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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

OSU-Illinois preview

Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:05 AM
By Jim Massie


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
OHIO STATE VS. ILLINOIS

7 p.m. today
? Where: Value City Arena
? TV: None
? Radio: WOSU-AM (820)
? Records: Ohio State 13-3, 4-1; Illinois 11-5, 3-2
? Matchup to watch: This is another initial meeting of young, talented post players. Illinois sophomore Jenna Smith and OSU freshman Jantel Lavender both have won three conference player-of-the-week awards and have eight double-doubles in points and rebounding. Both have topped 20 points six times. It should be fun.

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[MolGenBuckeye]

Whew, we stole one tonight...led for all of 15 seconds in the second half, but fortunately one of them was when the clock struck zero. Two huge three pointers in the last minute or so, after we couldn't hit anything all game.

Also a nice strategy by Coach Foster at the end on defense - we only had one team foul, so we continually fouled them a couple seconds after each inbound, and bled the clock all the way down to 2 seconds before we ran out of fouls to give. A nice trap in the corner, and that was it.

[Bucky Katt]

Originally Posted by MolGenBuckeye

Whew, we stole one tonight...led for all of 15 seconds in the second half, but fortunately one of them was when the clock struck zero. Two huge three pointers in the last minute or so, after we couldn't hit anything all game.

Also a nice strategy by Coach Foster at the end on defense - we only had one team foul, so we continually fouled them a couple seconds after each inbound, and bled the clock all the way down to 2 seconds before we ran out of fouls to give. A nice trap in the corner, and that was it.

Good thing they were leading rather than trailing with only 1 foul, eh?

[osugrad21]

CPD

WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Unlikely hero caps Bucks' comeback


Friday, January 18, 2008Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus- Ohio State's Mar scilla Packer taped her video thank you to the fans last week in anticipation of reaching the 1,000-point threshold.
Three points shy of the mark entering Thursday, in a game when no one could score and the Buckeyes had no business hanging around, the senior finally triggered the clip when she went to a timeout huddle with 34 seconds left against Illinois. She had somehow brought her team within two with her first 3-pointer following an 0-for-5 shooting start.
"My teammates were congratulating me," Packer said, "and I was like, 'We can talk about it later.' I just wanted to win."




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[osugrad21]

Canton

Moeller's clutch shot gives OSU women 43-42 victory
UPDATE: 11:32 PM, Thursday, January 17, 2008


COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? Maria Moeller took only one shot in nine minutes off the bench and made it count.

Moeller?s 3-pointer with 14 seconds remaining gave No. 16 Ohio State a 43-42 comeback win over Illinois on Thursday night.

Down by seven points with 4:56 left, the Buckeyes got a layup from Jantel Lavender and a 3-pointer from Marscilla Packer to cut Illinois? lead to 42-40.

Moeller, a reserve sophomore guard, scored from the right corner to give the Buckeyes (14-3, 5-1 Big Ten) their fifth-straight win.

?I waited for my opportunity and when my time came I stepped up,? Moeller said.

The Buckeyes had not led since 14-13 with nearly nine minutes left in the first half.

?Moeller made the shot of her life,? Illinois coach Jolette Law said. ?I knew it was good when she shot it.?

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