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Ohio State Women's Basketball (2023-24 B1G CHAMPS)

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Ajae Petty is strong and aggressive but is prone to turnovers and get herself in foul trouble. She needs to channel that aggression with better focus before we get too far into conference play or she'll be on the bench a lot. Lemmila is surprisingly good at not fouling considering her size and how often she alters shots and rebounds. Hopefully she continues to hone her skills because her and Petty might be enough to combat the big talent across the country for a change this year. We already know our guards and forwards are near elite level this is the missing ingredient for the ladies.

Slowed a lot in this second quarter, lead 32-15 under 5 minutes left in the first half.
 
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Both teams a combined 1-15 from 3pt. Yuck

Edit: Right after I posted that Chance Gray banked her second in and Ball State hit their first of the half. Combined 4-19 at the half, Lady Bucks lead 38-20 at halftime.

If you just looked at the stats you would think it was a very close game until you look at the Turnovers: 15/8 in favor of the Buckeyes and Points off Turnovers: 20-0 in favor of the Buckeyes. The entire game in a nutshell.
 
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Chance Gray lighting it up now, 19pts in 24minutes. She's 4-5 from 3 pt and the Bucks lead 72-39 with 8 minutes to go. They just started to get their motor running in the 3rd, as usual.

I am starting to notice that people are beating the press easier this year with the long diagonal pass over the top. Going to have to get that fixed when the competition ramps up because conference foes will eat that alive.
 
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In my opinion, there are too many "coaches" now on this team. They look to double the number of players from what it looks like during this time out. Most of them seem to be standing around or playing grab ass with each other instead of coaching. Now in a game where we are up 30 there's not much room for concern but Lemmila just took a shot in the kidney or lower back and was hurt for 20 seconds or so while those "coaches" were dicking around on the court during the time out before anyone even went over to check on her.

soapbox moment: Ohio State's brand has become so massive that the business aspect of things is overshadowing the most important commodity in too many instances that are evident in the major sports. I can't speak for the lower revenue sports but for basketball/football I can see this becoming a problem. The actual coaching for players is heading towards the backseat and it annoys the hell out of me. I really hope this doesnt become a McGuff problem by the end of the year. We've already seen some of it happen for the boys on the gridiron. Ok, end of rant.

All that said I believe this girls squad could beat a lot of our opponents with the second team. They get in the game and not only hold the lead but often increase it. It's 80-48 with 2 minutes left.

Most importantly, 9-0!
 
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Cotie said, "ya'll forgot about me?" Puts in 16 effortless points in the first quarter. She rested the last 3:30 of the quarter so that was more like 7 minutes she did that. Bucks up 23-14 and the route is about to be on. Taylor Thierry just being a pro as usual, doing everything. I really think some WNBA team is going to love her if that is where she decides to focus after school.
 
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Ajae Petty is a beast. I can't wait to see her against better competition because she's on pace for 21 rebounds if she played this whole game. Already has 10 points. Girls have it going good right now. 40-16 with about 4 minutes til half. Should break 100 today and YSU has zero chance at making a dent in the score unless we stop pressing in the second half.
 
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52-18 at the half. 28-2 run put it away with a lot of players off the bench contributing. We just need to see them get a big test to see how good they really are. Neither Cambridge sister is available today and no further information about Jaloni. Was a big fall she had hopefully it's just soreness and precaution. The rest of the looks great.
 
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