Postgame Notes: Ohio State 79, South Carolina 57 – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/18/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
No. 2 Ohio State (10-0) 79, South Carolina 57 (7-2)
Value City Arena – Columbus, Ohio
December 18, 2010
Attendance: 15,497
POSTGAME NOTES
- Ohio State’s four returning starters (Jon Diebler, David Lighty, Dallas Lauderdale and William Buford) have combined for 332 career starts and 437 games played.
- Ohio State moved to 130-23 (.850) at Value City Arena, improving to 76-5 vs. non-conference opponents.
- As a ranked team, Ohio State is 373-105 all-time.
- Ohio State improved to 23-7 when ranked No.2 in the country, and 108-17 when ranked among the Top 3 in the country.
- When ranked in the Top 10 nationally, Ohio State is 250-56 with wins in 41 of its last 43 outings.
- Ohio State freshmen have accounted for 48 percent of total scoring for the season, including 41 of Ohio State’s 79 total points against South Carolina.
- Jared Sullinger’s 30-point performance was his third 20-plus point performance of the season and the eighth time Ohio State has had a player score 20 or more points in a game this year.
- Ohio State is now 2-1 vs. South Carolina all-time and 29-26 vs. teams from the Southeastern Conference (last game vs. USC was a 59-46 victory on 12/20/88).
- Ohio State moved to 8-0 when leading at the half this season and 138-19 under Thad Matta.
- This is the 234th-consecutive game 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 has had a player record a double-double (10+ points, rebounds, assists, steals or blocks) in 811 games. The Buckeyes are 554-257 in those contests (.683). Freshman Jared Sullinger (30 points, 19 rebounds) recorded a double-double in the win vs. South Carolina.
- Ohio State went on a 19-5 run midway through the second half lasting 5:06.
- Thad Matta improved his career record to 268-85 overall and 166-54 at Ohio State.
- Matta is 87-17 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 166-54. He also is 107-10 in Columbus.
- During Matta’s tenure at Ohio State, the Buckeyes are 152-5 when leading with five minutes to play.
- The Buckeyes are 8-0 this season and 149-17 when shooting a better field-goal percentage than the opponent.
- When Ohio State has less than 15 turnovers, they are 9-0 on the season and 137-43 under Matta (OSU had eight turnovers vs. South Carolina).
- Ohio State is 7-0 on the season and 94-14 under Matta when out-rebounding their opponent (OSU out-rebounded South Carolina 44-35).
- With the win, Ohio State is 39-6 in December under Matta.
- Matta is now 1-0 vs. South Carolina in his career and 9-8 vs. teams from the Southeastern Conference.
- The 10-0 start to the season is the second-best start for Matta at Ohio State (started 2005-06 11-0). It’s the second time in his eight seasons his teams have started at least 10-0.
- Under Matta, Ohio State is 6-0 this season and 110-11 overall when scoring 70 or more points in a game.
- Freshman Jared Sullinger recorded his fifth double-double of the season, leading the Buckeyes with 30 points and 19 rebounds. It was the ninth time Sullinger scored in double figures for Ohio State this season.
- Sullinger’s 30 points are the tied for third-most ever by an Ohio State freshman in a game. Sullinger previously set the record earlier in the year on 12/9/10 vs. IUPUI with 40 points.
- Sullinger’s 30-point performance is tied for the third-most ever in Value City Arena (David Lighty vs. Cleveland St., 12/22/09 and Scoonie Penn vs. Wisconsin, 2/24/99 each had 30).
- Sullinger’s 19 rebounds are a Value City Arena record (Evan Turner had 17 11/12/09 vs. James Madison and 11/9/10 vs. Alcorn St.).
- With 19 rebounds, Sullinger is tied for second for most rebounds in a game for a freshman (Herb Williams had 22 vs. Marshall, 11/28/77).
- Sullinger’s 14 defensive rebounds are the most ever for an Ohio State freshman (Greg Oden previously held the record with 13 vs. Tennessee on 1/13/07).
- His 14 defensive rebounds are also tied for most defensive boards in Value City Arena history (Evan Turner vs. James Madison, 11/12/09).
- Sullinger hit his first career 3-point field goal at the buzzer to end the first half, giving Ohio State a 42-21 halftime advantage.
- With two made 3-pointers, Jon Diebler is seven away from tying Dee Brown (299) for sixth-place in career 3-pointers made in Big Ten history.
- Diebler made two 3-pointers, pushing his Ohio State career record to 292 and extended his streak to 26 games with at least one 3-pointer made.
- With 11 points against South Carolina, Diebler now has 1,198 career points, 13 behind Luke Witte (1,211) for 29th place in career-scoring in Ohio State history.
- David Lighty recorded his 105th win as a Buckeye vs. the Gamecocks on Saturday. 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 because of a broken foot. He is six wins away from owning the Ohio State record.
- With one steal vs. South Carolina, Lighty passed Troy Taylor (155) for sixth-place on the all-time career steals list with 156.
- Lighty has played in 130 games as a Buckeye, which is good for fourth all-time. He is two games away from tying Jamar Butler for third-place all-time.
- Lighty also has started 98 games for Ohio State, tying for 10th all-time at Ohio State.
- Lighty led the Buckeyes with five assists, while also chipping in nine points.
- William Buford had 12 points to push his career total to 1,015, surpassing Chris Jent (1,007) for 46th place all-time in career scoring at Ohio State.
- Dallas Lauderdale recorded three blocks to move his career total to 184, three shy of tying Brad Sellers for third all-time in Ohio State history.
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