Post Game Notes From Ohio State vs. Iowa – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/16/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 16, 2002
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With the win over Iowa Ohio State improves to 18-5 on the yearand 9-3 in the Big Ten. The win assures the Buckeyes of no worsethan a first-place tie in the league standings heading intoWednesday’s game at Indiana (8-3 prior to Sunday’s game atMichigan). The Buckeyes have won three in a row in Iowa City (69-68last year) and 73-69 in 1999. The two schools did not meet in IowaCity during the 1999-2000 campaign. O’Brien’s overall record atOhio State now stands at 96-54 and his conference mark is 46-30.The win over the Hawkeyes snapped a two-game OSU losing streak(both games on the road) and improved OSU’s road record to 3-3. TheBuckeyes have had four players score in double figures in each ofthe last three games. On the season, it has happened 10 times. With14 points against Iowa, Ohio State senior guard Brian Brown now has1,201 career points, a total that ranks him 25th in school history.Luke Witte (1971-73) is 24th with 1,211, John Havlicek (1960-62) is23rd with 1,223 and Larry Siegfried (1959-61) is 22nd with 1,228.Brown nailed career three-pointer No. 90 against the Hawkeyes tomove into sole possession of ninth place on the all-time OSU list.Senior guard Boban Savovic is eighth with 106. Savovic drained apair of treys at Iowa. Junior guard Brent Darby also had athree-pointer against Iowa. He now has 85 for his career and is in11th place in OSU annals behind Damon Stringer (89/1996-97). Darbycanned all eight of his free throws against Iowa. In his last sixgames, Darby has connected on 42 of 48 free throw attempts (.875).Tim Martin logged 18 minutes against Iowa, his longest stint of theyear in Big Ten play and his third longest of the year (25 minutesagainst UNC Greensboro on Dec. 29 and 19 vs. N.C. State on Dec.22). Sophomore center Velimir Radinovic scored seven points againstIowa, all in the second half. That’s his top effort in the Big Tensince a nine point showing at Minnesota. The Buckeyes held theHawkeyes to just eight field goals (five of which were treys) andthree offensive rebounds in the second half.
