Post Game Notes From Ohio State vs. Wisconsin – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/14/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 14, 2003
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Senior Brent Darby is No. 21 all-time in career scoring at OhioState with 1,306 career points following a 16-point effort againstWisconsin. Darby passed Clark Kellogg (1,285) vs. Iowa Thursday andnow trails Jim Cleamons (1969-71) who is No. 20 with 1,335 points.In eight previous games in which Ohio State has faced a Wisconsinteam ranked in the Associated Press Top 25, the Buckeyes own a 5-3advantage, including victories in four of the last five meetings.Before Friday, an unranked Ohio State team last defeated a rankedBadger squad Feb. 10, 2001 in Columbus by the score of 63-58.Wisconsin was the No. 16 team at the time. Ohio State is 3-7against ranked teams this season. Darby is No. 3 all-time in3-pointers made. He has made 146 career treys, one behind No. 2Neshaun Coleman (147) and seven behind No. 1 Scoonie Penn (153).Senior Sean Connolly moved to No. 7 all time in single-season3-pointers made after a 5-for-7 effort Friday against Wisconsin. Hehas connected on 56 this year. Darby is 10th with 48 made thisseason. Connolly scored 20 or more points for the fourth time thisseason and for the first time since a string of three games vs.Seton Hall (22), Radford (20) and Tennessee State (24) in December.Connolly’s five made 3-pointers ties an Ohio State record for treysmade in a Big Ten Conference tournament game. He is tied with BobanSavovic, who made 5-of-10 long range shots in the title gameagainst Iowa in 2002. Connolly’s .714 3-point-shooting percentage(5-7) vs. Wisconsin sets an OSU record in conference tournamentplay. Darby moved to No. 4 in single season foul shots made (189)and in single-season foul shots attempted (232) with his 8 of 8effort from the charity stripe against Wisconsin. Darby’s 524points this season have earned him a spot in the Ohio State500-point club … he is the 22nd player in OSU history to score500 or more in a single season … Brian Brown was the last to doso with 520 points in 2002. Darby extended his scoring streak with10 or more points to 23 games, the longest stretch of games in hiscareer in double digits, and in 27 of 29 contests this year. OhioState is 16-0 this season when leading with 5:00 remaining in thesecond half. The Buckeyes are 6-4 overall in Big Ten tournamentplay … The win over the Iowa was the first victory Ohio Stateearned on the first day of the event in two attempts … theBuckeyes fell to Indiana in the opening round of the 1998 event andsecured a bye through the quarterfinals from 1999-2002. Ohio Stateis 3-2 in quarterfinal action. The win over Wisconsin was the firstagainst the Badgers on a neutral court in the series between thetwo schools. The Buckeyes are 80-56 all-time against Wisconsin.Ohio State is 6-9 all-time when scoring between 50-58 pointsagainst the Badgers. Darby finished his career with 79 careerpoints in seven games against Wisconsin for an average of 11.3points vs. the Badgers … Connolly finished with 53 points in fivemeetings (10.6). Darby owns the OSU record for minutes played inthe Big Ten tournament with 40 in each of the last two games. Darbyhas played 40 minutes in 13 games this season and 39 or more in 16.Jim O’Brien has 118 victories in six seasons at Ohio State for anaverage of 19.7 victories a year.
