Purdue Falls To Lady Buckeyes 83-56 As the Cambridge Sisters Combine For 30 Points
Purdue does not have a very good women’s basketball team, as they were blown out by the Lady Buckeyes on December 31, 83-56. The Cambridge sisters combined for 30 points in the Ohio State romp over Purdue. Ohio State had four players score in double digits in the game. Ohio State led Purdue 30-17 after the first quarter, and they led 47-28 at halftime. They were never challenged by Purdue. Do you think the women’s basketball team at Ohio State will finish the season ranked in the top 10?
Purdue Falls To Ohio State Women 83-56
This game was never that close, as Ohio State jumped on Purdue early and kept right on going. The Lady Buckeyes are ranked 19th in the Associated Press poll. They are ranked No. 20 in the coach’s poll. With this victory, they improved to 12-2. Purdue, with the loss, fell to 8-6.
Ohio State shot almost 67% in the first quarter as they jumped out to a 30-17 lead. The Ohio State defense only allowed one field goal in the second quarter, using a 17-11 second-quarter scoring margin to extend the lead to 47-28 at halftime. The third quarter was back and forth as Ohio State led 70-45 through three quarters. The fourth quarter was relatively low scoring. Ohio State hit a bunch of free throws to win 83-56.
In the first quarter, Kylee Kitts of the Buckeyes scored first, and they built an early 9-2 lead. That caused a Purdue timeout with 7:22 left in the quarter. Ohio State put together 6-0 and 8-0 runs, on an extended 14-3 run, to increase its lead to 27-10 with 1:15 to play in the first quarter. Jaloni Cambridge scored a buzzer-beater, which gave the Lady Buckeyes a 30-17 lead after 10 minutes.
In the second quarter, Ohio State put together another run, this one 9-0, to increase its lead to 41-19 just past the halfway point of the quarter. The Buckeye defense did not allow a Purdue field goal until 1:03 to play. Ava Watson capped the first-half scoring at the charity stripe as Ohio State led by a 47-28 margin.
OSU led 54-28 with 8:09 left in the third quarter. Their lead was 61-36 at the media timeout. For the rest of the third quarter, the teams alternated scoring for the majority of the quarter as neither team scored more than four points. The Ohio State lead over Purdue was 70-45.
It got worse for Purdue at the start of the fourth and final quarter. The Lady Buckeyes scored the first five points of the quarter to lead by 30 points, 75-45. The defense was stout for the remainder of the game. In particular, the Buckeye defense did not allow a field goal for the first eight minutes of the quarter. Purdue made a layup to make the score a final 83-56.
News and Notes
- Kitts had 10 rebounds for Ohio State. That total was the most in the game.
- Jaloni Cambridge scored double figures by the end of the first quarter and finished with 14 points.
- Chance Gray hit only 6 of 14 shots en route to 14 points.
- Kennedy Cambridge bounced back from a five-point performance to score a game-high 16 points.
- Ohio State had four double-digit scorers. They took advantage of Purdue, which had three players in double digits.
Parting Thoughts
If the Lady Buckeyes beat bad teams but lose to good ones, how good are they? The team is dependent on big point totals from the Cambridge sisters, Jaloni and Kennedy. Such a dependence seems dangerous if one of them cannot play. There are more difficult games ahead for Ohio State.
