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ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor | 2400 Olentangy River Rd. | Columbus, Ohio 43210 Feb. 27, 2020 Buckeyes Among Leaders in Home Wins 2019-20 No. 25 Ohio State Results/Schedule Opponent: ..........Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-20, 2-14) Ohio State is No. 2 nationally for the most (18-9, 8-8) Site: .............................Pinnacle Bank Arena (18,000) Date Opp. (TV) ........................W/L ..Score (AP) home wins with a 176-32 (.846) record since Game Time: ................................................9 p.m. ET OCTOBER TV the 2009-10 season. Maryland is the next-best Television: ...................................................... ESPN2 30-Wed. Cedarville (exh.) ............W .............95-52 Big Ten team at No. 10 with 164 wins. Going Talent ............................Jason Benetti (Play-By-Play) back to the 2008-09 season to the present, the NOVEMBER (7-0, 0-0) Robbie Hummel (Expert Analysis) Buckeyes also own the fourth-most home vic- 6-Wed. Cincinnati (FS1) .............W .......64(18)-56 None (Sideline) tories with 191 wins over 226 games (191-35). 10-Sun. UMass Lowell (BTN) ....W ......76 (18)-56 Radio: ..........OSU-IMG Sports Network (70 stations) Th e Buckeyes also have played the eighth-most 13-Wed. 1-Villanova (FS1)............W 76(16)-51(10) Local Radio: ...................WBNS-FM 97.1, AM-1460 ranked teams in the country since 2005. Ohio 18-Mon. 2-Stetson (BTN)..............W .......86(10)-51 Satellite Radio:...........Sirius-105/XM-195, 386(NU) 22-Fri. 2-Purdue FW (BTN+) .....W .......85(10)-46 State has played 149 (62 wins/12th) opponents Radio Talent: .....................Paul Keels (Play-By-Play) 25-Mon. 2a-Kent State (BTN) ......W .......71(10)-52 ranked among the Associated Press Top 25 dur- Ron Stokes (Expert Analysis) 29-Fri. Morgan State (BTN) ......W .......90(10)-57 ing that span. DECEMBER (4-2, 1-1) Starting Five Home Wins From 2009-10 to 2019-20 (as of 2/24/20) 4-Wed. at 3-North Carolina(ESPN) W ......74(6)-49(7) • Th e Buckeyes are 1,162-418 all-time when play- Rk. Team Gms Ws Ls W % 7-Sat. Penn State (BTN) ...........W .......106(6)-74 ing in the state of Ohio (.735) ... against Ohio teams, 1 Kentucky 192 182 10 .948 15-Sun. at Minnesota......................L ...........71(3)-84 Ohio State is 237-79 (.749) all-time, regardless of 2 Kansas 186 176 10 .946 17-Tues. Southeast Missouri .......W .........80(5)-48 location. Th e Buckeyes faced a pair of intrastate Louisville 206 176 30 .854 21-Sat. 4-vs. Kentucky ...................W ......71(5)-65(6) Ohio State 208 176 32 .846 29-Sun. 5-vs. West Virginia ............L .....59(2)-67(22) foes this season. Ohio State defeated Cincinnati Nov. 6 at Value City Arena (64-56) and then Kent JANUARY (2-5, 2-5) State Nov. 25 at St. John Arena (W, 72-51). Ohio Michigan (18,809, March 1) games are sellouts. 3-Fri. Wisconsin ........................L ..........57(5)-61 State is 179-30 vs. Ohio teams in Columbus (.856). Th ere is limited availability for Illinois (March 5). 7-Tues. at Maryland........................L ...55(11)-65(12) When playing in the state of Nebraska, Ohio State 11-Sat. at Indiana ...........................L .........54(11)-66 is 7-5 all-time (.583). Th e Buckeyes won a pair of Off the Bench 14-Tues. Nebraska.........................W .......80(21)-68 games in Nebraska during the 2018-19 season, a • Th e Ohio State Department of Athletics and the 18-Sat. at Penn State .....................L .........76(21)-90 69-60 win at Creighton in Omaha Nov. 15, 2018 men's basketball program will recognize the 1960 23-Thurs. Minnesota ........................L ..............59-62 National Championship Team at halftime of the 26-Sun. at Northwestern................W ..............71-59 and a 70-60 victory at Nebraska in Lincoln Jan. 26, 2019. game vs. Illinois March 5. Th at team fi nished the FEBRUARY (5-2, 5-2) • Three current Buckeyes were named Mr. year with a 25-3 record and a 13-1 record in the 1-Sat. Indiana.............................W .............68-59 Basketball in their respective states. Junior Kaleb Big Ten. Th e Buckeyes defeated California in the 4-Tues. at Michigan .......................W ..............61-58 Wesson was named Ohio Mr. Basketball as a senior national championship game 75-55 at the Final 9-Sun. at Wisconsin ......................L ...............57-70 at Westerville South High School ... freshman D.J. Four in San Francisco March 19, 1960. 12-Wed. Rutgers ............................W .............72-66 Carton was named Mr. Basketball in Iowa in 2019 • Ohio State is 63-19 all-time when games are 15-Sat. Purdue .............................W .............68-52 sold out at Value City Arena. Ohio State is 55-16 20-Thurs. at Iowa ...............................L ...76(25)-85(20) as a senior at Bettendorf High School and freshman E.J. Liddell was named Illinois Mr. Basketball in in sold out games against the Big Ten, including a 23-Sun. Maryland .........................W ..79(25)-72(7) 21-11 record against ranked conference opponents. 27-Thurs. at Nebraska.................. (ESPN2) .........9 p.m. both 2018 and 2019 after leading Belleville High School to back-to-back state titles. Th e last sellout at VCA was vs. No. 7 Maryland Feb. MARCH (0-0, 0-0) • Andre and Kaleb Wesson are one of 16 sets of 23, 2020 (W, 79-72). Th e Michigan game March 1-Sun. Michigan ......................(CBS) .........4 p.m. brothers playing on the same team in NCAA Divi- 1 is a sellout (18,809). 5-Thurs. Illinois........................(ESPN/2) ......7 p.m. sion I this season and one of two sets in the Big Ten • Ohio State is 1,706-1,102 all-time, including 8-Sun. at Michigan State .......... (CBS) ......4:30 p.m. (Iowa, McCaff ery) also have siblings on the roster. a 18-9 record this season. 11-15 Wed.-Sun. 6- Big Ten Tournament ...................TBA • Ohio State has 58 players all-time with 1,000 • In the fi rst NCAA NET rankings of the year, Home games in Bold // All Times Eastern // 1 - 2019 Gavitt Games, Value City or more career points, the ninth-most nationally released Dec. 16, Ohio State was rated the No. 1 Arena, Columbus, Ohio // 2 - 2019 Ohio State Classic, Value City Arena, Co- team nationally after its 9-1 start. Th e Buckeyes were lumbus, Ohio // 2a - Ohio State Classic, St. John Arena, Columbus, Ohio // 3 - and the most of any Big Ten school (research credit: Big Ten/ACC Challenge, Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill, N.C. // 4 - CBSSports Duke). Kaleb Wesson is the most recent Buckeye to ranked No. 1 in the fi rst NET rankings a year ago Classic, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas // 5-Cleveland Classic, Rocket Mortgage as well. Th is year Ohio State has played 13 Quad Fieldhouse, Cleveland, Ohio // 6 - at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis reach the milestone with 1,183 career points over his career. He became the 37th Ohio State player 1 games (5-8) with a total of three Quad 1 (2) and FOLLOW THE BUCKEYES Quad 2 (1) games remaining on the schedule. @OhioStateHoops @CoachJDiebler all-time to reach 500 rebounds with nine vs. West @OhioStateAthletics @MNetti Virginia Dec. 29. His 23 points at Michigan Feb. • When the then-No. 5 Buckeyes tipped vs. the @Chris Holtmann @Truth_Q 4 moved him over the 1,100-point mark. No. 6 Kentucky Wildcats Dec. 21 in Las Vegas, @Ryan Peton @OSUADAthComm the Wesson family reached 300 games played as @CoachTLJohnson @BrettRybak • Ohio State will play before at least fi ve sold out crowds at Value City Arena in 2020. Th e Wisconsin Buckeyes. Keith Wesson, who lettered for Ohio @OhioStateHoops (19,049, Jan. 3), Indiana (18,809, Feb. 1), Purdue State from 1983-87, played in 115 games. Se- OhioStateMensBasketall (18,809, Feb. 15), Maryland (18,809, Feb. 23) and nior Andre Wesson has appeared in 123 games while junior Kaleb Wesson has taken the court neutral court with Ohio State owning a 2-1 record No. 25 Ohio State (18-9, 8-8) as a Buckeye 92 times. In 330 games played, the in those games. Ohio State is 10-1 vs. Nebraska All-Time vs. 2019-20 Opponents Wessons have scored 2,227 points for an average when ranked among the Associated Press Top 25. Opponent ............................................................ Series of 6.7 a game. Andre passed Keith in total games Th e Buckeyes have won seven of the last eight Cincinnati Bearcats .....................................................8-4 played at Northwestern Jan. 28. games in the series. Andre Wesson has faced the UMass Lowell River Hawks ........................................2-0 • In three seasons as Ohio State head coach, Cornhuskers fi ve times, most on the Ohio State Villanova Wildcats ......................................................3-1 Chris Holtmann teams have made 10 or more 3s roster. He averages 4.8 points in the series. Kaleb Stetson Hatters ...........................................................4-0 25 times (19-6 rcd.). Ohio State made 10+ from Wesson averages 10.7 points and 10.7 rebounds Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons ..................................2-0 Kent State Golden Flashes..........................................6-0 in three career meetings. Luther Muhammad distance fi ve times in 2017-18 and posted a 4-1 Morgan State Bears ....................................................3-0 record in those games. Th e Buckeyes were 5-5 in recorded his career high with 24 points in his North Carolina Tar Heels ...........................................3-12 2018-19 and are 10-0 this year when make 10+ only meeting with Nebraska a year ago. He also Penn State Nittany Lions ........................................36-18 3-pointers. grabbed six rebounds. Minnesota Golden Gophers ....................................87-59 • Th e Buckeyes have made 30 or more fi eld Southeast Missouri State Red Hawks ........................1-0 goals seven times this year (7-0) after doing so Scouting Nebraska Kentucky Wildcats ..................................................10-11 three times a season ago (3-0).