Buckeyes Beat Big Red in Sunday Matinee

Sunday, November 26

Columbus, Ohio

1:00 PM

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Cornell

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Buckeyes Beat Big Red in Sunday Matinee

11/26/2023 4:19:00 PM | General, Women's Basketball

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Ohio State defeated Cornell by an 83-40 margin on Sunday inside the Schottenstein Center.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 15/12 Ohio State Buckeyes (5-1) beat Cornell (2-4) on Sunday afternoon inside Value City Arena by an 83-40 margin.

The Buckeyes used runs of 9-0 and 6-0 to build a 22-11 lead after 10 minutes. Ohio State outscored Cornell 23-2 in the second quarter to lead 45-13 at the half. The Buckeyes used a 26-17 third quarter and a narrow advantage in the fourth to cap scoring at 83-40.

Rebeka Mikulášiková was the first in the game to reach double figures and finished with 14 points. Celeste Taylor recorded a season-high six assists in the first half on her way to seven assists. Jacy Sheldon (10), Cotie McMahon (14) and Taylor Thierry (13) also scored in double figures. Taiyier Parks led the Buckeyes with eight rebounds.

How it Happened
Cornell struck first but Ohio State responded with the next four. The Buckeyes strung together a 9-0 run over nearly four minutes to lead 13-4 midway through the quarter. Big Red got within five at 16-11 before the Buckeyes scored the final six points of the quarter to hold a 22-11 lead after 10 minutes.

Ohio State outscored Cornell 23-2 in the second quarter with Big Red's basket coming with 7:11 remaining in the half. The Buckeyes forced Cornell to shoot 1-of-12 (.083) from the floor and didn't give up a three-pointer in the first half, holding a 45-13 lead going into the locker room.

Cornell started the second half quickly with four of the first five baskets as Ohio State led 48-22 with 7:44 remaining in the third quarter. The Buckeyes used a 10-0 run to extend their lead to 62-24 midway through the quarter. OSU scored the final five points of the quarter to take a 71-30 lead into the fourth.

The fourth quarter was back and forth with neither team scoring more than two baskets in a row. Ohio State had the 12-10 edge in the quarter, capping the game's scoring at 83-40 on a three-pointer from Emma Shumate.

Highlights

Q1: Rikki Harris three-pointer
Q2: Defense to offense
Q2: Celeste Taylor pass to Cotie McMahon strong finish
Q3: Back-to-back baskets
Q3: Taylor Thierry and-one
Q3: Celeste Taylor block

Game Notes

The Buckeyes allowed two points in the second quarter, the lowest total of an OSU opponent in the second quarter in program history. The previous record was six points allowed to Wagner on Nov. 22, 2015.
Cornell's 13 first-half points is the fewest allowed in the first half this season by Ohio State.
This is the fourth time this season that the Buckeyes have totaled at least 10 steals, finishing with a season-high 14 steals today.
Ohio State has forced at least 20 turnovers in five games this season as Cornell totaled 26 turnovers.
The Buckeyes tallied a season-best 24 assists.
Rebeka Mikulášiková was the first in the game to reach double figures, doing so in the first half and for the third time this season. She finished with 10 points.
Celeste Taylor tallied a season-high six assists in the first half and finished the game with seven assists.
Taylor Thierry (13) and Jacy Sheldon (10) have scored at least 10 points in every game this season.
Cotie McMahon also scored in double figures with 14 points, her fifth game of the season with 10+.
Sheldon recorded her 200^th career steal and also moved up to 18^th in program history in career assists (296).
Q1: Ohio State forced eight Cornell turnovers and tallied three steals.
Q2: The Buckeye defense forced Big Red to shoot 1-of-12 (.083) during the quarter, which is the lowest percentage in a quarter for an OSU so far this season.
Q3: Ohio State shot 9-of-13 (.692) in the quarter including 2-of-3 from long range.
Q4: The Buckeyes won the rebounding battle 13-11 in the final quarter.

What They Said

Head Coach Kevin McGuff:
- "I thought we had some really good moments. I was a little disappointed that we didn't sustain those moments for closer to 40 minutes. We had some stretches where our press was very effective. We executed and our pressure was good and those turnovers resulted in a lot of points for us."
Graduate guard Celeste Taylor:
- "Different teams have different ways to break a press. Throwing different things at them is difficult because they can't prepare for every single thing. Defense is beating people to the spot and being able to read and I think we have a lot of people who can be placed in different positions to be able to do that. It's fun out there to fly around and you know everyone else is going to fly around with you. The coaches do a good job of telling us when we should get back and shouldn't press depending on what's happening in the game at that time."
Sophomore forward Cotie McMahon:
- "Games like today help us because we get to switch up our lineups and use our pieces that we have in different areas. That gives a lot of people opportunity on the bench to show where they're strong. Games like today are used to help us gel better together and help our chemistry and counting on each other."

Up Next
Ohio State travels to No. 19/21 Tennessee next Sunday for a 5 p.m. ET tip-off. The game will be broadcast on ESPN and AM1460.

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