Buckeyes Head to NYC to Face North Carolina in CBS Sports Classic

CBS Sports activities Basic — #23 Ohio State vs. North Carolina
Date: December 17, 2022
Time: 3 p.m.
Venue: Madison Sq. Backyard – New York, N.Y.
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Recreation Notes: Ohio State | North Carolina
Rosters: Ohio State | North Carolina
Season Stats: Ohio State | North Carolina

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State heads to the Massive Apple and Madison Sq. Backyard this Saturday to tackle North Carolina as a part of the annual CBS Sports activities Basic. Tip-off is ready for 3 p.m. and the sport shall be televised nationally on CBS. Brad Nessler, Invoice Raftery and Jenny Dell can have the decision.

• This would be the sixteenth all-time assembly between the packages with North Carolina holding a 12-3 edge within the collection.
• The newest assembly was a enjoyable one for the Buckeyes as they rolled the Tar Heels 74-49 in Chapel Hill on Dec. 4, 2019. That was a Prime-10 showdown as a part of that yr’s ACC/Massive Ten Problem.
• This would be the third recreation between Ohio State and North Carolina in Madison Sq. Backyard. The Tar Heels have received the earlier two, beating the Buckeyes by three within the 1946 nationwide semifinals and profitable by 4 within the Coaches vs. Most cancers 2K Sports activities Basic in 2009.
• Ohio State is 23-13 all-time in Madison Sq. Backyard with wins in 5 of its final seven journeys. The primary recreation was approach again in 1937 in opposition to New York College and the latest recreation got here within the 2018 Massive Ten Event.
• On the yr, Ohio State is 7-2 general with the one two losses coming in opposition to Prime 20 groups.
• The Buckeyes are coming off an exciting buzzer-beating win over Rutgers within the Massive Ten opener every week in the past Thursday. That was the primary “walk-off” buzzer-beater since Evan Turner beat Michigan with a three-pointer within the Massive Ten Event in 2010.
• Ohio State began the week third within the nation in offensive effectivity in line with Kenpom. The Buckeyes are additionally within the Prime 10 in rebounding margin at +10.4.
• Zed Key has gotten off to an important begin this season. He’s averaging a team-high 14.3 ppg and has 4 of his six profession double-doubles up to now this yr. Key can also be taking pictures a Massive Ten greatest 70.4 % from the ground which additionally ranks him within the Prime 10 within the nation.
• North Carolina opened the yr with 5 wins after which dropped its subsequent 4 video games. The Tar Heels rebounded with a win over Georgia Tech final Saturday after which beat The Citadel 100-67 on Tuesday. Caleb Love leads the way in which in scoring at 18.0 ppg.
• Ohio State switch guard Sean McNeil enters Saturday simply 10 factors shy of 1,000 for his DI profession. He scored 900 factors over the earlier three seasons at West Virginia whereas making 155 three-pointers. McNeil performed one season (2018-19) at Sinclair CC and led the nation in scoring with 921 factors (29.7 ppg).

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