Game Notes From Ohio State’s Victory Over Penn State – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/12/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 12, 2000
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Ohio State improves to 17-4 overall and 8-2 in Big Ten playwith the win, while Penn State falls to 12-9, 4-6 in Big Ten playwith the defeat. Ohio State is now 27-3 all-time in Value CityArena. Ohio State has connected on at least one three-point fieldgoal attempt in each of the last 241 games. Doylan Robinsonextended the streak with a three-pointer midway through the firsthalf. The trey was just the second in Robinson’s career. Robinsonset a career high with 10 points. His previous high was sevenpoints, set earlier this season vs. Florida A&M (12/11/99).Robinson also earned a career-high 26 minutes, besting hiscareer-best 19-minute contest vs. Florida A&M. Robinson grabbeda team- and game-high eight rebounds, falling one short of hiscareer high. Ken Johnson blocked eight shots in the game, markingthe eighth time in 10 Big Ten games this year that he has blockedat least five shots in a game. Johnson has blocked at least threeshots in every Big Ten game this season. Johnson’s eight blocks arethe fifth-most in Ohio State history. Johnson, leading the nationin blocked shots, now has 122 blocked shots this season as hecontinues to add to his OSU single-season blocked shot record.Johnson, sixth on the all-time Big Ten chart and second on the OSUchart, now has 280 blocks in his career. He stands 27 behindfifth-place Brad Sellers on the Big Ten chart and 48 behind HerbWilliams on the OSU list. OSU recorded nine blocked shots in thecontest, while Penn State failed to block a shot, marking the ninthtime this season an OSU opponent has blocked fewer than two shotsin a game. OSU is 9-0 in those contests. Ohio State scored aseason-high 55 points in the second half. The Buckeyes’ previoushigh for points in a half was 54, set in the first half of theFlorida A&M contest (12/11/99). OSU’s previous high for pointsin the second half was 45, set vs. Duquesne and Florida A&M.Michael Redd (25) and Scoonie Penn (17) combined for 42 points inthe contest, marking the 16th time over the past two seasons thetwo have combined for 40 or more points. Ohio State is 13-3 inthose contests. Redd tied his season high with 25 points. He alsoscored 25 vs. Minnesota (1/9/00) and Michigan (2/6/00). Redd,seventh on the all-time OSU scoring chart, now has 1,695 careerpoints, 61 behind sixth-place Jay Burson (1,756). After strugglingfrom the free throw line on Wednesday night, the Buckeyes reboundedwith a 24-of-29 performance (82.8%). The performance is OSU’sthird-best from the line this season. Ohio State shot 55.6 percentfrom the field, marking the Buckeyes’ second-best shootingperformance of the season. OSU shot a season-high 56.9 percent fromthe field earlier this season vs. Oakland (12/27/99). Ohio State’s88-point performance tied its high in Big Ten play this season. TheBuckeyes also tallied 88 at Michigan last weekend.
