No. 1 Seed Ohio State Advances, Faces No. 5 Seed Indiana – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/10/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 10, 2006
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Noting the Big Ten Semifinal Matchup vs. Indiana
Indiana leads the all-time series vs. the Buckeyes 99-70. IU won the only meeting with Ohio State this season, an 81-79 victory Jan. 7 in Bloomington. The teams have met five times previously on a neutral court with IU winning all five contests. The game Saturday vs Indiana will be the third for Ohio State in Big Ten tournament play. The squads squared off in the first league tournament and then again in 2004. Ohio State is 7-3 in Big Ten tournament play as the higher seed.
Dials Leads OSU Trio vs. Hoosiers
Three Buckeyes average better than 10 points a game when playing the Hoosiers. Senior Terence Dials averages 16.3 points and 8.1 rebounds in eight career matchups vs. the Hoosiers. Classmate J.J. Sullinger averages 10.3 points in six games vs. IU while junior Ron Lewis tallied 13 points in his lone meeting vs. IU earlier this year. Dials connects on 56 percent of his shots vs. IU and has scored a team best 130 points.
Buckeyes on Six Game Win Streak
Ohio State takes on Indiana with six-consecutive wins to its credit. Ohio State has won 10 of the last 11 contests.
Matta 44-16 as Ohio State Coach
Thad Matta has directed the Buckeyes to a record of 44-16 overall (.733) as head coach of the Buckeyes. He is 146-47 in six seasons as a collegiate head coach. He has never failed to reach 20 victories in a season and has guided the Buckeyes to the outright Big Ten regular season title in 2006. The league’s coach of the year this season is 15-6 during the months of February (10-4) and March (5-2) while at Ohio State.
Noting the Penn State Game:
Ohio State swept the three games against Penn State in 2006.The Buckeyes claimed the three meetings in 2005 as well. Overall,the Buckeyes are 21-13 vs. Penn State, including a 3-1 record onneutral courts. Thad Matta, in his second year at Ohio State, is6-0 vs. the Nittany Lions. Ohio State is 1-1 as the No. 1 seed. TheBuckeyes improved to 10-12 all-time vs. Big Ten teams on neutralcourts and to 9-7 in Big Ten tournament games, including a 4-3record in quarterfinal contests. The Buckeyes enter the game withthe Hoosiers ranked No. 7 nationally with a 24-4 record. Ohio Stateis 327-104 (.759) all-time when ranked by the Associated Press. TheBuckeyes are 199-52 (.793) when playing as a Top 10 team. SeniorTerence Dials recorded his seventh double-double of the season and17th of his career in the win vs. the Nittany Lions. Dials scored13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds vs. the Nittany Lions. The 17career double-doubles rate Dials tied for 17th all-time at OSU.Dennis Hopson (1984-87) and Steven Wenner (1973-75) each recorded17 double-doubles as Buckeyes. Dials has scored 10 or more pointsin the last eight games and has double-doubles in six of the lasteight contests. Dials eclipsed the 1,500-point mark to stand No. 14all-time in career scoring at Ohio State. He has 1,505 for hiscareer, 24 points behind No. 13 Tony Campbell (1981-84) with 1,529.Dials’ career rebounding total of 844 rates No. 6. Clark Kellogg(1980-82) is fifth with 872. Junior Ron Lewis came off the bench toscore a team-high 17 points for the Buckeyes. Lewis scored 15points in the second half to help the Buckeyes overcome a 12-pointsecond half deficit for the win. Lewis has scored 10 or more pointsoff the bench 13 times this season. In three meetings with PennState this year, Lewis scored 58 points (19.3 ppg.), has connectedon 21 of 32 field goals (.656) and 11 of 19 3-pointers (.579). TheBuckeyes knocked down 10 of 30 shots from 3-point range vs. theNittany Lions. Ohio State set a school record for 3s made in a BigTen tournament game a season ago against the Nittany Lions inknocking down 11 of 31 March 10, 2005. Ohio State has made 10 ormore treys in a game 10 times this season, all wins. The Buckeyesare 17-3 all-time when making 10 or more 3-points in the last twoseasons under Thad Matta. Ohio State is 32-5 all-time when making10 or more 3s in a game. The 2005-06 Buckeyes have made 2413-pointers on the season, second most for a single season at OhioState. The 30 attempts vs. PSU moved the current squad to the No. 2spot all-time for single season 3-pointers attempted with 625. The2004-05 team is No. 1 in both made (259) and attempted (716)3-pointers in a season. The 30 attempts vs. PSU Friday is tied forthe No. 6 spot all-time for 3s tried in a single game. SophomoreJamar Butler handed out four assists in the win vs. the NittanyLions, one of four Buckeyes to do so in the win vs. PSU. Ohio Stateis 21-3 in the last two seasons when Butler dishes out four or morehelpers.
