By Nick Jenkinson/Excel H Sports
The Indiana Hoosiers led 42-32 at halftime but the #12 Excel H Sports Ranked Ohio State Buckeyes outscored the Hoosiers 49-25 in the second half to beat the Hoosiers 81-67 Thursday Night at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State improves to 18-2 overall and 7-1 in the Big Ten. Indiana drops to 11-9 overall and 0-8 in the Big Ten and will travel to West Lafayette, Indiana on Sunday to face their archrivals the Purdue Boilermakers at Noon. The Hoosiers lost seven in a row and after a good first half the third quarter proved to be their kryptonite. Ohio State scored 27 in the third quarter and the Hoosiers scored 13 and that run by Ohio State just what they needed coming out of the locker room after halftime for their 5th win of the season trailing at halftime.
Ohio State placed six in double figures led by Jaloni Cambridge with 22 points, Kennedy Cambridge and Chance Gray scored 13 points apiece. Ava Waston added 12 points, Bryn Martin scored 11 off the bench and Elsa Lemmila added 10 points as the Ohio State starting five scored 70 of the 81 points. Ella Hobbs and T’yana Todd played but did not score. Ohio State finished 31-64 from the field for 64%, 7-18 from three-point range for 39% and 12-17 from the free throw line for 71%. The Buckeyes had 21 rebounds, 12 assists, 16 steals, 2 blocks and 7 turnovers.
Indiana placed three in double figures with 20 points from Lenee Beaumont and 19 points from Shay Ciezki. Zania Socka-Nugemen added 11 points and 10 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season. Maya Makalusky added 8 points, Neveah Caffey scored four points, Jerni Kiaku added 5 points off the bench. Phoenix Stotjin and Edessa Noyan played but did not score. Indiana finished 22-39 from the field for 56%, 11-17 from three-point range for 65% and 12-13 from the free throw line for 92%. The Hoosiers had 30 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 26 turnovers.
The Hoosiers came out red hot in the first quarter, leading 21-17 after the first ten minutes. Indiana was 8-14 from the field and 5-8 from three-point range. The Hoosiers continued in the second quarter as they outscored the Buckeyes 21-15 and led 42-32 at halftime as Beaumont and Ciezki combined for 30 of the 42 Hoosier points in the first half.
Ohio State came out in a full court press and made the Hoosiers turn the ball over a bunch and used a 27-13 run in the quarter to lead 59-55 going into the final ten minutes. The Buckeyes outscored the Hoosiers 22-12 in the fourth quarter as Jaloni Cambridge scored 13 of her 22 points in the second half and Buckeyes pull out the win and lead the all-time series 62-27.
Indiana did the same thing against a ranked Iowa team in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. It had a strong first half leading by double digits and a bad third quarter doomed the Hoosiers as Iowa completed the comeback and escaped the win. Indiana has nine more conference games left and they are sitting at the bottom of the Big Ten and the bottom three in the standings will not make the Big Ten Tournament and that does not sit well with Teri Moren as Indiana has never missed a Big Ten Tournament and doesn’t want to start now but they have to put wins together before it is too late.
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