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Longwood 'star-struck' in loss to Ohio State women


By the Associated Press

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Longwood women's basketball coach Pamela Bass wanted to use the game against Ohio State to show her players what she hopes the Lancers will become.
They certainly got an eyeful.
Marscilla Packer and Brandie Hoskins scored 15 points apiece and No. 6 Ohio State scored repeatedly from in close en route to a 68-33 victory Thursday night.
The Buckeyes (6-0) opened the game on a 17-4 run over the first seven minutes and led 41-9 at halftime before clearing the bench in the second half. For the game, Ohio State scored 38 points in the paint and 26 off turnovers.
"In the first half, I think we did a good job of being aggressive and we communicated well," Ohio State coach Jim Foster said. "In the second half, we fell asleep a little bit and we let them play their game."
The Lancers (4-4) never led and tied the game for just over a minute ? Becky Fernandes made a jumper to tie it 2-2 with 16:25 to play in the first half. Ohio State responded with a 39-7 run to end the first half and never led by fewer than 28 points in the second half.
"The first half was rough," Bass said. "We were a little star-struck."
Anna Steg led Longwood with eight points and 13 rebounds. Jessica Davenport scored 12 points for Ohio State and Star Allen had 11 and eight rebounds.
More importantly for Bass, Steg played well against Davenport, the two-time Big 10 player of the year and a two-time All-American.
"I need to commend Ann on tonight's game," Bass said. "We've been preparing her for a few weeks on going against Jessica Davenport."
While Bass was pleased with Steg's work against Davenport, Ohio State coach Jim Foster wasn't happy with his team not pushing the ball to her more.
"We forgot a little bit about Jessica, which is not a smart thing to do," Foster said. "At the same time, Jess needs to be a little more vocal when she sees that happening."
Longwood shot 4-for-18 in the first half, turned the ball over 14 times ? leading to 20 Ohio State points ? and went scoreless for the last 6:33 of the half.
Eleven Ohio State players played at least five minutes and nine scored.
"They are an excellent team with a little bit of everything," Bass said. "They have a shooter, a driver, a post player, rebounders, and they attack."

 

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Canton

No. 6 Ohio State women cruise

Friday, December 1, 2006

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBUS Longwood women?s basketball Coach Pamela Bass wanted to use the game against Ohio State to show her players what she hopes the Lancers will become.

They certainly got an eyeful.
Marscilla Packer and Brandie Hoskins scored 15 points apiece and No. 6 Ohio State scored repeatedly from in close en route to a 68-33 victory Thursday night.
The Buckeyes (6-0) opened the game on a 17-4 run over the first seven minutes and led 41-9 at halftime before clearing the bench in the second half. For the game, Ohio State scored 38 points in the point and 26 points off turnovers.
?In the first half, I think we did a good job of being aggressive and we communicated well,? Ohio State Coach Jim Foster said. ?In the second half, we fell asleep a little bit and we let them play their game.?
The Lancers (4-4) from Farmville, Va., never led and tied the game for just over a minute ? Becky Fernandes made a jumper to tie it 2-2 with 16:25 to play in the first half. Ohio State responded with a 39-7 run to end the first half and never led by fewer than 28 points in the second half.
?The first half was rough,? Bass said. ?We were a little star-struck.?
Anna Steg led Longwood with eight points and 13 rebounds. Jessica Davenport scored 12 points for Ohio State and Star Allen had 11 and eight rebounds.
While Bass was pleased with Steg?s work against Davenport, Foster wasn?t happy with his team not pushing the ball to her more.
?We forgot a little bit about Jessica, which is not a smart thing to do,? Foster said. ?At the same time, Jess needs to be a little more vocal when she sees that happening.?
Longwood shot 4-for-18 in the first half, turned the ball over 14 times ? leading to 20 Ohio State points ? and went scoreless for the last 6:33 of the half. Eleven Ohio State players played at least five minutes and nine scored.

 

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Dispatch

OSU wins mismatch
Buckeyes build 41-9 halftime lead, coast in second half

Friday, December 01, 2006

Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

CHRIS RUSSELL DISPATCH OSU?s Star Allen goes between Longwood?s Becky Fernandes, left, and Claire Belvins for a rebound.


Longwood University had about as much chance against the Ohio State women?s basketball team last night in Value City Arena as a Volkswagen matched with a monster truck in a Demolition Derby tug-of-war.
The physical mismatch became crystal clear when the Lancers (4-4) sent 5-foot-8 guard Keiva Small to center court to contest the opening tip with All-American center Jessica Davenport.
For the record, Small didn?t bother to jump and the sixthranked Buckeyes (6-0) hardly broke a sweat while methodically pulling the front bumper, axel and wheels off the undersized visitors in a 68-33 win.
The Buckeyes broke to a 41-9 lead in the first half and coasted home. The two teams traded baskets in the second half, but largely because Ohio State stopped pressuring the ball and rotated younger players into the game.
"They were going to eat time off the shot clock, and we were going to work on staying in front of the ball," Buckeyes coach Jim Foster said. "We weren?t going out and trapping in the second half, or forcing."
Foster found playing time for freshmen guards Cherise Daniel and Shavelle Little.
"We were using it as an opportunity to work on a couple of things, especially when we had the freshmen in there just to try to get them to understand some concepts," he said. "I don?t think they did a particularly good job of understanding some of it, but that?s why they?re freshmen."
The evening, however, did provide an epiphany for Marscilla Packer. The junior guard, the top three-point shooter on the roster, had struggled from the perimeter through the first five games of the season.
Packer abandoned the threepoint line for most of the game while scoring a season-high 15 points on drives to the basket and pull-up jumpers.
"We put a couple wrinkles in that almost forced her to get away from it," Foster said.
Packer took advantage of the opportunities.
"It?s just something that I?ve been trying to work on, and coach has been having me try to do," she said. "It?s just about me actually doing it. People are going to guard the three-point line and crowd you, and you?re not going to get your shots off. You have to be able to do something else. That?s what I?m trying to do."
Brandie Hoskins matched Packer with 15 points and had seven assists. Davenport?s string of double-doubles ended at three. She finished with 13 points, seven rebounds and three blocks.
"We could have picked it up a lot more in the second half, but I guess we got a win out of it," Hoskins said. "We?ve got to keep executing no matter what. We were up by 20 against Boston College and they took us into double-overtime. So we?ve got to keep executing no matter the score."
The first half was a disaster for Longwood. The Buckeyes made nine consecutive field goals while building a 23-6 lead. The Lancers were outscored by Star Allen 11-9 in the first 20 minutes and had 14 turnovers against no assists.
Ohio State senior forward Stephanie Blanton missed a second game because of a left knee injury.
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Dispatch

OHIO STATE WOMEN
Huskies coach knows her Ohio State history
Daugherty was part of first scholarship class in mid-?70s
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

</IMG> Washington coach June Daugherty is grateful for the opportunities her playing career at Ohio State has afforded her.


In the archaeological history of the Ohio State women?s basketball program, Washington coach June (Brewer) Daugherty left her sneaker prints in St. John Arena during what kids today consider the Paleolithic-TV (or Pre-ESPN) period.
"I?m a Title IX baby and proud of it," said Daugherty, laughing.
Between 1974 and ?78, Daugherty played center and power forward for the Buckeyes and as a sophomore was part of the first scholarship class in the sport. She credits Phyllis Bailey, the first head coach of the program and now a senior women?s administrator at Ohio State for leading the effort.
"Phyllis Bailey obviously was huge in pushing for opportunities for women athletes at Ohio State," Daugherty said. "And Ohio State was way ahead of the curve over the rest of the country. I know that I wouldn?t be in this profession without the opportunities I got through Title IX."
A generation later, Daugherty now is coaching players accustomed to the bells and whistles of the modern arenas and the warm glow of the media spotlight. Even after 11 seasons at Washington, she and husband Mike Daugherty, an assistant coach and a former player on the OSU men?s basketball team, remain unabashed Buckeyes fans.
That doesn?t mean the two wouldn?t love to pull off an upset at 2 p.m. today when the Huskies (3-3) play the sixthranked Buckeyes (6-0) in Value City Arena. They understand the challenge presented by a team that includes All-American center Jessica Davenport.
"We get to see Ohio State on TV pretty often," June Daugherty said. "Jessica Davenport is phenomenal. I?ve been watching her for a long time. Not only is she unbelievable, she seems to improve every time she goes back onto the floor. She?s got to be a coach?s dream."
Davenport was unaware of Daugherty?s history with Ohio State.
"Everybody?s a Buckeye, just about," Davenport said. "Just a couple of days ago, we saw Phyllis Bailey and we joked about how long she?s been here. You see her pictures on the wall. People like her paved the way for us to play basketball.
"I mean basketball has given me the opportunity to travel around the world. I?ve seen just about every place in the country. Without basketball, I don?t know if I would have been able to go to Ohio State because Ohio State is an expensive school. It?s great."
Earlier this season, Davenport picked up the 830 th rebound of her career and pushed Brewer into fifth place in program history. Brewer is one of six former players that senior guard Brandie Hoskins has passed on the career scoring list this season.
"Tell them that they lost part of the records from when I played," Daugherty said. "They lost the stats for 1974-75. Maybe they?ll find them in a box in the archives someday."
Davenport laughed at that unlikely news and understood how things have changed.
"I don?t think they?d do that now," she said.
Family ties aside, the Buckeyes are expecting a stiff challenge from the Huskies.
"I hear they?re pretty good, and like to run," Hoskins said. "It?s going to be a great challenge for us to play a good Pac-10 team. I think we?re ready for it. Every day in practice we compete to be able to compete against anybody in the country. As long as we play our game, I don?t think there?s a team in the country that can beat us."
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Sunday, December 03, 2006

 

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CPD

No. 6 Ohio St. 84, Washington 79

12/3/2006, 4:20 p.m. ET By RUSTY MILLER
The Associated Press


COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? Jessica Davenport and Marscilla Packer each scored 25 points and Brandie Hoskins added 23 to lead No. 6 Ohio State back from an 11-point second-half deficit Sunday to beat Washington 84-79.
The Buckeyes (7-0) are off to their best start since going 10-0 in 2000-2001.
But it wasn't easy this time. The Huskies (3-4) led for a 32-minute span until Hoskins' three-point play with 2:05 left put Ohio State ahead to stay at 76-74.
Packer hit four foul shots in the final 31 seconds to maintain the lead.

Only four players scored for the Buckeyes. Davenport also had 16 rebounds.
Cameo Hicks had 29 points and Cheri Craddock 11 for the Huskies. Emily Florence added five points and 11 assists.
The Huskies led by 11 points at 64-53 with 10:30 left. At that point, they held a 25-17 rebounding edge over the taller Buckeyes and had forced 17 turnovers.
But Ohio State had only two turnovers the rest of the way.
Breanne Watson's high-arcing jumper off an assist from Hicks put Washington ahead 74-69 with 2:56 left but Packer countered with a left-handed layup at the other end. After a timeout, Ohio State point guard Maria Moeller stole the ball from Florence and fed Hoskins with a long pass. She hit the driving layup and was fouled to give the Buckeyes their first lead since early in the game.
Packer then hit a turnaround in the lane to push the lead to 78-74 with 1:22 left.
The Huskies pulled within two points twice more, the last time on Hicks' long 3-pointer with 10.3 seconds remaining. But Packer made two free throws with just under 9 seconds left and Tamarah Riley added a free throw to close the scoring.
Washington outrebounded the Buckeyes 35-32 and forced 19 turnovers, one fewer than they committed.
The Huskies were without their second-leading scorer and rebounder, Andrea Plouffe, a 6-foot-2 junior who was out with tendinitis in her knees. The Huskies had to scrap on the boards and scramble on defense to cover the bigger Buckeyes.
They led 35-34 at the break even though Davenport scored 15 points and had eight rebounds and the Buckeyes shot 55 percent from the field.
They did it by scoring in transition with a smaller, more mobile lineup. Hicks was the biggest problem for Ohio State, scissoring through the defense to challenge Davenport or making layups on long passes behind the lagging Buckeyes defense.
Hicks had 16 points, hitting 7-of-10 field-goal attempts.
Ohio State was without one of its top reserves, 5-11 swingman Stephanie Blanton, due to pain in her left knee.

 

[osugrad21]

Canton


Late rally helps Buckeyes stay unbeaten
Monday, December 4, 2006


COLUMBUS Ohio State almost flunked during finals week. Jessica Davenport and Marscilla Packer scored 25 points each as Brandie Hoskins added 23 points Sunday for the sixth-ranked Buckeyes, who rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit to beat Washington, 84-79.
Ohio State was inefficient on offense and sloppy on the boards but at 7-0 are off to their best start since winning their first 10 during the 2000-01 season.
But it wasn?t easy. The Huskies led for 32 minutes until Hoskins? 3-point play with 2:05 left put Ohio State ahead to stay at 76-74.
Cameo Hicks had 29 points and Cheri Craddock 11 for the Huskies. Emily Florence added 5 points and 11 assists.
The Huskies led 64-53 with 10:30 left. At that point, they held a 25-17 rebounding edge over the taller Buckeyes and had forced 17 turnovers.
But Ohio State had only two turnovers and outrebounded the Huskies, 15-10, the rest of the way.
?I loved how we played from the 10-minute mark on,? Ohio State Head Coach Jim Foster said. ?We had a little conversation then, and we came out and played harder and smarter.?
WASHINGTON (3-4) Bell 4-11 0-0 9, Watson 4-10 0-0 9, Florence 1-1 2-2 5, Hicks 11-19 4-5 29, Clark 3-4 4-6 10, McLellan 2-3 0-0 4, Craddock 5-12 0-2 11, O?Hara 1-2 0-0 2, Mosiman 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-63 10-15 79.
OHIO ST. (7-0) S.Allen 2-4 0-1 4, Davenport 10-11 5-8 25, Hoskins 9-18 5-7 23, Moeller 0-3 0-0 0, Packer 8-18 4-5 25, Little 0-0 0-0 0, Riley 2-3 3-6 7, Walker 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-57 17-27 84.
Halftime?Washington 35-34. 3-point goals?Washington 7-12 (Hicks 3-4, Watson 1-1, Florence 1-1, Bell 1-2, Craddock 1-4), Ohio St. 5-12 (Packer 5-11, Hoskins 0-1). Fouled out?O?Hara, Watson. Rebounds?Washington 35 (Bell 7), Ohio St. 32 (Davenport 16). Assists?Washington 22 (Florence 11), Ohio St. 19 (Hoskins 7). Total fouls?Washington 25-St. 14. A?3,904.

 

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Dispatch

O. 6 OHIO STATE 84 WASHINGTON 79 Packer gives Buckeyes needed second-half boost
Monday, December 04, 2006
Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

NEAL C . LAURON DISPATCH PHOTOS Ohio State?s Tamarah Riley, left, and teammate Maria Moeller scramble with Washington?s Maggie O?Hara for a loose ball. Moeller had two steals in a decisive 12-2 run late in the game.

Ohio State?s Marscilla Packer, congratulating teammate Jessica Davenport (50), scored 23 of her 25 points in the second half.
Midway through the second half yesterday afternoon, the faint but unmistakable aroma of an upset began to settle over Value City Arena like a fresh, brewing pot of coffee.
The Washington Huskies had built a 64-53 lead over the sixth-ranked Ohio State women?s basketball team by running, running and running some more.
Ohio State coach Jim Foster called a 30-second timeout with 10:18 to play to see if he could wake up his team. The message apparently resonated with the Buckeyes (7-0), who rallied to pull out an 84-79 victory.
"I loved us from the 10-minute point on," Foster said. "We had a little conversation in the timeout. I thought we came out and played a little harder and a little smarter."
Junior guard Marscilla Packer helped raise the team IQ with a sizzling second-half performance. She scored 23 of her 25 points after the break and nailed 4 of 7 attempts from behind the three-point line.
"She was huge," Washington coach June Daugherty said. "She brought them back singlehandedly. It?s one of those things where you?ve got to pick your poison. If you?re going to double hard inside on their tremendous front line, you?ve got to guess whether Packer is going to be on."
Packer turned the gamble into a bad one. She rattled home a three-pointer early in the half and proceeded to shake off a season-long slump from the perimeter.
"I think when a shot goes down and you?re missing, definitely it builds your confidence," Packer said. "I just tried to stay with my shot ? stick with my follow through and just do the little things."
Seniors Jessica Davenport and Brandie Hoskins brought a sense of calm to what looked from the outside like a dire situation.
"It?s about maturity and believing in teammates," said Hoskins, who had 23 points and seven assists. "We were down 11, but there was no way we were losing the game. That was just point blank. It?s not being cocky. It?s looking into people?s faces and knowing that you?ve got the determination and the will to win."
Washington (3-4) showed just as much determination and will throughout the game. While Cameo Hicks led all scorers with 29 points, point guard Emily Florence triggered an efficient offense that caught the Buckeyes on their heels to the tune of 21 fast-break points.
"I just thought that we could run," said Daugherty, a former OSU player. "I thought we could get easy opportunities on them. But to do that, we had to do a pretty good job of boxing out."
That strategy nearly worked. The Huskies led 72-66 with 5:04 to play when the Buckeyes mounted the last-ditch comeback. Nobody on the OSU bench panicked.
"We?ve been in games like this before," said Davenport, who finished with 25 points and 16 rebounds. "We knew that we were going to be able to score points. It was just a matter of making stops. Defending the basket in transition is something we do every day. It?s just something that didn?t carry over into the game."
The OSU defense did pick up in the final few minutes. Freshman Maria Moeller had two steals in the decisive 12-2 run that Packer capped with a lefthanded layup with 1:22 to play.
"That?s something we?ve been working on," said Packer, who also knocked down four free throws in the final 31 seconds. "They want me to float my shot when I?m driving to the basket. What?s the point of being a good free throw shooter if you can?t get to the free throw line? "
The Buckeyes shot 54.4 percent from the field, and made 6 of 8 free throws in the final 31.5 seconds to seal the win.

 

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Dispatch

Monday, December 04, 2006

 

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Dispatch

Monday, December 04, 2006

 

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Dispatch

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

 

[Bestbuck36]

Wow, our entire conference is .500 or better. Pretty impressive.

 

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Dispatch

OHIO STATE WOMEN?S BASKETBALL
Buckeyes take another run at Tigers
Key is for OSU to give Davenport support she needs

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

To beat Louisiana State, Jessica Davenport, right, and the Buckeyes will have to go around 6-foot-6 center Sylvia Fowles.


A year later, the memory still stings like lemon juice splashed on a fresh paper cut.
Louisiana State visited Value City Arena last December and methodically took apart the Ohio State women?s basketball team 64-48 behind the stellar combination of Seimone Augus tus and Sylvia Fowles.
For some of the Buckeyes, the particulars of why the defeat happened apparently matter less than the result.
"We lost," OSU All-American center Jessica Davenport said. "That?s pretty much what I remember."
The fifth-ranked Buckeyes (7-0) have a chance at redemption at 3 p.m. today when they face the ninth-ranked Tigers (9-1) in the Maravich Center in Baton Rouge.
Even with Augustus now in the WNBA, the game figures to be the stiffest test of the season to date for Ohio State because Fowles, a 6-foot-6 force of nature, is back. She dominated the inside last season, outscoring Davenport 25-14 and outrebounding her 16-5.
"She?s just a great athlete," said Davenport, who has played with Fowles in USA Basketball programs. "I don?t think you see too many women players with her strength and her ability to jump."
Davenport has watched video of the ?05 game and has some ideas of what she needs to do to be more effective.
"You have to be smart with what you do, pick your strengths and just try to play your game," she said. "You know you?re not going to be able to shoot over her. You?ve got to try to go past."
Buckeyes coach Jim Foster knows the challenge presented by Fowles. He compared her with Greg Oden, the 7-0 freshman center on the OSU men?s team.
"Her defensive presence is significant," he said. "You see Greg Oden or Sylvia Fowles. Those kinds of players have an impact on a game. Jess needs to be more diverse. Jess has a very diverse game."
Foster noted that the Buckeyes played against LSU without injured senior point guard Ashley Allen, and that senior forward Debbie Merrill got into quick foul trouble.
"For last year?s team, those two players were very essential to Jess? success," Foster said. "I think we?re a little more versatile this year. And Seimone was the best player in the country."
Fowles has replaced Augustus as the linchpin of the LSU offense.
"Defensively, they?re the same," Foster said. "Offensively, it?s by committee. They played at Baylor (on Nov. 21). This is their next big game. We?ve played some pretty good basketball teams so far, and that?s a difference."
The Buckeyes were forced to rally from an 11-point, secondhalf deficit Sunday to defeat Washington 84-79. Davenport, Brandie Hoskins and Marscilla Packer combined to score 73 points. Those three have to be on their games today for OSU to reverse the outcome. And at least one of them retains a more vivid memory of the last meeting.
"We want to come back from last year," Packer said. "We know what it felt like last year and how we played and how we didn?t play to our potential. I think that?s still in the back of our minds."
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Sunday, December 10, 2006

 

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DDN

LSU halts Ohio State's win streak


By Associated Press

Monday, December 11, 2006

BATON ROUGE, La. ? The matchup against Jessica Davenport and Ohio State brings out the best in LSU's Sylvia Fowles.
For the second consecutive season, Fowles turned in a dominant performance against the Buckeyes, scoring 18 points and grabbing a season-high 16 rebounds to carry ninth-ranked LSU to a 75-51 victory against fifth-ranked Ohio State on Sunday.
When the teams met in Columbus last December, Fowles had 25 points and 16 rebounds as the Lady Tigers cruised to a 64-48 victory. Fowles recorded the 40th double-double of her career Sunday.
Davenport finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds, but she missed seven of her 13 field goal attempts. Eight of her points came during the final 12 minutes of the game when the outcome had been decided.
The LSU victory extended the nation's longest home-court winning streak to 37 games. The loss by Ohio State (7-1) ended the longest regular-season winning streak at 23 games.
Fowles scored eight of her points during an 11-minute stretch before and after halftime in which the Lady Tigers (10-1) outscored the Buckeyes 23-4 to take control of the game.
Guard Brandie Hoskins, who was Ohio State's second leading scorer at 18 points a game, was limited to nine on 4-of-13 shooting from the field.
Urbana 88, Mount Vernon Nazarene 86: Sam Riley scored 32 points as the Urbana women's basketball team defeated host Mount Vernon Nazarene in three overtimes Sunday.
Brittany Runner added 22 and Brittany Granger had 13 for Urbana (4-4).

 

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CPD

WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL



Fowles outduels Davenport to hand OSU its first defeat



Monday, December 11, 2006
Associated Press
Baton Rouge, La.- The matchup against Jes sica Daven port and Ohio State brings out the best in LSU's Sylvia Fowles.
For the second consecutive season, Fowles turned in a dominant performance against the Buckeyes, scoring 18 points and grabbing a season-high 16 rebounds to carry ninth-ranked LSU to a 75-51 victory against fifth-ranked Ohio State on Sunday.
When the teams met in Columbus last December, Fowles had 25 points and 16 rebounds as the Lady Tigers cruised to a 64-48 victory. Fowles recorded the 40th double double of her career Sunday.

"I must say that I came out in beast mode today," Fowles said. "I had my mind right and I had my game plan ready to go. I just tried to get in [Davenport's] head not by trash talking but by just making her work for everything she gets."
Davenport finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds, but she missed seven of her 13 field goal attempts. Eight of her points came during the final 12 minutes of the game when the outcome had been decided.
"Sylvia and I are not going out there to be friends with each other and pat each other on the back. You go out there and compete," said Davenport, who came in averaging 21 points a game.
The LSU victory extended the nation's longest home-court winning streak to 37 games. The loss by Ohio State (7-1) ended the longest regular-season winning streak at 23 games.
Fowles scored eight of her points during an 11-minute stretch before and after halftime in which the Lady Tigers (10-1) outscored the Buckeyes, 23-4, to take control of the game.
"Nothing about Sylvia Fowles should surprise you," Ohio State coach Jim Foster said. "She's a real presence in the paint. She did a terrific job on the glass."
Fowles received offensive support from Quianna Chaney, who scored a season-high 17 points, and Erica White, who had ten points. The Lady Tigers shot 50 percent from the field, including 62 percent in the second half.
"Today was an example of our team raising its play when faced with stiff competition," LSU coach Pokey Chatman said. "I think what played a lot into our performance was we had a week to prepare. It was nice to see that practice carry over into the game."
Guard Brandie Hoskins, who was Ohio State's second leading scorer at 18 points a game, was limited to nine on 4-of-13 shooting from the field.
#5 OHIO STATE (7-1) - S.Allen 2-3 0-0 4, Davenport 6-13 2-3 14, Hoskins 4-13 0-0 9, Moeller 1-8 0-0 2, Packer 2-8 0-0 5, Trebilcock 2-9 0-0 6, Little 0-1 0-0 0, Mason-Cox 2-3 2-3 6, Blanton 0-3 0-0 0, Riley 0-1 0-0 0, Walker 2-3 1-3 5. Totals 21-65 5-9 51.
#9 LOUISIANA STATE (10-1) - Thomas 4-10 0-0 9, Fowles 8-13 2-4 18, White 4-10 2-3 10, LeBlanc 2-4 2-2 7, Chaney 7-12 1-2 17, Antony 1-2 1-2 3, Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0, Phillips 1-5 1-2 3, Hightower 2-2 0-0 5, Whitfield 0-0 0-0 0, M.Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Morris 1-1 1-1 3. Totals 30-60 10-16 75.
Halftime-LSU 34-24. 3-Point Goals-Ohio St. 4-19 (Trebilcock 2-3, Hoskins 1-4, Packer 1-7, Blanton 0-1, Davenport 0-1, Moeller 0-3), LSU 5-13 (Chaney 2-4, Hightower 1-1, Thomas 1-2, LeBlanc 1-3, White 0-1, Phillips 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Ohio St. 39 (Davenport 13), LSU 38 (Fowles 16). Assists-Ohio St. 11 (Davenport, Moeller, Riley 2), LSU 21 (LeBlanc 8). Total Fouls-Ohio St. 15, LSU 14. A-10,677.

 

[coastalbuck]

Wow, I listened to that game yesterday, what a butt-kicking. Alot to learn after getting beat up like that. The commentators were even amazed at how badly the girls got beaten. Time to coach it up now, the big ten is tough, and it starts soon. I think we play at Okla. pretty soon, no slouch there either.