Ohio State vs. Texas-Pan American Postgame Notes - OhioStateBuckeyes.com - The Official Athletic site of The Ohio State University

Ohio State vs. Texas-Pan American Postgame Notes
Ohio State 64, UTPA 35

Dec. 3, 2011

Recap | Box Score | Quotes | Photo Gallery

POSTGAME NOTES
No. 2 Ohio State 64 (8-0), Texas - Pan American 35 (2-7)
Value City Arena - Columbus, Ohio
Dec. 3, 2011
Attendance: 14,041

TEAM

The win vs. UTPA was the 30th-consecutive victory at home for Ohio State, dating back to a 66-55 win over Michigan Feb. 27, 2010.
Ohio State begins 8-0 for the second consecutive season.
The Buckeyes move to 1-0 all-time vs. UTPA and improve to 5-0 all-time vs. members of the Great West Conference.
As a ranked team, Ohio State is 403-108 overall and when ranked in the AP Top 10, the Buckeyes are 281-59.
When ranked in the Top 3 of the Associated Press, Ohio State is 139-20.
As the AP No. 2 ranked team in the nation, Ohio State improved to 36-8 overall.
The win vs. UTPA was the 105th win vs. an unranked opponent at Value City Arena.
The Buckeyes own a 111-2 record vs. unranked opponents at home since 2004-05.
Ohio State has won 102 of its last 103 games against unranked teams in Columbus.
Since the 2009-10 season, the Buckeyes are 45-1 at Value City Arena.
Against non-conference opponents, Ohio State is 88-5 (.945) at Value City Arena and 150-23 overall.
In their last 61 games, the Scarlet and Gray are 56-5.
This is the 270th-consecutive game Ohio State has made at least one 3-point field goal (1/10/04 vs. Penn State was the last game with zero made).

Thad Matta

Matta improved his career record to 300-88 overall and 198-57 at Ohio State.
With the win, Ohio State is 44-6 in December under Coach Matta.
Matta is now 1-0 vs. UTPA and 3-0 vs. members of the Great West Conference.
Ohio State is now 131-23 (.849) overall at Value City Arena and 127-10 under Matta.
Matta is now 165-20 overall vs. unranked opponents and 111-2 in Columbus.
Matta is now 100-18 vs. non-conference teams in Columbus.
Ohio State improves to 118-17 under Matta when grabbing more rebounds than its opponent. The Buckeyes out-rebounded UTPA 44-24.
The Buckeyes are 166-20 under Matta when leading at the half.
Ohio State is 183-5 under Matta when leading with five minutes to play.
When shooting a better percentage than the opponent, Ohio State improves to 175-18 under Matta.
The Buckeyes improve to 167-45 when limiting themselves to under 15 total turnovers (Ohio State had eight turnovers vs. Texas-Pan American).

William Buford

The start was Buford's 106th donning the Scarlet and Gray, passing Jim Smith for 10th most in Ohio State history.
William Buford scored two points for the Buckeyes, improving his career total to 1,552. He is 14 behind Terrence Dials (1,566) for 12th place in Ohio State career scoring.
Buford had five rebounds to push his career total to 507. He is one of 16 former Buckeyes in the prestigious 1,500 point and 500 rebound club.
Buford had four assists. He now has 284 for his career.

Aaron Craft

With six points, Craft now has 334 for his career.
Craft had one steal. He has 95 for his career.
Craft had three assists to push his career total to 221.

Deshaun Thomas

Thomas had 11 points. It is the 18th time in his career he has scored in double figures.
It is also the seventh-consecutive game Thomas has scored in double figures.

Evan Ravenel