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No. 2 Ohio State Beats Penn State 82-69 on Road for 13th Straight Win
2/22/2024 8:30:00 PM | General, Women's Basketball
The Buckeyes improved to 14-1 in conference play.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The No. 2/2 Ohio State Buckeyes (23-3, 14-1 B1G) beat Penn State (16-11, 7-9 B1G) by an 82-69 margin on Thursday evening in Rec Hall.
Ohio State scored the first 13 points of the game and built a 26-10 lead after 10 minutes. The Buckeyes' lead was 37-24 at halftime. Ohio State had the 27-18 advantage in the third quarter to increase its least to 64-42 after 30 minutes. Each team had an 11-point run in the fourth quarter as scoring was capped at 82-69 after a Penn State buzzer beater.
Jacy Sheldon moved into eighth in all-time scoring at Ohio State with 20 points today to bring her career total to 1,919 points. Celeste Taylor recorded the 1,500th point of her career and finished with 16 points tonight. Cotie McMahon was the first in the game to reach double figures, finishing with 16 points. Taylor Thierry also reached double figures with 14 points.
How it Happened
Ohio State scored the first 11 points of the game to force a Penn State timeout with 7:26 remaining in the opening quarter. The Buckeye defense held the Nittany Lions scoreless until 5:31 left in the quarter. OSU had 10 assists on 11 made field goals and held the 26-10 advantage after 10 minutes.
Penn State opened the second quarter with its first three-pointer of the game before OSU responded. The Nittany Lions strung together a 7-0 run to cut the Buckeyes' lead to 32-22 with 4:18 to play before halftime. The Buckeyes had the 5-2 advantage leading into halftime as they held a 37-24 lead.
After the Nittany Lions opened the second half with a jump, the Buckeyes responded with an 11-0 run to extend their lead to 48-26 just two minutes into the quarter. Ohio State used back-to-back three-pointers to lead 58-34 at the media timeout with 4:38 remaining in the third. The Buckeyes led by a 64-42 margin after 30 minutes.
Scoring alternated to begin the fourth quarter before a 7-0 Buckeyes run extended OSU's lead to 74-48 with 5:22 to play, forcing a Penn State timeout. The Nittany Lions scored the next 11 points to cut the Buckeyes' lead to 78-59 with two minutes remaining. Penn State scored on a buzzer beater to cap scoring at 82-69.
Highlights
Ohio State returns home for senior day against Maryland on Sunday at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on BTN and AM1460.
Tickets for the 2023-24 season are now on sale. For more information, visit ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Contact the ticket office with any questions at 1-800-GOBUCKS (select option 2) or athletic.tix@osu.edu.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The No. 2/2 Ohio State Buckeyes (23-3, 14-1 B1G) beat Penn State (16-11, 7-9 B1G) by an 82-69 margin on Thursday evening in Rec Hall.
Ohio State scored the first 13 points of the game and built a 26-10 lead after 10 minutes. The Buckeyes' lead was 37-24 at halftime. Ohio State had the 27-18 advantage in the third quarter to increase its least to 64-42 after 30 minutes. Each team had an 11-point run in the fourth quarter as scoring was capped at 82-69 after a Penn State buzzer beater.
Jacy Sheldon moved into eighth in all-time scoring at Ohio State with 20 points today to bring her career total to 1,919 points. Celeste Taylor recorded the 1,500th point of her career and finished with 16 points tonight. Cotie McMahon was the first in the game to reach double figures, finishing with 16 points. Taylor Thierry also reached double figures with 14 points.
How it Happened
Ohio State scored the first 11 points of the game to force a Penn State timeout with 7:26 remaining in the opening quarter. The Buckeye defense held the Nittany Lions scoreless until 5:31 left in the quarter. OSU had 10 assists on 11 made field goals and held the 26-10 advantage after 10 minutes.
Penn State opened the second quarter with its first three-pointer of the game before OSU responded. The Nittany Lions strung together a 7-0 run to cut the Buckeyes' lead to 32-22 with 4:18 to play before halftime. The Buckeyes had the 5-2 advantage leading into halftime as they held a 37-24 lead.
After the Nittany Lions opened the second half with a jump, the Buckeyes responded with an 11-0 run to extend their lead to 48-26 just two minutes into the quarter. Ohio State used back-to-back three-pointers to lead 58-34 at the media timeout with 4:38 remaining in the third. The Buckeyes led by a 64-42 margin after 30 minutes.
Scoring alternated to begin the fourth quarter before a 7-0 Buckeyes run extended OSU's lead to 74-48 with 5:22 to play, forcing a Penn State timeout. The Nittany Lions scored the next 11 points to cut the Buckeyes' lead to 78-59 with two minutes remaining. Penn State scored on a buzzer beater to cap scoring at 82-69.
Highlights
- Q1: Two triples to open scoring
- Q1: Taylor assist
- Q1: Team fastbreak
- Q2: Greene step-back three-pointer
- Q2: McMahon fastbreak
- Q3: Taylor 1,500th career point
- Q3: Sheldon eighth in scoring
- Q4: McMahon drive
- Q4: Thierry and-one
- This is the 18th time this season that the Buckeye defense has forced at least 20 turnovers. The Nittany Lions had 27 turnovers today.
- Ohio State totaled 14 steals tonight, the Buckeyes' 16th game of the season with at least 10 steals.
- This is the Buckeyes' 10th game of the season with at least 20 assists, finishing with 21.
- Jacy Sheldon scored her 1,900th career point and moved into eighth in program history in career scoring (1,919). This is her 23rd game of the season in double figures and the 100th such game in her career as she finished with 20 points. She reached 20+ points for the 11th time this season and tied her season-high six assists.
- Celeste Taylor scored her 1,500th career point as she had 16 points for her 14th double-figure game of the season. She went 4-of-7 from behind the arc, her most made three-pointers as a Buckeye, and added seven assists and seven steals.
- Cotie McMahon recorded her 20th double-figure game of the season with 16 points.
- Taylor Thierry reached double figures for the 18th time this season and finished with 14 points.
- Q1: The Buckeyes made their first five field goals and shot 11-of-17 (.647) in the quarter, including 4-of-8 (.500) from long range. OSU assisted on 10 of its 11 baskets as all five starters scored.
- Q2: McMahon and Sheldon both reached double figures in the quarter.
- Q3: Ohio State outscored Penn State 27-18 in the quarter.
- Q4: Eleven different Buckeyes saw the court in the quarter.
Ohio State returns home for senior day against Maryland on Sunday at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on BTN and AM1460.
Tickets for the 2023-24 season are now on sale. For more information, visit ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Contact the ticket office with any questions at 1-800-GOBUCKS (select option 2) or athletic.tix@osu.edu.
Ticket links:
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Team Stats
OSU
PSU
FG%
.471
.491
3FG%
.407
.235
FT%
.714
.733
RB
29
35
TO
16
27
STL
14
10
Game Leaders
Pts
20
FGM
9
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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