By Danielle Daniels
The Buckeyes travel to Ann Arbor to wrap up 2023 with a Saturday noon tip.
No. 17/13 Ohio State at Michigan
Date: Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023
Venue: Crisler Center (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Game:
- at -/RV Michigan (12 p.m. ET) | Live Stats | FOX
Rosters: Ohio State | Michigan
Notes: Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 17/13 Ohio State women’s basketball team (10-2, 1-0 B1G) travels to -/RV Michigan (10-3, 1-0 B1G) for a Saturday matinee, scheduled for noon. The game will be broadcast on FOX and 1460AM.
- Ohio State holds a 10-2 record this season after wrapping up its non-conference schedule with an 84-55 win against Belmont on Dec. 22. The Buckeyes tallied a team-high 12 three-pointers, won the rebounding battle 37-29, totaled 11 steals and forced 23 turnovers.
- Jacy Sheldon tied her season-high 31 points to lead the game, while Celeste Taylor also tied high season-high 15 points. Rikki Harris chipped in 10 points as the trio shot 10-of-19 (.526) from behind the arc. Taylor Thierry led the game with nine rebounds.
- Sheldon was named to the USBWA Weekly Starting Five on Wednesday after a pair of 30-point games last week.
- -/RV Michigan enters the game with a 10-3 overall record and is 1-0 in Big Ten play. The Wolverines defeated Florida A&M by a 77-35 margin on Dec. 22 in the non-conference finale.
- The Wolverines hold wins against Purdue Fort Wayne, Oakland, Middle Tennessee, South Dakota, Eastern Michigan, SIUE, Harvard, Illinois, Miami (OH) and Florida A&M and have lost to then No. 23 Mississippi, Toledo and Florida.
- Laila Phelia leads the Michigan offense with 14.3 ppg this season, while Lauren Hansen also averages double figures (11.2 ppg). Cameron Williams leads the Wolverines on the boards (5.7 rpg).
- Ohio State leads 59-16 in the all-time series against Michigan and is 25-10 when facing the Wolverines in Ann Arbor.
- During the 2022-23 season, the Buckeyes earned a 66-57 victory in Covelli on New Year’s Eve and then defeated the Wolverines by a 74-61 mark on Feb. 20 in Ann Arbor. The teams met for a third time in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals where OSU claimed an 81-79 victory.
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- Thursday, January 11th vs. Rutgers
- Thursday, February 1st vs. Wisconsin
- Wednesday, February 14th vs. Nebraska
- Wednesday, February 28th vs. Michigan
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