Buckeye women top WSU to stay unbeaten

Staff report

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Samantha Prahalis overcame a slow start to spark a second-half run and No. 11 Ohio State surged to a 79-57 victory over Washington State on Thursday night.

Prahalis, averaging 17.8 points, had two in the first 20 minutes as the Buckeyes (13-0) clung to a 40-35 halftime lead.

She had six points in the opening four minutes after the break then hit her second 3-pointer with 11:38 left to spark a 17-1 spurt that gave the Buckeyes a 70-45 lead.

Tayler Hill had 15 of her 21 points in the first half for the Buckeyes, while Prahalis finished with 20 points and 10 assists.

The turning point came in the last 30 seconds of the first half, when Ohio State turned a 35-34 deficit into a five-point advantage.

Boardman High graduate Darryce Moore scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds in 17 minutes off the bench for the Buckeyes and Amy Scullion (Salem) scored two points in four minutes.

“Towards the end of the first half we got stops when we needed to and we just made the plays we needed to make and that carried over into the second half,” Moore said. “We all came out ready to play and fed off of each other.”