Jaloni Cambridge scored 21 factors and sister Kennedy Cambridge added 11 factors with seven rebounds as No. 3 seed Ohio State rolled to a 75-54 first-round victory over No. 14 Howard in a Fort Price Area 1 sport at Columbus, Ohio.
Likelihood Grey and Ava Watson additionally scored 11 factors every and Elsa Lemmila added 11 rebounds because the Buckeyes (27-7) superior to face the winner of the first-round sport between Notre Dame and Fairfield.
Zennia Thomas scored 15 factors and Ariella Henigan added 14 factors with 10 rebounds because the Bison (26-8) noticed their 14-game profitable streak come to an finish.
Ohio State shot 45.0% from the ground whereas holding Howard to 33.9% total and 0 of 9 from 3-point vary.
The Bison led 14-12 with lower than two minutes remaining within the first quarter earlier than the Buckeyes went on a 12-0 run between the primary and second quarters. Ohio State added a 13-0 run simply earlier than halftime to guide 43-19 on the break and Howard by no means threatened within the second half.
Notre Dame 79, Fairfield 60
Hannah Hidalgo flirted with a quadruple-double and sixth-seeded Notre Dame pulled away from Eleventh-seeded Fairfield for the win within the first-round sport in Columbus, Ohio.
Hidalgo scored a game-high 23 factors whereas including 9 rebounds, eight steals and 6 assists because the Preventing Irish (23-10) superior to a second-round sport in opposition to Ohio State Monday.
Iyana Moore added 18 factors and Cassandre Prosper chipped in 17 factors and rebounds for Notre Dame. The Irish sank 46.9% of their field-goal makes an attempt and earned a 43-30 rebounding benefit. Additionally they dominated paint factors, doubling up the Stags 44-22.
Meghan Andersen scored 21 factors for Fairfield (28-5). Jillian Huerter added 12 and Janelle Brown got here off the bench for 10 factors but it surely wasn’t sufficient. The Stags hit solely 38.3 % of their field-goal makes an attempt and dedicated 19 turnovers that led to 22 factors.
Notre Dame by no means trailed and led for all however 15 seconds of the sport. It led by as many as 23 factors within the third quarter.
–Area Stage Media
