The Ohio State women’s basketball team bounced back to get back in the win column after dropping a game against No. 2 UCLA earlier in the week by taking its aggressions out on Belmont Friday, 84-55.
It took the Buckeyes a little while to get going, but once they did, they ran away with the game. The two teams played a nip and tuck game until about three three minutes left in the first half when OSU finished on an 11-2 run to head into the locker room up 38-28.
The second half began like the first half ended with Ohio State still controlling the game and continuing to extend the lead out by creating a slew of turnovers. The Bruins finished with a whopping 23 turnovers that led to 21 points for OSU.
Ohio State also shot the ball much better than Belmont, 52.5% to 36.5% and had nine more shot attempts. A bunch of those shots were taken, and made, by guard Jacy Sheldon, who scored over 30 points for the second-straight game, this time by pouring in 31 on 12-of-18 shooting, including 5-of-9 from beyond the arc. She also had two rebounds, three assists, and two steals.
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Helping with the scoring in double figures were Celeste Taylor and Ricki Harris who scored 15 and 10 points respectively.
With the win, Ohio State improves its record to 10-2 and will have a bit of a break before traveling to Michigan on Saturday, December 30.
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