Jaloni Cambridge Drops 41 in NCAA Second Round Loss to Notre Dame

Monday, March 23

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4:00 PM

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No. 22/25 Notre Dame (No. 6 seed)

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Jaloni Cambridge Drops 41 in NCAA Second Round Loss to Notre Dame

3/23/2026 8:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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The Buckeyes fell to the Fighting Irish by an 83-73 margin on Monday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 12/11 ranked and No. 3 seeded Ohio State women's basketball team (27-8, 13-5 B1G) fell short against No. 22/25 ranked and No. 6 seeded Notre Dame (24-10, 12-6 ACC) on Monday inside the Schottenstein Center in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Buckeyes fell by an 83-73 margin.

Ohio State got off to a quick start, scoring the game's first 11 points, but Notre Dame trimmed the Buckeyes' lead to 22-20 after 10 minutes of play. The Fighting Irish took its first lead of the game during the second quarter and led by a 43-35 margin going into halftime. Ohio State got as close as one in the third quarter and trailed 58-54 after 30 minutes. The Buckeyes got no closer than five points during the fourth quarter and fell by an 83-73 margin.

Jaloni Cambridge was the first in the game to reach double figures, doing so with the first basket in the second quarter and tied her career-high 41 points. Her 41 points rank second in program history in NCAA Tournament games. Elsa Lemmilä finished with 10 rebounds.

Quarter-by-Quarter Recap

Q1: Ohio State scored the first nine points in less than two minutes of play, prompting a Notre Dame timeout with 8:18 remaining in the frame. The Buckeyes extended their lead to 11-0 before the Fighting Irish got on the board. Notre Dame used back-to-back baskets to trim its deficit to three on two occasions, trailing 19-16 with two minutes to play in the quarter. The Fighting Irish scored the final four points of the quarter as the Buckeyes led by a 22-20 margin.
Q2: J. Cambridge was the first in the game to reach double figures with the first basket of the second quarter. The Fighting Irish used an 8-0 run to take their first lead of the game at 26-24 and led by a 33-26 margin with 4:30 left in the quarter. The Buckeyes responded with a 5-0 run to get within two. Notre Dame scored the final six points of the quarter to take a 43-35 lead into the locker room.
Q3: Notre Dame opened the second half with a 7-2 run to increase its lead to 50-37 two minutes into the quarter. Ohio State responded with a 10-0 run over 2:19 of play to cut its deficit to 50-47 just past the midway point of the quarter. J. Cambridge put together a 6-0 run to get the Buckeyes within one at 54-53 and the team trailed 58-54 heading into the final quarter of play.
Q4: The Fighting Irish increased their lead to 66-56 with seven minutes remaining. Notre Dame led by as many as 18 points during the fourth quarter. J. Cambridge scored the final eight points of the game to tie her career-high 41 points.

Game Notes

This is the Buckeyes' 30^th NCAA Tournament appearance.
Ohio State and Notre Dame are two of 10 teams nationally who've won at least one NCAA Tournament game in each of the past five seasons.
Ohio State is 34-30 all-time in NCAA Tournament games.
Jaloni Cambridge tied her career-high 41 points today, which ranks second in program history in NCAA Tournament games. Her 41 points trails only Kelsey Mitchell's 45 points on March 20, 2016 in program history among NCAA Tournament games.
This is the eighth time in program history that a player has scored 40 or more points in a game. J. Cambridge joins Mitchell as only the second Buckeye to have more than one 40-point game in her career.
J. Cambridge has scored in double figures in each of the Buckeyes' 35 games this season. This was her 21^st game with 20 or more points and her seventh game with 30 or more points this season.
Among single season program records, J. Cambridge ranks fourth in points scored (813) and third in field goals made (305). She's the second player in program history to score 800 or more points in a single season, joining Mitchell.
Elsa Lemmilä finished with 10 rebounds, her 11^th game of the season with 10 or more rebounds.
Q1: The Buckeye defense forced the Fighting Irish to miss their first six field goal attempts, building an 11-0 lead by making the Buckeyes' first five field goal attempts. All Buckeye starters scored in the quarter.
H2: J. Cambridge led all scorers with 12 points in the third quarter and 16 points in the fourth quarter.

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