Buckeyes Outshoot Colonels, 90-44 – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/2/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 2, 2000%^$%^$
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%^$By RUSTY MILLER
%^$AP Sports Writer%^$
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Boban Savovic and Brian Brown scored 14 points apiece%^$and each powered a 41-8 first-half surge as Ohio State beat Eastern Kentucky%^$90-44 on Saturday.%^$
Ohio State (3-2), which opened a nine-game homestand, was playing its first%^$game after losing its last two games at the Great Alaska Shootout last week.%^$
Velamir Radinovic added 13 points for Ohio State, hitting 9-of-11 free%^$throws. Zach Williams also had 13 points and Ken Johnson had 11 points.%^$
Phillip Taylor was the only player in double figures with 10 points for%^$Eastern Kentucky (2-2), which lost 72-40 at Ohio State a year ago. Since that%^$game, however, the Colonels have a new coach (former Kentucky point guard%^$Travis Ford) and 10 first-year players who have never played in a Division I%^$game before this season.%^$
Ohio State’s biggest margin was the final score. The Buckeyes dominated the%^$boards 54-32 and shot 46 percent from the field to the Colonels’ 27 percent.%^$
The game was all but over midway through the opening half.%^$
The Buckeyes took the lead for good at 7-6 on a pair of free throws by Sean%^$Connolly. It was Connolly’s 3-pointer at the 2:33 mark that swelled the lead to%^$46-14 on the way to a 51-16 lead at the half.%^$
The Colonels missed all six of their shots from the field and had six%^$turnovers as Ohio State went on a 16-2 surge. Savovic – who made 4-of-5%^$3-pointers – hit consecutive 3-pointers and Brent Darby also had a shot behind%^$the arc.%^$
After Lavoris Jerry and Clinton Sims scored back-to-back baskets for Eastern%^$Kentucky, Ohio State scored 25 of the next 27 points. Eight Buckeyes scored%^$during that run, led by Brown’s seven points.%^$
Eastern Kentucky had 13 turnovers to Ohio State’s seven in the first half,%^$but those mistakes were turned into a 16-2 advantage by the Buckeyes.%^$
The Colonels finished with 23 turnovers.%^$
Brown also had seven assists and eight rebounds in 32 minutes.
