Lady Bucks Basketball Thread

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Originally Posted by MolGenBuckeye

Well, I tried...

I think losing Brandie hurt us today. We didn't seem like we knew what to do in the last few minutes - some bad shots and turnovers. Another senior certainly would have helped out there.

That said, today was just one of those days where the threes weren't falling, and it could have gone either way. I think most days we win that one. Now the last two games are critical, so we can get the number 1 seed in the B10 tourney, and let Purdue and MSU duke it out in the semis.

As JCOSU said, I was also at the game (in the nose-bleed section) and I agree with your sentiments... the Lady Bucks could not hit an outside shot to save their lives... I believe they ended up 2-19 for the game from behind the 3 point line and only scored 8 points in the last 8 minutes. MSU went into a zone the entire second half and that seemed to shut down our inside game... Davenport and Allen didn't get into any kind of rhythm.

The last two games are very winnable and they should go into the Big10 tournament with the #1 seed and outright regular season championship... unfortunately, as BB73 said, their #1 seed in the NCAA tournament just slipped through their hands. But if this loss wakes them up then it is a good thing.

Go Bucks, beat Penn State!

[osugrad21]

DDN

Hoskins dreams of WNBA, coaching from OSU's bench

Torn Achilles tendon ends her playing time, but the C-J grad still contributes to Buckeyes' success.

By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer

Thursday, February 22, 2007
COLUMBUS ? She's now part coach and part cheerleader, but she's still all Brandie.
"I'm how I was when I was playing ? talking on the court," Ohio State senior guard Brandie Hoskins said Wednesday. "But you have to do it from the sidelines. I'd rather be out there talking."

[osugrad21]

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LASTING LEGACY
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

They lived together that first year in a freshmen dorm at Ohio State, three teenage girls crazy for basketball and brimming with thoughts of what college would be like.
Democracy of a sort ruled in the room. Jessica Davenport, the 6-foot-5 center, received the single bed by a 2-0 vote. Stephanie Blanton, the 5-11 forward, took the bottom of the bunk bed. Brandie Hoskins, the 5-9 guard, was pointed to the ladder and the top bunk.
"Jess obviously wasn?t going to be in a bunk bed," Blanton explained. "Her feet hung off the bed. She needed more room. I didn?t want the top bunk, and Brandie was the last one to show up. So she was stuck with it."

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[osugrad21]

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No whine in Brandie about ill-fated ending
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Brandie Hoskins doesn?t have the words to explain how much she wants to play for the Ohio State women?s basketball team in the final regularseason home game tonight in Value City Arena.
The senior guard will be on crutches for the opening tip against Penn State. She suffered a torn left Achilles? tendon in a game against Minnesota two weeks ago. The injury, her second Achilles? tear in 11 months, changed Hoskins from a probable WNBA draft pick to a patient facing long hours of rehabilitation.
"Sitting on the bench, you feel a little helpless," Hoskins said. "I?ll be yelling, though. My teammates probably will get tired of hearing me yell."

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