Final Stats

The Basics:
Score: Ohio 60 Ball State 53
Location: John E. Worthen Arena â€" Muncie, Ind.
The Short Story: The Ohio women’s basketball team (15-3, 6-1 MAC) overcame a 16-0 Ball State (9-9, 5-2 MAC) run late in the second quarter to come away with the 60-53 victory against the Mid-American Conference West leading Cardinals, Saturday evening at John E. Worthen Arena.

OHIO STARTERS: #2 Mariah Byard, #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #14 Kat Yelle
BALL STATE STARTERS: #1 Candyce Ussery, #3 Shelbie Justice, #4 Nathalie Fontaine, #5 Jill Morrison, #20 Frannie Frazier

How It Happened:
- Lampkins led the Bobcats with 10 points in the first half, going 5-of-6 from the field.
- Baldwin registered five boards in the first half.
- Ohio shot 13-of-31 (41.9%) from the field through the first half of play.
- The Bobcats lead 28-25 at the half.
- Ohio opened up the second half going up 45-30 with 12:44 left in the game.
- Ball State would go on a 16-0 run to go up 46-45 with 7:28 left in the game.
- Black would take control, scoring seven straight points for the Bobcats to put them up 55-49 with 2:36 left in the game and helping seal the Ohio victory.
- Black finished the game with 16 points, 12 of them in the second half since she sat out most of the first in foul trouble.
- Black was 6-of 18 from the field and 2-of-13 from the field, and made both of her free throws in the final seconds of the game.
- Lampkins finished with 12 points and nine rebounds, going 6-of-9 from the field.
- Byard registered 10 points, going 5-of-6 from the free throw line.
- Baldwin tied with Lampkins for a team-high nine rebounds.
- Hannah Boesinger grabbed seven boards for the Bobcats.
- Ohio registered 39 total rebounds.
- The Bobcats forced 16 turnovers and scored 14 points off of them.
- The Bobcats scored 28 points in the paint.
- Ohio shot 22-of-51 from the field (43.1%) for the entire game.
- The Bobcats were 10-of-18 (55.6%) from the free throw line.
- For Ball State, Nathalie Fontaine led the Cardinals with 18 points, shooting 5-of-14 from the field and 7-of-9 from the charity stripe.
- Jill Morrison was second on the Cardinals with 12 points.
- Candyce Ussery grabbed seven boards for Ball State.
- The Bobcat defense held Ball State to 31.3% form the field and 35.0% from the three-point line.
- Ohio led for 34:05 of the game.
- The Bobcats’ largest lead was 15 at 12:44 in the second half.
- Ball State led for 3:42, with their largest lead of two with 5:13 left in the second half.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Bobcats have now scored at least 60 points in 16 of 18 games this season.
- Ohio improves to 6-1 in the MAC, getting six wins in conference for the first time since 2011-12.
- The Bobcats are now 15-3, winning 15 games for the first time since 2007-08.
- Black has scored in double figures 16 times this season, and 47 times in her career.
- With the win, the Bobcats remain in sole possession of first place in the MAC East.
- With the win, head coach Bob Boldon has now evened his record at Ohio (24-24).

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Bob Boldon:
“It’s part of the game. Ball State’s a good basketball team and good basketball teams go on runs. Nobody came in here today thinking we were going to win this game by double digits or 20 points or anything like that. They’re good. We were able to get better down the stretch. This is a very good road win.”  



COMING UP
Ohio returns to Athens on Wednesday, Jan. 28 for a battle with MAC East foe Akron. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. inside the Convocation Center.

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