Men’s Basketball vs. Northwestern Postgame Notes – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/6/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Ohio State 62 (11-3; 2-0 Big Ten), Northwestern 51 (5-6; 0-2 Big Ten)
Jan. 6, 2008
Value City Arena
Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 18,722
Postgame Notes
The win Sunday vs. Northwestern upped Ohio State’s current win streak to seven.
Ohio State improves to 104-44 against Northwestern with the 62-51 win Sunday. The Wildcats have not defeated the Buckeyes in Columbus since 1978, a streak of 25-consecutive Ohio State victories.
Ohio State has won its last 18 Big Ten Conference games, including a streak of 15 during the regular season and the last seven on the road.
Thad Matta, head coach of the Buckeyes, improved his record to 6-0 vs. Northwestern. He is 37-13 in Big Ten regular season games.
The game Sunday was the 10th time this season the Buckeyes held their opponents to less than 40 percent shooting. Northwestern finished 31 percent at 18 for 58.
The Buckeyes led the Wildcats in second chance points, 16-2 and out-rebounded Northwestern, 46-23.
The win is the 92nd career victory for seniors Jamar Butler and Matt Terwilliger. The two seniors are six wins behind Richard Reasbeck and Douglas McDonald (1960-63) for the most career wins by a single class in Ohio State history.
Ohio State went on an 11-0 run over 4:17 (5:39 to 1:22) for a 34-19 lead in the first half.
Ohio State led 37-25 at halftime Sunday. The Buckeyes have won 40 of their last 43 games when leading at halftime and is 78-9 when leading at the halfway mark under Matta.
Freshman center Kosta Koufos recorded his fourth double-double and third in four games Sunday on 17 points and 12 rebounds.
Freshman guard Jon Diebler has made multiple three-point FGs in five of his last six games. He was 4 for 9 from the 3-point line Sunday and had 15 points on 5 for 11 shooting.
In his last six games, Diebler is 19 for his last 35 from the 3-point line.
Senior guard Jamar Butler recorded his third double-double on the season with a career-high 10 rebounds and 11 assists. His previous two double-doubles were on 17 points and 10 assists against Wisconsin Green Bay (Nov. 12) and 22 points and 12 assists vs. UMBC (Dec. 29).
Over the last three games, Butler has recorded 29 assists in the last three games.
During his tenure at Ohio State, the Buckeyes are 48-8 when Butler has four or more assists.
Butler was held scoreless for the first time since the Iowa State game Dec. 19, 2006.
