Ohio State Outlasts Oregon in First Columbus Meeting of the Series

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Ohio State Outlasts Oregon in First Columbus Meeting of the Series

1/12/2025 4:52:00 PM | General, Women's Basketball

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Taylor Thierry led the game with a season-high 20 points and tied her career-high three made triples.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 9/9 Ohio State women's basketball team (16-0, 5-0 B1G) outlasted Oregon (12-5, 3-3 B1G) on Sunday afternoon at the Schottenstein Center in the teams' first meeting as Big Ten opponents and first ever meeting in Columbus.

Both teams got off to a slow start in the game and Oregon held the 11-8 advantage after 10 minutes. Ohio State used a 27-0 run in the middle of the second quarter and outscored Oregon 31-11 in the quarter to take a 39-22 lead into the locker room. Scoring was even in the third quarter with each team scoring 21 points and the Buckeyes led by a 60-43 margin after 30 minutes. The Buckeyes held off a fourth-quarter push from the Ducks to seal a 69-60 win.

Taylor Thierry was the first in the game to reach double figures and finished the game with a season-high 20 points, tying her career-high three triples made. Jaloni Cambridge (13) and Ajae Petty (13) joined Thierry in double figures. Thierry also recorded her 600^th career rebound today. Petty had a season-high 14 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season.

How it Happened
Both offenses started the game slowly as Ajae Petty scored the first points with 7:37 to play in the quarter. Oregon scored the next nine points to lead 9-2 with 4:29 remaining in the quarter. The Buckeyes trailed 11-8 after 10 minutes of play after a second chance make by Kennedy Cambridge with the quarter winding down.

The Ducks opened the second quarter with a pair of free throws before the Buckeyes did the same. After trailing 15-10, Ohio State put together a 12-0 run over two minutes of play to take a 22-15 lead with 6:39 to play in the first half, prompting an Oregon timeout. The Buckeyes extended their run to 27-0 and their lead to 37-15 with 2:37 remaining in the second quarter. The Ducks strung together a 7-0 run and Thierry ended the half with a pair of free throws to send the Buckeyes into the locker room with a 39-22 lead.

The third quarter was back-and-forth, with neither team scoring more than seven unanswered points and each team scoring 21 points in the quarter. J. Cambridge opened the quarter's scoring and scored the Buckeyes' first six points of the quarter. Ohio State scored six of the final eight points of the quarter and led by a 60-43 margin after 30 minutes of play.

Petty opened the fourth quarter with a layup to get into double figures. Oregon strung together a 9-0 run to get within 10 points at 62-52 with six minutes remaining. Both teams entered a scoring drought for the next two minutes of game time before Thierry ended the drought with a layup. The Ducks responded to get within eight points on multiple occasions and the score wrapped up at 69-60.

Highlights

Match Notes

The Buckeyes' 27-0 run midway through the second quarter was their first run of 20 or more unanswered points since facing Youngstown State on Dec. 14, 2024. The run in the YSU game also came in the second quarter.
Taylor Thierry was the first in the game to reach double figures, doing so in the second quarter and for the ninth time this season. She finished with a season-high 20 points, shot 6-of-10 (.600) from the field and 3-of-3 from long range. Three triples made ties her career-high and she also surpassed 600 career rebounds.
Thierry is the seventh Buckeye this season to record a 20-point game and has eight in her career.
Jaloni Cambridge recorded her ninth double-figure performance of the season with 13 points.
Ajae Petty reached double figures for the 10^th time this season and finished the game with 13 points. She added a season-high 14 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season and the 24^th double-double of her career.
Kennedy Cambridge tied her season-high six rebounds.
Q1: The Buckeyes made four baskets in the quarter, each coming from a different person.
Q2: Ohio State put together a 27-0 run, keeping Oregon off the scoreboard for more than six-and-a-half minutes. The Buckeyes shot 10-of-17 (.588) from the floor, 4-of-5 (.800) from long range and 7-of-8 (.875) from the charity stripe during the quarter, also outrebounding the Ducks by a 12-6 margin. This is OSU's seventh quarter of the season with 30 or more points.
Q3: The Buckeyes shot 8-of-11 (.727) from the floor in the quarter and had the 7-3 rebounding advantage.
Q4: Petty had six rebounds in the quarter alone.

Up Next
Ohio State travels to Wisconsin on Thursday night for a 9 p.m. ET tip. The game will be broadcast on Peacock and AM1460.

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