Postgame Notes: Ohio State 64, Nebraska 59
1/22/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 22, 2018
POSTGAME NOTES
Ohio State 64 (18-4, 9-0 B1G), Nebraska 59 (14-8, 5-4 B1G)
Jan. 22, 2018
Value City Arena – Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 10,918
GAME/SERIES
- Ohio State now leads the all-time series with Nebraska 15-4 and is 8-1 in Columbus.
- Ranked Ohio State teams are 9-1 against the Huskers. The last time Ohio State was ranked coming into the Nebraska series was March 14, 2014 and the No. 24 Buckeyes took a 71-67 win in Indianapolis.
TEAM
- Ohio State is now 16-2 this season when leading at the half.
- The Buckeyes are 18-1 this season when shooting a higher field goal percentage than their opponent.
- The last time Ohio State gave up 30+ points by an individual was when Jamal Murray (Kentucky) scored 33 points on Dec. 19, 2015. Nebraska’s James Palmer Jr. scored 34 in tonight’s contest.
- The Buckeyes tied the season low with six turnovers.
- The game marked the first time Chris Holtmann has coached against Nebraska.
- Holtmann is now 9-0 in the Big Ten. Holtmann’s start is the best record to start of a Big Ten career since Sam Barry went 11-0 in 1923 at Iowa.
- Keita Bates-Diop led the scoring effort for the Buckeyes with 20 points. He added six rebounds, two assists and two blocks.
- Bates-Diop has 17 straight games in double digits, the longest active streak in the Big Ten. Eight of those 17 games are 20+ point games.
- Bates-Diop moves to 50th on the list of all-time scoring, passing Lenzelle Smith, Jason Singleton and Bill Andreas.
- With 17 points tonight, Jae’Sean Tate passes Brent Darby to take 26th on the list of all-time scoring. Next on the list is Brian Brown with 1,384.
- Tate grabbed seven rebounds, two assists and one steal.
- C.J. Jackson dished a team-high four assists. He added four rebounds and 12 points, going 3-3 from the line.
- Jackson now has 17 games this season with 10 or more points, 16 of which are from the last 19 games.
- Jackson has made at least one 3-pointer in each of the last 18 games.
- Kaleb Wesson tied a season-high six made free throws.
- Wesson had 12 points, seven rebounds and two assists.
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