Women on BTN now...

[mikewebb68]

Could be ugly, but they are due for a good game....

 

[Noah121]

'Cats lead 34-20 with 5:40 left in the first quarter... make that 36-20 on a Carmody-like play call!

And again! 38-20.

Missed triple from OSU and 'Cats have a chance to double up the Bucks. But Coffey misses the triple.

 

[mikewebb68]

Still up 12 after 3. But can they hold on with zero depth? OSU isn't the 5th ranked team in the country for nothing...

 

[Noah121]

Time for my inimitably bad partial play-by-play...

#32 made a layup and was fouled to cut our lead to 68-58, but the refs are reviewing whether the extracurricular contact was intentional. Ghosts 'n' Stuff...

Technical foul on #32 after review!

Cooper sinks her free throw... and Maggie is shooting 2. Makes the first... and the second! 70-59 and our ball. 9 minutes left.

 

[Noah121]

Things are starting to fall apart for the 'Cats. Turnover and free throws for OSU, and then a travelling call. 70-61, 8:32 left.

Three seconds on OSU prevents them from cutting into the lead!

Deary draws a foul on Craft. (Is Craft related to our men's nemesis Aaron Craft?)

Step back three-attempt, missed! But Nia is hurt... and OSU makes a triple. Bad sequence!

 

[mikewebb68]

Uh oh, Nia rolls her ankle after a terribad pass . Doesn't look good for us only up 6

 

[NUcats11]

We play very sloppy and are hard to watch at times

 

[Noah121]

Craft commits her fourth foul! We have some good offensive rebounds, but we have indeed played sloppily.

Christen Inman makes lemonade out of lemons! 72-64; 6:45 left.

Ohio State turns over a live ball! And Maggie makes 'em pay with a floater in the lane! 74-64, timeout dOSU! 6:14 left.

 

[mikewebb68]

Somehow, we go up 10 without Nia and after playing hot potato with the ball....

 

[mikewebb68]

Yes , Aaron's sister.

 

[mekCat]

We are seeing the Dererk Pardon of the women's team. In her 2nd start, 14 points 14 rebounds for Kunaiyi-Akpanah.

 

[mikewebb68]

Somehow we hold on without Nia, 86-82. Just an incredible win.

 

[WildBillcat]

Great going girls! Anytime we beat OSU is indeed a great time!
Heck, anytime OSU loses is a great time....

 

[mikewebb68]

We are seeing the Dererk Pardon of the women's team. In her 2nd start, 14 points 14 rebounds for Kunaiyi-Akpanah.

The Nigerian nightmare! Frankly, surprised the heck out of me. She has been nothing but a foul machine so far this season. But the refs put the whistles in their pockets tonight, and that certainly played to her advantage; she is a physical, physical rebounder.

 

[Alan Smithee]

I always have a hard time watching his teams. At least when I tune in, it's a frantic turnover festival without much respect for the ball.

 

[mikewebb68]

I always have a hard time watching his teams. At least when I tune in, it's a frantic turnover festival without much respect for the ball.

It's funny, they actually were not turning over the ball at all in the non con. And I think they only turned over the ball twice in the first half of this game, which is largely the reason they won.

 

[mikewebb68]

Interesting article on what coach did to stop his team's swoon...

http://espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=400834924