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 Viagra buy cheap 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,” said Lavender, Ohio State’s junior center and the three-time Big Ten Player of the Year. “And I’m happy we won this game because Wisconsin played an extremely great game.”

A trio of threes by three different Badgers helped Wisconsin (21-10) open an early 13-9 lead through four minutes.

After Lavender scored the first two points of the game from the free throw line, Tara Steinbauer put the Badgers on top with a three-pointer.

The Buckeyes (29-4) caught their foes for the first time since the opening minute when Sarah Schulze buried a three from the right wing with about 8:25 to go, but Wisconsin junior guard Alyssa Karel answered right back on the other end when she got loose from OSU freshman Amber Stokes for a trey from deep in the right corner.

Not to be outdone, Prahalis knotted the score again with a three-pointer of her own on the ensuing possession.

A few minutes later, Ohio State looked primed to pull ahead after Hill’s old-fashioned three-point play tied the game at 30 with 5:30 to go in the first half, but Teah Gant had other ideas.

The Badger guard scored her team’s next seven points during an 11-4 run that gave Wisconsin its largest lead of the half.

Karel scored the last bucket for the run by knocking down a difficult fallaway jumper from the base line that put Wisconsin ahead 41-34 with 1:20 to go.

Then Hill provided the spark again for the Buckeyes as she drove through the Badger defense for a layup and drew another foul, this one on Taylor Wurtz, with 32 seconds to go.

Hill’s ensuing free throw was the last point of the half, and her drives would be a recurring theme in the final 20 minutes.

Wisconsin extended to a seven-point lead again early in the second half after Karel made a wide-open three-pointer at the 18:14 mark, but Ohio State quickly erased that.

The Buckeyes tied the game at 46 with three-point play by Lavender at the 15:53 mark, but they couldn’t get over the hump until Prahalis canned a three-pointer to give….

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