Lady Bucks 68 Delaware State 35 (Final)

[Best Buckeye]

Tonight the Ladies Bucks will entertain Delaware State at 7pm.
Delaware St. is from the MEAC conference and sports a 2 - 5 record to date.
The game will not be televised so someone who goes will have to fill us in later.
Good Luck Buckeyes !

 

[NYTraveller]

Lady Buckeyes up 28-10 with about 5:00 to go in the first half. They seem to be playing a crisper game than last night. Jantel is having a big first half and Moeller and Schulze have played well off the bench.

 

[NYTraveller]

68-35 final and the Bucks avoided the sloppy ending that marred last night's win. It wasn't always a thing of beauty but many of the problems from last night, like failing to get to the line, seem to have been addressed.

Stats: Jantel 29 pts 11 reb off 12-13 shooting! Star with 9 pts and 8 boards, Sammy P 5 assists and 3 steals, Maria and Sarah both had good games off the bench and Cherise daniel played pretty well for the second game in a row.

Michigan is very well coached and has already upset some ranked teams; the Ladies will have to be focused for a full 40 and avoid some of the unforced TOs and rebounding lapses that have appeared at some points in the preseason... but, the new uptempo style and the continued development of a young but talented team makes me very optimistic for the Conference schedule.

 

[MolGenBuckeye]

Blah, blah, blah...everyone else will tell you irrelevant stuff about who scored points and got assists and stuff. Here's the real story from the game.

We're 2 points from everyone getting free McDonalds fries, 1 minute left. Moeller missed the front end of a 1-and-1, then after we get the ball back, we hold the ball on the next possession and run out the game clock!

Fire Foster!

 

[osugrad21]

ABJ

OSU crosses Delaware Jantel Lavender leads team to victory, scoring season-high 29 points
Published on Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008

COLUMBUS: There was nothing fancy about the way Ohio State sophomore center Jantel Lavender dominated inside against Delaware State on Tuesday.
Other than a misguided jumper early in the game, the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year had hit every shot to lead the No. 18 Buckeyes to a 68-35 victory.
She made 12 of 13 field goals and all five free throws for a season-high 29 points in 29 minutes. Lavender added 11 rebounds for her 11th double-double in as many games this season and 24 in her career.
''I was just focused. The passes were there. I was open. I got great position and I just finished,'' she said.
Lavender's only miss was a 17-foot jumper 3:13 seconds into the game. She made her last 10 shots.
Ohio State (9-2) held the Lady Hornets without a field goal for almost 9 minutes, and took a 34-16 halftime lead as Lavender nearly outscored Delaware State herself. She had all of her 15 points in the first 11 minutes, and it took Candice Stewart's layup at the buzzer for the Hornets to surpass her total.
''[Lavender] had great looks and finished,'' Ohio State coach Jim Foster said.
Keyhana Wakefield hit a 3-pointer to give the Lady Hornets (2-6) their only lead at 3-2 before Ohio State scored 11 straight points. When Lavender went to the bench with 8:46 left in the first half the Buckeyes had a 21-8 advantage.
''We played a very good defensive basketball game. At different times we played a very good offensive basketball game,'' Foster said. ''Overall, we played a good solid basketball game.''
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[osugrad21]

Dispatch

Women's basketball: Buckeyes fix past sins, get back to work

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:59 AM
By Jim Massie


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH



Twenty-four hours later, the Ohio State women's basketball team had lost the queasy feeling that accompanied a sloppy victory. The 18th-ranked Buckeyes (9-2) played a more palatable brand of basketball last night while dispatching Delaware State 68-35 in Value City Arena in the final audition before the Big Ten season. The win came on the heels of a 68-54 victory over Cleveland State on Monday in Nationwide Arena.
The Lady Hornets (2-6), a cat-quick defensive team from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, did rattle the Buckeyes at times with full-court pressure, but the outcome was never in doubt.
Sophomore center Jantel Lavender proved too much for the visitors to handle, whether on the inside or in transition. She extended her double-double streak this season to 11 games with a 29-point, 11-rebound performance.
Along the way, Lavender hit 12 of 13 shots from the field and all five free-throw attempts. She actually outscored the Hornets 17-16 in the first half.
"She got great looks and finished," OSU coach Jim Foster said. "And her concentration at the foul line, she's a good foul shooter."
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