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Lavender scores 21 as Buckeyes capture their fifth league title in row
By Rusty Miller
Associated Press
Published on Friday, Feb 27, 2009
COLUMBUS: Jantel Lavender had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and Samantha Prahalis fueled No. 14 Ohio State's fastbreak to lead the Buckeyes past Wisconsin 75-53 on Thursday night, clinching at least a share of their fifth Big Ten championship in a row.
The piece of the title allowed the Buckeyes (23-5, 14-3) to match school and Big Ten records.
Ohio State also won five in a row from 1983-87.
Prahalis, leading the Big Ten and 17th in the nation in assists at almost six per game, kept the Buckeyes running on both offense and defense. She finished with nine assists and three steals despite not playing most of the second half.
Star Allen added 17 points and Ashlee Trebilcock 11 for Ohio State, which won its fourth game in a row while extending its own conference mark with a 12th women's basketball title.
Alyssa Karel scored 13 points, Teah Grant 11 and Rae Lin D'Alie 10 for Wisconsin (16-13, 6-12).
Ohio State, up 11 at the half, got off to a sluggish start in the second 20 minutes before Prahalis stepped on the gas pedal.
She tossed a 30-foot, lookaway pass to Lavender for a three-point play, followed that with a quick behind-the-back flip to Lavender for another basket and then raced the ball down the court and fired a pass to Brittany Johnson for a 3 from the right corner.
Those three baskets capped an 8-0 run that swelled the Buckeyes' lead to 48-31. Their lead never dropped below 15 points again.
Lavender has 33 career double-doubles in 59 career games and has scored at least 10 points in every game in her college career. She came in leading the Big Ten in scoring (20.6) and rebounds (10.5) and is a shoo-in to win her second consecutive conference player of the year award.
Trebilcock gave the Buckeyes a boost in the opening half.
A starter for most of the season, she has seen limited time in recent weeks because of nagging knee problems.
But she came in to hit two 3s and a 14-foot jumper as Ohio State pulled away to a 29-14 lead.
The Buckeyes had taken command earlier in the half with an 8-0 run that pushed their advantage to 21-10. The highlight-reel play of that sequence came when Prahalis flipped a no-look, behind-the-back pass to Lavender on a fastbreak, with Lavender fouled on the play. She hit both shots.
They have now won 77 of their past 89 Big Ten regular-season games and 41 of the past 43 at home.
COLUMBUS: Jantel Lavender had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and Samantha Prahalis fueled No. 14 Ohio State's fastbreak to lead the Buckeyes past Wisconsin 75-53 on Thursday night, clinching at least a share of their fifth Big Ten championship in a row.
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