ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor | 2400 Olentangy River Rd. | Columbus, Ohio 43210 Feb. 20, 2020 Buckeyes Among Leaders in Home Wins 2019-20 No. 25 Ohio State Results/Schedule Opponent: ...........No. 20 Iowa Hawkeyes (18-8, 9-6) Ohio State is No. 2 nationally for the most (17-8, 7-7) Site: .........................Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,400) Date Opp. (TV) ........................W/L ..Score (AP) home wins with a 175-32 (.845) record since Game Time: ..................................................... 7 p.m. OCTOBER TV the 2009-10 season. Maryland is the next-best Television: ........................................................ ESPN 30-Wed. Cedarville (exh.) ............W .............95-52 Big Ten team at No. 11 with 163 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 third-most home victo- 6-Wed. Cincinnati (FS1) .............W .......64(18)-56 (Sideline) ries with 190 wins over 225 games (190-35). 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-84/XM-380, 84 (Iowa) 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 2/16/20) 4-Wed. at 3-North Carolina(ESPN) W ......74(6)-49(7) • Th e Buckeyes are 1,161-418 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 191 181 10 .948 15-Sun. at Minnesota......................L ...........71(3)-84 Ohio State is 237-79 (.749) all-time, regardless of 2. Ohio State 207 175 32 .845 17-Tues. Southeast Missouri .......W .........80(5)-48 location. Th e Buckeyes faced a pair of intrastate Kansas 185 175 10 .946 21-Sat. 4-vs. Kentucky ...................W ......71(5)-65(6) Louisville 204 174 30 .853 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 Off the Bench JANUARY (2-5, 2-5) State Nov. 25 at St. John Arena (W, 72-51). Ohio 3-Fri. Wisconsin ........................L ..........57(5)-61 State is 179-30 vs. Ohio teams in Columbus (.856). • Th e Ohio State Department of Athletics and the 7-Tues. at Maryland........................L ...55(11)-65(12) Th e Buckeyes are 27-51 when playing in the state men's basketball program will recognize the 1960 11-Sat. at Indiana ...........................L .........54(11)-66 of Iowa. Ohio State last won in Iowa Jan. 4, 2018, National Championship Team at halftime of the 14-Tues. Nebraska.........................W .......80(21)-68 a 92-81 victory over the Hawkeyes. game vs. Illinois March 5. Th at team fi nished the 18-Sat. at Penn State .....................L .........76(21)-90 • Three current Buckeyes were named Mr. year with a 25-3 record and a 13-1 record in the 23-Thurs. Minnesota ........................L ..............59-62 Big Ten. Th e Buckeyes defeated California in the 26-Sun. at Northwestern................W ..............71-59 Basketball in their respective states. Junior Kaleb Wesson was named Ohio Mr. Basketball as a senior national championship game 75-55 at the Final FEBRUARY (4-1, 4-1) at Westerville South High School ... freshman D.J. Four in San Francisco March 19, 1960. 1-Sat. Indiana.............................W .............68-59 Carton was named Mr. Basketball in Iowa in 2019 • Ohio State is 62-19 all-time when games are sold 4-Tues. at Michigan .......................W ..............61-58 as a senior at Bettendorf High School and freshman out at Value City Arena. Ohio State is 54-16 in sold 9-Sun. at Wisconsin ......................L ...............57-70 E.J. Liddell was named Illinois Mr. Basketball in out games against the Big Ten, including a 20-11 12-Wed. Rutgers ............................W .............72-66 both 2018 and 2019 after leading Belleville High record against ranked conference opponents. Th e 15-Sat. Purdue .............................W .............68-52 last sellout at VCA was vs. Purdue Feb. 15, 2020 20-Thurs. at Iowa ..........................(ESPN) ..........7 p.m. School to back-to-back state titles. • Andre and Kaleb Wesson are one of 16 sets of (W, 68-52). Th e Maryland game Sunday Feb. 23 23-Sun. Maryland ......................(CBS) .........4 p.m. and the Michigan game March 1 are both sellouts 27-Thurs. at Nebraska.................. (ESPN2) .........9 p.m. brothers playing on the same team in NCAA Divi- sion I this season and one of two sets in the Big Ten (18,809). MARCH (0-0, 0-0) (Iowa, McCaff ery) also have siblings on the roster. • Ohio State is 1,705-1,101 all-time, including 1-Sun. Michigan ......................(CBS) .........4 p.m. • Ohio State has 58 players all-time with 1,000 a 17-8 record this season. 5-Thurs. Illinois........................(ESPN/2) ......7 p.m. or more career points, the ninth-most nationally • In the fi rst NCAA NET rankings of the year, 8-Sun. at Michigan State .......... (CBS) ......4:30 p.m. and the most of any Big Ten school (research credit: released Dec. 16, Ohio State was rated the No. 1 11-15 Wed.-Sun. 6- Big Ten Tournament ...................TBA Duke). Kaleb Wesson is the most recent Buckeye to team nationally after its 9-1 start. Th e Buckeyes were Home games in Bold // All Times Eastern // 1 - 2019 Gavitt Games, Value City reach the milestone with 1,158 career points over ranked No. 1 in the fi rst NET rankings a year ago Arena, Columbus, Ohio // 2 - 2019 Ohio State Classic, Value City Arena, Co- as well. Th is year Ohio State has played 11 Quad lumbus, Ohio // 2a - Ohio State Classic, St. John Arena, Columbus, Ohio // 3 - his career. He became the 37th Ohio State player Big Ten/ACC Challenge, Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill, N.C. // 4 - CBSSports all-time to reach 500 rebounds with nine vs. West 1 games (5-6) with a total of fi ve Quad 1 (4) and Classic, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas // 5-Cleveland Classic, Rocket Mortgage Quad 2 (1) games remaining on the schedule. Fieldhouse, Cleveland, Ohio // 6 - at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Virginia Dec. 29. His 23 points at Michigan Feb. 4 moved him over the 1,100-point mark. • When the then-No. 5 Buckeyes tipped vs. the FOLLOW THE BUCKEYES No. 6 Kentucky Wildcats Dec. 21 in Las Vegas, @OhioStateHoops @CoachJDiebler • Ohio State will play before at least fi ve sold out @OhioStateAthletics @MNetti crowds at Value City Arena in 2020. Th e Wisconsin the Wesson family reached 300 games played as @Chris Holtmann @Truth_Q (19,049, Jan. 3), Indiana (18,809, Feb. 1), Purdue Buckeyes. Keith Wesson, who lettered for Ohio @Ryan Peton @OSUADAthComm State from 1983-87, played in 115 games. Se- @CoachTLJohnson @BrettRybak (18,809, Feb. 15), Maryland (18,809, Feb. 23) and Michigan (18,809, March 1) games are sellouts. nior Andre Wesson has appeared in 121 games @OhioStateHoops Th ere is limited availability for Illinois (March 5). while junior Kaleb Wesson has taken the court OhioStateMensBasketall as a Buckeye 90 times. In 326 games played, the Wessons have scored 2,181 points for an average and 3.0 boards in the series. He has faced Iowa No. 25 Ohio State (17-8, 7-7) of 6.7 a game. Andre passed Keith in total games twice. His 29 points, which included a 6-10 ef- All-Time vs. 2019-20 Opponents played at Northwestern Jan. 28. fort from 3-point range and a 9-9 eff ort at the Opponent ............................................................ Series • In three seasons as Ohio State head coach, foul line, were instrumental in a 90-70 win over Cincinnati Bearcats .....................................................8-4 Chris Holtmann teams have made 10 or more 3s the Hawkeyes last year in Columbus. UMass Lowell River Hawks ........................................2-0 Villanova Wildcats ......................................................3-1 24 times (18-6 rcd.). Ohio State made 10+ from Stetson Hatters ...........................................................4-0 distance fi ve times in 2017-18 and posted a 4-1 Scouting the Hawkeyes record in those games. Th e Buckeyes were 5-5 in Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons ..................................2-0 Iowa plays host to the Buckeyes with an over- Kent State Golden Flashes..........................................6-0 2018-19 and are 9-0 this year when make 10+ all record of 18-8 with a 9-6 slate in Big Ten Morgan State Bears ....................................................3-0 3-pointers. North Carolina Tar Heels ...........................................3-12 • Th e Buckeyes have made 30 or more fi eld Conference play after a 58-55 win at Minnesota Sunday. Th ree Hawkeyes average double fi gures Penn State Nittany Lions ........................................36-18 goals seven times this year (7-0) after doing so Minnesota Golden Gophers ....................................87-59 three times a season ago (3-0). Chris Holtmann off ensively with junior Luka Garza, the Big Southeast Missouri State Red Hawks ........................1-0 Ohio State teams have scored 30 or more FGs in Ten's leading scorer, at 23.7 points per game.