By Chris Biderman (TheLantern.com) -

It started out physical, but the bumped and bruised Buckeyes prevailed against Georgia Tech on Monday night, despite tying their season high in turnovers.

By winning, 67-60, the No. 4 seed Ohio State women’s basketball team will advance to the Sweet 16 in Dayton, Ohio, after topping the fifth-seeded Yellow Jackets in a hard-fought win in front of St. John Arena’s vivacious crowd. OSU now has won 11 straight games.

But en route to the win, the team turned the ball over 21 times. Making up for it was Jantel Lavender’s 21 points on 71 percent shooting. Her double-figure scoring performance was her 135th, setting the NCAA all-time record.

Behind Lavender, the Buckeyes shot 59.5 percent from the field and got double-digit points from guards Samantha Prahalis and Tayler Hill and center Ashley Adams.

The first half was very physical, with the referees letting a lot of contact go uncalled. The tipping point came when Lavender and Georgia Tech’s Chelsea Regins got tangled up underneath the basket after Brittany Johnson nailed a 3-pointer. Offsetting technical fouls were called on the play…..

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