Buckeyes Back Home to Host St. Francis Saturday

#25 Ohio State vs. St. Francis
Date: December 3, 2022
Time: Midday
Venue: Worth Metropolis Enviornment – Columbus, Ohio
Watch: BTN
Hear: Ohio State Radio Community from Learfield
Dwell Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Sport Notes: Ohio State | St. Francis
Rosters: Ohio State | St. Francis
Season Stats: Ohio State | St. Francis

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – After greater than two weeks, Ohio State is again within the Schottenstein Middle this Saturday because the Buckeyes will play host to St. Francis. Tip is slated for midday at Worth Metropolis Enviornment contained in the Schottenstein Middle and it will likely be televised on BTN. Jason Ross Jr. and Brian Butch may have the decision.

• That is simply the second all-time assembly between the colleges as Ohio State received 110-47 on Nov. 28, 2009 in Columbus.
• All that has occurred between the Buckeyes’ final dwelling sport was a six-day journey to Maui the place they received a pair of video games after which a visit to Cameron Indoor Stadium for a hard-fought tussle with No. 17 Duke this previous Wednesday.
• Ohio State performed 3 times at dwelling to open the season and received all three of these video games by a mean of over 28 factors per sport.
• On the 12 months, the Buckeyes are 5-2 and have a ranked win over No. 21 Texas Tech.
• Ohio State missed eight free throws within the season-opener towards Robert Morris on Nov. 7. However of their final 4 video games, the Buckeyes have missed simply 9 of 73 makes an attempt and enter Saturday ninth within the nation in free throw proportion at 80 p.c.
• Ohio State can be within the High 20 within the nation in rebounding margin, flattening 9 extra rebounds per sport then its opponents. The Buckeyes have been out-rebounded simply twice and it was by three rebounds every time. These video games (San Diego St. and Duke) are the one two losses on the 12 months.
• Francis has had a little bit of a troublesome begin to the 12 months as The Crimson Flash are available in at 2-6. They’re coming off an 89-65 setback at Bucknell on Wednesday night time. Josh Cohen leads the workforce in scoring at 20.4 ppg. He’s within the High 20 within the nation in scoring, subject targets, subject purpose proportion and free throws tried.
• SFU sophomore Brandon Scanlon’s grandfather Gary Milliken was a member of Ohio State’s 1960 nationwide championship workforce.
• 4 Buckeyes are averaging in double-figures and one other is actual shut. Justice Sueing and Brice Sensabaugh have each scored 99 factors (14.1 ppg) to prepared the ground. Zed Secret is scoring 13.7 ppg and tops the workforce at 8.4 rebounds per sport. Sean McNeil has been in double figures in three of the final 4 video games and is averaging 10.4 ppg whereas level guard Bruce Thornton has additionally scored in double figures in three of the final 4 and is at 9.4 ppg.
• McNeil enters Saturday’s sport simply 27 factors shy of 1,000 for his profession. He has made 167 profession three-pointers and is capturing over 36 p.c from lengthy vary.

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