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College basketball: Injury bug hits early for Buckeyes
Freshman guard for women will be out 10 to 12 weeks
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 3:25 AM
By Jim Massie and Bob Baptist


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH



The Ohio State women's basketball team will begin its season next week with a little less oomph in its retooled engine. The men's team might lose horsepower for only an exhibition game.
Freshman guard Amber Stokes of Gahanna suffered a dislocated right shoulder during the women's scrimmage against Miami Univer-sity on Sunday and is expected to be out for 10 to 12 weeks.
Meanwhile, sophomore center Dallas Lauderdale suffered a minor sprain of his left shoulder during the men's scrimmage against Miami and might miss a Nov. 13 exhibition game against Walsh "as a precaution," team spokesman Dan Wallenberg said.
"But he should be ready to go for the opener" Nov. 20 against Delaware State, Wallenberg said.


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Stokes out and other news

Injuries are part of sports but it still is sad to see a kid on the shelf before the first game of her college career. Somehow, though, Amber Stokes managed to put on a smile today with the sling she was wearing to protect her dislocated right shoulder.
Stokes got hurt Sunday while playing in a scrimmage against Miami University in the Schott's practice gym. The injury is going to keep her out of action for 10 to 12 weeks, which means she won't play until February. Amber, a Gahanna High School grad, was not as ballyhooed nationally as fellow freshman guard and roommate Samantha Prahalis.
Even so, Big Ten network color analyst Stephanie White picked Stokes and not Prahalis to have the biggest impact on her conference team this season. Analysts Brenda VanLengen and Mary Murphy chose Prahalis. Vera Jones went with Purdue's Brittany Rayburn.

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crazybuckfan40;1315440; said:
That is upsetting news...I would assume that she would just take a redshirt year, as 10-12 weeks puts us with maybe 5-8 games left in the regulary season...
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Stokes said that she does not want to go the redshirt route. OSU coach Jim Foster said that it was too early to consider it. But you still have to wonder how much playing time would be available if she returns with fewer than 10 regular season games remaining.
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Women's basketball: Big Ten coaches turn to freshmen
First-year players often force way onto court early
Monday, November 10, 2008 3:11 AM
By Jim Massie


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH




Ohio State women's basketball coach Jim Foster didn't need to consult a how-to handbook before he decided to start freshman Jantel Lavender at center for the Buckeyes last season. It took one look in the practice gym. "In the case of Jantel, we didn't have anybody like her," Foster said. "Her presence was imposing."
So was her game. Lavender immediately established herself as a force within the Big Ten while winning the conference player of the year and freshman of the year awards.
A year later, Foster welcomed freshman point guard Samantha Prahalis to the practice gym in Value City Arena. Like Lavender, Prahalis arrived with a boatload of high school and AAU credentials. She also spent the summer playing for a USA Basketball team that won a gold medal at the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championships for Women in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The question arises every season. When do you start a freshman instead of an older, more experienced player?
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No. 18 Ohio State stocks up on athletic players

The Associated Press
Published: November 12, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio: Former players frequently visit Ohio State in the summer to chat with their old coaches and occasionally play a pickup game with ex-teammates and underclassmen.
It meant something more when Katie Smith scrimmaged with the current Ohio State Buckeyes this summer, then offered a few opinions to coach Jim Foster. That's not a bad scouting service, considering Smith won three Olympic gold medals and is the all-time leading scorer in American women's professional basketball.
"Katie Smith doesn't pull punches," Foster said. "She said they (the Buckeyes) played harder. And that's coming from someone who doesn't know any other way."
He smiled as he added, "That's like Pavarotti saying, 'They can sing.'"
Who can blame Foster for smiling?
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OSU women sign two Ohio recruits

Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:20 AM
By Jim Massie


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Ohio State women's basketball coach Jim Foster welcomed recruits Emilee Harmon and Brianna Sanders into the fold yesterday after receiving their signed letters of intent to play for the Buckeyes in the 2009-10 season. Harmon, a 6-foot-2 forward at Pickerington Central, and Sanders, a 5-11 guard at Cincinnati Princeton, fit the athletic mold that Foster has sought in his past two recruiting classes to up the tempo of OSU play.
"We like them both," Foster said. "Harmon can put the ball in the basket. and she's got a terrific vertical (jump). She's got a good sense and feel."
Harmon averaged 18.8 points as a junior and was named to the Associated Press Division I All-Ohio first team for a second consecutive season.
Sanders rebuilt her game after tearing a knee ligament before her junior season at Princeton.
"I think the injury made her a better player," Foster said. "She was a slasher her freshman and sophomore years. What she did was really improve by developing a three-point shot."
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It's official: Harmon signs with Ohio State

3-year recruiting journey ends with National Letter of Intent

By JOE ARNOLD ? Sports Writer ? November 13, 2008

PICKERINGTON - The relief came on a car ride home from an AAU tournament in Cincinnati this past summer. Somewhere between the Queen City and Emilee Harmon's home in Pickerington, the two-time all-Ohioan and one of the most sought-after basketball players in the country decided on a college.
The subsequent party came Wednesday, when Harmon, surrounded by her family and with a crowd of students cheering from the bleachers inside Central's gym, made her commitment to Ohio State official. She signed her National Letter of Intent and became a Buckeye.
"Once I signed it, I felt a lot better," Harmon said. "It's official and done with."
Wednesday's signing was the culmination of a three-year journey in which Harmon went from a transfer student from Lakewood to the object of serious attention from five major college basketball programs. Former Tigers coach Ken Schneider spent three years working with Harmon. Schneider, who retired this past season, watched her signing from the bleachers at mid-court.
"For a young kid, (recruiting) is a great thing, but at the same time it's very difficult, especially when you're a highly touted and talented player like Emilee," Schneider said. "Even in the last year here, there were 25 schools that were intense in recruiting. It is kind of a grueling process. She handled it well."
If Harmon, a 6-foot-2 center, agonized about picking from her short list of interested schools - Notre Dame, Purdue, Stanford, Duke and Ohio State - she didn't show it in 2007. She was named the Ohio Capital Conference's Player of the Year and was a first-team all-Ohioan for the second straight season as the Tigers advanced to a regional semifinal.
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November 12, 2008
Top recruit giving OSU late look
Just when you think it's safe to close the recruiting portal in your brain, another possibility arises. I just ran across the following item from HoopGurlz, the ESPN site. Brooklyn prospect Shenneika Smith, a 6-1 wing/guard, apparently is taking an unofficial visit to Ohio State this weekend.

Smith is ranked No. 7 in the country by HoopGurlz and No. 4 by the Blue Star Report. She had not mentioned interest in the Buckeyes previously. She was supposed to be looking at Syracuse, Kentucky, St. John's and Marshall. The hook for OSU is freshman point guard Samantha Prahalis. The two were teammates on the Exodus Club team in New York.

She told Glenn Nelson that she doesn't know if she wants to stay close to home or play farther away in college. She added that riding the bench for a while doesn't interest her.

"I want to find a team where I can start as a freshman, but I don't want a team where it's going to be me alone," she said.

Smith is not expected to make a decision before next Wednesday.
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Ohio State women's basketball
Lights come on tonight in opener

Friday, November 14, 2008 3:07 AM
By Jim Massie


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH



Before player introductions for the opening game of the Ohio State women's basketball season tonight, Value City Arena will go coal-mine dark. A spotlight, music, various bells and multiple whistles will follow the Buckeyes players to the court. And if that tidbit doesn't tell followers of the program that something different this way comes, then feel free to imagine the shocked looks on the faces of seniors Ashlee Trebilcock and Star Allen after coach Jim Foster broke the news.
The revelation occurred while Foster was answering a question at a news conference about the starting lineup for the opener against Butler.
"We may have as many as three kids that have started come off the bench for us," Foster said. "I don't think that matters. It might matter a little bit more this year because we're going to let them do their thing turn the lights out and let them come out."
Allen and Trebilcock dropped their jaws.
"Awesome," Trebilcock said.
"We spent a lot of money on that scoreboard, so we might as well," Foster said. "This is the first team I've had that I think plays hard enough to take some bows before they start."
"Whoa!" Allen said. "He likes us. I'm going to tell everybody."
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Foster will get Buckeyes running

Friday, November 14, 2008 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter

Columbus
There's been talk about South eastern Conference speed around Ohio State this fall. A veteran Buckeye coach has admitted that a slower past hasn't worked, and he wants to effect change for a faster, brighter future -- including finding his dream talent to run it all.
"The game in general has gotten more athletic, and the Big Ten in my opinion has not kept up with the Joneses," the coach said.
Yes, Buckeye sports fans, this really was an Ohio State coach talking, and it wasn't football coach Jim Tressel. Jim Foster, 60 years old and in his 31st year as a head coach, has a fast-breaking women's basketball team debuting against Butler tonight that will be very much worth watching.
After a 2006 regular season that included a Big Ten title but fell short of postseason goals, the coach changed.
"We thought we weren't athletic enough," Foster said. "We didn't think we were necessarily as good offensively as we needed to be. And so we went out and tried to start recruiting more athletic kids who had the ability to score."

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Shooting threes: Breaking down the 2008-09 Ohio State women's basketball team

Posted by Doug Lesmerises November 14, 2008 07:46AM

Three reasons OSU will win the Big Ten
1. Depth: Legitimately 10 deep, as many as three players who started at least 10 games last year -- guard Shavelle Little and forwards Ashlee Trebilcock and Star Allen -- could serve as reserves.
2. Tradition: The Buckeyes have won four straight conference titles and were picked by the media to make it five, though the coaches selected Purdue, last year's co-champ, to win it all.
3. Jantel Lavender: Big Ten Player of the Year as a freshman, Preseason Player of the Year as a sophomore, the Cleveland Central Catholic grad could average 20 and 10.

Three reasons OSU won't win the Big Ten

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