Ohio State Falls Short Against USC in Los Angeles

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Ohio State Falls Short Against USC in Los Angeles

2/9/2025 12:52:00 AM | General, Women's Basketball

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The Buckeyes had four starters score in double figures in the loss on Saturday night.

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LOS ANGELES – The No. 8/8 Ohio State women's basketball team (20-3, 9-3 B1G) fell to No. 7/7 USC (21-2, 11-1 B1G) on Saturday night by an 84-63 margin to wrap up the Los Angeles road trip.

Ohio State grabbed an early lead before USC strung together an extended 10-2 run midway through the first quarter to led by a 14-11 margin after 10 minutes. The Trojans extended their lead to 34-26 at halftime. USC held a 59-45 advantage after 30 minutes after a back-and-forth third quarter. The Trojans capped their win at 84-63 after a high-scoring fourth quarter.

Taylor Thierry was the first Buckeye to reach double figures and finished with 14 points. Jaloni Cambridge (11), Chance Gray (12) and Cotie McMahon (13) joined Thierry in double figures.

How it Happened
Thierry stole the ball for an easy layup to begin the game's scoring. The Buckeyes led by a 7-2 margin before the Trojans tied the game at seven midway through the quarter with their first field goal of the game. USC took its first lead of the game at 10-9 leading into the media timeout. The Trojans led by a 14-11 margin after 10 minutes.

Jaloni Cambridge opened the second quarter's scoring with a layup to get OSU within one at 14-13 before back-to-back USC baskets gave the Trojans an 18-13 lead with seven minutes remaining in the quarter. A three-point play from Thierry and a pair of Petty layups cut the deficit to 23-20 heading into the media timeout. USC made a three-pointer out of the timeout and then got to the line three separate times to extend its lead to 34-24 with 1:15 to play in the half. Thierry rounded out first-half scoring with free throws and the Buckeyes trailed 34-26 going into the locker room.

The Trojans had a 6-4 edge in the first three minutes of the third quarter as USC led by a 40-30 margin. The Buckeyes called timeout trailing 45-32 just a minute later. Ohio State scored the next four points out of the timeout and used an extended 7-2 run to trim the deficit to 47-39 with just under four minutes to play in the quarter. The Buckeyes got as close as seven points but trailed 59-45 after 30 minutes of play.

The fourth quarter began with back-and-forth scoring before back-to-back layups from J. Cambridge and McMahon made the score 66-53 midway through the quarter. USC scored seven of the next eight points to increase its lead to 77-57 with 2:40 to play. Scoring was capped at 84-63 with a McMahon jumper.

Match Notes

This is the 16^th game of the season that the Buckeye defense has forced at least 20 turnovers as USC committed 23 turnovers tonight.
This is the 18^th game of the season that Ohio State has finished with at least 10 steals, recording 13 steals tonight. This is the Buckeyes' seventh consecutive game with 10 or more steals. The last time that Ohio State recorded 10 or more steals in seven consecutive games was at the start of the 2022-23 season.
All five Buckeye starters had at least eight points, three rebounds and one assist.
Taylor Thierry scored in double figures for the 12^th time this season. She was the first Buckeye in double figures and finished with 14 points in the game, adding five rebounds. Thierry was 8-of-9 (.889) from the line – the best percentage by a Buckeye from the line with at least eight makes this season.
Jaloni Cambridge's 14^th game in double figures this season was good for 11 points.
Chance Gray scored in double figures for the 17^th time this season with 12 points.
Cotie McMahon also recorded her 17^th double-figure performance of the season, finishing with 13 points.
Q1: The Buckeye defense forced USC to miss its first seven field goal attempts of the game as the Trojans also committed five turnovers within the first five minutes of the game.
Q2: Thierry led all players with seven points in the quarter.

Up Next
Ohio State returns to Columbus to host Minnesota on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on Peacock and AM1460.

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