ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor | 2400 Olentangy River Rd. | Columbus, Ohio 43210 Jan. 5, 2019 Buckeyes Among Leaders in Home Wins 2018-19 No. 14/12 Ohio State Results/Schedule Opponent: .......... No. 8/7 Michigan State (12-2, 3-0) (12-1, 2-0) Site: ...................................Value City Arena (18,809) Ohio State is No. 1 nationally for the most Date Opp. (TV) ........................W/L ..Score (AP) home wins with a 158-25 (.863) record since November (6-1) Game Time: .............................................. 12:01 p.m. Television: ............................................................Fox the 2009-10 season. Maryland is the next-best 1-Thurs. UNC Pembroke-Exh. .....W .............81-63 Big Ten team at No. 14 with 142 wins. Going 7-Wed. at Cincinnati (ESPN2) ........W ..............64-56 Talent .............................Gus Johnson (Play-By-Play) back to the 2008-09 season to the present, the 11-Sun. 1-Purdue FW (BTN) .......W ........... 107-61 Jim Jackson (Expert Analysis) 15-Thurs. 2-at Creighton (FS1) ..........W ..............69-60 Lisa Byington (Sideline) Buckeyes own the most home victories with 18-Sun. 1-S. Carolina St (BTN+) W ............. 89-61 Radio: ..........OSU-IMG Sports Network (67 stations) 173 wins over 201 games (173-28). Th e Buck- 20-Tues. 1-Samford (BTN+) ..........W .......68(23)-50 Local Radio: ...................WBNS-FM 97.1, AM-1460 eyes also have played the 11th-most ranked 23-Fri. 3-Cleveland St. (FS1) .....W .......89(23)-62 Listen free: .................Ohio State Buckeyes App teams in the country since 2005. Ohio State has 28-Wed. 4-Syracuse (ESPN2) .......L ........62(16)-72 Associ- OhioStateBuckeyes.com played 133 opponents ranked among the ated Press Top 25 during that span. December (6-0, 2-0) Satellite Radio: Sirius-105&119(H)/XM-196&195(H) Radio Talent: .....................Paul Keels (Play-By-Play) 2-Sun. Minnesota (BTN) ...........W .......79(16)-59 Home Wins From 2009-10 to 2018-19 (as of 12/30/18) 5-Wed. 5-vs. Illinois (BTN) .............W ........77(19)-67 Ron Stokes (Expert Analysis) Rk. Team Gms Ws Ls W % 15-Sat. Bucknell (BTN) ..............W .......73(15)-71 1 Kentucky 166 158 8 .952 18-Tues. Youngstown St. (BTN)...W .......75(15)-56 Starting Five Ohio State 183 158 25 .863 22-Sat. 6-UCLA (CBS) ....................W ........80(15)-66 • Th e Ohio State men’s basketball team traveled to Source: Stats, Inc. 29-Sat. High Point (BTN) ............W .......82(13)-64 Spain for 11 days over the summer. Th e Buckeyes played a total of three games, one in each stop 2018-19 Buckeyes Nationally January (0-0, 0-0) Stat OSU Rank OSU OPP 5-Sat. Michigan State (FOX) .....................Noon during the trip, which began Aug. 1 with a fl ight to Madrid. Th ree days were spent in Madrid (W, Opp/FG% 18th .382 9-Wed. at Rutgers (BTN)..................................7 p.m. Opp/Ppg 23rd 61.9 93-61 vs. Madrid Generals), Valencia (W, 95-63 12-Sat. at Iowa (BTN) .................................2:30 p.m. Opp/2FG% 22nd .434 18-Fri. Maryland (FS1) ...........................6:30 p.m. vs. Valencia All-Stars) and Barcelona (W, 68-66 Opp/eFG% 16th .436 23-Wed. Purdue (BTN) ...................................7 p.m. vs. Catalan All-Stars) before the team returned to Opp/Assists 15th 125 26-Sat. at Nebraska (FS1).................................Noon Columbus Aug. 11. Th e team also experienced Opp/Asts/G 10th 9.6 29-Tues. at Michigan (ESPN/2) .........................9 p.m. several cultural tours, team meals and excursions. Opp/PAR 20th 103.8 • Just one Ohio State opponent has made more February (0-0, 0-0) be played away from Value City Arena. Th e Buckeyes 2-Sat. Rutgers (BTN) ...................................Noon than 24 fi eld goals this season in a game vs. the Buckeyes. Opponents are shooting 38.2 percent face No. 2 Michigan (away), No. 8 Michigan State 7-Thurs. Penn State (ESPN/2) ...................... 7 p.m. (home/away), No. 22 Wisconsin (home), No. 24 10-Sun. at Indiana (CBS) ..................................1 p.m. from the fi eld against the Ohio State defense (280- 14-Thurs. Illinois (ESPN/2) ............................. 7 p.m. 733). Foes are connecting on just 29.3 percent from Nebraksa (away), No. 25 Iowa (home/away) and 17-Sun. at Michigan State (CBS) .....................1 p.m. beyond the 3-point arc (79-270). No. 21 Indiana (away). Among teams receiving 20-Wed. Northwestern (BTN) ................. 8:30 p.m. • Ohio State is ranked No. 14/12 in the most recent votes, Ohio State faces Purdue (home/away) and 23-Sat. at Maryland (ESPN/2) .........................2 p.m. Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls. Th e Cincinnati (W-Away). 26-Tues. Iowa (BTN)....................................... 7 p.m. Buckeyes are 16-6 all-time when ranked in the No. All Andre Wanted for Christmas... March (0-0, 0-0) 14 position and are 511-149 when ranked among the Top 25 in the AP poll. Th e Buckeyes were 10-5 Andre Wesson lost two of his front teeth and 2-Sat. at Purdue (ESPN/2) .............................2 p.m. cracked another in a collision during the Bucknell 6-Wed. at Northwestern (BTN)........................9 p.m. as a ranked team in 2017-18. Ohio State was ranked 10-Sun. Wisconsin (CBS) ....................... 4:30 p.m. No. 17 in the fi nal game of the season vs. No. 6 game Dec. 15, 2018 at Value City Arena. Wesson 13-17/ 5-at Big Ten Tournament ........................TBA Gonzaga a year ago in the NCAA Tournament (L, went hard to the fl oor and had an opponent fall 90-84). on him resulting in hard contact with the court. Home games in Bold // 1-Buckeye Classic, Value City Arena, Columbus // Wesson was whisked back to the training room 2-Gavitt Games, Omaha, Nebraska // 3-Buckeye Classic, St. John Arena, Co- • Th e Buckeyes have four wins in fi ve tries in lumbus // 4-Big Ten/ACC Challenge, Columbus // 5-at United Center, Chicago, by Ohio State basketball athletic trainer Jeff Deits Illinois // 6-CBSSports Classic, United Center, Chicago, Illinois 2018-19 vs. teams that made the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Ohio State defeated two of those and team physician Grant Jones. Deits, a former FOLLOW THE BUCKEYES teams on the road (Cincinnati, 64-56/Creighton, athletic trainer for the Ohio State men's hockey @OhioStateHoops @Scooniep12 69-60) and took down UCLA (80-66) on a neutral team, issued Wesson a mouth piece that allowed @OhioStateAthletics @MNetti him to return to the game. Wesson immediately @Chris Holtmann @Truth_Q court while splitting at home vs. Syracuse (L, 72-62) @Ryan Peton @OSUADAthComm and Bucknell (W, 73-71). Ohio State has at least received dental care following the game and will @CoachTLJohnson @BrettRybak fi ve games remaining vs. teams that made the 2018 receive additional dental care to repair and re- @CoachSchrage NCAA Tournament: Purdue (2), Michigan State place the lost and damaged teeth. In another re- cent game vs. Youngstown State, Andre's younger @OhioStateHoops (2) and Michigan. brother, Kaleb, briefl y left the game vs. the Pen- OhioStateMensBasketall • Ohio State will play 11 games against teams among the Associated Press Top 25 or receiving votes guins after getting an elbow to the face causing for Top 25 consideration. Seven of those games will one of his teeth to puncture his upper lip. Deits and Dr. Jones again administered treatment, this Ohio State completed its 2018 portion of the No. 14/12 Ohio State (12-1, 2-0) time a lone stitch, allowing Kaleb to return to the 2018-19 schedule at 12-1, including a 10-1 re- All-Time vs. 2018-19 Opponents game and ultimately score a game- and career- cord vs. nonconference competition. Opponent ............................................................ Series high 31 points. • Ohio State improves to 2-0 against High Point Cincinnati ....................................................................7-4 all-time. Purdue Fort Wayne ......................................................1-0 Kaleb Wesson Earns First B1G POW Honor • Th e Buckeyes are now 16-0 versus teams that Creighton .....................................................................6-3 Sophomore Kaleb Wesson averaged 23 points and currently make up the Big South Conference. South Carolina State ...................................................2-0 9.5 rebounds in wins over Youngstown State and • Th e Buckeyes shot over 50 percent for the Samford .......................................................................3-0 Cleveland State ...........................................................8-1 fourth time this season, hitting 55.6 percent on vs. UCLA to earn his fi rst Big Ten Conference Syracuse ......................................................................5-2 Player of the Week honor Dec. 24, 2018. Wesson 30 of 54 from the fi eld. Bucknell .......................................................................2-0 scored a career-high 31 points vs. the Penguins • For the second time this season, Ohio State Youngstown State .......................................................5-0 and then added 15 points and a career-best 12 re- connected on better than 70 percent of its shots UCLA............................................................................5-6 bounds in the win over UCLA in the CBSSports in a half. Over the second 20 minutes vs. High High Point ....................................................................2-0 Classic in Chicago last Saturday. Point, Ohio State made 17 of 24 shots (.708). In Minnesota ...............................................................87-57 Wesson connected