Post Game Notes From Ohio State vs. Indiana – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/11/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 11, 2003
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Attendance: 19,200
The Buckeyes are 8-1 in Value City Arena this season and 66-9(.880) since it open in 1998. In addition, Ohio State is 5-0 in BigTen home openers and 27-5 against conference teams in VCA. The No.15 Hoosiers became the 15th opponent to visit Value City Arena withan AP national ranking. Ohio State has won 12 of 15 games againstranked teams under Jim O’Brien on their home floor. The Buckeyesare 20-28 all-time against Indiana when the Hoosiers are ranked.The Buckeyes faced their sixth ranked opponent of the 2002-03season tonight against No. 15 Indiana. The victory was the firstwin against a ranked opponent this season. Ohio State is 125-198all-time versus ranked opponents. The last time Ohio State beat aranked team was March 9, 2002 when the No. 23 Buckeyes downed No.10 Illinois (94-88) in the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. Thelast time an unranked Ohio State squad beat a ranked team was Jan.19, 2002 when the Buckeyes defeated Indiana (73-67) in Value CityArena. Ohio State is 21-4 when playing in front of a sellout crowdat home. Iowa, Kansas, Michigan State and Indiana are the onlyteams to overcome the Buckeyes in a full house at Value City Arena.The Buckeyes are 79-18 when scoring 70 or more points under JimO’Brien. Ohio State has led at halftime in each of its nine homegames this season and is 7-1 overall when leading at the break.Senior guard Brent Darby became Ohio State’s 41st all-time playerto reach 1,000 career points with his 3-point basket at 16:48 inthe first half. He finished the game with 28 points, totaling 1,027thus far in his career as a Buckeye. He is currently 38th on OSU’scareer scoring list. Jamie Skelton (1991-94) and Ken Johnson(1998-01) are tied for 36th place on the list with 1,055 careerpoints. The game tonight against Indiana was the fifth time BrentDarby has scored 20 or more points in a game this season. With five3-pointers against the Hoosiers, Darby moves up to fourth place onOhio State’s 3-point field goal list with 130 career 3-pointers.Jamie Skelton (1991-94) is third on the list with 144. With one3-point field goal, Sean Connolly remains eighth on the list with110. Chris Jent is currently seventh with 112. Darby’s five 3-pointfield goals tied a career-high. He also connected on five3-pointers against Morehead State (12/14). Junior Shun Jenkinsscored a career-high 22 points against the Hoosiers. His previouscareer high was seven against Michigan State (1/9). He also set acareer-high nine field goals. The last time Ohio State had twoplayers score 20 or more points was against Tennessee State (12/28)when Sean Connolly totaled 24 points and Darby scored 22. Indianaleads the all-time series against Ohio State, 95-67, but theBuckeyes own a 47-33 advantage when playing in Columbus. TheBuckeyes return to action at 8 p.m. Jan. 15 against Michigan inValue City Arena.
