Postgame Notes: ?No. 6 Wisconsin 72, No. 23 Ohio State 48 – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/8/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 8, 2015
POSTGAME NOTES
?No. 6 Wisconsin 72 (28-3, 16-2 B1G), No. 23 Ohio State 48 (22-9, 11-7 B1G)
?March 8, 2015
?Value City Arena – Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 18,077
Ohio State clinched the sixth seed in the upcoming B1G men’s basketball tournament. The Buckeyes will face the winner of the 11 (Northwestern or Minnesota) vs. 14 (Rutgers) game at approximately 9 p.m. Thursday.
SENIOR DAY
? The men’s basketball program honored five players and volunteer assistant coach Andrew Goldstein prior to the start of the game for Senior Day:
o Sam Thompson, escorted by mother Kennise Herring, father Hubert Thompson along with his sister, Victoria, and brother, Franklin. o Shannon Scott, escorted by by his parents, Trudy and Charlie, and his sister, Simone. o Amir Williams, escorted by by his mother Erma Williams, father Keith Jacks and brother Khalil. o Trey McDonald, escorted by parents, Jonna and Lee, and brother, Lee. o Anthony Lee, escorted by his parents, Zaretta and Anthony, and sisters, Alexandria, Angelica and Abigail. o Volunteer assistant coach Andrew Goldstein, escorted by his parents, Denise and Ira, sister Mallory and brother-in-law Alex Gleitman.
? The four-year senior class has recorded 107 career wins, four 20+ win seasons, three NCAA tournament appearances, one Final Four appearance, two Elite Eight appearances, one B1G tournament championship and one B1G regular season conference title.
GAME/SERIES
? Ohio State owns the all-time series vs. Wisconsin, 86-68.
? The Buckeyes are 53-23 in Columbus vs. the Badgers.
? Each team has been ranked in 10 of the last 11 meetings. Ohio State has won three of the last five contests and six of the last ten vs. the Badgers.
? As a ranked team in the all-time series, Ohio State is 24-13 vs. the Badgers. When both teams are ranked entering the game in the Top 25, Ohio State has an 8-4 advantage.
? The Buckeyes are 2-2 when playing Wisconsin on Senior Day in the Matta era.
TEAM
? Three players scored in double figures for the Buckeyes: D’Angelo Russell (17), Jae’Sean Tate (13) and Shannon Scott (10).
? The Buckeyes scored a season-low 48 points. Ohio State last scored 50 or fewer points vs. Illinois Feb. 15, 2014 and also recorded 48 points.
? Ohio State trailed by 14 at the half, 37-23, and is 3-9 when down at the half this season.
? The Buckeyes scored a season-low two bench points. Ohio State has scored less than 10 bench points three times this season (Louisville, Michigan State and Wisconsin).
? Ohio State scored 11 points off nine Wisconsin turnovers.
? The Buckeyes held the Badgers to zero fast break points.
? Ohio State has the most home wins nationally with a 106-10 (.914) since the 2009-10 season.
? The Buckeyes own an overall record of 782-692 against current league members.
Thad Matta
? Matta is 297-92 during his career at Ohio State and 399-123 overall as a head coach. He is tied with Fred Taylor’s all-time career wins record as head coach of the Buckeyes (297).
? Matta is 157-70 overall vs. Big Ten opponents, including a mark of 153-66 while coaching the Buckeyes.
? Matta is 58-17 in March.
? Ohio State is 13-1 in Columbus during March under Matta.
? Matta teams are 10-12 in the series with a 5-4 record in Columbus vs. Wisconsin.
D’Angelo Russell
? Russell recorded 17 points, totaling 596 points this season. He is third all-time among Ohio State freshman and needs 40 more to pass Jared Sullinger for the No. 2 spot.
? Russell posted a team-high five assists, adding to his 161 helpers this season, and ranking third all-time for an Ohio State freshman.
Shannon Scott
? Scott scored 10 points, recording double figures for the fourth time in six games, while posting four rebounds, three assists and three steals on Senior Day.
? Scott becomes the fourth Buckeye all-time to surpass 500 career assists after posting three assists vs. Wisconsin. He is fourth in the Ohio State record book with 502 career assists. He needs 15 to pass Kelvin Ransey for third with 516 assists.
? Scott has totaled 181 assists in his senior campaign, tying Aaron Craft for fifth in Ohio State history for a single season.
? With three steals vs. the Badgers, Scott moves in to the No. 2 spot on Ohio State’s all-time career steals list with 207 thefts.
Sam Thompson
? Thompson played in his 142nd career game, ranking fifth all-time in Ohio State history.
? Thompson added six rebounds, two steals, two points and one block for the Buckeyes. He has earned 959 career points and 98 career steals.
Amir Williams
? A. Williams scored four points and collected five rebounds vs. Wisconsin.
? With 183 blocks for his career, A. Williams ranks fifth on Ohio State’s all-time list for blocked shots acquired in a career. He needs three more to surpass Brad Sellers for the No. 4 spot.
Jae’Sean Tate
? Tate recorded 12 points, shooting 4-6 from the floor and 5-7 from the free throw line, and contributed six rebounds.
