Game Notes From Ohio State vs. Eastern Kentucky – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/2/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 2, 2000
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Ohio State is 31-3 in three seasons at Value City Arena. TheBuckeyes are 3-0 vs. Eastern Kentucky and 8-0 vs. the Ohio ValleyConference. Sophomore guard Sean Connolly made his first start in aBuckeyes uniform vs. the Colonels. Connolly, who started all 30games for Providence as a freshman, has seen action in every gamefor the Buckeyes so far this season. The Ohio State defense playeda stingy first half forcing Eastern Kentucky into13 turnovers andholding the Colonels to 6 of 29 from the floor for a .207 shootingpercentage. Ohio State took a 51-16 lead into the locker room athalftime. The 25 point lead was the second largest halftime marginfor the Buckeyes in Value City Arena history. The only largermargin at the break was when the Buckeyes held a 58-25 lead vs.Oakland (11-13-98), the first game ever played at Value City Arena.Junior guard Boban Savovic set a career high with his four 3-pointfield goals in the game. Junior guard Brian Brown tied a careerhigh with seven assists. The only other time Brown recorded sevenassists was in his first game as a Buckeye vs. Oakland (11-13-98).Junior guard Brian Brown also tied his career high in rebounds witheight vs. the Colonels. The last time Brown recorded eight reboundsin a game was vs. Wisconsin (2-2-00). Ken Johnson increased hiscareer blocked shot lead. Johnson blocked three Eastern Kentuckyshots giving him 19 blocks on the season and 338 for his career.With his 14 points vs. the Colonels, junior guard Brian Brown hasscored double figures in 20 games during his career, including allfive games this season. With his seven rebounds vs. EKU, juniorguard Boban Savovic tied a career high. Savovic previously pulleddown seven rebounds vs. Michigan (1-16-99). Freshman center VelimirRadinovic finished the game with a career high 13 points.Radinovic’s previous career high was six vs. Florida State duringthe Great Alaska Shootout (11-23-00). Walkon junior Kel Frazierscored a career high four points and walkon sophomore Ryan Heflindished out a career high 2 assists. Ohio State has connected on atleast one 3-point field goal attempt over the last 255 games. BobanSavovic extended the streak at the 13:37 mark in the first half vs.EKU. This marks the second-consecutive game in which Savovic hasbeen responsible for extending the streak. The Buckeyes will beback in action Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000 when they will host theUniversity of Denver Pioneers in the Value City Arena. Tip off isscheduled for 8 p.m. EST.
