Sheldon Passes 1,500 Career Points in 88-66 Win Over Boston College

Thursday, November 16

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7:00 PM

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Sheldon Passes 1,500 Career Points in 88-66 Win Over Boston College

11/16/2023 11:09:00 PM | General, Women's Basketball

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The Buckeyes earned their second home win of the season on Thursday night.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 13/10 Ohio State Buckeyes (2-1) beat Boston College (2-2) by an 88-66 margin on Thursday during faculty/staff appreciation night.

Ohio State shot 76.5 percent from the floor in the first quarter as they built a 32-11 lead after 10 minutes. The sharp shooting continued in the second quarter as the Buckeyes took a 55-26 lead into the locker room at halftime. Ohio State outscored Boston College 20-12 in the third quarter to extend the lead to 75-38 after 30 minutes and capped scoring at 88-66 in the game.

Jacy Sheldon became the 17^th player in program history to score 1,500 points, doing so on a triple in the second quarter on her way to 16 points total. Cotie McMahon scored 18 in the first half on her way to 24 points. Taylor Thierry used 14 first-half points to reach 18 in the game. Both Sheldon and Thierry have scored in double figures each of the Buckeyes' three games this season. Emma Shumate scored a career-high 10 points on three made triples.

How it Happened
McMahon opened scoring on the first possession before back-to-back Jacy Sheldon baskets made it 6-2. The Buckeyes strung together a 6-0 run to lead 12-4 with 6:47 to play in the quarter. Another Ohio State run of 10 unanswered points saw OSU up 22-6 with 3:49 remaining in the first. The Buckeyes wrapped up a 32-11 first quarter with the final six points.

McMahon scored first again in the second quarter and Sheldon used a three-pointer with 7:51 to play in the half to surpass 1,500 career points and give the Buckeyes a 39-13 lead. Ohio State took its largest lead at 53-20 with 2:42 remaining before halftime on a Taiyier Parks layup and led 55-26 going into the locker room.

Scoring was more back-and-forth in the third quarter as neither team scored more than one unanswered basket before the media timeout with 3:15 remaining and the Buckeyes up 68-34. Ohio State capped third-quarter scoring on a triple from Shumate to take a 75-38 lead into the fourth.

Rikki Harris scored first in the fourth quarter as Boston College got to the free throw line more and strung together a 9-0 run as the score was 81-55 with 3:38 to play. The final Buckeye points of the game came on Shumate's third triple of the evening.

Highlights

Q1: Jacy Sheldon back-to-back baskets
Q1: Cotie McMahon double figures
Q2: Jacy Sheldon 1,500 career points
Q2: Taylor Thierry three-pointer
Q3: Jacy Sheldon pass to Rebeka Mikulášiková
Q3: Cotie McMahon and-one
Q4: Emma Shumate three-pointer

Game Notes

This is the second-straight game that Ohio State had 50+ points in the first half. The Buckeyes shot 22-of-31 (.710) from the floor in the first half.
Ohio State has totaled at least 10 steals and forced at least 20 turnovers in each of this season's three games.
Jacy Sheldon became the 17^th player in program history to reach 1,500 career points, doing so in the second quarter with a three-pointer. Sheldon finished with 16 points, scoring in double figures for the 80^th time in her career and in all three games this season.
Cotie McMahon reached double figures just eight minutes into the game as she had 11 points at the time and Boston College had 10 as a team. McMahon finished with double figures (24) for the 28^th time in her career and recorded a season-high.
Taylor Thierry has scored in double figures in all three games this season as she had 14 in the first half on her way to a season-high 18 total and matched her season-high eight rebounds to lead the team.
Emma Shumate scored a career-high 10 points.
Other career categories that Sheldon moved up in the rankings today include: field goals attempted (1,112 – 17^th), field goals made (543 – 19^th) and assists (286 – tied 22^nd).
Q1: Ohio State shot 13-of-17 (.765) from the floor in the quarter and won the rebounding battle 12-3.
Q2: The Buckeyes' sharp shooting continued with a 64.3 percent (9-of-14) second quarter.
Q3: OSU again shot better than 50 percent from the floor in the third quarter, going 8-of-14 (.571).

What They Said

Head Coach Kevin McGuff:
- "[Jacy Sheldon] is amazing. She's an incredible player but an even better person. She's been such a jot to have in our program and she's representing herself, her family and us in such an incredible way."
Graduate guard Jacy Sheldon:
- "It's special. More than anything, though, it shows how good this team is. How we work together and especially tonight there in the first half. We got going a little bit in our press and carried it over offensively. It's exciting – it's good for all of us."

Up Next
The Buckeyes travel to the Bahamas for the Pink Flamingo Championship. Ohio State is scheduled to play East Carolina on Monday at 1:30 p.m. and Oklahoma State on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on FloHoops.

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