Preview of Women’s Basketball vs. UNC

Who: Ohio State Buckeyes Women’s Basketball Team

What: ACC/Big Ten Challenge vs. North Carolina

Where: Value City Arena – Columbus, OH

When: Wednesday December 3, 2008 7:00pm

Important Info:   (www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com) – highlights listed below 

·       OSU ranked 18 – UNC ranked 2

·       Radio Coverage on WOSU 820 AM/ www.wosu.org and Television coverage on Big Ten Network

·       OSU leads series 3-2 and their last meeting was on 12/18/1980

·       The No. 2 Tar Heels are the highest-ranked opponent to play in Value City Arena since 1999 when Ohio State lost 64-56 to No. 2 Purdue Jan. 26, 1999.

·       Sophomore center Jantel Lavender, the Big Ten player of the week two weeks running, leads the Big Ten in scoring (21.7 ppg), rebounding (12.1 rpg) and offensive rebounds (3.8) as of Dec. 1. She ranks 14th nationally in scoring and eighth in rebounding.

·       Lavender has scored in double-figures in all 38 career games and has recorded a double-double in every game this season. She has 20 for her career and the Buckeyes are 16-4 in those games.

·       Freshman point guard Samantha Prahalis is second in the Big Ten with 5.0 assists per game. She had a season-high eight dimes in the overtime loss at Auburn and seven dimes in the win over Army. She also is tied for third in the conference in 3-point shooting with 14 makes.

·       Sophomore forward Sarah Schulze has provided a spark off the bench the last two games with 21 points and five 3FG’s. She recorded career-highs of 11 points and three 3FG’s vs. Dayton Sunday.

·       Ohio State owns the seventh-best winning percentage (.838) and has the ninth-most wins (109) in all of women’s basketball during the last four full years.

·       The Buckeyes have been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for 83-consecutive weeks.

·       Ohio State owns the most Big Ten titles with 11. This season they are attempting to become the first team to win five in a row since the Ohio State teams from 1983-87.

·       Ohio State has won 82-consecutive games at home against unranked opponents. The last unranked team to win in Columbus was Penn State, Feb. 3, 2002.

·       Ohio State is 71-3 at home since the start of the 2004-05 season. The Buckeyes are 98-7 all-time at home under head coach Jim Foster.

·       Ohio State has had four Big Ten Player of the Year selections the last four seasons; Jessica Davenport in 2005-07 and Jantel Lavender in 2008.

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