Ohio State Falls at Top-Ranked UCLA Wednesday Night

Wednesday, February 5

Los Angeles, Calif.

9:30 PM

Ohio State

20-2,9-2Big Ten

No. 1/1 UCLA

22-0,10-0Big Ten

Ohio St.

UCLA

Ohio State Falls at Top-Ranked UCLA Wednesday Night

2/6/2025 1:16:00 AM | General, Women's Basketball

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The Buckeyes suffered just their second loss of the season in a defensive battle in Los Angeles.

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LOS ANGELES – The No. 8/8 Ohio State women's basketball team (20-2, 9-2 B1G) fell to No. 1/1 UCLA (22-0, 10-0 B1G) by a 65-52 margin on Wednesday night.

The first quarter featured runs by both teams as UCLA scored the final five in the frame to lead by an 18-16 margin after 10 minutes. The Bruins scored the first six points of the second quarter, but the Buckeyes had a 6-0 run of their own and trailed 30-24 at halftime. Ohio State cut its deficit to two, 44-42, by the end of the third quarter. The Buckeyes tied the game at 46 but the Bruins responded with a run that OSU couldn't overcome.

Jaloni Cambridge was the first Buckeye to reach double figures and finished the game with 21 points and tied her career-high eight rebounds. Cotie McMahon joined J. Cambridge in double figures with 14 points.

How it Happened
UCLA opened scoring and OSU responded to begin the game before the Buckeyes took their first lead at 6-4 with 6:50 remaining in the first quarter on a fastbreak layup from Chance Gray. Ohio State extended its lead to 13-6 with an extended 11-2 run, holding UCLA without a basket for more than four minutes. The Bruins scored the next seven points to tie the game at 13 with 3:16 to play in the first. UCLA led by an 18-16 margin after a pair of late free throws to close the quarter.

The Bruins scored the first four points in the second quarter to extend their lead to 22-16 with seven minutes remaining in the quarter before J. Cambridge broke the Buckeyes' scoring drought. UCLA extended its lead to 28-18 with 4:19 to play in the quarter. Ohio State scored the next six points, including a pair of layups from Elsa Lemmilä, to close the gap to 28-24 and went into the locker room behind by a 30-24 margin.

UCLA and OSU each began the third quarter with a layup and the Buckeyes got within five points at 34-29 with 6:46 remaining in the quarter. McMahon scored the next six OSU points to trim the deficit to 38-35 with 3:21 to play in the third following back-to-back baskets. Scoring alternated for the remainder of the quarter and a basket from McMahon as time expired to send the Buckeyes to the final quarter trailing just 44-42.

J. Cambridge opened the fourth quarter with a jumper to tie the game at 44 – the game's first tie since the score was 16-16 in the first quarter. UCLA scored the next six points to force an OSU timeout trailing 52-45 with just under seven minutes to play. The Bruins extended their run to 15-0 and their lead to 63-45 with 3:16 remaining, their largest lead of the game. The Buckeyes scored back-to-back baskets and scoring was capped at 65-52 on a three-pointer from J. Cambridge.

Match Notes

This is Ohio State's first time playing a No. 1 ranked opponent since facing Stanford on the road on Dec. 15, 2019.
This is the 20^th time this season that Ohio State has held its opponent to less than 70 points.
This is the 15^th game of the season that the Buckeye defense has forced at least 20 turnovers. UCLA totaled 23 turnovers tonight.
This is the 17^th game of the season that Ohio State has finished with at least 10 steals, recording 15 steals tonight. This is the Buckeyes' sixth-consecutive game with 10 or more steals.
Ohio State held UCLA to its lowest point total of the season.
Jaloni Cambridge had four rebounds within the first five minutes of the game and tied her career-high eight rebounds. Cambridge finished with 21 points – her 13^th game in double figures this season and sixth 20-point game. Her six assists were one shy of her career-high.
Cotie McMahon's 16^th double-figure performance of the season was good for 14 points, including the 1,300^th point of her career.
Chance Gray recorded her 1,100^th point.
Elsa Lemmilä has recorded a block in 17 games this season and leads the team with 38 total blocks.
Ajae Petty tied for the team lead with eight rebounds.
Q1: The first quarter featured four ties and two lead changes. The Buckeye defense forced eight Bruin turnovers in the quarter and recorded six steals.
Q3: J. Cambridge and McMahon each scored eight points in the quarter and the Buckeyes had the 12-10 advantage on the boards.
Q4: The game was tied at 44, the first tie since 16-16 in the first quarter.

Up Next
Ohio State remains in Los Angeles to face No. 7/7 USC on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET on FOX. The game will also be broadcast on AM1460.

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