Postgame Notes: Ohio State 82, No. 23 Indiana 70 – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/25/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 25, 2015
POSTGAME NOTES?
Ohio State 82 (16-5, 5-3 B1G), No. 23 Indiana 70 (15-5, 5-2 B1G) ?
January 25, 2015
?Value City Arena – Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 17,322
Notes:
• Indiana leads the overall series with Ohio State, 103-77. The Buckeyes are 52-35 in Columbus.
• Ohio State has won nine of the last 13 and seven of the last eight at home. Ohio State was unranked for the first time in the last nine meetings.
• 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 team defeated a ranked Indiana squad was Jan. 11, 2003, an 81-69 Buckeye win vs. the No. 15 Hoosiers in Columbus.
• D’Angelo Russell recorded his second career double-double with 22 points and 10 assists vs. Indiana, marking the 600th win for the Buckeyes when a player posts a double-double. The Buckeyes are 600-263 in those contests.
• Four players scored in double figures for the Buckeyes: D’Angelo Russell (22), Jae’Sean Tate (20), Marc Loving (12) and Shannon Scott (10). The Buckeyes have tallied two games with two players scoring 20 or more points this season. The last time was D’Angelo Russell (24) and Amir Williams (21) vs. Sacred Heart on Nov. 23, 2014.
• Sam Thompson, D’Angelo Russell, Shannon Scott, Anthony Lee and Jae’Sean Tate started for Ohio State for the second-straight game. The Buckeyes are 2-0 with this starting lineup combination.
• Ohio State went 33-53 (.623) from the floor vs. Indiana. The Buckeyes are undefeated when shooting better than 50 percent this season (13-0). The Buckeyes have shot better than 60 percent seven times this season.
• Ohio State is 15-0 when leading at the half. The Buckeyes led the Hoosiers, 38-32, at the half.
• Ohio State scored 26 points off 15 Indiana turnovers.
• The Buckeyes committed eight turnovers vs. the Hoosiers. The Buckeyes have recorded less than 10 turnovers 11 times this season.
• Ohio State outscored Indiana, 42-26, in the paint.
• Ohio State held Indiana to zero fast break points. It is the second time this season the Buckeyes have held their opponent to no fast break points.
• Ohio State went 11-14 (.786) from the free-throw line.
• The Ohio State bench outscored the Indiana bench, 20-13.
• Ohio State has the most home wins nationally with a 102-9 (.910) record since the 2009-10 season.
• The Buckeyes own an overall record of 776-688 against current members of the Big Ten Conference.
• Thad Matta is 291-88 during his career at Ohio State and 393-119 overall as a head coach.
• Matta is 151-66 overall vs. Big Ten opponents, including a mark of 147-62 while coaching the Buckeyes.
• With Matta at the helm, Ohio State is 60-29 in January.
• With the win vs. Indiana, Thad Matta now owns the No. 15 spot in league history with 126 Big Ten regular season victories.
• Matta is 12-8 vs. Indiana as head coach of the Buckeyes and is 7-2 in games played at home.
• As an unranked team, Ohio State is 5-3 vs. the Hoosiers with Matta at the helm.
• D’Angelo Russell recorded his second career double-double, scoring a team-best 22 points and dishing a career-high 10 assists. He posted his first career double-double at Iowa Jan. 17, 2015.
• Russell’s 10 assists is tied for No. 3 on the freshman single-game records for assists in a game. He has totaled 108 assists this season.
• Russell has reached 20+ points for three consecutive games and seven times in the last nine contests.
• Russell surpassed 400 career points vs. the Hoosiers (408) and has scored in double figures 19-straight times this season.
• Jae’Sean Tate scored a career-high 20 points vs. the Hoosiers, on 9-10 shooting.
• Tate collected six rebounds, totaling 97 for his career.
• Marc Loving scored 12 points for the Buckeyes, totaling 391 points for his career. He has scored in double figures two of the last three games.
• Loving went 5-5 from the free-throw line, passing 100 made free throws for his career (103).
• Shannon Scott dished out three assists vs. Indiana and remains fifth in Ohio State history with 462 assists. He needs 14 to pass Curtis Wilson (475) for No. 4.
• Scott scored 10 points vs. Indiana.
• Kam Williams scored eight points on 3-5 shooting.
• K. Williams recorded his first career block vs. the Hoosiers.
• Sam Thompson scored eight points for the Buckeyes, while contributing two blocks and one steal.
