Postgame Notes: Ohio State 71, Penn State 70 – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/28/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 28, 2017
POSTGAME NOTES
Ohio State 71 (17-13, 7-10 B1G), Penn State 70 (14-16, 6-11 B1G)
Feb. 28, 2017
Bryce Jordan Center – State College, Pa.
Attendance: 7,343
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- The Buckeyes conclude the regular season against Indiana on Senior Day at noon Saturday.
• Ohio State leads the all-time series against Penn State, 34-14.
• The Buckeyes are now 13-8 when playing in State College.
• Ohio State has won the last five games against Penn State
• Ohio State shot 48 percent for the night compared to the Nittany Lions’ 40.7 percent.
• Four Buckeyes scored in double figures in the game.
• Ohio State is 70-59 all time in games decided by one point. The Buckeyes are 22-24 on the road. Thad Matta teams are 9-4 in one-point games and 4-0 in road contests decided by a single point. Ohio State has been involved in four one-point games this season (2-2).
• The last time Ohio State was involved in four or more games decided by one point was during the 1949-50 season when five games went down to the wire. The Buckeyes were 4-1 in those games.
• Under Matta, Ohio State has been involved in 50 games in which neither team built a double digit lead, Ohio State is 28-22 in those games.
• In Matta era: OSU is 72-3 when recording 31 or more defensive rebounds (31 vs. PSU): OSU has allowed 10 or more made 3s in 80 games, the Buckeyes are 53-27 in those games (PSU made 11); OSU has held 131 opponents to fewer than 30 rebounds, the Buckeyes are 119-12 in those games (PSU had 28 boards)
• Thad Matta-coached teams are now 22-2 overall against the Nittany Lions and hold an overall record of 9-1 at Bryce Jordan Center.
• With Matta at the helm, Ohio State has an overall record of 173-85 against Big Ten members.
• Matta is one of two active coaches in the Big Ten with 150 regular season Big Ten Conference wins. Matta is 150-77.
• Marc Loving tallied 14 points and five rebounds.
• Loving has now scored 10+ points in five-consecutive games.
• Loving moved to the No. 27 spot on Ohio State’s career scoring list. He has 1,321 career points. He passed Jamar Butler (1,313) and Aaron Craft (1,314) vs. PSU.
• JaQuan Lyle recorded 17 points, three rebounds and dished out three assists.
• He has now scored 15+ points in seven games this season
• Jae’Sean Tate went for 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
• He has now scored in double figures in 27 of 30 games this season.
• Tate moved to teh No. 47 spot in the career scoring list in the game vs. the Nittany Lions. He passed both Jamie Skelton and Ken Johnson, who each scored 1,055 points during their careers.
• Trevor Thompson scored 11 points for the Buckeyes in addition to contributing seven rebounds and one assist.
• His performance marked the 20th game this season scoring in double figures.
• Kam Williams appeared in his 100th career game.
