Rematch with Hoosiers up Next for Buckeyes – Ohio State Buckeyes
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Jan. 24, 2015
| Thad Matta won game No. 50 on the road and D’Angelo Russell scored a career high 33 points at Northwestern Thursday. |
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Ohio State Buckeyes (15-5, 4-3) vs. the Indiana Hoosiers (15-4, 5-1)
| Date: | Jan. 25, 2015 |
| Site: | Value City Arena(18,809) |
| Game Time: | 1:37 p.m. ET |
| Television: | CBS |
| Talent: | Carter Blackburn (Play-By-Play) Clark Kellogg (Expert Analysis) |
| Radio: | OSU-IMG Sports Network (56 stations) |
| Satellite Radio: | Sirius 93/XM 195 |
| Local Radio: | WBNS FM-97.1 AM-1460 |
| Radio Talent: | Paul Keels (play-by-play) Ron Stokes (expert analysis) |
Matta Climbing All-Time Big Ten Wins Chart
Thad Matta has 125 career regular-season wins in Big Ten Conference play to rank No. 15(t) all-time in Big Ten history. Dr. Tom Davis of Iowa also is in the No. 15 spot with 125 wins from 1986-99.
Scouting the Indiana Hoosiers
Indiana is led in scoring by freshman guard James Blackmon Jr. with 16.9 points per game. He is followed by junior guard Yogi Ferrell (15.4 ppg). and sophomore Troy Williams at 13.5 ppg. Williams also leads the team with 6.2 rebounds a game. The Hoosiers are on a four-game winning streak in conference play with wins over the Buckeyes, Penn State, Illinois and Maryland for an overall league record of 5-1. For the season, Indiana is 15-4 overall and ranked No. 23 nationally.
The Ohio State vs. Indiana Series
Indiana leads the overall series with the Buckeyes 103-76 with Indiana leading 63-24 in Bloomington. The Buckeyes are 51-35 in Columbus and, in six neutral site meetings, Indiana owns a 5-1 record. Thad Matta’s Buckeyes are 11-8 vs. Indiana since the 2004-05 season. In the Matta era, Ohio State is 6-2 in games played at Value City Arena, 4-6 at Indiana and 1-0 in neutral site games. Sam Thompson, Shannon Scott and Amir Williams each have faced Indiana six times in their careers. Thompson averages 5.8 points per game vs. the Hoosiers with Williams chipping in 2.2 ppg. and Scott 5.2 ppg. Ohio State freshmen D’Angelo Russell scored 13 points while classmate Jae’Sean Tate added 12 in the earlier meeting this year in Bloomington. Ohio State has won eight of the last 12 games and six of the last seven in Columbus. Indiana won the only meeting a year ago. The game Sunday breaks a string of three-consecutive game in the series played at Indiana. Ohio State is unranked for the first time in the last nine meetings with the Hoosiers. As an unranked team in the Matta era, the Buckeyes are 4-3 vs. the Hoosiers. The Hoosiers have been ranked seven times vs. Ohio State in the last 11 years. Ohio State is 2-5 in those games. The last time Ohio State defeated a ranked Indiana team was March 5, 2013 in Bloomington when the No. 14 Buckeyes defeated the No. 2 Hoosiers 67-58. The last time an unranked Ohio State defeated a ranked Indiana squad was Jan. 11, 2003 in Columbus. The Buckeyes prevailed 81-69 over the No. 15 Hoosiers. Ohio State, the No. 3 team nationally in field goal shooting percentage, has connected on better than 50 percent of its shots vs. the Hoosiers five times in the Matta era. Matta teams are 5-0 vs. in those games. Indiana has made half its shots twice in the last 11 years vs. the Buckeyes and is 1-1 in those games.
Ohio State vs. The Big Ten
Ohio State is in its 103rd season as a member of the Big Ten Conference in 2014-15. The Buckeyes own an overall record of 775-688 against current league members. Thad Matta, in 15 seasons as a head coach, owns an overall record of 150-66 vs. league members, including a mark of 146-62 while coaching the Buckeyes.
Buckeyes to Face Memphis in Miami in 2015-16
Ohio State added Memphis to the 2015-16 schedule when the Naismith Memorial Baskeball Hall of Fame announced the field for the first Hoophall Miami Invitational last Thursday. Ohio State will take on the Tigers at AmericanAirlines Arena Nov. 27 in Miami. The game is set for the day after Thanksgiving. Three other games to be played in Columbus also make up the event. Opponents have not been determined. The Buckeyes already are scheduled to play at Connecticut and against Kentucky in Brooklyn, New York, in the 2015 CBSSports Challenge.
Big Ten Names Russell FOW for 3rd Time
After a week averaging 24 points and nine rebounds in games vs. Michigan and at Iowa, Ohio State freshman D’Angelo Russell was named the Big Ten’s Freshman of the Week Jan. 19. It’s the third time this season Russell was honored as the league’s rookie of the week. A Louisville, Kentucky, native, Russell is one of three players in the country, regardless of class, to average 17 points (18.6 ppg.), five rebounds (5.1 rpg.) and four assists (4.8 apg.).
Noting the Northwestern Game
? Ohio State leads the all-time series with Northwestern, 115-45, and is 47-31 in games at Northwestern.
? Ohio State is 5-1 in Matta era when unranked vs. Northwestern.
? Ohio State has won 21 of the last 22 games vs. the Wildcats and nine of the last 10 in Evanston.
? With the win vs. Northwestern, the Ohio State senior class records their 100th career win.
? Two players scored in double figures for the Buckeyes: D’Angelo Russell (33) and Sam Thompson (11).
? The Buckeyes used their third different starting lineup combination of the season vs. the Wildcats: D’Angelo Russell, Shannon Scott, Sam Thompson, Anthony Lee and Jae’Sean Tate.
? Ohio State is 14-0 when leading at the half and with five minutes left in the game. The Buckeyes led the Wildcats, 38-34, at halftime after ending the first half on a 28-13 run.
? Ohio State went 28-53 (.528) from the floor vs. Northwestern. The Buckeyes are undefeated when shooting better than 50 percent this season (12-0).
? The Buckeyes committed nine turnovers vs. the Wildcats. The Buckeyes have recorded less than 10 turnovers 10 times this season.
? The Buckeyes scored 22 points in the paint and 13 second-chance points vs. Northwestern.
? The Buckeyes own an overall record of 775-688 against current members of the Big Ten Conference.
? Thad Matta is 290-88 during his career at Ohio State and 392-119 overall as a head coach.
? The win at Northwestern was Matta’s 50th road victory in Big Ten Conference play (50-41).
? Matta is 150-66 overall vs. Big Ten opponents, including a mark of 146-62 while coaching the Buckeyes.
? With Matta at the helm, Ohio State is 59-29 in January.
? Matta is 241-31 vs. unranked opponents at Ohio State.
? Matta is 17-1 vs. the Wildcats as head coach of the Buckeyes with an 8-1 record when playing in Evanston.
? Matta teams are 135-8 when shooting better than 50 percent from the floor.
? With the win vs. Northwestern, Matta has earned 125 career regular-season wins in Big Ten conference play to tie Iowa’s Dr. Tom Davis for No. 15 in Big Ten history.
? D’Angelo Russell scored a career-high 33 points, reaching 20+ points for the sixth time in eight games and surpassing 30 points for the second time this season. His 33-point effort vs. the Wildcats is second on Ohio State’s freshman single game records list for total points in a game behind Jared Sullinger who scored 40 points vs. IUPUI Dec. 19, 2010. He has scored in double figures 18-straight times this season.
? Russell made six 3-pointers (6-11) vs. the Wildcats to tie his all-time freshman record at Ohio State. Earlier this season, Russell made six 3-point field goals vs. Wright State to set the freshman record. He has made a three in 19 of 20 games this season and at least one in the last 14 games.
? Russell collected a team-high seven rebounds, surpassing 100 for his career (103).
? Russell dished six assists vs. the Wildcats, totaling 98 assists this season.
? Shannon Scott dished out six assists vs. the Wildcats and remains fifth in Ohio State history with 459 assists. He needs 17 to pass Curtis Wilson (475) for No. 4.
? Scott recorded no steals vs. Northwestern and is ranked No. 3 all-time on Ohio State’s all-time steals list with 195 thefts. Scott needs five more steals this season to become the third Buckeye all-time to reach 200 steals in a career and 10 more to pass Jay Burson for No. 2 in program history (204).
? Sam Thompson scored 11 points and has scored in double figures five of the last seven games.
? Thompson contributed four rebounds, two assists, two blocks and one steal vs. Northwestern.
? Jae’Sean Tate made his first career start for the Buckeyes at Northwestern.
? Tate collected five rebounds, with four on the offensive glass, and scored four points vs. the Wildcats.
? Anthony Lee made his second career start as a Buckeye vs. the Wildcats, scoring eight points on 4-4 shooting.
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