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Lady Buckeyes Basketball

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LitlBuck;1437487; said:
I will be shocked if Purdue makes it past Rutgers. They are about the only team that will even come close to Gino's girls.
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Purdue up 37-21 on Rutgers with 4:30 left in the first half. :p
 
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Dispatch

Women's basketball: OSU made strides in athletic department
Lavender, Prahalis will be linchpins for next season
Monday, March 30, 2009 3:01 AM
By Ken Gordon

BERKELEY, Calif. -- When 5:39 remained in Ohio State's NCAA regional semifinal game Saturday night, the Buckeyes proved what they had accomplished this year.

In a run sparked by freshman point guard Samantha Prahalis and sustained by several bench players, OSU had appeared to survive foul trouble to star center Jantel Lavender, fighting back to slice an 11-point Stanford lead to four.

The Buckeyes had shown increased versatility, depth, heart and hustle -- several areas in which the program improved this season.

But three minutes later, OSU also showed what steps it still has to take. The Cardinal relentlessly attacked the vulnerable Lavender inside, throwing not one, not two, but three athletic post players at the Buckeyes.

The result was an 8-2 run and a 10-point lead that Stanford stretched out to an 84-66 victory.

OSU's loss certainly was nothing to be ashamed of, coming to the higher-seeded team (Stanford was No. 2, OSU No. 3) and played just an hour from the Cardinal's campus.

"That team played in the national championship last year and stands a good chance of being a Final Four team this year," OSU coach Jim Foster said.

But it did point up the difference in the two programs. Stanford's five starters all were 6 feet or taller, and they could all run.

Ohio State (29-6) won its fifth straight Big Ten title this season, but more important, it made major strides in breaking out from its shell of being a Midwestern power that made a habit of losing early in the NCAAs. It made its first Sweet 16 appearance in four years and second in seven years.

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Looking ahead
Monday, March 30, 2009 3:01 AM

Players who are leaving, returning or arriving for the 2009-10 Ohio State women's basketball team (*-starter):

LEAVING
F Star Allen* (10.8 ppg, 7.7 rpg)
G Ashlee Trebilcock (7.1 ppg)

RETURNING
C Jantel Lavender* (20.8 ppg, 10.7 rpg)
G Samantha Prahalis* (10.2 ppg, 5.8 apg)
F Brittany Johnson* (6.6 ppg)
G Shavelle Little* (2.9 ppg)
F-C Andrea Walker (3.4 ppg)
F Sarah Schulze (3.1 ppg)
G Maria Moeller (2.2 ppg)
G Alison Jackson (1.8 ppg)
G Cherise Daniel (0.8 ppg)

INCOMING
G Amber Stokes (redshirt)
F Emilee Harmon (freshman)
G Brianna Sanders (freshman)
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I really think they need to bring in another wing player who can shoot from the perimeter on a consistent basis. Foster also needs to start looking for a center to replace Lavender who will be a junior next season or the cupboard will be bare unless he wants to start a freshman when Lavender graduates.

This team made a lot of improvement this year but their wing players really need to get better with their outside shooting or teams will continue to double-team Lavender or play a zone defense and just dare Ohio State to beat them with their outside shooting. It was good enough for the Big 10 but in watching a couple games over the weekend it certainly is not good enough for the NCAA.
 
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LitlBuck;1440122; said:
Typo:biggrin2: I meant Oklahoma or Stanford certainly not Rutgers :) Saying that, Purdue certainly did not look like the team that Ohio State beat in Big 10 play.
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Agreed. They are definitely playing their best basketball of the year.
 
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If she dropped a hint with the "if it is contained in a small area" comment then which of the two ( tOSU or MN ) is contained in the smallest area? I've never been to MN's campus, so I don't know how they compare - area-usage-wise. All 3 finalists are HUGE ENROLLMENT colleges so that doesn't help narrow anything in and of itself!

Seems like some tOSU insiders feel we are in good shape here, guess we'll find out soon!
 
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Welcome to the Buckeye family, Tayler. Of course, there already was a Buckeye in her family.



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You go girl-this is great news for the program!!! Miss Hill is as big an OOS get as Sammy Prahalis
Has there ever been another brother-sister combo for the Bucks in hoops?
Darryce Moore-2010 recruit- is the sister of 2010 football recruit JT Moore.
 
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I don't hear the chirps I heard after last season of Foster not being able to recruit, playing slow ball and not being able to compete outside of the big ten, and the get rid of Foster, the game has past him by...

He is taking this program to the national level...We have multiple mcdonalds all americans, shoudl be a top 5 team in the country next year, and especially the year after could be an even better team...
 
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