By Danielle Daniels
No. 10/9 Ohio State at Rutgers
Date: Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024
Venue: Jersey Mike’s Arena (Piscataway, N.J.)
Game:
- Sunday at Rutgers (2 p.m. ET) | B1G+ | Live Stats
Rosters: Ohio State | Rutgers
Notes:Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 10/9 Ohio State women’s basketball team (12-0, 1-0 B1G) heads to Piscataway to face Rutgers (8-4, 0-1 B1G) on Sunday for a 2 p.m. tip. The game will be broadcast on B1G+ and AM1460.
- Ohio State wrapped up the non-conference schedule with an 84-59 win against Stanford in the Invisalign Bay Area Women’s Classic on Friday, Dec. 20 in San Francisco.
- The Buckeyes had a balanced offense against the Cardinal with six players in double figures – McMahon (16), Greene (season-high 15), Gray (14), Petty (14), Thierry (12) and Watson (11). Petty and Thierry led OSU with nine rebounds apiece.
- Ohio State committed its lowest turnover total of the season (5) while forcing 19 Stanford turnovers. The Buckeye defense held the Cardinal to just 2-of-16 (.125) from long range despite Stanford being second in the nation in three-point percentage entering the game.
- Gray was named to the Big Ten weekly honor roll on Monday.
- Rutgers enters the game at 8-4 overall and 0-1 in the Big Ten.
- The Scarlet Knights hold wins this season over Manhattan, Cornell, NJIT, Iona, Georgia Southern, FDU, Wagner and Lafayette. Rutgers lost to Virginia Tech, Princeton, Marquette and Wisconsin.
- Kiyomi McMiller and Destiny Adams lead the Rutgers offense with 20.9 and 17.3 points per game, respectively. Adams is nearly averaging a double-double as she leads the team with 9.6 rebounds per game.
- Ohio State leads 16-7 in the all-time series against Rutgers and has the 6-4 advantage when facing the Scarlet Knights in Piscataway. The Buckeyes won the lone meeting with Rutgers last season by a 90-55 margin in Columbus on Jan. 11, 2024.
- In the game last season, OSU had 10 players score points and four score in double figures, including returners Madison Greene (season-high 16) and Cotie McMahon (11). Greene made a career-high four triples in that game, shooting 4-of-6 (.667) from behind the arc.
Ohio State women’s basketball tickets for the 2024-25 season are available online as Buckeye Nation continues to make Value City Arena in the Schottenstein Center one of the most exciting venues in the country. The Buckeyes have holideals for multiple winter sports, including women’s basketball, now through the end of the calendar year with the deal applying to specific games throughout the season. View more information about the holideals and purchase tickets HERE.
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