By: Marcus Hartman (Scout.com) -- INDIANAPOLIS - First-team All-Big Ten duo Samantha Prahalis and Jantel Lavender combined for 46 points, but freshman Tayler Hill’s 14 were also critical as the top-seeded Buckeyes rallied to defeat No. 4 Wisconsin 82-73 at Conseco Fieldhouse. The Buckeyes trailed for nearly all of the first 30 minutes before taking control and putting away the plucky Badgers. “I think the fact that we dug deep as a team shows our poise and shows how tough our team is,” ... Read More

By: Dennis Punzel (Madison.com) -- INDIANAPOLIS -- The University of Wisconsin women's basketball team will attempt to go where no UW team has gone when it faces top-seeded Ohio State tonight in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse. The Badgers are in the semifinals for the third time in the 16-year history of the tournament. They've never advanced any further. Wisconsin lost to Penn State 76-62 in the 2002 semifinals and last year they fell to Purdue 70-56. The Badgers' track record ... Read More

By: Curt Cavin and Phillip B. Wilson (IndyStar.com) -- Top-seeded Ohio State got off to a shaky start Friday night in opening its portion of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse, but it settled down enough to advance, which is the key at this point in the season. The 66-55 victory over Illinois pushed the nation's No. 10 team into tonight's semifinals against Wisconsin. Buckeyes coach Jim Foster thought the difference was a frequent switch to a zone defense that ... Read More

By: AP via DaytonDailyNews.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jim Foster is presented with the problem of inspiring his Ohio State women's team to play hard ina tournament that barely acknowledges what the Buckeyes already have done. "I don't know why they have them, to be quite frank with you," the veteran coach said, referring to conference tournaments. "How you can earn something in three days that someone played two months to earn, is something I don't quite understand. But that's just me." The 10th-ranked Buckeyes ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Cleveland Central Catholic grad Jantel Lavender added another award to one of the best careers in the history of Big Ten women's basketball when on Monday she was named the Big Ten Player of the Year for the third straight season. While leading Ohio State to a sixth straight conference title, Lavender, a 6-foot-4 center, led the conference in scoring again, averaging 20.9 ppg, and was third in rebounding at 10.4 rpg. The Buckeyes ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Terrelle Pryor wanted to know the score. "I hope Purdue loses," the Ohio State quarterback said Sunday afternoon. Told the Boilermakers were trailing Michigan State, Pryor said, "That's good then." "I'm just happy the girls are in and now we need the guys coming in. I'm sure they'll get it done," Pryor said. Actually, Pryor and the football Buckeyes were in first, winning their fifth straight Big Ten title in the fall. Then the OSU women's ... Read More

From: AP via ESPN.com -- STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Ohio State's 3-pointers kept falling and the Buckeyes shot past Penn State. Samantha Prahalis scored 26 points and the Buckeyes (No. 9 ESPN/USA Today, No. 8 AP) hit a school-record 17 3-pointers to beat Penn State 86-73 on Sunday.Prahalis hit five from behind the arc and Maria Moeller and Tayler Hill connected for three each. Jantel Lavender added 18 points and eight rebounds for Ohio State (23-3, 11-2 Big Ten)."When you play against us, you ... Read More

From: AP via News-Sentinel.com -- BLOOMINGTON — Indiana shut down Jantel Lavender and upset No. 4 Ohio State. Jori Davis scored 19 points and Danilsa Andujar added the go-ahead basket with 3:45 left to help the Hoosiers beat the Buckeyes 67-62 on Sunday. Andujar also pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds and helped hold Lavender to just three second-half points. Hope Elam added 15 points, including a pair of game-clinching free throws with 1.8 seconds left, for Indiana (12-10, 5-6 Big Ten), which won for just ... Read More

By: Sean Jackson (Examiner.com) -- After a stunning 63-61 loss to Purdue, Ohio State had some examining to do. Leading up to the loss the Buckeyes were winning games a lot closer than they wanted. Last night provided them with an opportunity to play well and regain momentum. Much like the men’s team, the Buckeyes look to play their best basketball in the transition game. When confined to half court play, the game slows down and they struggle. The Buckeyes were able to ... Read More

From: DETROIT FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES -- WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Freshman guard K.K. Houser scored a career-high 18 points, and the Purdue women's team handed No. 4 Ohio State its first conference loss, 63-61, on Monday night. Sam Ostarello, another freshman, added 14 points and seven rebounds for the Boilermakers (10-10, 5-4 Big Ten). Ohio State's Samantha Prahalis missed an open lay-up at the buzzer that would have forced overtime. Her chance to tie was set up when Purdue's Brittany Rayburn missed a ... Read More

By: Josh Jordan (The Lantern.com) -- Tonight, Samantha Prahalis will face the foe that started it all. The sophomore point guard made the game-clinching shot against Michigan on Jan. 3, jump-starting a career-best scoring spree. When the season was set to begin, no one could have predicted Prahalis’ success, but she came out firing in the pre-season WNIT, averaging 14.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 9.3 assists per game. Her stat line was consistent throughout the season until Ohio State played Michigan State on Jan. 9, ... Read More

By: Matt Bishop (StateNews.com) -- Much like the previous three games the MSU women’s basketball team played against top-10 opponents, Saturday’s tilt with No. 6 Ohio State came down to the wire. But while the Spartans experienced success in those prior games, a lack of offense when the team needed it the most doomed the Spartans, who recorded just two field goals in the final eight minutes in a 65-62 loss to the Buckeyes on Saturday afternoon at Breslin Center. “The ball wasn’t dropping for ... Read More

By: RUSTY MILLER (AP via ABC News) -- Jantel Lavender had 18 points and 15 rebounds and Samantha Prahalis hit a 10-foot jumper with 9 seconds left to lead No. 6 Ohio State past Michigan 59-56 on Sunday. The win was the eighth straight for the Buckeyes (16-1, 4-0 Big Ten). The Wolverines (9-5, 1-3) almost tied the game on Courtney Boylan's 30-foot heave at the buzzer that hit the front edge of the rim. Prahalis added 15 points for Ohio State, which played without ... Read More

From: AP via CBSSports.com -- EVANSTON, Ill. --Ohio State coach Jim Foster earned his 700th career victory as the Buckeyes surged to an 86-60 win over Northwestern on Thursday. Sarah Schulze and Samantha Prahalis each scored 16 points, helping Ohio State (15-1, 3-0) take over sole possession of the Big Ten lead with its seventh straight win. The Buckeyes used a 28-3 run in a 7:34 span starting late in the first half and opened a 53-20 lead with 17:16 to play and led ... Read More