Men’s Basketball Dominates Robert Morris, 88-46 – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/20/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 20, 2000
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By RUSTY MILLER
AP Sports Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Brent Darby scored seven of his 15 points in a 27-2 first-half run as Ohio State stretched its winning streak to six in a row by beating Robert Morris 88-46 on Wednesday night.
Ohio State (8-2) improved its home record to 7-0 this season and 36-3 since Value City Arena opened three years ago. The game was the Buckeyes’ sixth in a nine-game homestand, the longest since the 1910 team played its first 10 games at home.
It was the fourth time in the last six games that Ohio State held an opponent under 52 points.
The Buckeyes host No. 9 Kansas on Saturday.
Zach Williams scored 19 points to lead the Buckeyes. Cobe Ocokoljic had 11 points and Will Dudley 10. Ken Johnson set the tone early, blocking the Colonials’ first two shots. Johnson, who led the nation in blocks a year ago, finished with seven.
No one from Robert Morris (1-10) hit double figures. Tyler Bacon hit three 3-pointers for nine points.
Robert Morris was still in the game, trailing 19-13 on Eric Casey-Ford’s shot inside with 7:32 left in the half.
But then Ohio State scored 27 of the next 29 points, pounding the ball inside for layups and – when that wasn’t an option – hitting shots behind the arc.
The Buckeyes hit four consecutive 3-pointers during the spurt and made all nine of their shots from the field overall before Brian Brown’s shot at the halftime buzzer spun out.
Boban Savovic scored eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers, and Brown had seven in the surge.
Over that same 7-minute period, the Colonials were 1-for-7 from the field with five turnovers.
The lead never dropped below 32 points in the second half.
Darby hit 5-of-7 shots from the field, including 3-of-4 3-pointers. The Buckeyes ended up hitting half of their 14 shots behind the arc.
The game was a homecoming of sorts for former Ohio University head coach Danny Nee. Nee is in his first season at Robert Morris after spending 14 seasons at Nebraska and the six before that at Ohio.
In addition, the Colonials had five native Ohioans on their roster.
