Ohio State shocked by Marist in first-round game

Jessica Davenport was held to 13 points in her final college game.
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Marist would not be bullied into an early exit this March.
The gutsy Red Foxes drew offensive fouls and scrapped with a bigger, more physical Ohio State team, shocking the heavily favored Buckeyes 67-63 aturday night to reach the second round for the first time in school history.
Julianne Viani made six 3-pointers, including three in an 18-5 second-half run that also featured a 3 by Meg Dahlman, and finished with 24 points as Marist (28-5) earned second-round date tonight with Middle Tennessee.
Viani converted two free throws with 18.1 seconds left after Ohio State cut the lead to three, then Ashlee Trebilcock hit a long 3 on the other end for the Buckeyes.
Nikki Flores swished a pair of free throws for Marist with 8.2 seconds to go and her team secured a loose ball as the buzzer sounded -- sending off a wild celebration at midcourt.
First tourney win for league
It was a monumental night for the little-known Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, which had been 0-21 all-time in the tournament before the 13th-seeded Red Foxes put the league on the map in the school's third NCAA trip in four years under fifth-year coach Brian Giorgis.
Trebilcock scored 23 points for the Buckeyes (28-4), who got a quiet 13 points, five rebounds and two assists from three-time Big Ten player of the year Jessica Davenport -- a 6-foot-5 senior who stayed home in Columbus for college but had her farewell run end earlier than she planned.
Viani, who came in with a team-best 33 3s, shot 6-for-10 from long range for the Red Foxes from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., who won their seventh straight and 19th in 20 -- and have held their opponents under 60 points in all of those victories. The team's lone loss during that stretch came at Loyola on Feb. 16, 62-55, and Marist was conference champion for the fourth straight year.
The Red Foxes drew three offensive fouls in the second half and forced fourth-seeded Ohio State into poor decisions down the stretch and 23 total turnovers.
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