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Lady Bucks Basketball Thread

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TODAY Women

Sunday, March 02, 2008

No. 18 Ohio St. vs. Northwestern

Tipoff: 2 p.m. at Value City Arena, Columbus.
Notable: In the finish of their regular season, the Buckeyes (21-7, 12-5 Big Ten) can clinch a share of their fourth straight Big Ten title with a win against the Wildcats (5-24, 1-16), the conference's worst team. Iowa is tied with Ohio State at 12-5, and the Hawkeyes play Wisconsin at 1 p.m.
 
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Fourth title would make seniors' day
Packer, Riley and Jamen have a shot at record 109 wins
Sunday, March 2, 2008 3:09 AM
By Jim Massie


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Marscilla Packer, Tamarah Riley and Alice Jamen won't leave the Ohio State women's basketball team as the most decorated players in program history.
But when the three seniors take the Value City Arena court for their final home game at 2 p.m. today against Northwestern, they will have left behind an impressive legacy.
The largest, of course, is the chance to be part of a fourth consecutive Big Ten regular-season championship team. The 18th-ranked Buckeyes (21-7, 12-5) enter the day sharing first place with Iowa.
The Hawkeyes (19-9, 12-5) play at Wisconsin (16-11, 9-8) at 1 p.m. Northwestern (5-24, 1-16) looks like the easier mark, but the topsy-turvy Big Ten has offered few guaranteed wins lately. In any case, the OSU underclassmen know what the seniors want.

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Ohio State Beats Northwestern, 74-50

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ― Marscilla Packer scored 17 of her 21 points in the second half and No. 18 Ohio State beat Northwestern 74-50 Sunday to become the first team in 18 years to win at least a share of four straight Big Ten titles.
The Buckeyes (22-7, 13-5) clinched a tie for the championship with Iowa, which won at Wisconsin 87-78 an hour earlier. Ohio State grabbed at least a piece of the first five Big Ten titles from 1983-87. Iowa took home trophies four years in a row from 1987-90.
Jantel Lavender had 12 points and 12 rebounds and Tamarah Riley had 11 points for the Buckeyes, who have won 63 of their last 72 regular-season conference games. They have also won 76 home games in a row against unranked opponents.



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Congrats Lady Buckeyes. Awesome job on the four-peat.
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Buckeye women clinch share of 4th title

By Rusty Miller
Associated Press

Monday, March 03, 2008
COLUMBUS ? Tamarah Riley giggled just thinking about it.
Asked what she'd remember most about the day, she said, "I'd say after the game, all of us getting together and saying, 'Not one, not two, not three, but four!' "


Marscilla Packer scored 17 of her 21 points in the second half and No. 18 Ohio State beat Northwestern 74-50 Sunday, March 2, to become the first team in 18 years to win at least a share of four straight Big Ten titles.
"We've been talking about it from the beginning of the season ? let's be four-time champions," Packer said. "It's kind of weird: Are we really seniors now? It went so fast."
The Buckeyes (22-7, 13-5) clinched a tie for the championship with Iowa, which won at Wisconsin 87-78 an hour earlier.
Only three schools have won at least four titles in a row. Ohio State grabbed at least a piece of the first five Big Ten crowns from 1983-87. Iowa took home trophies four years in a row from 1987-90.



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OSU women's basketball: Cherished title secured
Fourth straight Big Ten crown gives seniors special moment
Monday, March 3, 2008 3:11 AM
By Jim Massie




The snapshot the three seniors on the Ohio State women's basketball team will cherish occurred when they gathered at center court in Value City Arena for a final time yesterday following a 74-50 victory over Northwestern. Along with their teammates, the Big Ten regular-season championship trophy awaited the three along with the obligatory flurry of chest bumps, high-fives and hugs. Marscilla Packer, Tamarah Riley and Alice Jamen raised four fingers to note a fourth consecutive conference title for the program and their class.
That moment will stick with each much longer than the 21 points Packer scored, the 11-point, six-rebound performance turned in by Riley or hustle minutes that Jamen provided on her chronically aching knees.
How would anyone know? Just ask.



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