No. 5 Ohio State Welcomes Southeast Missouri State Tuesday Night
12/16/2019 2:38:35 PM | Men's Basketball
Ohio State Men's Basketball Gameday March 12, 2020
Opponent vs. Purdue (16-15)
Site Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,500)
Time 6:30 p.m. ET
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Starting Five
- The Buckeyes are 1,156-415 all-time when playing in the state of Ohio (.736) … against Ohio teams, Ohio State is 237-79 (.749) all-time, regardless of location. The Buckeyes faced a pair of intrastate foes this season. Ohio State defeated Cincinnati Nov. 6 at Value City Arena (64-56) and then Kent State Nov. 25 at St. John Arena (W, 72-51). Ohio State is 179-30 vs. Ohio teams in Columbus (.856).
- Three current Buckeyes were named Mr. Basketball in their respective states. Junior Kaleb Wesson was named Ohio Mr. Basketball as a senior at Westerville South High School … freshman D.J. Carton was named Mr. Basketball in Iowa in 2019 as a senior at Bettendorf High School and freshman E.J. Liddell was named Illinois Mr. Basketball in both 2018 and 2019 after leading Belleville High School to back-to-back state titles.
- Andre and Kaleb Wesson are one of 16 sets of brothers playing in NCAA Division I this season and one of three sets in the Big Ten. Iowa (McCaffery) and Maryland (Mitchell) also have siblings on the roster.
- Ohio State has 58 players all-time with 1,000 or more career points, the ninth most nationally and the most of any Big Ten school (research credit: Duke). Kaleb Wesson is the next Buckeye on schedule to reach the milestone with 945 career points over his career.
- Locking down the opponent’s leading scorer has been key to Ohio State’s success this season. The Buckeyes’ 10 opponents’ leading scorers have shot 33.6% (40-119) from the field and 26.9% (11-41) from 3-point range. Ohio State has limited the group, which is averaging 15.6 points per game on the year, to 11.1 ppg.
Off the Bench
- In the first NCAA NET rankings of the year, released Monday, Ohio State is rated the No. 1 team nationally after its 9-1 start. The Buckeyes were ranked No. 1 in the first NET rankings a year ago as well. This year, Ohio State is 2-1 in Quad 1 games with a total of 17 Quad 1 (10) and Quad 2 (7) games remaining on the schedule.
- Chris Holtmann is 5-1 in December Big Ten Conference games since taking over the program in 2017.
Kaleb Wesson Nears Exclusive Club
Ohio State junior Kaleb Wesson is close to entering both the 1,000 career point and 500 career rebound club with 945 points and 474 boards. Wesson would become the 29th Buckeye all-time with both 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career.
The Ohio State vs. Southeast Missouri State Series
Ohio State and the Redhawks of Southeast Missouri State have not met previously in men’s basketball. The Buckeyes own a 15-0 record vs. teams currently representing the Ohio Valley Conference. Ohio State last played an OVC school Dec. 13, 2014, an 87-71 win for the No. 12 Buckeyes over Morehead State at Value City Arena.
Buckeyes Open 121st Season, 108th in B1G
This is the 108th season of Big Ten membership in men’s basketball for the Buckeyes and the 121st overall for the sport at Ohio State. The Buckeyes are 99-21 in season openers and 102-17 in the first home game of the season. Ohio State is 56-63 in the first true road game of the year. In Big Ten Conference play, the Buckeyes are 59-46 in league openers, 73-33 in the first conference home game of the season and 39-67 in league road openers. Ohio State is 41-20 when the first conference game of the year is at home and 19-26 when opening conference play on the road.
