Post Game Notes From No. 6/6 Ohio State vs. Indiana – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/2/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 2, 2007
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Attendance: 18,813 The game Tuesday was the lone regular seasonmeeting scheduled between Ohio State and Indiana this year. OhioState is 52-41 all-time in Big Ten conference openers with a 61-30mark in home conference openers. This season, OSU is 10-0 at ValueCity Arena. In Thad Matta’s three seasons as the head coach of theBuckeyes, the team is 39-3 at VCA and 41-3 overall in Columbus.Matta is 14-3 in Big Ten games at Value City Arena. The Buckeyeshave been ranked in the Top 10 of the Associated Press poll in eachof the last 21 games and are 17-4 during that stretch. Ohio Statehas been a Top 25 squad for the last 39 games with a 31-8 record inthat time. The Buckeyes led 35-29 at half time. They had led at thehalf in 13 of 14 games this season with a 12-1 mark in those games.OSU has led at halftime in all 10 home games. Ohio State had an 8-0advantage in second-chance points in the first half and 14-4 marginoverall in the game. OSU out-rebounded Indiana 11-6 offensively,including 7-1 in the first half. The Buckeyes also had a 7-0 marginin fast break points in the first half. With 4:58 remaining in thegame, Ohio State led 63-60. When leading in the last 5 minutes ofthe game, the Buckeyes are 12-0 this season and 52-4 in the Mattaera. The Buckeyes finished the game 23-of-46 for a 50 percent fieldgoal percentage. Ohio State has made at least half of its shots in29 games under Matta, including 11 of 14 games this season. TheBuckeyes are 26-3 under Matta when 50 or better from the field.Mike Conley Jr. finished the game with 10 of the Buckeyes’ 16assists to tie his career-high set in the season-opener vs. VMINov. 10. The 10 assists by Conley are the most by a Buckeyeall-time against the Hoosiers. He has had five or more assists innine of the last 10 games and 11 games of 14 overall this season.Greg Oden led the Buckeyes with a career-high 21 points on 6-of-11shooting, including 9-of-10 from the line. He has scoreddouble-figures in points in six of seven games this season. Threeother Buckeyes finished with double-digit points: Othello Hunter(14), Daequan Cook (12) and Ron Lewis (10). Oden (4) and Hunter (3)combined for a total of seven blocks. The Buckeyes went to the freethrow line 35 time and converted 24 chances. Indiana shot 100percent from the line on 11-of-11. Twelve of Indiana’s 22 madefield goals were 3-pointers. Ohio State is now 207-53 when playingwith an AP Top 10 ranking and 306-93 when playing with an AP Top 25ranking.
