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Wildcats Bested by No. 10 Buckeyes, 82-54
1/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern jumped out to an 11-0 advantage to open the game, aided by seven points from A.J. Glasauer (Freiburg, Germany/Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium), but No. 10 Ohio State outlasted the Wildcats, 82-54, Thursday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
"I'm very proud of our team today," head coach Beth Combs said. "Ohio State is one of the top teams in the country and we had to make them think about what they did. The things we need to work on are things we can control."
Sophomore Sara Stutz (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South) recorded a season-high and team-leading 15 points on an impressive 5-of-7 shooting, and 2-of-3 from behind the arc. Freshman Kristin Cartwright (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) dished out a career-best five assists and grabbed a solid six rebounds. Melissa Miller (Bloomington, Minn./The Breck School) pulled down a team-high eight rebounds.
Northwestern (4-9, 0-3) charged to a 13-2 lead with 15:54 left in the first half. The Wildcats hit six of their first seven field goal attempts, while the Buckeyes misfired on their first six shots.
Ohio State was led by Jessica Davenport, who scored five points in a 10-0 run that gave the Buckeyes a 30-21 lead midway through the first stanza. OSU went on an 8-0 spurt to end the first half leading 44-28.
The Wildcats pulled to within 44-34 thanks to back-to-back three-pointers by Stutz to open the second half, but that was as close as NU would come. Stutz scored 13 of her 15 points in the second half. Ifeoma Okonkwo (Spring, Texas/Klein Oak) added eight points and two steals off the bench.
NU will battle in-state foe Illinois at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Assembly Hall.
