Third-ranked OSU crushes Jackson St.

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Jared Sullinger had 20 points and 11 rebounds in little more than a half and No. 3-ranked Ohio State used an 18-0 blitz to roll to an 85-41 victory over Jackson State on Friday night.

Deshaun Thomas, William Buford and Jordan Sibert each had 11 points for the Buckeyes (3-0), who were coming off an 81-74 victory over No. 7 Florida, also in the Global Sports Shootout.

All 12 players on the roster saw action, with 11 scoring and all 12 grabbing a rebound.

Kelsey Howard scored 17 points for Jackson State (0-4), which had 26 turnovers.

Down 11-10 in the first half, the Buckeyes scored the next 18 points and never looked back.

The Tigers are being outscored by 36 points a game so far this season.

The Buckeyes scored 32 of the first 45 points in the second half while substituting liberally.

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Tayler Hill scored 24 points, Samantha Prahalis 20 and Amber Stokes 11 as No. 24 Ohio State withstood a late Temple rally.

The Owls trailed by 11 with three minutes left but pulled to within 66-63 on a 3-pointer by Brittany Lewis with 32.3 seconds to go.

Hill then made two foul shots to increase the lead to five for Ohio State (2-0). Temple’s Shey Peddy made a 3, but Prahalis made a pair of free throws with 9.8 seconds left to close the scoring.

Kristen McCarthy led Temple (2-1) with 14 points.

Temple reeled off six quick points to open the second half to pull to within two, but the Buckeyes responded and had their biggest margin, 53-37, with 10:08 left.