Game Notes From Ohio State vs. Illinois – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/22/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 22, 2001
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Ken Johnson tied the all-time Big Ten Conference blocked shotrecord after swatting two vs. Illinois. Johnson is tied for the topspot with Calvin Booth of Penn State with 428. Johnson has 109 thisseason, which ranks second all-time on the OSU single-season chart.Johnson owns the top three single-season marks in school history.Johnson tied the Big Ten record with a swat of a Sergio McClainjumper at the 13:20 mark of the second half. With his two blocks,Johnson moved into a fifth-place tie with Booth in NCAA history.Next up on the chart is Lorenzo Coleman (Tennessee Tech) with 437.Johnson became the 39th player in Ohio State history to reach 1,000career points. Johnson scored his 1,000th point on a free throw at7:31 in the second half. He finished with 16 points in the contestand has 1,001 points in his career. Johnson started his 119thcareer game. He stands third all-time in starts at Ohio State,seven behind the all-time leaders, Jamaal Brown (1989-92) and JerryFrancis (1986-89), who share first place with 126. Johnson is oneof eight players in Ohio State history to start 100 or morecontests in his Buckeye career. Ohio State concludes its thirdseason in Value City Arena with a 14-3 mark. The Buckeyes are 43-6over the three seasons at VCA. The sellout crowd of 19,200 is thefifth sellout this season at Value City Arena. Ohio State hasconnected on at least one 3-point field goal attempt over the last277 games. Brent Darby extended the streak with a trey at the 6:10mark of the first half, taking a pass from Tim Martin after Martingrabbed an offensive rebound. Illinois’ seven-point halftimedeficit was its largest in Big Ten play this season, topping theprevious high of six, set at Iowa – one of two Big Ten losses forthe Illini coming into this game. The deficit is the second largestthis season. Only Seton Hall, with a 17-point halftime advantage,had a larger lead at intermission. Ohio State is 8-2 all-time vs.ranked teams at Value City Arena, including a 3-1 mark this season.The Buckeyes are 4-5 vs. ranked teams this season. Brent Darby’s 14points in the contest marked the 14th time in his career he scoredin double figures and the fifth-consecutive game this season. OhioState is 12-2 in those contests. Ohio State has defeated two Top-5teams this season – Michigan State and Illinois, both ranked No. 3.OSU last knocked off two Top-5 teams in the same season during the1990-91 campaign, when the Buckeyes downed No. 3 Indiana inBloomington and then topped the No. 4 Hoosiers in double overtimein Columbus.
