WOMEN OSU too good or MSU so bad?

The Buckeyes, ranked No. 6 in the nation, romped over the Spartans, 69-38.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Sixth-ranked Ohio State was so dominant in its win against No. 14 Michigan State that Spartans coach Joanne McCallie felt the need to apologize for the lopsided outcome.
Jessica Davenport scored 18 of her 22 points in the first half, and the Buckeyes went on to a 69-38 victory over the Spartans on Monday night.
"Women's basketball has advanced more than that," McCallie said. "I've been on both sides of games like that. Sometimes you hear coaches sit back and talk about why their team didn't play well. I'd like to give credit to Ohio State. They outplayed us, outfought us, outhustled us, outcoached us -- outeverythinged us."
Maintain Big Ten lead
The Buckeyes (23-2, 13-1), who maintained their one-game lead in the Big Ten with two games remaining, built a 19-point lead at halftime while shooting 62 percent from the field.
"Jess is calling for the ball more and we know if we get her established then it opens things up for everything else," Ohio State forward Debbie Merrill said.
It was the Buckeyes' 14th win in a row and gave coach Jim Foster No. 600 for his career. He has just 252 losses in 28 seasons at Saint Joseph's, Vanderbilt and Ohio State. His players tousled his hair, patted him on the back and presented him with the game ball at midcourt immediately after the final seconds ticked away.
Asked if No. 600 was any different from the 599 before it, Foster said, "No. It just means I've had very good players and assistant coaches. Anybody who doesn't understand that is looking at a fool in the mirror every day."
Still, Davenport said the milestone meant a lot to her and her teammates.
"Coach Foster is a pretty special guy, a great coach and a great guy," she said. "To be a part of his coaching legacy is a great thing."
Brandie Hoskins added 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists, with Merrill tossing in 13 points in the battle of last year's Big Ten co-champions.
Spartans shoot 29%
No one scored more than seven points for the Spartans (20-8, 10-5), who hit just 29 percent of their shots from the field and were 1-of-13 on 3-pointers. Winners of their last six games, they came in as the conference's No. 3 team in scoring at 69.9 points per game.
"A boring, pathetic game like we played doesn't attract fans of any kind," McCallie said.
The Buckeyes led by as many as 34 points in the second half and were able to go to their bench in the final minutes. They play host No. 12 Purdue Thursday night with a chance to clinch their first outright Big Ten title since 1987.
"Our focus in this game was to execute our offense and defense and to play our type of game," Davenport said.