Postgame Notes: No. 2 Ohio State (8-0) 85, Western Carolina 60 (4-8) – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/12/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
No. 2 Ohio State (8-0) 85, Western Carolina 60 (4-8)
St. John Arena – Columbus, Ohio
December 12, 2010
Attendance: 6,905
POSTGAME NOTES
TEAM
- Ohio State’s four returning starters (Jon Diebler, David Lighty, Dallas Lauderdale and William Buford) have combined for 324 career starts and 429 games played.
- Ohio State moved to 431-151 (.740) at St. John Arena all-time.
- As a ranked team, Ohio State is 371-105 all-time.
- Ohio State improved to 21-7 when ranked No.2 in the country, and 106-17 when ranked among the Top 3 in the country.
- When ranked in the Top 10 nationally, Ohio State is 248-56 with wins in 39 of its last 41 outings.
- Ohio State freshmen have accounted for 50 percent of total scoring for the season, including 43 of Ohio State’s 85 total points against Western Carolina.
- Ohio State is now 1-0 vs. Western Carolina all-time and 10-4 vs. teams from the Southern Conference.
- Ohio State moved to 6-0 this when leading at the half this season, and 136-19 under Thad Matta.
- This is the 232nd straight game that Ohio State has made at least one 3-point field goal (1/10/04 vs. Penn State was the last game with zero made).
THAD MATTA
- Thad Matta improved his career record to 266-85 overall and 164-54 at Ohio State.
- Matta is 5-0 when playing home contests at St. John Arena.
- Matta is 85-17 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 164-54. He also is 105-10 in Columbus.
- During Matta’s tenure at Ohio State, the Buckeyes are 150-5 when leading with five minutes to play.
- The Buckeyes are 6-0 this season and 147-17 when shooting a better field-goal percentage than the opponent.
- Matta’s teams at Ohio State are 81-6 when shooting better than 50 percent from the field.
- With the win, Ohio State is 37-6 in December under Matta.
- Matta is now 1-0 vs. Western Carolina in his career and 5-0 vs. teams from the Southern Conference.
- Against unranked teams at home, Matta is 92-2. He is 135-20 vs. unranked teams overall.
- This is the third time in eight seasons at Ohio State that Matta has led his team to an 8-0 start (started 2005-06 11-0 and 2008-09 9-0).
- Under Matta, Ohio State is 4-0 this season and 108-11 overall when scoring 70 or more points in a game.
JARED SULLINGER
- Freshman Jared Sullinger scored in double figures for the seventh time this season. He led the Buckeyes in scoring with 17 points. He has five double-doubles in eight career outings.
DAVID LIGHTY
- Lighty made his 100th career 3-point field goal as a Buckeye vs. WCU at the 11:24 mark in the first half.
- With 6 points passed Ron Sepic (1,107) for 37th place in all-time career scoring. He now has 1,112 career points.
- Lighty recorded his 103nd win as a Buckeye vs. the Catamounts on Sunday. 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 1 steal vs. WCU, Lighty is one steal shy of passing Curtis Wilson (153) for seventh place on the all-time career steals list.
JON DIEBLER
- With two made 3-pointers, Diebler is one shy of moving into a tie for 7th-place all-time in Big Ten career 3-point field goals made with A.J. Guyton (283).
- Diebler made two 3-pointers, pushing his Ohio State career record to 282.
- With two made 3-pointers, Diebler extends his streak to 24 games with at least one 3-pointer made.
- With seven points against WCU, Diebler moved closer to Lawrence Funderburke (1,179) for 30th place all-time in career scoring. With a total of seven points, he is 24 behind Funerburke.
- Diebler had three assists to surpass the 200 career assists milestone. He now has 201 in his career.
WILLIAM BUFORD
- Buford had 13 points to push his career total to 986, 14 shy of becoming the 47th player in Ohio State history to record 1,000 points.
DALLAS LAUDERDALE
- Lauderdale scored a season-high 13 points vs. WCU.
- Lauderdale recorded 1 block to move his career total to 179, 8 shy of tying Brad Sellers for third all-time in Ohio State history. He has had at least one block in every game this season.
DESHAUN THOMAS
- Deshaun Thomas scored 13 points for Ohio State vs. WCU on Sunday. It was his fifth time this season scoring in double-figures.
J.D. WEATHERSPOON
- Weatherspoon scored a career-high seven points.
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