Buckeyes Break Louisville’s 48 Home Game Non-Conference Win Streak

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LOUISVILLE – The No. 4/5 Ohio State Buckeyes (7-0) beat No. 18/15 Louisville (5-3) by a 96-77 margin on Wednesday night in the KFC Yum! Center in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Louisville gained the 25-18 lead after one quarter on the advantage from the free throw line, even though Ohio State was better from the field. The Buckeyes trailed 45-37 at halftime. Ohio State used a 28-18 third quarter to take a 65-63 lead into the final quarter. The Buckeyes outscored the Cardinals 31-14 in the fourth quarter.

How it Happened

Cotie McMahon got to the line first for the Buckeyes, but a 12-2 Louisville run gave the Cardinals the early 12-3 advantage. Ohio State scored the next nine point to tie the game at 12 with 3:42 to play in the quarter. A few trips to the charity stripe for the Cardinals gave Louisville the 25-18 lead after 10 minutes.

Taylor Mikesell opened the quarter with her second triple and the Buckeyes got within four at 27-23 before a 10-0 Cardinals run saw OSU down 37-23 with 6:39 remaining in the half. A three-point play from Taylor Thierry and triples from Jacy Sheldon and Madison Greene cut the deficit to 41-35 with less than two minutes to play. Ohio State trailed 45-37 at halftime.

Louisville opened the half with the first five points before an 11-0 Ohio State run got the Buckeyes within two at 50-48 with 6:25 remaining in the quarter. Rebeka Mikulášiková tied the game at 52 with 5:33 to play in the third. Mikesell tied the game again at 59 with a pair of free throws and then took Ohio State’s first second-half lead with a layup with 2:38 to play in the quarter. The Buckeyes held the 65-63 advantage after three quarters.

After a Cardinal layup, the Buckeyes scored the next 14 points to take a 79-65 lead with 6:20 remaining. Ohio State used another run of 11-0 to pull away and cap scoring at 96-77.

Game Notes

Before tonight’s game, Louisville had beaten 48 non-conference opponents in a row at the Yum! Center.
Ohio State keeps its streak alive of totaling at least 10 steals in each game this season.
The Buckeye defense has forced at least 20 turnovers in each of the first seven games this season.
This is OSU’s second ranked win of the season.
Taylor Mikesell was the first in the game to double figures, doing so at the beginning of the second quarter. She finished with a season-high 26 points and has scored in double figures in each of the Buckeyes first seven games this season.
This was Mikesell’s second 20-point game of the season.
Rebeka Mikulášiková has scored 10+ points in all seven games this season as well, totaling 21 points for her third 20-point game of the season.
Jacy Sheldon has scored in double figures in each of the five games she’s played this season, totaling 22 points tonight. This was her first 20-point game of the season.
Madison Greene had her third game of the season in double figures with 14 points.
Q1: Ohio State shot 8-of-14 (.571) from the floor during the quarter.
Q3: The Buckeyes shot 11-of-18 (.611) and capitalized on both three-point attempts in the third quarter.
Q4: Ohio State shot 11-of-15 (.733) from the floor while limiting Louisville to 28.6 percent from the field.

Up Next

Ohio State travels to Rutgers to open Big Ten play on Sunday. Tip-off is scheduled for noon in a game broadcast on BTN.

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