Ohio State women bounce back, win

Associated Press

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Tayler Hill scored 19 of her 24 points in the second half, eight during a 10-0 run that helped No. 11 Ohio State pull away from Northwestern.

Hill iced the win for the Buckeyes (16-1, 3-1 Big Ten) on a 3-pointer 45 seconds remaining for a 78-69 advantage.

“Every Big Ten game will be competitive,” said Buckeyes coach Jim Foster. “They had better be, because this is a physical league. The referees let you play. You have to figure it out.

“I think we did a good job of that.”

Samantha Prahalis added 20 points and Amber Stokes 11 as the Buckeyes rebounded from their first loss Saturday at Michigan.

“I don’t think we needed to lose to learn, but we did and we learned from it,” Hill said. “ There were things we needed to point out. There were things we were lazy on. We weren’t paying attention to detail the way we needed to.”

Darryce Moore (Boardman) scored seven points off the bench as the Buckeye reserves combined to score 18 points on 8 of 10 shooting.

“Darryce [Moore] is a very smart player,” Foster said. “She thinks the game; she knows the game. Sometimes she just plays it a little too fast.

“You play the game of basketball quickly. You don’t play it fast.”

Dannielle Diamant had 23 points for Northwestern (11-6, 1-3). Ohio native Kendall Hackney scored 11 of her 15 in the second half.

“It was a really good game,” Northwestern coach Joe McKeown said. “I thought defensively we broke down at the wrong time. We kept making plays to get back in the game but we could never get the lead in the second half.

“It was a really good college basketball game that was well-played by both teams but I thought defensively we should have been better.”