Four Ohio State Women’s Basketball Players Garner All-Conference Accolades – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/2/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 2, 2004
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -Ohio State women’s basketball players Caity Matter, LaToya Turner, Jessica Davenport and Brandie Hoskins were named members of various All-Big Ten teams Tuesday, the Big Ten Conference announced. Matter, a junior shooting guard, was named to the coaches’ and media second teams and senior forward Turner was a third team media selection and a coaches’ honorable mention pick. Davenport, a freshman center, was named the 2004 Big Ten Freshman of the Year by the media, an honorable mention all-league pick by the media and joined Turner on the coaches’ honorable mention team. She and Hoskins, a rookie guard, were named to the coaches’ all-freshman team. Davenport is Ohio State’s first Big Ten Freshman of the Year since teammate Turner garnered the honor in 2000.
Matter, a native of Bluffton, Ohio, is the Buckeyes’ leading scorer with 14.9 points per game average. She has been the leading scorer in 12 games, including five of the final eight outings, and led both teams in scoring eight times this year. Matter broke the single-game Ohio State record when she sank eight 3-pointers vs. IUPUI Dec. 1 and recently became the 23rd member of Ohio State’s 1,000-point club when she hit a layup in the final minutes at Wisconsin Feb. 29. Currently the best 3-point shooter in Ohio State history, Matter’s 66 treys this season are the most by an Ohio State junior. Matter also is averaging 3.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game and shot a team-best from the free-throw line with a .757 (56-of-74) stroke. Turner, who hails from Pickerington, Ohio, leads Ohio State with 6.4 rebounds per outing, is the team’s second-leading scorer with 13 points a game and has scored double figures in all but two contests this season. Turner became the 22nd member of the Ohio State 1,000-point club in the first half of play at Iowa Feb. 5. She is the second-leading shot-blocker in Ohio State history with 158 career blocks and averages 1.7 swatted shots per game this year. Turner’s 566 rebounds and her 132 steals both rank No. 17 in Buckeye annals. Turner has accumulated 10 double-doubles during her OSU tenure, including four this season.
Davenport, a center from Columbus, Ohio, is netting 12.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.4 blocked shots per game. The record holder for blocks by an Ohio State freshman, Davenport’s 65 rejections already is tied for sixth in the Buckeye career records book and is six swats from the season record by an OSU player. The Big Ten’s shooting leader with a .632 (129-of-204) average from the field, Davenport also led the conference in blocked shots during Big Ten games with 2.9 per contest. A starter in 18-of-27 games, including the last 13, she has blocked at least one shot in 24-of-27 games this season and has 13 games with at three or more blocks. Davenport has scored double digits in 20-of-27 games this year and has tallied four double-doubles this season. She has broken or tied five Value City Arena records for a Buckeye player this season and placed herself among the Top 10 twice for shooting accuracy in a single game.
Hoskins, a guard from Dayton, Ohio, is averaging 9.3 points, 3.9 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game. A starter in 26-of-27 games as a rookie, Hoskins is tied for fifth place in conference contests among league leaders with a 4.0 assists-per-game average and her 1.74 assist-to-turnover ratio for all games is No. 4 in the Big Ten. Hoskins, who was the Most Valuable Player of the 2003 Wonder/Hostess Buckeye Classic, is tied for tenth among Ohio State single-game shooting percentage leaders and tallied two double doubles this season.
No. 22 Ohio State finished the regular season with a 19-8 record, an 11-5 mark in conference competition and a third-place finish in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes won nine of their last 10 games, including the final six consecutive outings, and will face the winner of the No. 6-seed Minnesota vs. No. 11-seed Northwestern game in the 2004 Big Ten Tournament at approximately 8:30 p.m. EST Friday at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.
