Toledo’s Dennis Hopson surpassed as Ohio State’s all-time leading scorer
Hopson set the record in 1987 and held it for nearly 40 years
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTVG) - A 3-pointer by Ohio State’s Bruce Thornton with 44 seconds left in the first half of Saturday’s game ended Toledo native Dennis Hopson’s nearly four-decade run as the Buckeyes’ all-time leading scorer.
Thornton entered the game 12 points shy of Hopson’s record of 2,096 points, set during his Buckeye career from 1983 to 1987.
Hopson, a Bowsher High School alum, was at the game Saturday to present Thornton with the ball used to break the record.
“I was happy to hold it for 39 years,” Hopson said this week in an interview with 13 Action News. “It is a record; somebody loaned that to me and now it is my time to turn it over to someone else.”
Ohio State would go on to defeat Indiana 91-78 in a Big Ten regular-season finale.
Watch 13 Action News Reporter Lissa Guyton‘s story on Hopson in the video player above this story.
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