Post Game Note From Ohio State vs. Illinois – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/7/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 7, 2004
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Attendance: 16,445 Ohio State will be the No. 9 seed in the BigTen tournament next weekend and will face Indiana in the firstround at noon Thursday at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Threesenior student-athletes and three senior managers were honoredprior to the game vs. Illinois Sunday. Shaun Smith (Cincinnati,Ohio), Shun Jenkins (Albany, Ga.) and Velimir Radinovic ( Oakville,Ontario) played in their final home games for the Buckeyes.Managers Brad Smith (Perrysburg, Ohio), Erik Zadrozny (Hudson,Ohio) and Jordan Warfield (Hudson, Ohio) also completed four-yearcareers as men’s basketball managers. Ohio State’s starting lineupof junior Brandon Fuss-Cheatham, sophomore Ricardo Billings, juniorTony Stockman, senior Velimir Radinovic and sophomore Terence Dialsmade their second-consecutive appearance overall against theIllini. The Buckeye bench outscored the Illinois bench, 8-0 in thefirst half and 16-2 for the game. Ohio State kept the game close byshooting 15-of-23 (.652) in the second half. The Buckeyes fell to9-10 in games played on March 7. With the victory, Illinois claimedits first outright Big Ten title since 1952. The win alsosolidified the No. 1 seed for the Illini in the Big Ten tournament.The win Sunday by Illinois marked the first time it has won inValue City Arena since it opened for the 1998-99 season.
Ohio State Player Notes
Terence Dials set a career high with 22 points, with 17 scoredin the second half. His previous high of 19 was set vs. Indianaearlier this season (1/20/04). Dials was 7-of-9 from the field and8-of-10 from the free throw line. Nick Dials tied his career highwith four assists against the Illini. He last had four assists vs.Minnesota (1/17/04). Tony Stockman moved into a tie for seventhplace on the single-season steals list with 61. He is tied withMichael Redd who set the mark in 1998. Stockmen needs three moresteals to move up to sixth place with Jason Singleton (1999).Velimir Radinovic recorded two blocks against Illinois, which moveshim into eighth place on the OSU career block shot chart with 61.He moved past Clark Kellogg (1980-82) who recorded 60 in hisBuckeye career.
