SAN FRANCISCO – The No. 11/9 Ohio State women’s basketball team (12-0, 1-0 B1G) beat Stanford (8-4, 0-1 ACC) by an 84-59 margin on Friday night in the Invisalign Bay Area Women’s Classic held in the Chase Center.
Both teams started slowly but the Buckeyes used a pair of 6-0 runs in the first quarter to build a 16-6 lead after 10 minutes. Ohio State had a 17-13 advantage in the second quarter to take a 33-19 lead into the locker room. The Buckeyes led by a 57-39 margin with 10 minutes to play and 84-59 after a 27-20 fourth quarter.
Cotie McMahon was the first player to reach double figures and finished the game with 16 points. Ajae Petty (14), Chance Gray (14), Madison Green (season-high 15), Taylor Thierry (12) and Ava Watson (11) joined McMahon in double figures as all five starters scored at least 10 points.
How it Happened
Cotie McMahon got to the line after a Buckeye offensive rebound to begin scoring and the Buckeye defense held Stanford scoreless for the first 2:45 of the game. Ohio State led 3-2 midway through the quarter. The Buckeyes made back-to-back layups and put together a second 6-0 run to take a 13-4 lead with 2:18 to play in the quarter. Ohio State led 16-6 after the first quarter.
Madison Greene and Ajae Petty began the second quarter with back-to-back layups to extend Ohio State’s lead to 20-6. Petty converted a pair of jumpers and Chance Gray did the same as the Buckeyes held a 28-12 lead with 4:31 to play in the half. Stanford had the final points of the half as Ohio State went into the locker room with a 33-19 lead.
The teams traded baskets to open the third quarter before Ohio State scored eight unanswered points to increase its lead to 45-27 midway through the quarter. Back-to-back Buckeye baskets leading into the media timeout gave OSU a 51-31 lead. Ava Watson made a pair of three-pointers down the stretch as the Buckeyes led 57-39 with 10 minutes to play.
Stanford opened scoring in the fourth and Ohio State used a 6-0 run to increase its lead to 66-43 with just under eight minutes to play. The Buckeyes led 72-52 at the media timeout as all five starters had reached double figures at this point. Ohio State put together a 7-0 run and won by an 84-59 margin at the final buzzer.
Highlights
Match Notes
- Cotie McMahon was the first in the game to reach double figures and totaled 16 points. This is her seventh double-figure game of the season.
- Ajae Petty’s seventh double-figure performance of the season resulted in 14 points. She led the team with nine rebounds.
- Chance Gray recorded her 10th game in double figures this season with 14 points.
- Madison Greene finished with a season-high 15 points.
- Taylor Thierry scored in double figures for the seventh time this season with 12 points tonight.
- Ava Watson had her fourth double-figure game of the season with 11 points.
- Elsa Lemmilä has had at least one block in every game this season. She leads the Buckeyes with 28 blocks this season.
- Q1: The Buckeye defense forced the Cardinal to shoot 2-of-11 (.182) in the quarter and commit five turnovers. This was the 11th quarter that OSU allowed less than 10 points in a quarter.
- Q2: Petty and Gray each had six points in the quarter to lead all players.
- Q3: McMahon’s eight points in the quarter led all players.
- Q4: Ohio State shot 12-of-17 (.706) from the floor in the fourth quarter.
Up Next
Ohio State begins the thick of conference play on Sunday, Dec. 29 at Rutgers with a 2 p.m. tip. The game will be broadcast on B1G+ and AM1460.
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This article was published by Ohio State Buckeyes on 2024-12-21 04:20:00
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