Post Game Notes From Ohio State vs. Michigan – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/24/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 24, 2002
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Ohio State is now 80-67 in the series with Michigan, includinga 47-25 record in Columbus. When ranked the Buckeyes are 25-4. TheBuckeyes are 55-7 in Value City Arena since it opened for the1998-99 season. OSU is 31-3 against non-conference opponents and24-4 in Big Ten games. With his 3-point field goal at the 4:39 markof the second half, Brian Brown moved into the No. 29 spot of OSUcareer scoring leaders. He has 1,124 career points. He passedCurtis Wilson (1984-88) with 1,120 points and Brad Sellers(1985-86) with 1,122. Brown has scored in double figures in thelast 12 games and 15 of the 17 games this season. Boban Savovic hashad five or more assists in 10 games this season, including sevenagainst Michigan tonight. He is sixth in the Big Ten in assistswith 73 for an average of 4.29 per game. The Buckeyes opened thefirst 10 minutes of the second half on a 19-6 run. The run washelped by three 3-pointers and 11 points from Brent Darby. Darbytied a career high for 3-point field goals made with four. The lasttime he made four 3-pointers in a game was against Indiana(2/19/00). The Ohio State defense held Michigan to 47 points. TheBuckeyes have held opponents under 70 points 15 times this season.The Buckeyes are 13-2 in those games. The 47 points for Michiganties a season low for points. They scored 47 points in a 55-47 lossto San Francisco on Dec. 29. Eleven of 17 teams Ohio State hasplayed this season have been held below 30 percent shooting from3-point range. The Wolverines were 4-of-20 from behind the arc fora .200 shooting percentage. Ohio State turned the ball over aseason-low seven times against the Wolverines. The Buckeyes are10-1 when they turn the ball over fewer than 15 times. All 13Buckeyes that dressed for the Michigan game saw action. TheBuckeyes have beaten the Wolverines five-consecutive times. Thelast time the Buckeyes beat Michigan five straight was from1990-92. The run was ended by Michigan’s 75-71 overtime victory inthe Elite Eight (3/29/92) round of the NCAA tournament. Ohio Stateextended its Big Ten win streak to 13 games. The run is the longestsince Michigan State won 18-consecutive league games over the 1999and 2000 league seasons. OSU has not lost a Big Ten game since Jan.31, 2001, a 70-67 loss to Indiana. Ohio State has started 6-0 inBig Ten for the first time since the 1991 Buckeyes openedconference play with a 7-0 record en route to a 15-3 league markand a tie for the conference crown. The Buckeyes have opened BigTen play 6-0 eight times in the 103-year history of the program.Ohio State now has won nine straight games, dating back to its Dec.19 loss at home to Pittsburgh. The win is OSU’s 121h victory thisseason at home. The Buckeyes have won at least 10 games in each oftheir four seasons in Value City Arena. This season the Buckeyesare 14-1 when they lead at the half. They are 15-1 when they leadwith 5:00 minutes remaining. Ohio State will play two of the nextthree games in Value City Arena. The Buckeyes return to action at4:37 p.m. Saturday when they travel to Minnesota. Ohio State willreturn home at 7 p.m. Tuesday when it plays host to Illinois. Thegame will be televised nationally on ESPN.
