Ohio State Hands Maryland First Home Loss of the Season

Wednesday, January 17

College Park, Md.

7:00 PM

Ohio State

14-3,5-1Big Ten

-/RV Maryland

11-6,3-3Big Ten

Ohio St.

Maryland

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Ohio State Hands Maryland First Home Loss of the Season

1/17/2024 10:13:00 PM | General, Women's Basketball

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The Buckeyes won by an 84-76 margin on Wednesday evening.

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The No. 18/15 Ohio State Buckeyes (14-3, 5-1 B1G) beat -/RV Maryland (11-6, 3-3 B1G) on Wednesday night by an 84-76 margin.

Maryland got off to a quick start and got the last shot to take a 17-16 lead after 10 minutes. Back-and-forth play continued in the second quarter and Ohio State trailed 39-37 at halftime. The Buckeyes battled back to take a 56-55 lead into the fourth quarter. OSU won the fourth quarter, 28-21, to earn the Buckeyes first victory in College Park since 2016.

Rebeka Mikulášiková was the first Buckeye to reach double figures and finished with a season-high 20 points. All five starters had at least 10 points as Taylor Thierry (17), Cotie McMahon (14), Jacy Sheldon (10) and Celeste Taylor (11) also scored in double figures. McMahon and Thierry tied for a game-high nine rebounds apiece.

How it Happened
Ohio State opened scoring with a three-pointer from Rebeka Mikulášiková before Maryland scored the next seven points. The Buckeyes got within one at 8-7 with four minutes remaining before back-to-back Terrapins baskets forced an OSU timeout. Ohio State took the lead back at 16-15 on a 5-0 run by Celeste Taylor. Maryland had the final shot to lead 17-16 after 10 minutes.

Thierry scored first to take the lead back before the Terps scored back-to-back to regain their advantage. The Buckeyes tied the score at 26 and 28 but Maryland held the 32-28 lead at the media timeout with 4:17 to play before halftime. OSU tied the game again at 32 out of the timeout and trailed 39-37 going into the locker room.

Mikulášiková tied the game to begin the second half before a 5-0 Maryland run. The Buckeyes tied the game again at 46 with 6:20 remaining in the quarter to force a Terrapins timeout. Ohio State tied the game again at 50 and 52 before using a 6-0 run to take a 56-52 lead with 1:26 to play. The Buckeyes led 56-55 after 30 minutes.

The Buckeyes scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to increase their lead to 62-55. Back-to-back McMahon layups gave OSU a 66-57 advantage with 6:21 to play. Ohio State used a 6-0 run to increase its lead to 77-67 with just under two minutes left on the game clock. The Buckeyes wrapped up their scoring at the free throw line at 84-76.

Highlights

Game Notes

The Buckeyes had 10 different players score and all five starters reached double figures.
This is Ohio State's first win in College Park since Jan. 2, 2016.
Maryland is 74-7 at home in conference play since joining the Big Ten. Three of those losses are to the Buckeyes.
This is Maryland's first home loss of the season.
Rebeka Mikulášiková was the first Buckeye to reach double figures and totaled a season-high 20 points tonight. This is her seventh game with double figures this season.
Taylor Thierry's 17 points was her 13^th game of the season with at least 10 points. She was 6-of-7 from the floor.
Cotie McMahon's 12^th double-figure performance of the season was good for 14 points.
Jacy Sheldon scored in double figures for the 15^th time this season, finishing with 10 points. She is now tied for 12^th in program history with 1,746 career points.
Celeste Taylor had 10+ points for the eighth time this season, totaling 11 points and including her 1,400^th career point.
Rikki Harris scored the 600^th point of her career.
Q1: The Buckeye defense forced seven turnovers in the opening quarter.
Q2: Ohio State had an 11-6 rebounding advantage in the quarter.
Q3: The Buckeyes shot 50 percent from the floor during the quarter, while limiting the Terps to 27.8 percent.
Q4: Ohio State shot 10-of-19 (.526) during the final quarter and had the 13-10 advantage on the boards.

What They Said

Head Coach Kevin McGuff
- "I think it was a great effort. Cotie McMahon, Rebeka Mikulášiková, Taylor Thierry, Celeste Taylor – everyone. It was a focused effort. We didn't have our best shooting night in the first half and the way to overcome that is to get second-chance opportunities."

Up Next
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