Ohio vs. Brown

College Basketball Invitational - First Round Match

7:00 p.m. - March 18, 2008

The Convocation Center - Athens, Ohio

PREGAME:

-          Ohio comes into the game with a 19-12 overall record while Brown enters the contest with a 19-9 mark.

-          Brown won the last four games coming into the contest.

FIRST HALF:

-          Huffman scored the first 14 points of the game for Brown, including four three pointers.  He finished the half with 22 points (8-of-13 from three-point range).

-          Brown opened the game on a 9-3 run.

-          27 of Brown's 37 points were on three pointers. 

HALFTIME: Ohio 32, Brown 37

SECOND HALF:

-          Ohio took first lead of the game with a lay-up by Michael Allen at 18:04 (40-39)

-          Huffman set a new career high with 39 points. He also made the most three-pointers in a single game in Brown basketball history.

-          Ohio tied the game 51-51 at 9:53 with a three pointer by Bert Whittington

-          Leon Williams' and-one at 8:53 put Ohio ahead for the second time, 53-51.

-          Game at tied at 54-54, 57-57, 60-60 (all three point baskets to tie for each team)

-          Ohio took a 62-60 lead at 4:57 on a Tillman lay-up.

            -     David Huffman set a new record (nine) for most three-pointers made by a visiting player in the Convocation Center. The Bears also set a facility record for the most 3-pointers made by an opposing team (16). The previous high was 13 by Central Michigan (1/13/90) and St. Bonaventure (12/31/02). His 39 points were the most by an opposing player since Derrick Tarver of Akron lit up the Bobcats for 41 on Jan. 8, 2003 in a 112-104 Ohio overtime win in the Convo.