Post Game Notes From Ohio State vs. Michigan State – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/26/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 26, 2002
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Ohio State has compiled a 58-8 at Value City Arena since itopened for the 1998-99 season. The Buckeyes are 15-2 overall and7-1 in the Big Ten at home this season. The 15 wins at home tiesthe record for wins in a season. The last time the Buckeyes won 15games at home was during the 1999-00 season when they went 15-2.OSU has won 15 games at home four times. With his 3-point fieldgoal at 12:22 in the first half, Boban Savovic moved into the No. 5spot for career 3-pointers made. He has 113 in his career. He movespast Chris Jent (1989-92) with 112. Savovic opened the game byhitting his first five shots, including two 3-point baskets. BrianBrown is on pace to become just the third Buckeye to score 1,300points (he has 1,266), grab 400 rebounds (427), hand out 350assists (353) and record 100 steals (118). The only other Buckeyesto accomplish this are Kelvin Ransey (1,934 points, 417 rebounds,516 assists and 169 steals) and Jim Jackson (1,785 points, 552rebounds, 372 assists and 147 steals). Brown has scored indouble-digits in 24-of-26 games this season. The Buckeyes ended thefirst half on a 7-0 run with five of those points coming from BrianBrown. OSU had a 36-31 lead at the half. Ohio State is 16-3 whenleading at the half. The senior class (Brian Brown, Boban Savovic,Will Dudley and Tim Martin) is the most successful class in OhioState basketball history. They have recorded 89 wins and could bethe first class to make four trips to the NCAA Tournament. With his32 point-performance, Michigan State guard Marcus Taylor is thefirst opposition player to score 30 points in a game at Value CityArena. This sets the record for points by an opponent in VCA. TheSpartans shot 26-of-44 from the field for a shooting percentage of.591, which breaks the Value City Arena record for shootingpercentage for an opponent. The previous record was .533 (24-45) byIowa (1/12/99). The win was Michigan State’s first at Value CityArena. Ohio State closes out the regular season Saturday atMichigan. Game time is set for 8:07 p.m. at Crisler Arena.
