Fifth-year guard Celeste Taylor (12) factors to thank fellow fifth-year guard Jacy Sheldon for a cross after Taylor scored to earn an and-one on the free throw line Wednesday in No. 2 Ohio State’s 67-51 win over Michigan on the Schottenstein Heart. Credit score: Caleb Blake | Picture Editor
Hi there, Massive Ten regular-season championship.
No. 2 Ohio State girls’s basketball clinched the spot of greatest Massive Ten group with its 67-51 defeat of archrival Michigan on Wednesday at Worth Metropolis Enviornment on the Schottenstein Heart.
The final time the Buckeyes (25-3, 16-1 Massive Ten) fell within the common season was to the identical Michigan squad (17-12, 8-8 Massive Ten) Dec. 30, 2023, and within the two groups’ first assembly since, Ohio State enacted its revenge.
Ohio State was within the driver’s seat all the first quarter by forcing seven turnovers and holding the Wolverines scoreless for the ultimate 2:19 of the quarter to guide 13-9 after 10 minutes.
The Buckeyes jumped out to a 20-12 lead halfway by the second quarter, nevertheless, Michigan stormed again to make it 20-20 after a fast 6 factors within the paint and a pair from the charity stripe.
After a 22-22 tie heading into the locker room at halftime, the Buckeyes leaned on what has made them so sturdy this season: the third quarter.
A 9-2 scoring onslaught within the first 4 minutes was a 27-16 third-quarter benefit for the Buckeyes, together with 10 factors from graduate guard Jacy Sheldon.
Ohio State rode its sturdy protection to the ultimate buzzer, forcing 29 Wolverine turnovers and scoring 30 factors off giveaways all through the sport.
Sheldon completed with a game-high 22 factors for her twelfth 20-point effort of the season whereas sophomore ahead Cotie McMahon chipped in 18 factors, seven rebounds and two blocks.
With the victory, Ohio State claims its first outright Massive Ten regular-season championship since 2010 and the Massive Ten document of 16 regular-season championships.
Subsequent up, Ohio State takes its 15-game Massive Ten successful streak to No. 6 Iowa within the last recreation of the common season in Iowa Metropolis, Iowa, on Sunday.
The highly-anticipated tilt might be televised on FOX with a 1 p.m. CST tipoff.
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