Game Notes From Ohio State vs. Illinois – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/22/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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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 schoolhistory.%^$
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Johnson tied the Big Ten record with a swat of a Sergio McClainjumper at the 13:20 mark of the second half.%^$
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With his two blocks, Johnson moved into a fifth-place tie withBooth in NCAA history. Next up on the chart is Lorenzo Coleman(Tennessee Tech) with 437.%^$
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Johnson became the 39th player in Ohio State history to reach1,000 career points. Johnson scored his 1,000th point on a freethrow at 7:31 in the second half. He finished with 16 points in thecontest and has 1,001 points in his career.%^$
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Johnson started his 119th career game. He stands third all-timein starts at Ohio State, seven behind the all-time leaders, JamaalBrown (1989-92) and Jerry Francis (1986-89), who share first placewith 126. Johnson is one of eight players in Ohio State history tostart 100 or more contests in his Buckeye career.%^$
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Ohio State concludes its third season in Value City Arena witha 14-3 mark. The Buckeyes are 43-6 over the three seasons atVCA.%^$
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The sellout crowd of 19,200 is the fifth sellout this season atValue City Arena.%^$
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Ohio State has connected on at least one 3-point field goalattempt over the last 277 games. Brent Darby extended the streakwith a trey at the 6:10 mark of the first half, taking a pass fromTim Martin after Martin grabbed an offensive rebound.%^$
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Illinois’ seven-point halftime deficit was its largest in BigTen play this season, topping the previous high of six, set at Iowa- one of two Big Ten losses for the Illini coming into this game.The deficit is the second largest this season. Only Seton Hall,with a 17-point halftime advantage, had a larger lead atintermission.%^$
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Ohio State is 8-2 all-time vs. ranked teams at Value CityArena, including a 3-1 mark this season. The Buckeyes are 4-5 vs.ranked teams this season.%^$
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Brent Darby’s 14 points in the contest marked the 14th time inhis career he scored in double figures and the fifth-consecutivegame this season. Ohio State is 12-2 in those contests.%^$
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Ohio State has defeated two Top-5 teams this season – MichiganState and Illinois, both ranked No. 3. OSU last knocked off twoTop-5 teams in the same season during the 1990-91 campaign, whenthe Buckeyes downed No. 3 Indiana in Bloomington and then toppedthe No. 4 Hoosiers in double overtime in Columbus.
