By Danielle Daniels
Jake Diebler OSU M BKB Postgame Press Conference 11 25 2024 Ohio State 102 Green Bay 69.mp3
11/25/2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio. – Seven Buckeyes were in double figures as Ohio State continued to roll in a 102-69 victory over Green Bay on Monday night inside Value City Arena.
The Buckeyes improve to 5-1 on the season and win the Ohio State MTE which also featured Evansville and Campbell.
Coupled with Friday’s 104-60 win over Campbell, this is the first back-to-back 100-point games for the Buckeyes since their hit the mark in each of the first four games of the 1990-91 season.
This was also the first time that seven Buckeyes reached double-figures in the same game in exactly 34 years. Ohio State beat Bethune-Cookman 111-72 on Nov. 25, 1990, as Jim Jackson led seven Buckeyes with 19 points and seven assists.
On Monday, junior point guard Bruce Thornton one-upped Jackson as he led Ohio State with 25 points and nine assists. He was 7-of-10 from the floor and 5-of-7 from long range. He notched his 1,000th career point in the game as well.
The Buckeyes shot 66.7 percent in the second half to break-open a seven-point game with 12:30 to play and turn it into a comfortable win.
The nation’s leading scorer Anthony Roy made eight three-pointers and finished with 30 points to lead the Green Bay. But the next highest scorer for the Phoenix had just eight points.
Ohio State forced Green Bay into 18 turnovers and had 20 steals. This was also the fourth time in the first six games that Ohio State made 10 or more three-pointers. They were 14-of-31 for 45.2 percent.
Up Next
Ohio State completes its four-game home stand by hosting Pitt on Friday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. The game will be streamed exclusively on Peacock.
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