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The Basics:
Score: Ohio 87, Morehead State 67
Location: The Convocation Center â€" Athens, Ohio
The Short Story:The Ohio women’s basketball team remained undefeated (6-0) and continued its dominance at the Convocation Center (4-0) with a 87-67 victory against Morehead State (3-4) Wednesday afternoon. Ohio showed off its offensive firepower once again, scoring at least 80 for the fourth time this season. The team was paced by Kiyanna Black, who scored a team-high 19 points while Lexie Baldwin had a balanced game with 11 points and nine rebounds.

OHIO STARTERS: #2 Mariah Byard, #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #14 Kat Yelle

MOREHEAD STATE STARTERS: #4 Almesha Jones, #23 Maiki Viela, #32 Eriel McKee, #1 Casey Ryans, #14 Shay Steele



How It Happened:
- After a layup by Casey Ryans cut Ohio’s lead to 14-12, the Bobcats countered with threes on three of their next four possessions to increase their lead to 23-14 at the 9:50 mark of the first half. Two of the treys came from Black while Hannah Boesinger also added a triple.
- Boesinger provided a spark for Ohio off the bench, scoring a team-high 10 points in the first half.
- Layups by Boesinger and Baldwin increased Ohio’s lead to 12 with 1:05 left in the first half, but a buzzer-beating three by Jones cut the lead to 40-31 entering halftime.
- After a three in the opening minute of the second half by Black, the Bobcats never allowed the Eagles to get within single digits for the remainder of the game.
- Ohio out rebounded Morehead State by a 44-33 margin and held the Eagles to a paltry 34% shooting percentage.
- The Bobcats had six players in double figures as Black (19), Boesinger (12), Baldwin (11), Kelly Karlis (11), Yelle (10) and Lampkins (12) all made significant contributions offensively.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- With the win, the Bobcats are off to their first 6-0 start since the 1985-86 season. Ohio finished that season 26-3 and earned a Mid-American Conference title.
- Sophomore guard Yamonie Jenkins, who entered the game as the nation’s leader in assist to turnover ratio, continued her excellence with three assists and no turnovers. Jenkins and Yelle combined for nine assists and no turnovers.
- Every player who entered the game for the Bobcats recorded at least two rebounds.
- Black reached double figures in points for the 35th time in her Ohio career.
- Ohio has scored at least 60 points in each of its six games this season.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Bob Boldon:
- “I’m real happy for that group of players that are in the locker room right now because they’ve been through a lot. A coaching change is stressful in it of itself. Just the idea of a new coach coming in. And they’ve put in a lot of work this summer and when kids work hard and you see your kids working hard, you just want to see that pay off.”
- “I think one of the reasons (Yelle and Jenkins) are so effective is because the combination of the two of them. They constantly put pressure on the defense.”

Junior guard Kat Yelle:
-  “I think we’ve been playing exceptional in practices and just getting to know our team, moving the ball around. Whereas last year, we had five freshman, so just them having a year to mature and us as a team mature, I think that helps us with moving the ball around and really getting to know the offense.”



COMING UP
Ohio plays the third game in a four game home-stand at the Convocation Center, matching up with East Carolina (6-1) on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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