this year. Ohio State’s 93 points are by far the most pointsMorehead State has given up this season. The previous high was 73by Huntington. Morehead State was first in the OVC in scoringdefense (64.0) entering the game.
