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COLUMBUS, OHIO – Freshman D'Angelo Russell scored 22 points to lead No.-16 Ohio State to a 91-64 win over Campbell Wednesday night at Value City Arena.
Andrew Ryan scored a season-high 17 points for Campbell (1-3), but Ohio State shot 61 percent (34-56) from the field to remain unbeaten on the year (4-0).
Russell made 9-of-13 from the field, including 4-of-6 threes, and dealt seven assists with no turnovers in 30 minutes to lead five Buckeyes in double figures. Marc Loving added 18 points, while Sam Thompson and Shannon Scott had 11 each. Amir Williams contributed 10 for OSU, which held a 25-7 edge in points off turnovers.
Ryan made 5-of-8 threes for the Camels, who fell to 0-12 all-time against nationally-ranked teams. D.J. Mason chipped in 10 points and a game-high six rebounds. Kyre' Hamer had nine points for CU, which shot 38 percent from the field.
Ohio State led 45-22 at the break when Russell nailed a corner three at the buzzer. The Buckeyes shot 60 percent (15-25) from the floor in the opening period.
After Luke Moyer's 27-foot triple brought the Camels within 9-8 with 15:51 to play, the Buckeyes answered with a 17-2 run sparked by 7 points from Loving to open up a double-digit lead.
CU opened the second half on a 10-3 burst and out-scored the Buckeyes 22-20 over the first 9:07 of the second period after Ryan hit his fifth triple of the night to trim the margin to 65-44.
However, the Camels could not cut the gap further. Russell hit a step-back three; then stole the ball and canned another from long range to push the gap to 81-54 with 6:08 to play.
"We talked at halftime about trying to be more aggressive in the second half and a little more confident, and we were," said Campbell head coach Kevin McGeehan. "Andrew really did a nice job of finding open spots and being shot-ready."
The Camels made a season-high 10 three-pointers (in 26 attempts) and shot 77.8 percent (14-18) from the free throw line. Ohio State connected on 8-of-20 from beyond the arc (.400) and 15-of-19 (.789) from the stripe and finished with a 31-26 edge on the glass.
Despite giving away size at every position, Campbell batted for 13 offensive rebounds and held a 20-8 margin in second-chance points.
Campbell continues a stretch of three-consecutive road games and five of its next six away from home Sunday in a 3:30 p.m. tip-off at Sacred Heart (Fairfield, Conn.). Those five road contests will be played in five different states (Ohio, Connecticut, Virginia, Delaware and South Carolina).
Notes:
- Sophomore guard Quinton Ray finished with three assists and three turnovers, his first three miscues of the year. Through the first four games, Ray has 16 assists and only three turnovers.
- The Buckeye Classic marks the fourth-straight year that the Camels have participated in an exempt event. Over the previous three seasons, Campbell has won at Auburn (61-54 on Nov. 20, 2010) and Iowa (77-61 on Nov. 23, 2011) while also traveling to No.-25 Creighton (Nov. 25, 2011) and No.-20 Cincinnati (Nov. 20, 2013).
- With a capacity of 18,809, Value City Arena is the fourth-largest venue ever in which a Campbell men's basketball team has competed behind Thompson-Boling Arena (Tennessee - 24,535), Rupp Arena (Kentucky - 23,000) and PNC Arena (NC State - 19,722).
- Campbell now stands 1-2 all-time vs. Big Ten Conference members, including a 77-61 win at Iowa on Nov. 23, 2011 (also the day before Thanksgiving) and a 67-57 loss at Minnesota on Dec. 1, 1997.
- The Camels are 0-12 all-time against nationally-ranked teams since joining NCAA Division I in 1977-78. Before Wednesday night, CU last faced a nationally-ranked foe on Dec. 19, 2012 in a 74-52 loss at No.-14 Gonzaga.
- The Buckeyes have won 52-straight games at home against unranked opponents and are 97-1 vs. unranked non-conference competition under 11th-year head coach Thad Matta.
- OSU stands 97-1 in its last 98 home games against non-conference foes, the last loss coming Dec. 27, 2008 vs. West Virginia.
