Postgame Notes: No. 2 Ohio State (7-0) 75, IUPUI 64 (4-6) – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/10/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
No. 2 Ohio State (7-0) 75, IUPUI 64 (4-6)
Value City Arena – Columbus, Ohio
December 9, 2010
Attendance: 11,410
POSTGAME NOTES
TEAM
- Ohio State’s four returning starters for the game have combined for 320 career starts and 419 games played.
- Ohio State moved to 128-23 (.850) at Value City Arena, improving to 74-5 vs. non-conference opponents.
- As a ranked team, Ohio State is 370-105 all-time.
- Ohio State improved to 20-7 when ranked No.2 in the country, and 105-17 when ranked among the Top 3 in the country.
- When ranked in the Top 10 nationally, Ohio State is 247-56 with wins in 38 of its last 40 outings.
- Ohio State freshmen have accounted for 51 percent of total scoring for the season, including 42 of Ohio State’s 75 total points against IUPUI.
- Ohio State is now 1-0 vs. IUPUI and 2-0 vs. teams from the Summit League.
- Ohio State has had a player record a double-double (10+ points, rebounds, assists, steals or blocks) in 810. The Buckeyes are 553-257 in those contests (.683). Freshman Jared Sullinger recorded a double-double (40 points, 13 rebounds) vs. IUPUI.
- Ohio State moved to 1-0 when tied at the half this season, and 3-3 under Coach Matta in his career.
- Ohio State went on a 21-4 run over 6:28 in the second half to turn a nine-point deficit into 61-54 lead.
THAD MATTA
- Thad Matta improved his career record to 265-53 overall and 163-54 at Ohio State.
- Matta is 84-17 vs. non-conference competition at Ohio State and 79-37 vs. Big Ten foes (regular season and Big Ten tournament games) for an overall record of 163-54. He also is 104-10 in Columbus.
- During Matta’s tenure at Ohio State, the Buckeyes are 149-5 when leading with five minutes to play. The Buckeyes are 3-2 when shooting the same field goal percentage as the opponent.
- Matta’s teams at Ohio State are 80-6 when shooting better than 50 percent from the field.
- Ohio State is 92-14 when outrebounding opponents under Matta (33-24 rebound advantage vs. IUPUI).
- With the win, Ohio State is 36-6 in December under Matta.
- Matta is now 1-0 vs. IUPUI in his career and 2-0 vs. teams from the Summit League.
- Against unranked teams at home, Matta is 91-2. He is 134-20 vs. unranked teams overall.
- This is the third time in eight seasons at Ohio State that Matta has led his team to a 7-0 start.
JARED SULLINGER
- Freshman Jared Sullinger scored in double figures for the sixth time this season. He led the Buckeyes in scoring with a career-high 40 points and 13 rebounds. He has four double-doubles in seven career outings. The last Buckeye to score 30 points in a game was Evan Turner vs. Tennessee on 3/26/10 in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen.
- Sullinger’s 40 points is a Value City Arena record for most points scored. It is the 10th 30-plus point game in Value City Arena history. Evan Turner had the previous record with 32 vs. Iowa for a Buckeye on 2/7/10 (Ray Barbosa, UMBC, 12/29/07 and Marcus Taylor, Michigan St., 2/27/02 also had 32 points as visitors).
- Sullinger’s 40 point performance is the first 40-point game since Dennis Hopson scored 41 at Dayton on 12/26/86. It’s the most points ever for a freshman at Ohio State. Michael Redd previously held the freshman record for points in a game with 32 vs. Penn State on 2/28/98 in an overtime loss (89-85) at St. John Arena.
- Sullinger’s 40 points are the most points for a freshman in a game since Greg Oden dropped 29 vs. Iowa on 1/20/07.
- Sullinger had a career high in free-throw attempts, making 16 of 23. Evan Turner was the last Buckeye to make at least 10 free-throws in a game. Turner was 10-12 vs. Illinois on 3/13/10 in the Big Ten Tournament last year.
- With 16 made free-throws, Sullinger’s performance places him tied for third all-time at Ohio State in free-throws made in a game.
- Sullinger’s 16 made free-throws and 23 attempted free-throws are both freshman records. It ties for the most free-throws made and is a free-throw attempt record by an Ohio State player in Value City Arena (Brent Darby was 16-18 vs. Illinois on 1/29/02).
- The 23 free-throw attempts by Jared Sullinger were five more than any Ohio State opponent attempt total this season (18 vs. NC A&T).
DAVID LIGHTY
- Lighty recorded his 102nd win as a Buckeye vs. the Jaguars on Thursday. He had 35 as a freshman, 25 as a sophomore, 29 as a junior and 7 during the 2008-09 season when he received a medical redshirt due to a broken foot.
- With three steals vs. IUPUI, Lighty passed Michael Redd (149) for eighth place on the all-time career steals list with 151 in his career.
JON DIEBLER
- With three made 3-pointers, Diebler remains in 8th-place all-time in Big Ten career 3-point field goals made, three behind A.J. Guyton (Indiana 1997-00) for 7th place.
- Senior Jon Diebler made three 3-pointers, pushing his Ohio State career record to 280.
- With three made 3-pointers, Diebler extends his streak to 23 games with at least one 3-pointer made.
- With 13 points against IUPUI, Diebler passed Jamaal Brown (1,139) and Frank Howard (1,147) to move into 31st-place at Ohio State in all-time career scoring with a total of 1,148 points.
WILLIAM BUFORD
- Buford had 14 points to push his career total to 973, 27 shy of becoming the 47th player in Ohio State history to record 1,000 points.
DALLAS LAUDERDALE
- Dallas Lauderdale recorded one block to move his career total to 178, 9 shy of tying Brad Sellers for third all-time in Ohio State history.
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