Postgame Notes From No. 19/19 Ohio State vs. No. 15/13 Wisconsin – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/18/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 18, 2006
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Attendance: 16,127 This is the 142nd meeting all-time betweenOhio State and Wisconsin. The Buckeyes own the overall series leadwith a record of 81-61. Ohio State is 51-20 in games played inColumbus and 4-3 vs. the Badgers at Value City Arena. OSU is678-649 vs. the current members of the Big Ten Conference. This isjust the third meeting between the Buckeyes and Badgers when bothteams are ranked. OSU has won all three of those contests. OhioState is 19-7 when playing as a ranked team vs. the Badgers. WhenWisconsin is ranked, OSU is 6-7 vs. the Badgers. Ohio State is 16-8overall vs. ranked teams at Value City Arena. When ranked Big Tenopponents take the court at VCA, OSU is 16-5. With an attendance of16,127, Ohio State exceeded the 2 million mark (2,009,577) in homeattendance in the seven-plus seasons at Value City Arena. In 124games at VCA, an average of 16,206 fans have helped the Buckeyes toa 101-23 record sat the facility. With the win, Ohio State has 10home wins this season. The Buckeyes now have 10 or more home winsin seven of eight seasons at Value City Arena. The Buckeyes are11-1 when scoring 70 or more points this season. The OSU benchcontributed 23 points while Wisconsin’s was held to five. Wisconsinhad a 38-35 edge in rebounds marking the first time this season theBadgers outrebounded an opponent and lost. The Buckeyes went on anearly 11-2 run in the opening minutes of the game. Terence Dials(3-for-3) scored six of those points while Matt Sylvester (2-for-2)added the other five. The halftime score of 31-31 is the first timeOSU has been tied with an opponent at the half this season. TheBuckeyes shot .538 from the field for the sixth game this year witha field goal shooting percentage over .500. Four Buckeyes finishedwith double-digit points. Terence Dials led with 15 points whileMatt Sylvester, Jamar Butler and Ron Lewis each had 14. Ohio Statewas 5-for-6 from beyond the arc in the second half after going2-for-9 in the first half. Senior guard Je’Kel Foster hit one3-pointer for the 100th of his career. He is now 100 for 221 for a3-point field goal percentage of .452 to top he all-time OSU list(minimum 100 made to qualify). Senior guard J.J. Sullinger grabbedsix boards to surpass the 500-rebound mark. He now has 504 for hiscareer. Junior guard Ron Lewis scored 14 points for double-digitpoints off the bench 10 times this season. He has reached doublefigures 12 of 15 games overall this year.
