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The Basics:
Score: Ohio 71, CSU 64
Location: The Convocation Center - Athens, Ohio 
The Short Story: The Bobcats shot 72.2% from the free throw line, helping the Ohio women's basketball team (9-2) to a 71-64 win against the Cleveland State Vikings (7-5) on Monday evening at the Convocation Center.

OHIO STARTERS: #2 Mariah Byard, #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #14 Kat Yelle
CLEVELAND STATE STARTERS: #1 Imani Gordon, #12 Brooke Smith, #15 Cori Coleman, #21 Kiersten Green, #24 Alexis Eckles

HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Ohio and CSU ended the first half tied, 27-27.
- Lampkins and Baldwin lead the Bobcats in points, with 14 apiece.
- Baldwin also led Ohio in rebounds, with seven.
- As a unit, Ohio recorded 39 rebounds.
- The team hit 50.0% of their three-point shots and they currently rank third in the nation in three-point field goals per game.
- The Bobcats shot 72.2% from the free throw line (13-18).
- With CSU trailing by three with 25 seconds left, Byard and Jasmine Weatherspoon both sank two free throws to solidify the 71-64 victory.
- Baldwin was 4-5 from the free throw line, while Weatherspoon was 5-7.
- Ohio's largest lead was by eight points with 16:23 remaining in the first half.
- The Viking's largest lead was by seven points, with 6:57 remaining in the first half.
- Ohio earned 31 points off of turnovers.
- The lead changed a total of 14 times throughout the game.
- CSU's Kiersten Green lead the competition in baskets for the first half, with 12 points.
- CSU's Imani Gordon grabbed the most rebounds in the first half, with six.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- This is the tenth time this season that the Bobcats have scored at least 60 points.  
- With nine wins, Ohio now has the same number of victories as they did in the entire 2013-14 season.
- The nine nonconference victories for the Bobcats are the most in school history. 

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Bob Boldon: On the play of Tmisht Stinson:
"Nobody brought more value to their minutes than Tmisht did tonight. She's a kid that works on her shot, as much as anyone else who works on their shot. Just the rotation and the way games have gone, the minutes and the stats kind of show what she's capable of. I thought tonight she gave us a spark off the bench. The backdoor layup was a good cut. The corner three - she shot with a lot of confidence. I thought defensively, she did just as well a job, which is no real statistical mark. She was in the right spot; she guarded things correctly."



COMING UP
Ohio will open Mid-American Conference competition on Jan. 3 as they take on Buffalo in the Alumni Arena in Buffalo, N.Y.

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