She said her team had plenty of chances to slice the Ohio State lead, but frittered away its chances because of its own inefficiency against the Buckeyes’ zone defense. “I don’t know that anything really gave us problems other than ourselves,” said Illini coach Theresa Grentz, whose team shot a season-worst 30 percent from the field. They were playing their first ranked opponent after having beaten at least one Top 25 team in each of the last 12 seasons. Ohio State can top that when it hosts Indiana on Thursday.ĭanyel Crutcher and Jenna Smith each scored 12 points and Lori Bjork 11 for the Illini (14-5, 4-3). Star Allen added 11 points and Hoskins and Marscilla Packer had 10 apiece for the Buckeyes, who equaled the start of the 1973-74 team. She’s a humble person and a good teammate.” She deserves all the little things that she gets because she works so hard. She made some good moves and was able to go to the foul line as a result of that.”ĭavenport became the second Ohio State player and 11th in the Big Ten to score 2,000 career points when she made a short shot off a baseline feed from Brandie Hoskins at the 2:12 mark of the first half. “She had been posting too low and she got into a better position. “She got a little more aggressive,” Ohio State coach Jim Foster said. Her points always seemed to stem any Illinois spurt. Most of her offense came when it was needed most by the Buckeyes. She also had nine rebounds, four blocked shots and three assists. Thanks to Davenport, the Buckeyes (17-1, 6-0 Big Ten) matched the school record for best start with the victory.ĭavenport, the conference’s leading scorer, shot 5-of-10 from the field and was 12-of-14 from the free-throw line. As long as we’re winning games, that’s pretty much my focus right now.” “But right now, it’s not my focus how many points I score. “It was a nice accomplishment,” she said of the crowd’s response to her first-half basket that put her over 2,000 points. 5 Ohio State past Illinois 62-52 on Sunday. Box Score | Quotes | Notes | Photo GalleryĬOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Jessica Davenport barely heard the 20-second standing ovation and hardly acknowledged another personal milestone.ĭavenport, a two-time All-American and Big Ten player of the year, scored 22 points and reached 2,000 for her career to lead No.
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