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Aaliyah Patty

Forward

Player profile

  • Height 6-3
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown West Chester, Ill.
  • Last School Montini Catholic H.S.

Career Honors

  • OSU Scholar-Athlete (2019)

2019-20 (Sophomore)

  • Played in all 33 games and started the final 31 games of the season
  • Averaged 7.8 points and was second on the team in rebounding at 5.4 per game
  • Was also second on the team in blocks with 33
  • Notched the first three double-doubles of her career
  • Scored 10 or more points in a game 13 times
  • Was 21-10 in winning the opening tip
  • Shot 48 percent from the floor and made 17 three-pointers
  • Scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds at Sacramento State on Dec. 17 for her first collegiate double-double
  • Was 6-of-6 from the floor and finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds in the Buckeyes’ win at No. 24 Minnesota on New Year’s Eve
  • Was one of three Buckeyes with a double-double in the comeback win at Nebraska, scoring 12 points and grabbing 12 rebounds
  • Scored a season-high tying 16 points, grabbed eight rebounds, had three blocks and three assists in helping lead the Buckeyes to a thumping of Purdue in the regular season finale

2018-19 (Freshman)

  • Played in all 29 games and made nine starts in her first season
  • Averaged 6.2 points and 3.8 rebounds in an average of 19.4 minutes per game
  • Second on the team with 25 blocked shots
  • Shot 46.3 percent from the floor
  • Had five games of 10 or more points including a tremendous 20-point effort in the win at Minnesota on Jan. 28. Was 2-of-3 from long range and grabbed six rebounds vs. the Gophers
  • Scored 16 points and blocked three shots in her second collegiate game vs. Detroit Mercy on Nov. 9
  • Totaled 13 points and six rebounds in the upset win at Michigan State on Feb. 21

Prior to Ohio State

  • A four-star top-100 recruit by Prospect Nation
  • Averaged 15.9 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists as a senior, leading Montini to a 34-win season and the state title game.
  • Earned Chicago Tribune’s girls basketball first team all-state honors in 2017-18
  • Named to the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Illinois Girls Basketball Team as a senior