Ohio State hosts Rutgers in a Big Ten basketball showdown in Columbus on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 (2/8/17) in a Big Ten showdown. The Scarlet Knights are led by forward Deshawn Freeman and guard Corey Sanders, while the Buckeyes feature Jae’Sean Tate, who leads five players averaging in double figures with 14.2 points per game.
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The last time Rutgers defeated Ohio State? That would be on Dec. 30, 1978, in the final of the ECAC Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Long before he earned entry in the Rutgers Basketball Hall of Fame and a jersey that hangs from the RAC rafters, James Bailey was a star on the 1978-79 team. The 6-9 center turned in one of the most dominant performances of a career that saw him score 2,034 points and 1,047 rebounds as he tallied 31 points on 13-for-29 shooting to go along with seven rebounds in a triple-overtime, 97-96 classic.
#TBT James Bailey scored 31 in a 97-96 3OT #RHoops win over @OhioStateHoops in the 1978 Holiday Festival final at MSG pic.twitter.com/kZwX56caKo
— Rutgers Basketball (@RutgersMBB) February 5, 2015
The Scarlet Knights have dropped three straight games to the Buckeyes since then, and with all of the defeats coming in Big Ten play. Last year, Ohio State swept Rutgers in a pair of contests, including a 94-68 decision in Columbus on January 13, 2016.
After winning at Penn State to earn its first Big Ten road win in two-plus seasons in the conference last Saturday, Rutgers now faces a Buckeyes team on the heels of an upset triumph of its own.
Marc Loving scored 17 points and Trevor Thompson tallied 13 points and 11 rebounds as Ohio State stunned rival Michigan, 70-66, on Saturday.
The task of making it two straight road wins won’t be easy for the Scarlet Knights, who haven’t won consecutive league road wins since February 2000. The last time Rutgers won consecutive away conference games played back-to-back was in February 1991 as a member of the Atlantic 10.
The Buckeyes are tough to beat at Value City Arena, boasting more home wins than any team in the country since the 2009-10 season, with a 132-20 (.868) record in Columbus during that span.
This season, Ohio State is 12-4 at home.
RU hoops makes history
Here is everything you need to know about the game:
Who: Rutgers (13-11, 2-9 Big Ten) vs. Ohio State (14-10, 4-7).
When: Wednesday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m. Eastern.
Where: Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio.
TV: Big Ten Network (Cory Provus and Shon Morris on the call).
Livestream: BTN2Go.
Radio: 1450 AM and 710 AM (Jerry Recco and Joe Boylan on the call); 88.7 FM.
Game notes: Rutgers. Ohio State.
Keith Sargeant may be reached at ksargeant@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @KSargeantNJ. Find NJ.com Rutgers Football on Facebook.
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