Hawkeyes rally to force OT, but fall to Ohio St.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Freshman guard Jaloni Cambridge had 29 points and four assists and Cotie McMahon had 25 points and eight rebounds and No. 8 Ohio State held off Iowa 86-78 in overtime on Monday.
Cambridge’s sister, Kennedy, had a career-high 16 points for the Buckeyes (22-3, 11-3 Big Ten).
Lucy Olsen had 27 points and seven assists for Iowa (18-8, 8-7), which had its six-game winning streak snapped. Kylie Feuerbach added 12 points and four assists, while Sydney Affolter scored 11 points and Hannah Stuelke had 10 points.
The Hawkeyes trailed by as many as 14 points late in the first half. But they patiently chipped away at the lead and sent the game to overtime on Olsen’s two free throws with 3.6 seconds left in regulation.
No. 8 Ohio St. 86, Iowa 78, OT
IOWA (18-8) — Stuelke 5-12 0-2 10, Affolter 3-7 4-4 11, Feuerbach 4-7 2-2 12, McCabe 1-3 0-0 3, Olsen 8-20 8-12 27, O’Grady 2-4 2-2 6, Guyton 3-5 1-2 9, Mallegni 0-4 0-0 0, Stremlow 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 26-62 17-24 78.
OHIO ST. (22-3) — McMahon 8-21 8-13 25, Petty 1-2 0-0 2, Jaloni Cambridge 8-14 11-14 29, Gray 2-5 0-0 5, Thierry 2-6 0-0 4, Lemmila 1-4 3-4 5, Kennedy Cambridge 5-6 4-7 16, Greene 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 27-58 26-38 86.
Iowa 12 9 23 30 4 — 78
Ohio St. 22 12 17 23 12 — 86
3-Point Goals–Iowa 9-25 (Affolter 1-3, Feuerbach 2-4, McCabe 1-3, Olsen 3-9, Guyton 2-4, Mallegni 0-2), Ohio St. 6-15 (McMahon 1-3, J.Cambridge 2-2, Gray 1-3, Thierry 0-3, Lemmila 0-2, K.Cambridge 2-2). Assists–Iowa 18 (Olsen 7), Ohio St. 14 (J.Cambridge 4, Lemmila 4). Fouled Out–Affolter, Feuerbach, Stuelke. Rebounds–Iowa 41 (Affolter 15), Ohio St. 34 (Lemmila 9). Total Fouls–Iowa 29, Ohio St. 21. A–8,810.