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Ohio State Hosts Wisconsin Thursday for Sneakerhead Night
1/27/2026 3:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Thursday’s game between the Buckeyes and Badgers will tip at 8 p.m. ET and be broadcast on BTN and AM1460.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 11/12 Ohio State women's basketball team (18-3, 7-2 B1G) returns home to host Wisconsin (13-8, 5-5 B1G) on Thursday. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET in a game broadcast on BTN and AM1460.
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Parking is free for all women's basketball home games. Ohio State students get free admission with their BuckID. Thursday night is sneakerhead night as the Buckeyes will celebrate with custom Nike giveaways and fan contests. Wearing your favorite pair of sneakers is encouraged. The first 2,000 fans to visit Nike on the concourse at the Northwest and Northeast entrances will receive a Nike 'Plant Your Legacy' T-shirt. The Brook Jump Rope Team will be performing at halftime.
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Parking is free for all women's basketball home games. Ohio State students get free admission with their BuckID. Thursday night is sneakerhead night as the Buckeyes will celebrate with custom Nike giveaways and fan contests. Wearing your favorite pair of sneakers is encouraged. The first 2,000 fans to visit Nike on the concourse at the Northwest and Northeast entrances will receive a Nike 'Plant Your Legacy' T-shirt. The Brook Jump Rope Team will be performing at halftime.
- Ohio State suffered its first loss of the month on Sunday, falling 91-70 on the road against then No. 10 Iowa.
- Jaloni Cambridge earned her first collegiate double-double with a game-high 26 points and a career-high 10 rebounds. Chance Gray (16) and Ava Watson (10) also scored in double figures.
- Elsa Lemmilä became the 12th player in program history to record 100 career blocks after five blocks against the Hawkeyes. She has 102 now.
- On Tuesday, Kennedy Cambridge was named to the watch list for Naismith Defensive Player of the Year.
- J. Cambridge was named to the Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll on Monday.
- Wisconsin visits Columbus with a 13-8 overall record and an even 5-5 mark in Big Ten play, already matching its win total from last season. The Badgers are led by first-year head coach Robin Pingeton.
- The Badgers own conference victories against then No. 20 Michigan State, Rutgers, Penn State, Oregon and then No. 24 Nebraska and have fallen to then No. 7 Maryland, Purdue, No. 9 Michigan, Northwestern and Minnesota.
- Ronnie Porter is tied for seventh in the Big Ten with 4.6 assists per game, while Gift Uchenna is fifth with 1.4 blocks per game. Destiny Howell is the team's leading scorer, averaging 13.9 points per game.
- Ohio State leads 56-18 in the all-time series against Wisconsin. The Buckeyes hold the 28-5 advantage when facing the Badgers in Columbus.
- Last season, the Buckeyes and Badgers played once as Ohio State emerged victorious in Madison by an 80-69 margin.
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