ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor | 2400 Olentangy River Rd. | Columbus, Ohio 43210 Feb. 10, 2019 Buckeyes Among Leaders in Home Wins 2018-19 Ohio State Results/Schedule Opponent: ................... Indiana Hoosiers (13-10, 4-8) (15-7, 5-6) Site: .......................................Assembly Hall (17,472) Ohio State is No. 2 nationally for the most Date Opp. (TV) ........................W/L ..Score (AP) home wins with a 160-28 (.851) record since November (6-1) Game Time: .........................................1:06 p.m. (ET) Television: .......................................................... CBS the 2009-10 season. Maryland is the next-best 1-Thurs. UNC Pembroke-Exh. .....W .............81-63 Big Ten team at No. 14 with 146 wins. Going 7-Wed. at Cincinnati (ESPN2) ........W ..............64-56 Talent ............................ Kevin Harlan (Play-By-Play) back to the 2008-09 season to the present, the 11-Sun. 1-Purdue FW (BTN) .......W ........... 107-61 Dan Bonner (Expert Analysis) 15-Thurs. 2-at Creighton (FS1) ..........W ..............69-60 None (Sideline) Buckeyes own the third-most home victories 18-Sun. 1-S. Carolina St (BTN+) W ............. 89-61 Radio: ..........OSU-IMG Sports Network (67 stations) with 175 wins over 206 games (175-31). Th e 20-Tues. 1-Samford (BTN+) ..........W .......68(23)-50 Local Radio: ...................WBNS-FM 97.1, AM-1460 Buckeyes 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 OhioStateBuckeyes.com played 136 (57 wins) opponents ranked among the Associated Press Top 25 during that span. December (6-0, 2-0) Satellite Radio:.... Sirius-133(O), 84/XM-195(O)&84 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 2/8/18) 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 171 163 8 .953 18-Tues. Youngstown St. (BTN)...W .......75(15)-56 Starting Five 2. Ohio State 188 160 28 .851 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 (1-6, 1-6) during the trip, which began Aug. 1 with a fl ight Stat OSU Rank OSU OPP 5-Sat. Michigan State (FOX) ....L ... 77(14)-86(8) Opp/FGM 21st 493 9-Wed. at Rutgers (BTN).................L .........61(16)-64 to Madrid. Th ree days were spent in Madrid (W, 93-61 vs. Madrid Generals), Valencia (W, 95-63 12-Sat. at Iowa (BTN) .....................L .........62(16)-72 have a win over Bucknell (W, 73-71). Ohio State 18-Fri. Maryland (FS1) ................L ........61-75(19) vs. Valencia All-Stars) and Barcelona (W, 68-66 has at least two games remaining vs. teams that 23-Wed. Purdue (BTN) ...................L ..............67-79 vs. Catalan All-Stars) before the team returned to made the 2018 NCAA Tournament: at Purdue and 26-Sat. at Nebraska (FS1)..............W ..............70-60 Columbus Aug. 11. Th e team also experienced at Michigan State. 29-Tues. at Michigan (ESPN2) ..........L ...........49-65(5) several cultural tours, team meals and excursions. • Ohio State will play 12 games against teams • Six Buckeyes are shooting better than 70 percent February (2-0, 2-0) among the Associated Press Top 25 or receiving votes from the foul line this season. Freshman Luther 2-Sat. Rutgers (BTN) .................W .............76-62 for Top 25 consideration. Six of those games will be Muhammad upped his foul shooting percentage 7-Thurs. Penn State (ESPN) .........W ............. 74-70 played away from Value City Arena. Th e Buckeyes with a 7-of-8 eff ort at Nebraska and an 8-for-8 10-Sun. at Indiana (CBS) .............................1:06 p.m. face No. 7 Michigan (away), No. 9 Michigan State 14-Thurs. Illinois (ESPN/2) ............................. 7 p.m. outing vs. Penn State. He is shooting at a 75 per- (home/away), No. 15 Purdue (home/away), No. 19 17-Sun. at Michigan State (CBS) .....................1 p.m. cent clip to date (42-56). Guards C.J. Jackson and Wisconsin (home), No. 20 Iowa (home/away), No. 20-Wed. Northwestern (BTN) ................. 8:30 p.m. Keyshawn Woods shoot 80 percent and 82 percent, 24 Maryland (home/away) and No. 25 Cincinnati 23-Sat. at Maryland (ESPN/2) .........................2 p.m. respectively. Brothers Kaleb Wesson (74 percent) and 26-Tues. Iowa (BTN)....................................... 7 p.m. (away) among teams currently in the Top 25. Against Andre Wesson (75 percent) join freshman Jaedon those receiving votes, Ohio State faced Syracuse LeDee (75 percent) in the frontcourt. March (0-0, 0-0) (home). 2-Sat. at Purdue (ESPN/2) .............................2 p.m. • With 250 wins in the last nine seasons (2010-19), Ohio State already has more victories this decade 6-Wed. at Northwestern (BTN)........................9 p.m. All Andre Wanted for Christmas... 10-Sun. Wisconsin (CBS) ....................... 4:30 p.m. than in any other in the program’s history. Ohio Andre Wesson lost two of his front teeth and 13-17/ 5-at Big Ten Tournament ........................TBA State won 189 games from 1980-1989 and 188 cracked another in a collision during the Bucknell contests from 1960-69. Th e winning percentage of Home games in Bold // 1-Buckeye Classic, Value City Arena, Columbus // game Dec. 15, 2018 at Value City Arena. Wesson 2-Gavitt Games, Omaha, Nebraska // 3-Buckeye Classic, St. John Arena, Co- .729 (250-93/343) in the last 10 years is the best lumbus // 4-Big Ten/ACC Challenge, Columbus // 5-at United Center, Chicago, went hard to the fl oor and had an opponent fall previous winning percentage in a decade in Ohio Illinois // 6-CBSSports Classic, United Center, Chicago, Illinois on him resulting in hard contact with the court. State history. Th e win total is No. 12 nationally over Wesson was whisked back to the training room FOLLOW THE BUCKEYES the last 10 seasons and second only to Michigan @ by Ohio State basketball athletic trainer Jeff Deits @OhioStateHoops Scooniep12 State's 256 wins among Big Ten teams. @OhioStateAthletics @MNetti and team physician Grant Jones. Deits, a former • Th e Buckeyes have four wins in eight tries in @Chris Holtmann @Truth_Q athletic trainer for the Ohio State men's hockey @Ryan Peton @OSUADAthComm 2018-19 vs. teams that made the 2018 NCAA team, issued Wesson a mouth piece that allowed @CoachTLJohnson @BrettRybak Tournament. Ohio State defeated two of those @CoachSchrage him to return to the game. Wesson immediately teams on the road (Cincinnati, 64-56/Creighton, received dental care following the game and will @OhioStateHoops 69-60), lost at No. 5 Michigan (65-49) and took receive additional dental care to repair and re- down UCLA (80-66) on a neutral court. At home, OhioStateMensBasketall place the lost and damaged teeth. In another re- the Buckeyes fell vs. Syracuse (L, 72-62), No. 8 cent game vs. Youngstown State, Andre's younger Michigan State (86-77) and Purdue (79-67) and brother, Kaleb, briefl y left the game vs. the Pen- guins after getting an elbow to the face causing Jackson needs 8 points to reach 900 for his OSU career ... Ohio State (15-7, 5-6) one of his teeth to puncture his upper lip. Deits he also needs 7 FGs to reach 300 makes for career Andre Wesson needs 8 rebounds to reach 200 for career All-Time vs. 2018-19 Opponents and Dr. Jones again administered treatment, this Opponent ............................................................ Series Kaleb Wesson needs 7 made foul shots to reach 200 time a lone stitch, allowing Kaleb to return to the Cincinnati ....................................................................7-4 makes for his career (193-265) Purdue Fort Wayne ......................................................1-0 game and ultimately score a game- and career- Wesson is 10 points shy of surpassing his freshman total Creighton .....................................................................6-3 high 31 points. of 338 points (10.2 ppg.)...in 22 games this year he has South Carolina State ...................................................2-0 scored 328 points (14.9 ppg.) Samford .......................................................................3-0 Kaleb Wesson Earns First B1G POW Honor Luther Muhammad has made 20 of his last 22 free throw Cleveland State ...........................................................8-1 attempts (.909) Sophomore Kaleb Wesson averaged 23 points and Syracuse ......................................................................5-2 Kyle Young has made 16 of his last 18 fi eld goal attempts 9.5 rebounds in wins over Youngstown State and Bucknell .......................................................................2-0 (.889) in the last 5 games in which he has appeared vs. UCLA to earn his fi rst Big Ten Conference Youngstown State .......................................................5-0 Player of the Week honor Dec. 24, 2018. Wesson UCLA............................................................................5-6 scored a career-high 31 points vs. the Penguins Noting the Penn State Game High Point ....................................................................2-0