Buckeyes beat Illini 68-63 in OT

Trevor Thompson scored 16 points and Ohio State survived a furious comeback by Illinois to win in overtime Thursday night, 68-63. JaQuan Lyle hit a pair of free throws with 14 seconds left in overtime to put the Buckeyes (14-8, 6-3 Big Ten) up 66-63 and Mickey Mitchel followed with a layup to ice the […]

Ohio State beat Penn State 66-46

Keita Bates-Diop scored 22 points and Ohio State beat Penn State 66-46 on Monday night. The Buckeyes (13-8, 5-3) led for all but 36 seconds of game action. Bouncing back from a scoreless game at Purdue four days earlier, Bates-Diop found his shooting stroke early against the Nittany Lions. He scored 13 points in the […]

Ohio State downs Rutgers 67-58

Kelsey Mitchell scored 22 points and No. 7 Ohio State used a big third quarter to take command and beat Rutgers 67-58 on Sunday. Ameryst Alston scored 10 of her 15 points in the decisive quarter as the Buckeyes (15-4, 7-1 Big Ten) outscored Rutgers 24-7 to break away from a halftime tie. Alexa Hart […]

Buckeyes down Wolverines 97-93

Kelsey Mitchell scored 27 points to help No. 7 Ohio State beat Michigan 97-93 on Thursday night. Shayla Cooper added 25 points and 13 rebounds for the Buckeyes (13-5, 6-1 Big Ten). Katelynn Flaherty led Michigan (11-7, 3-4) with 22 points, the 12th straight game where she had scored at least 19. Hallie Thome added […]

Purdue beat Ohio State 75-64

P.J. Thompson scored 10 of his 12 points in the final seven minutes Thursday night, helping No. 22 Purdue pull away from Ohio State 75-64. A.J. Hammons added 16 points as the Boilermakers (17-3, 5-2 Big Ten) won their third straight. Ohio State (12-8, 4-3) was led by Jae’Sean Tate, who had 17 points and […]

Buckeyes beat Northwestern 86-82

Maggie Lyon scored 24 points, Nia Coffey added 23 and Northwestern upset No. 5 Ohio State 86-82 on Thursday night. Christen Inman added 17 points, and Freshman Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah had 14 points and 14 rebounds for Northwestern (13-4, 2-3 Big Ten). The Wildcats had lost two straight and four of six to fall out of […]

Ohio State whips Rutgers 94-68

Freshman guard JaQuan Lyle had 16 points, a career-high 12 rebounds and 11 assists and Ohio State used a big second half to beat Rutgers 94-68 on Wednesday night. Five other Buckeyes were in double figures for the (12-6, 4-1 Big Ten), Keita Bates-Diop, Je-Sean Tate and Kam Williams had 14, Marc Loving 12 and […]

Buckeyes beat Rutgers 90-78

Kelsey Mitchell and Ohio State shredded Rutgers’ top-ranked Big Ten defense. Mitchell scored 31 points and Ameryst Alston added 21 as the fifth-ranked Buckeyes beat Rutgers 90-78 on Sunday. Ohio State (12-3, 4-0) never trailed, using a strong start defensively and a consistent offensive attack to win for the eighth time in a row and […]

Indiana beat Ohio State 85-60

Troy Williams scored 23 points and Indiana won its ninth straight game with an 85-60 win over Ohio State on Sunday. Thomas Bryant added 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Hoosiers (14-3, 4-0 Big Ten), who outrebounded Ohio State 50-31. Yogi Ferrell had 16 points and Robert Johnson 11 and both had six assists. […]

Buckeyes smack Hoosiers 97-70

Coming off consecutive victories over ranked teams, No. 5 Ohio State got off to a slow start in a 97-70 victory over unranked Indiana on Thursday night. The Buckeyes missed nine of their first 10 shots and trailed 18-10. They rallied to take a 40-35 lead by halftime, but Ohio State coach Kevin McGuff still […]