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McMahon, Thierry and Cambridge win Big Ten awards for Ohio State women’s basketball
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The Buckeyes play in the 2024-25 season garnered attention in the annual postseason awards announcement
With the Big Ten Tournament looming, it’s time for postseason awards. This season, three members of Ohio State women’s basketball won awards, with point guard Jaloni Cambridge, guard/forward Taylor Thierry, forward Cotie McMahon and guard Madison Greene each earning awards in the annual awards selected by the media and coaches.
Cambridge won the lone individual award, picking up the Freshman of the Year award from the media and a co-Freshman of the Year award with Michigan Wolverines’ guard Olivia Olson on the coaches’ side. The point guard averaged 16.0 points, 4,4 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.1 steals in her first regular season of NCAA basketball.
This award adds to the four Freshman of the Week awards earned by Cambridge, a conference high. Cambridge is the 11th Buckeye to earn Freshman of the Year honor and the second in three years with McMahon winning it for her debut 22-23 season.
The guard also landed on the All-Big Ten First Team for coaches, and Second Team for the media, along with a spot on the All-Freshman team. Cambridge was fourth in the conference with 2.1 steals per game and 10th in defensive rating at 81.5 points allowed per 100 possessions.
McMahon joined Cambridge on an All-Big Ten team, voted onto the First Team after a career season where McMahon scored a personal best 16.9 points per game. The junior also lowered her turnovers to a career low 2.2, now in a leadership role for Ohio State. Both McMahon and Cambridge were selected unanimously by the Big Ten coaches.
Throughout the season, when the Buckeyes dealt with problems normally coming from having three new starters and a large roster turnover, McMahon was the one who battled to keep Ohio State in games. The junior still attacked the basket but added deep shooting with 1.1 made three-point shots per game at 37 percent efficiency. McMahon’s previous high was 21.2 percent shooting from deep on 1.8 attempts per game, hitting only .4 per contest.
In Thierry’s last season, the guard/forward hybrid earned a spot on the All-Defensive Team for the first time in her career, following the lead of guard Celeste Taylor who earned a place last season. Thierry had 2.4 steals per game but a down offensive side of the year, scoring a career low 10.0 points as a starter.
USC Trojans’ guard JuJu Watkins won Player of the Year, along with a unanimous selection onto the Big Ten’s First Team. UCLA Bruins center Lauren Betts was the only other player with a unanimous selection to the First Team.
Betts also picked up the Big Ten Defensive player of the Year award and joined Thierry, Watkins, USC’s Rayah Marshall and Wisconsin Badgers’ center Serah Williams on the All-Defensive Team.
Joining Watkins in award celebrations was head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, named Big Ten Coach of the Year. Gottlieb led her the Trojans to a 17-1 record in conference play, including two wins over the UCLA Bruins.
In the category of sportsmanship honorees, guard Madison Greene won the award for the Buckeyes, with each Big Ten side winning the honor.
Click here for the full list of winners.
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ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Ben Jackson/Getty Images
The Buckeyes play in the 2024-25 season garnered attention in the annual postseason awards announcement
With the Big Ten Tournament looming, it’s time for postseason awards. This season, three members of Ohio State women’s basketball won awards, with point guard Jaloni Cambridge, guard/forward Taylor Thierry, forward Cotie McMahon and guard Madison Greene each earning awards in the annual awards selected by the media and coaches.
Cambridge won the lone individual award, picking up the Freshman of the Year award from the media and a co-Freshman of the Year award with Michigan Wolverines’ guard Olivia Olson on the coaches’ side. The point guard averaged 16.0 points, 4,4 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.1 steals in her first regular season of NCAA basketball.
This award adds to the four Freshman of the Week awards earned by Cambridge, a conference high. Cambridge is the 11th Buckeye to earn Freshman of the Year honor and the second in three years with McMahon winning it for her debut 22-23 season.
The guard also landed on the All-Big Ten First Team for coaches, and Second Team for the media, along with a spot on the All-Freshman team. Cambridge was fourth in the conference with 2.1 steals per game and 10th in defensive rating at 81.5 points allowed per 100 possessions.
McMahon joined Cambridge on an All-Big Ten team, voted onto the First Team after a career season where McMahon scored a personal best 16.9 points per game. The junior also lowered her turnovers to a career low 2.2, now in a leadership role for Ohio State. Both McMahon and Cambridge were selected unanimously by the Big Ten coaches.
Throughout the season, when the Buckeyes dealt with problems normally coming from having three new starters and a large roster turnover, McMahon was the one who battled to keep Ohio State in games. The junior still attacked the basket but added deep shooting with 1.1 made three-point shots per game at 37 percent efficiency. McMahon’s previous high was 21.2 percent shooting from deep on 1.8 attempts per game, hitting only .4 per contest.
In Thierry’s last season, the guard/forward hybrid earned a spot on the All-Defensive Team for the first time in her career, following the lead of guard Celeste Taylor who earned a place last season. Thierry had 2.4 steals per game but a down offensive side of the year, scoring a career low 10.0 points as a starter.
USC Trojans’ guard JuJu Watkins won Player of the Year, along with a unanimous selection onto the Big Ten’s First Team. UCLA Bruins center Lauren Betts was the only other player with a unanimous selection to the First Team.
Betts also picked up the Big Ten Defensive player of the Year award and joined Thierry, Watkins, USC’s Rayah Marshall and Wisconsin Badgers’ center Serah Williams on the All-Defensive Team.
Joining Watkins in award celebrations was head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, named Big Ten Coach of the Year. Gottlieb led her the Trojans to a 17-1 record in conference play, including two wins over the UCLA Bruins.
In the category of sportsmanship honorees, guard Madison Greene won the award for the Buckeyes, with each Big Ten side winning the honor.
Click here for the full list of winners.
Continue reading...