POSTGAME NOTES No. 2 Ohio State 70 (11-1), Lamar 50 (8-4) Dec. 20, 2011 Value City Arena – Columbus, Ohio Attendance: 14,169
Team
The win vs. Lamar was the 32nd-consecutive victory at home for Ohio State dating back to the game vs. Michigan Feb. 27, 2010. The streak is the third-longest in the country behind Duke and Kentucky.
The 32-consecutive game home win streak is the second-longest in Ohio State history (Ohio State won 50 in a row from 12/1/59 – 12/11/64).
The game vs. Lamar was the first ever meeting between the two schools. Ohio State is now 5-0 vs. teams from the Southland Conference.
The Buckeyes have now won by double figures in 9 of their 11 victories this year; eight wins have been by 22 or more points.
As a ranked team, Ohio State is 406-109 overall and when ranked in the AP Top 10, the Buckeyes are 285-60.
When ranked in the Top 3 of the Associated Press, Ohio State is 142-21.
As the AP No. 2 ranked team in the nation, Ohio State improves to 39-9 overall.
In their last 65 games, the Scarlet and Gray are 59-6.
Ohio State is 49-1 in its last 50 games at Value City Arena, dating back to Feb. 24, 2009.
Against non-conference opponents, Ohio State is 90-5 (.945) at Value City Arena and 152-24 overall.
The win vs. South Carolina Upstate was the 107th win vs. an unranked opponent at Value City Arena.
Ohio State has won 104 of its last 105 games against unranked opponents in Columbus.
The Buckeyes own a 113-2 record vs. unranked opponents at home since 2004-05.
Since the 2009-10 season, the Buckeyes are 47-1 at Value City Arena.
This is the 272nd-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).
The starting lineup of Buford, Craft, Smith, Jr., Sullinger and Thomas is 9-0 this season.
Ohio State has had a player record a double-double in 830 games. The Buckeyes are 571-259 in those contests.
Lamar shot 0-12 from 3-point range, ending a 620 game streak where an Ohio State opponent has hit at least one 3-pointer. The last time an opponent made zero 3-point field goals was 3/21/92 vs. Connecticut (0-10).
The Buckeyes are No. 2 in average turnover margin in the country with +8.0 per game. Ohio State was +7.0 vs. Lamar.
Ohio State is No. 2 in the country in average scoring margin of victory (+23.0 ppg).
With 19 team assists, Ohio State is averaging 18.6 apg, which places them No. 7 in the country.
Entering the game, Lamar had four players averaging double figures. The Buckeyes only allowed two players to score 10 points.
Ohio State handed Lamar its first loss since Nov. 30, a 77-72 loss at TCU.
The win vs. Lamar was Coach Matta’s 201st win at Ohio State.
Matta’s career record moves to 303-89 overall and 201-58 at Ohio State.
Matta’s .776 winning percentage is the best among Big Ten coaches since Matta became the Buckeyes head coach in 2004.
Ohio State is 47-7 in December under Coach Matta.
Matta is now 168-20 overall vs. unranked teams and 113-2 in Columbus.
Matta is 103-19 vs. non-conference competition at Ohio State.
The Buckeyes are 168-20 overall and 10-0 this season when leading at the half.
Ohio State is 186-5 under Matta when leading with five minutes to play.
The Scarlet and Gray are 120-17 when grabbing more rebounds than the opponent, including 8-0 this season (OSU outrebounded Lamar 40-38).
When shooting a better percentage than the opponent, Ohio State improves to 178-18 under Matta, including 11-0 this season.
The Buckeyes improve to 170-45 when limiting themselves to under 15 total turnovers (Ohio State had nine turnovers vs. Lamar).
With 70 points, Ohio State improves to 138-11 under Matta when scoring more than 70 points in a game. When the Buckeyes’ opponent scores less than 70 points, Ohio State is 180-23 under Matta.
Ohio State is now 133-23 overall at Value City Arena and 129-10 under Matta.
The start was Buford’s 110th donning the Scarlet and Gray, putting him in 10th place in career games started at Ohio State.
With four assists, Buford needs one more to become just the fourth Buckeye in recorded history to reach 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 300 assists. Buford’s current totals are 1,611/520/299.
Buford scored seven points for the Buckeyes, improving his career total to 1,611, two behind Perry Carter (1,613) for ninth all-time in Ohio State career scoring.
Buford had two rebounds to push his career total to 520. He is one of 17 former Buckeyes in the prestigious 1,500 point and 500 rebound club.
Buford had four assists. He now has 299 for his career.
Sullinger had a game-high 18 points for the Buckeyes. It is the ninth time this season he has scored in double figures.
With 18 points and 11 rebounds, Sullinger has recorded a double-double in six of his last eight games played. It is his 24th career double-double. He is 14th in Ohio State history.
