College women
Ohio State 73,
Southern 50
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The No. 24 Ohio State women's basketball team picked up a 73-50 win over visiting Southern tonight at Value City Arena as the Buckeyes improved their school-record home win streak to 29 games.
The win improves Ohio State to 8-3 on the season while Southern dips to 1-10.
Tayler Hill and Amber Stokes led the Buckeyes with 13 and 11 points, respectively, while Ashley Adams and Raven Ferguson both added nine and Aleksandra Dobranic eight. Adams also had four blocks, three assists and six boards.
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Ohio State 73, Southern 50
SOUTHERN
Jasmine Jefferson 2 0-0 4, Lechell Rush 4 0-0 8, Laneisha Stephens 3 2-2 8, Kendra Coleman 7 0-0 11, Essence Hopkins 1 0-0 2; TOTALS: 26 3-4 73; 3-point goals: Coleman 3, Fuller 2
OHIO STATE
Aleksandra Dobranic 3 2-2 8, Ashley Adams 4 1-1 9, Amber Stokes 4 3-4 11, Maleeka Kynard 2 2-4 6, Cait Craft 0 2-2 2, Martina Ellerbe 1 4-4 6, Amy Scullion 1 0-0 2, Raven Ferguson 3 3-3 9; TOTALS: 28 21-23 73
Halftime score: Ohio State 40, Southern 24
Shooting: S 21-65 (32%), OSU 24-49 (49%); Rebounds: S 39 (Sanders 6), OSU 31 (Ellerbe 8); Assists: S 16 (Sanders 4), OSU 17 (Adams 3); Steals: S 3, OSU 8
Next game: VCU at Ohio State, Thursday
LIU Brooklyn 63, Ohio 54
OHIO (4-7)
Erin Bailes 6-16 4-4 19; Alex'ie Baldwin 5-13 0-2 10; Symone Lyles 4-7 0-0 8; Tina Fisher 2-3 1-6 5; Shavon Robinson 1-10 3-4 5; Ashley Fowler 2-6 0-0 4; Kiyanna Black 1-7 0-0 2; Kat Yelle 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 21-64 9-18 54.
LIU BROOKLYN (3-5)
Honor Duvall 7-15 0-2 14; Cleandra Roberts 5-7 1-2 11; Krystal Wells 4-7 1-2 11; Tamika Guz 5-8 0-0 10; Letava Whippy 2-4 4-4 8; Sophi Bhasin 1-2 0-0 3; Fanny Cavallo 1-4 1-2 3; Kelly Robinson 0-3 3-4 3; Genise Presley 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-52 10-16 63.
Halftime score: LIU Brooklyn 40, Ohio 21
3-point goals: Ohio 3-24 (Bailes 3-9; Baldwin 0-2; Lyles 0-2; Robinson 0-2; Fowler 0-4; Black 0-5), LIU Brooklyn 3-5 (Wells 2-4; Bhasin 1-1). Rebounds: Ohio 32 (Baldwin 13), LIU Brooklyn 47 (Roberts 10). Assists: Ohio 10 (Fowler 5), LIU Brooklyn 21 (Robinson 10).
Ohio State took control of this one in the first half with a 13-0 run that put the Buckeyes up by 20, 38-18 with 2:15 left in the half. The Buckeyes eventually took a 40-24 lead into the break and never led by less than 15 the rest of the way.
Ohio State led by as much as 27 in the second half after two Martina Ellerbe free throws with 8:13 remaining.
The Buckeyes' Ameryst Alston scored seven and had three assists while Maleeka Kynard and Ellerbe each added six off the bench. OSU's bench outscored SU's bench, 25-11.
Kendra Coleman led Southern with 11 points.
Long Island University-Brooklyn 63, Ohio 54
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Ohio outscored Long Island University-Brooklyn by a 33-23 margin in the second half on Friday afternoon, but it wasn't quite enough as the Bobcats (4-7) fell by a final score of 63-54. Erin Bailes led all scorers with 19 points while freshman Lexie Baldwin registered her first career double-double in the defeat.
The Bobcats forced Long Island (3-5) into 31 turnovers in the contest, the most they have forced in a single game all season. Ohio also crashed the offensive glass well in the defeat, grabbing 13 offensive rebounds and scoring 14 second-chance points.
Bailes scored her game-high 19 points on 6-of-16 shooting. She shot 3-of-9 from 3-point distance, grabbed three rebounds, and went a perfect 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. Teammate Baldwin had an efficient outing in 24 minutes of play, scoring her 10 points on 5-of-13 shooting. Seven of her 13 rebounds were corralled on the offensive end.
College football
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State's 2013 spring game will be played on the road.
Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati will host the April 13 scrimmage because of renovations at Ohio Stadium.
The Buckeyes went 12-0 under first-year coach Urban Meyer this past season and return 14 starters, including nine on offense.
Ohio State will be resurfacing the seating areas at Ohio Stadium, prompting the change of venue to a city where Meyer played football for the University of Cincinnati. He is a 1986 graduate with a degree in psychology.
Ohio State and UC played at Paul Brown Stadium in front of 66,319 fans on Sept. 21, 2002, in Ohio State's only prior appearance in the 13-year-old facility.
The work at Ohio Stadium gets under way in January.
