ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor | 2400 Olentangy River Rd. | Columbus, Ohio 43210 Dec. 2, 2018 Buckeyes Among Leaders in Home Wins 2018-19 No. 16 Ohio State Results/Schedule Opponent: ........................................ Minnesota (5-1) (6-1, 0-0) Site: ...................................Value City Arena (18,809) Ohio State is No. 2 nationally for the most Date Opp. (TV) ........................W/L ..Score (AP) home wins with a 154-25 (.860) record since November (6-1) Game Time: .........................................7:07 p.m. (ET) Television: .......................................................... BTN the 2009-10 season. Maryland is the next-best 1-Thurs. UNC Pembroke-Exh. .....W .............81-63 Big Ten team at No. 14 with 139 wins. Going 7-Wed. at Cincinnati (ESPN2) ........W ..............64-56 Talent ........................Brandon Gaudin (Play-By-Play) back to the 2008-09 season to the present, the 11-Sun. 1-Purdue FW (BTN) .......W ........... 107-61 Jon Crispin (Expert Analysis) 15-Thurs. 2-at Creighton (FS1) ..........W ..............69-60 None (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) 169 wins over 196 games (169-28). 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 ninth-most ranked 23-Fri. 3-Cleveland St. (FS1) .....W .......89(23)-62 teams in the country since 2005. Ohio State has Listen free: .................Ohio State Buckeyes App 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 (0-0, 0-0) Satellite Radio:...................Sirius-138/XM-195/196 Radio Talent: .....................Paul Keels (Play-By-Play) 2-Sun. Minnesota (BTN) ....................... 7:07 p.m. Home Wins From 2009-10 to 2018-19 (as of 11/29/18) 5-Wed. 5-vs. Illinois (BTN) ...............................7 p.m. Ron Stokes (Expert Analysis) Rk. Team Gms Ws Ls W % 15-Sat. Bucknell (BTN) ................................Noon 1 Kentucky 164 156 8 .951 18-Tues. Youngstown State (BTN) ...............7 p.m. Thad Matta Honored 2. Ohio State 179 154 24 .860 22-Sat. 6-UCLA (CBS) ......................................3 p.m. Th ad Matta, the all-time winningest coach in Source: Stats, Inc. 29-Sat. High Point (BTN/BTN+) ....................TBA Ohio State men's basketball history with 337 wins from 2005-2017, was honored at halftime of the as a ranked team in 2017-18. Ohio State was ranked January (0-0, 0-0) 5-Sat. Michigan State (FOX) .....................Noon game vs. Syracuse last Wednesday. Matta spent 13 No. 17 in the fi nal game of the season vs. No. 6 9-Wed. at Rutgers (BTN)..................................7 p.m. years coaching the Buckeyes. His teams won nine Gonzaga a year ago in the NCAA Tournament (L, 12-Sat. at Iowa (BTN) .................................2:30 p.m. Big Ten titles, fi ve in the regular season and four 90-84). 18-Fri. Maryland (FS1) ...........................6:30 p.m. league tournament crowns. Nine of Matta's Ohio • Ohio State will appear on four major television 23-Wed. Purdue (BTN) ...................................7 p.m. State teams played in the NCAA Tournament, networks again in 2018-19. Th is season marks the 26-Sat. at Nebraska (FS1).................................Noon fi ve advanced to the Sweet Sixteen and two played second year in which FOX will televise Big Ten 29-Tues. at Michigan (ESPN/2) .........................9 p.m. in the Final Four. Th e 2007 squad played for the Conference games. Th e Buckeyes, who have tra- national championship. A banner noting Matta's ditionally appeared on CBS, the Big Ten Network February (0-0, 0-0) 2-Sat. Rutgers (BTN) ...................................Noon accomplishments was unveiled in the rafters of the and the ESPN family of networks, will appear on 7-Thurs. Penn State (ESPN/2) ...................... 7 p.m. Schottenstein Center and will forever be on display. FOX and/or FS1 four times this season. Th e fi rst 10-Sun. at Indiana (CBS) ..................................1 p.m. appearance was at home Nov. 23 vs. Cleveland 14-Thurs. Illinois (ESPN/2) ............................. 7 p.m. Starting Five State at historic St. John Arena in the 2018 Buckeye 17-Sun. at Michigan State (CBS) .....................1 p.m. • Th e Ohio State men’s basketball team traveled to Classic. 20-Wed. Northwestern (BTN) ................. 8:30 p.m. Spain for 11 days over the summer. Th e Buckeyes • Ohio State will play 16 games against teams 23-Sat. at Maryland (ESPN/2) .........................2 p.m. played a total of three games, one in each stop among the Associated Press Top 25 or receiving 26-Tues. Iowa (BTN)....................................... 7 p.m. during the trip, which began Aug. 1 with a fl ight votes for Top 25 consideration. Nine of those March (0-0, 0-0) to Madrid. Th ree days were spent in Madrid (W, games will be played away from Value City Arena. 2-Sat. at Purdue (ESPN/2) .............................2 p.m. 93-61 vs. Madrid Generals), Valencia (W, 95-63 Th e Buckeyes face No. 11 Michigan State (home/ 6-Wed. at Northwestern (BTN)........................9 p.m. vs. Valencia All-Stars) and Barcelona (W, 68-66 away), No. 7 Michigan (away), No. 19 Purdue 10-Sun. Wisconsin (CBS) ....................... 4:30 p.m. vs. Catalan All-Stars) before the team returned to (home/away), No. 22 Wisconsin (home), No. 24 13-17/ 5-at Big Ten Tournament ........................TBA Columbus Aug. 11. Th e team also experienced Maryland (home/away) and No. 14 Iowa (home/ Home games in Bold // 1-Buckeye Classic, Value City Arena, Columbus // several cultural tours, team meals and excursions. away). Teams receiving votes are Syracuse (home), 2-Gavitt Games, Omaha, Nebraska // 3-Buckeye Classic, St. John Arena, Co- • Ohio State improved to 2-0 in the Gavitt Games Indiana (road), Nebraska (road), Minnesota (home), lumbus // 4-Big Ten/ACC Challenge, Columbus // 5-at United Center, Chicago, Illinois // 6-CBSSports Classic, United Center, Chicago, Illinois with a 69-60 win at Creighton Nov. 15. Ohio State Creighton (away) and UCLA (neutral). defeated Providence in Columbus in its fi rst appear- FOLLOW THE BUCKEYES ance in the event in 2016. Th e Buckeyes earned four Early Notable Numbers @OhioStateHoops @Scooniep12 wins in the Buckeye Classic to claim the event title. @OhioStateAthletics @MNetti C.J. Jackson is averaging 13.6 points a game and @Chris Holtmann @Truth_Q Ohio State defeated Purdue Fort Wayne, South has the Buckeyes off to a 6-1 start ... he reached @Ryan Peton @OSUADAthComm Carolina State, Samford and Cleveland State. 100 career 3-pointers made with three makes vs. @CoachTLJohnson @BrettRybak • Ohio State is ranked No. 16 in the most recent Cleveland State ... for his Ohio State career he @CoachSchrage Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls. Th e is (103-289/.356) from distance ... has scored @OhioStateHoops Buckeyes are 20-9 all-time when ranked in the No. 702 career points after a 19-point eff ort vs. Syra- OhioStateMensBasketall 16 position and are 505-149 when ranked among cuse and is on pace to become Ohio State's next the Top 25 in the AP poll. Th e Buckeyes were 10-5 1,000-point scorer ... Duane Washington Jr. is 13-of-29 from 3-point range (.448) in seven ap- On the Road in Ohio-Cincinnati Opener No. 16 Ohio State (6-1, 0-0) pearances ... Kyle Young is 19-for-28 shooting this Ohio State opened the 2018-19 season offi cially All-Time vs. 2018-19 Opponents season (.679), Jaedon LeDee is 9-for-11 from the Nov. 7 at Cincinnati, the fi rst meeting against Opponent ............................................................ Series fi eld in six appearances ... Ohio State ranks 17th the Bearcats on either team's campus since 1921 Cincinnati ....................................................................7-4 in fi eld goal percentage defense (.370) and 21st in (Columbus/L, 33-17/Dec. 10, 1921) and the Purdue Fort Wayne ......................................................1-0 scoring defense (60.3 ppg) ... Keyshawn Woods fi rst time at Cincinnati since the 1920 season Creighton .....................................................................6-3 ranks eighth nationally with a 5.5-to-1 assist-to- (Cincinnati/W, 35-13/Jan. 3, 1920). Ohio State South Carolina State ...................................................2-0 turnover ratio. is 7-4 all-time vs. the Bearcats after a hard-fought Samford .......................................................................3-0 Cleveland State ...........................................................8-1 Upcoming Milestones 64-56 win. Th ree of the last fi ve meetings have Syracuse ......................................................................5-2 Keyshawn Woods played in his 100th career game come in the NCAA Tournament. Cincinnati de- Bucknell .......................................................................1-0 in the contest vs. Syracuse feated the Buckeyes for the national champion- Youngstown State .......................................................3-0 Needs 7 made FGs to reach 400 for career ship in both 1961 and 1962. Ohio State defeated UCLA............................................................................4-6 Kyle Young needs 3 points to reach 100 for career UC in the 2006 Wooden Tradition in Indianapo- High Point ....................................................................1-0