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Hill, Moore lead No. 18 Ohio State over Howard, 73-50 – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/22/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 22, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Tayler Hillscored 18 points, hitting three 3-pointers, and No. 18 Ohio State beat Howard 73-50 on Tuesday night to improve to 3-0 on the season.
Darryce Moore added a career-high 15 points and seven rebounds for the Buckeyes, who scored 40 points in the paint and had 21 assists, including seven from Samantha Prahalis.
The Buckeyes jumped out to 16-4 lead in the first six minutes with all but two points coming off layups.
Howard tightened its interior play and forced Ohio State into five turnovers in 9 minutes while finding a rhythm on offense. The Bison got to within 27-24 on a free throw by Doyle, but Hill made a 3-pointer from the left corner to propel the Buckeyes to a 37-28 halftime lead and they were never threatened in the second half.
Hill paced the Buckeyes with 10 points in the first half with eight coming from Moore. Beach had a season-high seven rebounds in the first 7 minutes of the game as did Prahalis with seven assists.
Kalpana Beach finished with 12 rebounds and six points while Amber Stokes added nine and Raven Ferguson six. All 13 Buckeyes saw the game, with 10 reaching the scoring column. Amy Scullion, who sat out all of last season with an ACL tear, saw her first collegiate action in the second half, hitting two free throws and dishing out one assist to Moore.
Saadia Doyle scored 19 and Tamoria Holmes 16 for Howard (1-3).
Ohio State is back in action the day after Thanksgiving at 2 p.m. against Stony Brook at Value City Arena.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
Postgame Notes
- The meeting between Ohio State and Howard marked the third of the series with the Buckeyes now leading, 3-0.
- Ohio State is 143-13 at home overall under Jim Foster and 116-9 since the start of the 2004-05 season.
- The Buckeyes have scored 70 or more points in each of their three games this season.
- Ohio State held Howard scoreless until the 15:36 mark of the first half to take an early 12-2 lead.
- The Buckeyes ended the first half shooting 62 percent (16-of26) from the field.
- Junior Tayler Hill led all Buckeye scorers with 18 points in 34 minutes.
- Freshman Kalpana Beach pulled down a personal best 12 rebounds in a career-high 18 minutes.
- Sophomore Darryce Moore scored a career-high 15 points and tied her career best with seven rebounds.
- After a torn ACL forced her to miss the entire 2010-11 season, redshirt freshman Amy Scullion scored the first points of her Buckeye career on a pair of free throws at the 2:19 mark in the second half.
Postgame Quotes
Jim Foster, Ohio State head coach
On the first half and adjustments
“We were running the wrong stuff in the first half, we were playing a zone and then we switched to a man to man which was better. I think we relied on three pointers too much in the first half.”
On Kalpana Beach fouls
“The third foul was a fluke. She thought a shot had been taken and next thing you know she got underneath a player but we still played her even with three fouls and kept her involved.”
On turnovers
“I think we were just throwing some long passes and we weren’t in the right spaces and that’s why we were off.”
Tayler Hill, Ohio State junior guard
On the game
“We didn’t come out with any energy. We were too relaxed and we didn’t have the right mindset heading into the game. We have veteran guards and we know we have to pick it up”
On missed layups
“We missed about 15 layups – four for me. We have to concentrate more in making easy baskets.”
On if she thought the game was ever in doubt
“Oh no. We know we just needed to stay focused and play our game. That’s what we need to keep doing this whole season. We can’t look past Stony Brook for LSU. Last year we didn’t know much about Duquesne and they came in here and beat us. So we just need to keep our focus and we’ll be fine.
Amber Stokes, junior guard
On the team’s energy in the second half
“I think as far as what Coach Foster said in shootaround, we were just fooling around in the second half. We picked it up and realized what we needed to do.”
On teammate Darryce Moore
“I think it’s very important Darryce makes an impact. You can see a big difference in her from last year. She’s more confident, she’s passing better and she’s patient. We need our post players. We can’t just be all guards. I’m proud of her.”
On the team’s focus during the game
“I think collectively as a team we have to come out focused during those first five minutes. We have to come out and focus and finish the game. During practice tomorrow we’re going to work on the little things.”
On facing Stony Brook
“You can’t underestimate a team. They probably have some good post players and guards. We have to play as a team and come out hard.”
On Howard
“The team had some pretty good players. No. 13 [Saadia Doyle] was good. Coach Foster said she was a good player. We have to pay attention to the scouting report and look it over before the game. I know we say this a lot, but we have to stay focused.”
Darryce Moore, sophomore forward
On her performance
“Their players were smaller than me so it was easier to score. I used my size to score. My teammates did a good job finding me.”
On facing Stony Brook
“Next game we have to remember not to underestimate our opponent. We have to come out hard and play our game at stay focused like we said.”
