Jaloni Cambridge’s Career-High and Ajae Petty’s Perfect Night Lead OSU to Ranked Win

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Jaloni Cambridge’s Career-High and Ajae Petty’s Perfect Night Lead OSU to Ranked Win

2/26/2025 11:12:00 PM | General, Women's Basketball

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The Buckeyes finished the regular season undefeated at home for the first time since the 2011-12 season.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 12/12 Ohio State women's basketball team (24-4, 13-4 B1G) defeated No. 23/22 Michigan State (20-8, 10-7 B1G) in the regular season home finale by an 89-78 margin on Wednesday evening in the Black History Month game. The Buckeyes finished the regular season undefeated at home for the first time since the 2011-12 season.

Ohio State led by a 31-24 margin after shooting 66.7 percent from the floor and long range during the first quarter. The Buckeyes outscored the Spartans 23-17 in the second quarter to extend their lead to 54-41 at halftime. OSU ended the third quarter on a 12-2 run to take a 79-59 lead into the final frame. The Spartans got as close as seven points in the fourth quarter but the Buckeyes closed an 89-78 victory.

Jaloni Cambridge was the first in the game to reach double figures, doing so less than nine minutes into the game and finishing with a career-high 33 points. Ajae Petty (23) and Cotie McMahon (17) joined J. Cambridge in double figures. Petty was the first Buckeye to be perfect from the field with at least 10 field goals made since Dec. 7, 2016 as she was 11-of-11 from the floor.

How it Happened
Both teams started the game quickly on offense as Ohio State was 8-of-10 (.800) and Michigan State was 6-of-9 (.667) leading into the media timeout. Ajae Petty opened scoring and later made three-consecutive baskets on the floor to give Ohio State a 13-6 lead. Scoring alternated leading into the media timeout and OSU held the 18-14 advantage. J. Cambridge scored five unanswered points on the floor to increase the Buckeyes' lead to 25-16 with 2:17 remaining in the quarter. Ohio State's lead was 31-24 after 10 minutes.

Madison Greene scored first in the second quarter before the teams traded points. Petty completed a three-point play and McMahon made her second three-pointer of the game to increase Ohio State's lead to 45-32 with 5:24 to play in the quarter, prompting a Michigan State timeout. Another 6-0 Buckeye run saw the lead at 53-36 and OSU led by a 54-41 margin heading into the locker room.

Michigan State opened the third quarter with a three-pointer to cut its deficit to 10 before the teams alternated scoring. Ohio State held a 66-54 lead at the media timeout as neither team scored on more than one unanswered possession to that point in the quarter. The Buckeyes used a pair of 6-0 runs in the final two minutes of the quarter to stretch their lead to 79-59 after 30 minutes, ending the quarter with back-to-back three-pointers from J. Cambridge.

The Spartans opened scoring in the fourth quarter from the line and put together a 15-2 run to cut their deficit to 81-74 with 4:16 remaining. The Buckeyes responded with an 8-2 run and won the game by an 89-78 margin.

Highlights

Match Notes

Ohio State finished the regular season undefeated at home for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
This is Ohio State's fourth ranked win of the season, which matches last season's total.
All Buckeye starters scored in the first quarter and seven different Buckeyes scored in the game.
Ohio State scored 50 or more points in the first half for the second consecutive game, scoring 54 points today after 55 first-half points against Purdue on Sunday.
Ajae Petty was the first Buckeye since Tori McCoy on Dec. 7, 2016 to shoot perfect from the field with at least 10 field goals made as Petty was 11-of-11 from the floor today.
Petty is the first Buckeye since Dorka Juhasz to record 15 or more rebounds in a game. Juhasz last accomplished the feat with 16 rebounds against Michigan on Jan. 25, 2021.
Jaloni Cambridge reached double figures less than nine minutes into the game and finished with a career-high 33 points after 15 in the first half. This is her 19^th double-figure game of the season and ninth 20-point game of the season. She made a career-high five three-pointers, shooting 5-of-9 (.556) from behind the arc.
Petty scored in double figures for the 12^th time this season with 23 points tonight. She added a Buckeye season-high 15 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season. In the first half, Petty had 17 points on 8-of-8 shooting and added nine rebounds, just two shy of Michigan State's team total in the first half. This is her second 20-point game of the season. She added a career-high six assists.
Cotie McMahon's 22^nd game of the season with 10 or more points was good for 17 points. She tied her career-high four triples made.
This was the ninth game this season that Elsa Lemmilä recorded at least three blocks. She leads the Buckeyes with 57 blocks this season after tying her career-high five blocks tonight.
Chance Gray tied her season-high five assists.
Q1: Ohio State scored 30 or more points in a quarter for the 10^th time this season. The Buckeyes shot 12-of-18 (.667) from the floor and 4-of-6 (.667) from long range.
Q2: The Buckeyes doubled up the Spartans on the boards during the quarter by a 14-7 margin.
Q3: OSU shot 9-of-13 (.692) from the floor and 5-of-7 (.714) from long range in the quarter.
Q4: The Spartans got as close as seven points before the Buckeyes responded with an 8-2 run.

Up Next
Ohio State travels to No. 19/17 Maryland on Sunday for the regular season finale. The game will be broadcast on FS1 and AM1460. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

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