Postgame Notes: No. 2 Ohio State 83, Florida Gulf Coast 55 – Ohio State Buckeyes

No. 2 Ohio State (9-0) 83, Florida Gulf Coast 55 (2-6)
Value City Arena – Columbus, Ohio
December 15, 2010
Attendance: 12,613

POSTGAME NOTES

TEAM

Ohio State’s four returning starters (Jon Diebler, David Lighty, Dallas Lauderdale and William Buford) have combined for 328 career starts and 433 games played.
Ohio State moved to 129-23 (.850) at Value City Arena, improving to 75-5 vs. non-conference opponents.
As a ranked team, Ohio State is 372-105 all-time.
Ohio State improved to 22-7 when ranked No.2 in the country, and 107-17 when ranked among the Top 3 in the country.
When ranked in the Top 10 nationally, Ohio State is 249-56 with wins in 40 of its last 42 outings.
Ohio State freshmen have accounted for 48 percent of total scoring for the season, including 26 of Ohio State’s 83 total points against FGCU.
Ohio State is now 1-0 vs. Florida Gulf Coast all-time and 11-0 vs. teams from the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Ohio State moved to 7-0 this when leading at the half this season and 137-19 under Thad Matta.
This is the 233^rd consecutive 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).
Ohio State began the game on an 18-3 run over the first 9:09.
Ohio State allowed 16 first half points, tied for the fewest points given up in the first half this season (OSU vs. UNC-Wilmington 11/20/10 and OSU vs. Miami 11/26/10).

THAD MATTA

Thad Matta improved his career record to 267-85 overall and 165-54 at Ohio State.
Matta is 86-17 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 165-54. He also is 106-10 in Columbus.
During Matta’s tenure at Ohio State, the Buckeyes are 151-5 when leading with five minutes to play.
The Buckeyes are 7-0 this season and 148-17 when shooting a better field-goal percentage than the opponent.
When Ohio State has less than 15 turnovers, they are 8-0 on the season and 136-43 under Matta (OSU had 12 turnovers vs. FGCU).
Ohio State is 6-0 on the season and 93-14 under Matta when out-rebounding their opponent (OSU out-rebounded FGCU 37-28).
With the win, Ohio State is 38-6 in December under Matta.
Matta is now 1-0 vs. FGCU in his career and 7-0 vs. teams from the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Against unranked teams at home, Matta is 93-2. He is 136-20 vs. unranked teams overall.
The 9-0 start to the season is tied for the second-best start for Matta at Ohio State (started 2005-06 11-0 and 2008-09 9-0). It’s the third time in his eight seasons his teams have started at least 9-0.
Under Matta, Ohio State is 5-0 this season and 109-11 overall when scoring 70 or more points in a game.

JON DIEBLER

Jon Diebler set a new career high in scoring, leading the Buckeyes with 29 points while connecting on 9-of-14 from 3-point range.
Diebler’s 29-point performance is tied for seventh all-time in Value City Arena.
Diebler’s nine made 3-pointers is the most in Value City Arena. The previous high was seven (held by four others).
Diebler tied Jay Burson (12/27/88 vs. Florida) for the most 3-point field goals in a game in Ohio State history with nine and tied for second most all-time in Big Ten history (Chris Hill of Michigan State holds the record with 10 vs. Syracuse 2/23/03).
Diebler has made six or more 3-point field goals in 10 career games, with nine vs. FGCU.
With nine made 3-pointers, Diebler hit 291 for his career and passed A.J. Guyton (283) for 7^th-place all-time in Big Ten career 3-point field goals made. He is eight away from tying Dee Brown (299) for 6^th-place.
With nine made 3-pointers, Diebler extends his streak to 25 games with at least one 3-pointer made.
With 29 points against FGCU, Diebler passed Lawrence Funderburke (1,179) for 30^th all-time in career scoring. He now has 1,187 career points, 24 behind Luke Witte (1,211) for 29^thplace.

DAVID LIGHTY

Lighty recorded his 104th win as a Buckeye vs. the Eagles on Wednesday. He had 35 as a freshman, 25 as a sophomore, 29 as a junior and seven during the 2008-09 season when he received a medical redshirt due to a broken foot. He is seven wins away from owning the Ohio State record.
With three steals vs. FGCU, Lighty passed Curtis Wilson (153) and tied Troy Taylor for seventh-place on the all-time career steals list with 155.
Lighty has played in 129 games as a Buckeye, which is tied for fourth all-time. He also has started 97 games for Ohio State, one away from being in the Top 10.

WILLIAM BUFORD

Buford had 17 points to push his career total to 1,003, becoming the 47^th player in Ohio State history to record 1,000 points and third on the current Buckeye roster joining Jon Diebler and David Lighty.

DALLAS LAUDERDALE

Dallas Lauderdale recorded two blocks to move his career total to 181, six shy of tying Brad Sellers for third all-time in Ohio State history.

AARON CRAFT

Aaron Craft had eight points, tying his career high. He also led the team in assists, along with David Lighty with seven each.

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