Postgame Notes From No. 19/20 Ohio State vs. Minnesota – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/4/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 4, 2006
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Attendance: 17,736 Brandon Miller, Ohio State’s director ofmen’s basketball operations, was selected to Butler University’sTeam of the Sesquicentennial. He participated in a dinner inrecognition of the event Friday at Butler. The 15-member team wasrecognized at halftime of the UW-Milwaukee at Butler game Saturdayin Indianapolis. He’s one of just eight players in Butlerbasketball history to score over 1,000 career points in just threeseasons, finishing his career with 1,121 points. He currently ranksthird on Butler’s all-time list for 3-point field goals (189) andstands sixth on the school’s all-time list for assists (305). TheBuckeyes are 103-23 (.818) all-time at Value City Arena. Ohio Stateis 43-17 all-time vs. Big Ten competition at Value City Arena andis 3-1 this season. The Buckeyes are 6-1 vs. Minnesota at VCA. Inthe all-time series, the Buckeyes own a 75-53 advantage overall andare 47-18 in Columbus. Ohio State is 21-3 vs. the Golden Gophers ingames when the Buckeyes are ranked in the Top 25. Ohio State,ranked No. 20 in the Jan. 30 Associated Press Poll, is 319-103(.755) while playing as a ranked team. The Buckeyes are 19-4 vs.Big Ten Conference opponents at Value City Arena when ranked in theAP poll. With 15 points, senior Terence Dials moved into the No. 21spot all time in career scoring with 1,347 career points. He iswithin 21 points of No. 20 Brent Darby (2000-03), who finished hiscareer with 1,368. Dials is in the No. 8 spot in career reboundingat Ohio State. He had nine vs. Minnesota. He has 757 for hiscareer. No. 7 Dave Sorenson is next on the all-time list with 761from 1968-70. Je’Kel Foster scored 25 points vs. Minnesota, threeshy of his career high. Ohio State is 23-2 when Foster scores 10 ormore points in a game. He also made seven of eight 3-pointattempts, setting a career high for treys made in a game and takingover the No. 3 spot at Ohio State for 3-point field goal percentagein a game. His .875 percentage from behind the arc againstMinnesota is third behind perfect 5-for-5 efforts of Brian Brownvs. Florida State (11/23/00) and Rick Yudt vs. Morgan State(12/22/94). The Buckeyes are 20-3 when Foster makes 3 or more treysin a game. With seven treys vs. the Golden Gophers, Foster nowrates No. 9 all-time in career 3-pointers made at Ohio State with115. He replaced Jamaal Brown (1989-92), who was in attendanceSaturday as part of Ohio State’s annual captain’s weekend, andChris Jent (1989-92). Brown made 109 career treys at Ohio State andJent made 112. Foster is the Ohio State leader in single season3-point shooting percentage after knocking down 7 of 8 vs. theGolden Gophers. He has made 53 of 107 this season for a long rangeshooting percentage of .495.
