Postgame Notes From No. 19 Ohio State vs. Penn State – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/22/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 22, 2006
Recap | Box Score
Ohio State has won its last six meetings vs. Penn State,including all three meetings a year ago and both games this year.The Buckeyes have won nine of the last 10 meetings including themost recent contest in State College, a 75-64 win Saturday. Theteams each own seven wins all-time in games played in StateCollege. No. 19 Ohio State is 6-2 vs. the Nittany Lions when rankedamong the Associated Press Top 25. OSU is 679-649 vs. the currentmembers of the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes are 13-1 whenscoring 70 or more points this season. Ohio State is 12-0 whenleading with 5:00 to play, 13-2 when holding opponents under 50percent shooting, and 11-0 when holding foes under 70 points. FourBuckeyes finished with double-digit points. Ron Lewis led with 15points while Matt Sylvester and Jamar Butler scored 12 points withJe’Kel Foster adding 13. Ron Lewis earned the starting nod vs. theNittany Lions, his third start as a Buckeye after starting thefirst two games of the season. Matt Sylvester extended hiscareer-long streak of double-digit scoring games to four with a12-point effort vs. the Nittany Lions. He came off the bench toconnect on 5 of 7 shots from the field. He also hit 2 of 3 treyattempts. Ohio State struggled from the field in the first half,scoring on 33.3 percent of its shots but rebounded in the second 20minutes, shooting 65 percent (13-20). Jamar Butler was creditedwith four steals in the game a career high. The Buckeyes are314-102 (.755) when playing as a ranked team in the AP poll.
