It was a close one, but the Ohio State women’s basketball team got itself a 71-68 road win over Purdue on Sunday.
It was a nip and tuck affair all the way throughout, but a little bizarre in the fact that the largest lead was nine points by Ohio State, while Purdue led just one time in the game by a single point in the third quarter.
The Buckeyes scored the first seven points of the game and looked to be well on their way to another victory, but it’s tough to win on the road in the Big Ten, and Purdue wasn’t about to let things get away. In fact, the Boilermakers battled back and finished the first quarter down just one point at 20-19.
OSU took modest control in the second quarter and headed to the locker room at halftime up 33-27. The third quarter was pretty close to a stalemate, then Ohio State looked to take hold of the game in the fourth quarter before Purdue started to rally late in the fourth quarter, even getting the lead down to two points with just :21 seconds left before OSU’s Jacy Sheldon sealed it at the free throw line.
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— Ohio State WBB (@OhioStateWBB) January 28, 2024
Rebeka Mikulasikova led the Buckeyes with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting. She was joined with two other Ohio State players in double figures. Taylor Thierry scored 14 points and Cotie McMahon chipped in 10 points.
With the win, OSU improves its overall record to 17-3, and conference mark to 8-1, good for a three-way tie at the top with Iowa and Indiana.
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