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LGHL Jaloni Cambridge earns third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor
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Jaloni Cambridge earns third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor
ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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The point guard out of Tennessee led Ohio State in the penultimate week of the regular season
On Monday, the Big Ten announced their weekly honors for the top overall player and best freshman of the previous week. For the third time this season, No. 12 Ohio State women’s basketball point guard Jaloni Cambridge received the honor as the top freshman in the conference.
After fouling out the week prior against the Minnesota Golden Gophers, therefore missing overtime when the Buckeyes lost a 14-point lead in the final five minutes, Cambridge came on strong against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Monday. In another overtime thriller, Cambridge led Ohio State with 29 points, tying the guard’s single game high she reached on the first night of the 2024-25 season, against the Cleveland State Vikings.
This time though it was against a power conference side, led by guard Lucy Olsen who seemingly couldn’t miss in the final minutes of the game to send the rivalry matchup to overtime. Cambridge led Ohio State with six points in the extra period to give the Buckeyes an 86-78 victory.
Cambridge led the Buckeyes again on Thursday in Bloomington with 18 points against the Indiana Hoosiers. The guard added team highs with four rebounds and four steals in the defeat to Indiana, but pushed Ohio State to cut an 18-point deficit at the beginning of the fourth quarter to the eventual 71-61 loss to the Hoosiers.
Then, to close the week out, Cambridge shined again with 20 points, 5 assists and 4 steals in 24 minutes against the Purdue Boilermakers. Cambridge didn’t play more because it was a rout, ending with a program home record for beating a conference opponent by 52 points.
In three games last week, Cambridge averaged 22.3 points, 3.7 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 3.0 steals.
The Buckeyes end the regular season against No. 23 Michigan State on Thursday and No. 19 Maryland on Sunday. Ohio State needs Cambridge to continue playing the best basketball of her debut season to lock in a top-four seed in the Big Ten Tournament and a top-16 seed in March Madness. The former gives the Scarlet and Gray a double-bye in the conference tournament while the latter saves the Buckeyes the postseason travel by hosting the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
This Freshman of the Week honor ties Cambridge with Michigan guard Syla Swords with three, the most in the Big Ten. However, it’s not the most in Ohio State program history. That honor goes to junior forward Cotie McMahon who secured six Freshman of the Week awards in the 22-23 season.
Last week, Cambridge’s childhood AAU teammate Ava Watson won the award, giving the Buckeyes their first season with different award winners since the debut season of Jacy Sheldon, Madison Greene and Kierstan Bell in the 19-20 season. Bell transferred to Florida Gulf Coast University after one season in Columbus.
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ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
The point guard out of Tennessee led Ohio State in the penultimate week of the regular season
On Monday, the Big Ten announced their weekly honors for the top overall player and best freshman of the previous week. For the third time this season, No. 12 Ohio State women’s basketball point guard Jaloni Cambridge received the honor as the top freshman in the conference.
After fouling out the week prior against the Minnesota Golden Gophers, therefore missing overtime when the Buckeyes lost a 14-point lead in the final five minutes, Cambridge came on strong against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Monday. In another overtime thriller, Cambridge led Ohio State with 29 points, tying the guard’s single game high she reached on the first night of the 2024-25 season, against the Cleveland State Vikings.
This time though it was against a power conference side, led by guard Lucy Olsen who seemingly couldn’t miss in the final minutes of the game to send the rivalry matchup to overtime. Cambridge led Ohio State with six points in the extra period to give the Buckeyes an 86-78 victory.
Cambridge led the Buckeyes again on Thursday in Bloomington with 18 points against the Indiana Hoosiers. The guard added team highs with four rebounds and four steals in the defeat to Indiana, but pushed Ohio State to cut an 18-point deficit at the beginning of the fourth quarter to the eventual 71-61 loss to the Hoosiers.
Then, to close the week out, Cambridge shined again with 20 points, 5 assists and 4 steals in 24 minutes against the Purdue Boilermakers. Cambridge didn’t play more because it was a rout, ending with a program home record for beating a conference opponent by 52 points.
In three games last week, Cambridge averaged 22.3 points, 3.7 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 3.0 steals.
The Buckeyes end the regular season against No. 23 Michigan State on Thursday and No. 19 Maryland on Sunday. Ohio State needs Cambridge to continue playing the best basketball of her debut season to lock in a top-four seed in the Big Ten Tournament and a top-16 seed in March Madness. The former gives the Scarlet and Gray a double-bye in the conference tournament while the latter saves the Buckeyes the postseason travel by hosting the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
This Freshman of the Week honor ties Cambridge with Michigan guard Syla Swords with three, the most in the Big Ten. However, it’s not the most in Ohio State program history. That honor goes to junior forward Cotie McMahon who secured six Freshman of the Week awards in the 22-23 season.
Last week, Cambridge’s childhood AAU teammate Ava Watson won the award, giving the Buckeyes their first season with different award winners since the debut season of Jacy Sheldon, Madison Greene and Kierstan Bell in the 19-20 season. Bell transferred to Florida Gulf Coast University after one season in Columbus.
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LGHL Breaking down Ohio State men’s basketball’s three-game losing streak
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Breaking down Ohio State men’s basketball’s three-game losing streak
Michael Citro via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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The Buckeyes have gone cold from distance and can’t buy a rebound.
There is still time to correct course, but it seems the wheels have quickly come off the Ohio State men’s basketball team’s bid for an NCAA Tournament berth. The Buckeyes have lost five of their last seven games over a stretch that included a key road win over Purdue and a closer-than-the-score-indicated road loss at Illinois.
Several factors are at play, including the flu making an unwelcome appearance in the locker room, which has sidelined Aaron Bradshaw for two games and seemed to greatly impact John Mobley Jr.’s performace at UCLA on Sunday (3-of-10 from the floor, including a missed layup, and 2-of-7 from three-point range). But illness isn’t the only problem.
Let’s take a look under the hood.
Ohio State has been successful from distance this season, which has helped the team’s offense throughout 2024-25. The last time the team won, the Buckeyes were on fire, hitting 11-of-18 triples (61%) against the Washington Huskies. That includes an absurd 8-for-12 in the first half (66.7%).
However, the team has gone ice cold since then, which has contributed to the team’s three-straight losses. Against Michigan, Ohio State connected on a respectable 9-of-25 attempts (36%), but Micah Parrish hit only 1-of-6 attempts, so one of the team’s more dependable options was... less dependable in an eventual three-point loss to the Big Ten leaders at the time.
Things got much worse against Northwestern. Ohio State was bad from everywhere, but the Buckeyes made only 4-of-21 attempts (19%) from outside the arc against a struggling Wildcats team. Sunday was nearly as bad, with Ohio State shooting just 22% on 6-of-27 shooting from distance. Parrish again hit only 1-of-6 attempts, with Mobley making just 2-of-7 and Ques Glover missing both of his two wide-open looks.
The Buckeyes aren’t typically going to dominate opponents in the paint, so until the team starts hitting shots from distance again, the beatings may continue.
Some of the team’s trouble on the glass during the current three-game losing streak is attributable to Bradshaw’s absence and Sean Stewart picking up early fouls, but the Buckeyes have been particularly poor in the rebounding department during this skid.
Michigan held a commanding 46-31 rebounding advantage over Ohio State, including a 19-12 edge in offensive boards. The latter helped the Wolverines beat the Buckeyes in second-chance points, 21-12, which is a great Rush album, but a terrible discrepancy in a game decided by one possession.
Northwestern out-rebounded Ohio State 36-27 (13-10 on the offensive glass) and outscored the Buckeyes 11-5 in second-chance points, but that was minor compared to everything else Ohio State did wrong in that game.
UCLA feasted on the glass as well, out-rebounding Ohio State 45-34, which included a slim 15-13 edge on the offensive end. That narrow margin in offensive rebounds helped the Buckeyes slightly outscore the Bruins in second-chance points, 18-14.
When shots aren’t falling, it hurts even more when a team has so many one-and-done possessions as the Buckeyes have had during this stretch.
The inside game has been abysmal over these last three games. The Buckeyes were wallopped on points in the paint against Michigan. The Wolverines outscored Ohio State 46-34 inside in their 86-83 win on Feb. 16. Northwestern finished with a 40-22 advantage in points in the paint.
Ohio State managed to finish level with UCLA on points in the paint (24-24), but it was the near-misses that were killer in what was mostly a close game. Numerous putback attempts were missed and the Buckeyes struggled with the handle in traffic down low in the key, so the potential was there to finish with the advantage in that category.
There are a number of areas the Buckeyes must improve if they are going to make one more run at an NCAA berth. The three above would do for starters.
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Michael Citro via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images
The Buckeyes have gone cold from distance and can’t buy a rebound.
There is still time to correct course, but it seems the wheels have quickly come off the Ohio State men’s basketball team’s bid for an NCAA Tournament berth. The Buckeyes have lost five of their last seven games over a stretch that included a key road win over Purdue and a closer-than-the-score-indicated road loss at Illinois.
Several factors are at play, including the flu making an unwelcome appearance in the locker room, which has sidelined Aaron Bradshaw for two games and seemed to greatly impact John Mobley Jr.’s performace at UCLA on Sunday (3-of-10 from the floor, including a missed layup, and 2-of-7 from three-point range). But illness isn’t the only problem.
Let’s take a look under the hood.
Triple... Threat?
Ohio State has been successful from distance this season, which has helped the team’s offense throughout 2024-25. The last time the team won, the Buckeyes were on fire, hitting 11-of-18 triples (61%) against the Washington Huskies. That includes an absurd 8-for-12 in the first half (66.7%).
However, the team has gone ice cold since then, which has contributed to the team’s three-straight losses. Against Michigan, Ohio State connected on a respectable 9-of-25 attempts (36%), but Micah Parrish hit only 1-of-6 attempts, so one of the team’s more dependable options was... less dependable in an eventual three-point loss to the Big Ten leaders at the time.
Things got much worse against Northwestern. Ohio State was bad from everywhere, but the Buckeyes made only 4-of-21 attempts (19%) from outside the arc against a struggling Wildcats team. Sunday was nearly as bad, with Ohio State shooting just 22% on 6-of-27 shooting from distance. Parrish again hit only 1-of-6 attempts, with Mobley making just 2-of-7 and Ques Glover missing both of his two wide-open looks.
The Buckeyes aren’t typically going to dominate opponents in the paint, so until the team starts hitting shots from distance again, the beatings may continue.
Broken Glass
Some of the team’s trouble on the glass during the current three-game losing streak is attributable to Bradshaw’s absence and Sean Stewart picking up early fouls, but the Buckeyes have been particularly poor in the rebounding department during this skid.
Michigan held a commanding 46-31 rebounding advantage over Ohio State, including a 19-12 edge in offensive boards. The latter helped the Wolverines beat the Buckeyes in second-chance points, 21-12, which is a great Rush album, but a terrible discrepancy in a game decided by one possession.
Northwestern out-rebounded Ohio State 36-27 (13-10 on the offensive glass) and outscored the Buckeyes 11-5 in second-chance points, but that was minor compared to everything else Ohio State did wrong in that game.
UCLA feasted on the glass as well, out-rebounding Ohio State 45-34, which included a slim 15-13 edge on the offensive end. That narrow margin in offensive rebounds helped the Buckeyes slightly outscore the Bruins in second-chance points, 18-14.
When shots aren’t falling, it hurts even more when a team has so many one-and-done possessions as the Buckeyes have had during this stretch.
Poison Paint
The inside game has been abysmal over these last three games. The Buckeyes were wallopped on points in the paint against Michigan. The Wolverines outscored Ohio State 46-34 inside in their 86-83 win on Feb. 16. Northwestern finished with a 40-22 advantage in points in the paint.
Ohio State managed to finish level with UCLA on points in the paint (24-24), but it was the near-misses that were killer in what was mostly a close game. Numerous putback attempts were missed and the Buckeyes struggled with the handle in traffic down low in the key, so the potential was there to finish with the advantage in that category.
There are a number of areas the Buckeyes must improve if they are going to make one more run at an NCAA berth. The three above would do for starters.
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