Final Stats

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The Basics:
Score: Ohio 63, Indiana 56
Location: Memorial Gymnasium â€" Nashville, Tenn.
The Short Story: On double doubles by both Jasmine Weatherspoon and Lexie Baldwin, and 17 points from Kiyanna Black, the Ohio women’s basketball team (3-1) defeated Indiana (3-2), 63-56 on Friday afternoon in the first round of the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament. The victory was the first over a Big 10 opponent since 1994.

OHIO STARTERS: #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #12 Yamonie Jenkins, #15 Jasmine Weatherspoon
INDIANA STARTERS: #3 Tyra Buss, #23 Alexis Gassion, #24 Tyshee Towner, #33 Amanda Cahill, #40 Lyndsay Leikem

How It Happened:
- Indiana opened the game with a 3-0 lead and led until the 5:38 mark in the first quarter when a three-pointer by Kiyanna Black gave Ohio a 7-6 lead.
- Ohio led by as many as six points with 51 seconds left in the first quarter.
- Ohio led Indiana 18-17 at the end of the first quarter.
- Indiana took the lead at 9:32 in the second quarter. The game would then be a battle with the lead changing five times in the second quarter.
- Ohio trailed Indiana at the half 32-29 at the half.
- Black led Ohio with nine points, shooting 3-of-7 from the field and 2-of-5 from three-point range.
- Lexie Baldwin led Ohio with eight rebounds and added three points for the Bobcats.
- Jasmine Weatherspoon had four points and four rebounds at the intermission.
- Ohio regained the lead at 7:45 in the third quarter when Weatherspoon made a layup.
- Indiana immediately made a layup to regain the lead, but Ohio took it right back on a three by Baldwin, putting Ohio up 36-34 with 6:55 left in the third quarter.
- The Bobcats would keep the lead until the Hoosiers took a 56-55 lead on a free throw with 3:02 left in the game.
- Ohio would retake the lead for the final time with 2:40 left in the game when Black connected on a floater, giving the Bobcats 57-56 lead.
- Ohio would keep the lead through the remainder of the game and come away with the 63-56 victory.
- Black led Ohio in scoring with 17 points while going 6-for-17 from the field and 3-of-12 from three-point range.
- Baldwin recorded her second-straight double double, scoring 10 points and adding 12 boards.
- Baldwin was 4-of-11 from the field and 2-of-5 from beyond the arc.
- Weatherspoon added her second career double double, scoring 12 points and grabbing 11 boards.
- As a team, Ohio was 22-of-69 (31.9&) from the field and 9-of-33 (27.3%) from the three-point line.
- Ohio was 10-of-19 from the charity stripe (52.6%).
- Ohio snagged 50 rebounds, 33 defensive rebounds and 17 offensive.
- Ohio added 14 second chance points and scored 10 points off the bench.
- Overall, the lead chanced 11 times and was tied for a total of 3:55.
- Ohio led for 27:19 while Indiana led for a total of 8:29.
- The Bobcats recorded four blocks and dished out seven assists.
- Ohio also grabbed seven steals.
- Ohio only turned the ball over nine times and did not turn the ball over in the first quarter.
- For Indiana, Amanda Cahill led the team with 14 points and seven rebounds.
- Tyra Buss also added 14 points for Indiana and Kym Royster scored 11 while adding six rebounds.
- Lyndsay Leikem led the team in rebounds, with nine.
- The Ohio defense held Indiana to 28.8% (17-of-59) from the field and 20% (4-of-20) from beyond the arc, including going 0-10 in the second half.
- Indiana shot 18-of-23 (78.3%) from the free throw line.

Beyond the Boxscore:
- The Bobcats defeated a Big 10 opponent for the first time since 1994 when Ohio defeated Michigan.
- This was the Bobcats first-ever victory against Indiana.
- This was head coach Bob Boldon’s 39^th win at Ohio, which puts him fifth all-time in wins in program history.
- This was Ohio’s 504^th victory in program history.
- Baldwin’s double double was her second in as many games and the fourth in her career.
- Weatherspoon recorded her second career double double and her second of the season.
- This was Ohio’s third-straight win.
- Black has scored in double figured in all four games and 61 times in her career.
- The Bobcats registered 50 or more rebounds for the second-straight game.
- Ohio has now held opponents to under 60 points for the third-straight game.

QUOTABLE
“It was great to see us hang in there. Our third and fourth quarter defense were the best numbers of the game. We have not been able to do that before so that was very encouraging.” â€" Head coach Bob Boldon on the defense.

“This is a team that is kind of a work in progress and it’s nice to see us take steps forward. Obviously defense has been a big emphasis, but on a night you don’t shoot it very well, those offensive rebounds really helped out.” â€" Head coach Bob Boldon on the offensive rebounding

“It’s very encouraging. You look for improvement in every game you play. You can’t help but think about that Illinois game where we weren’t able to do that, so to see us come back two weeks later and be able to do that, it’s encouraging.” â€" Head coach Bob Boldon on coming back after trailing late.

COMING UP
The Bobcats wrap up play at the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament when they face host Vanderbilt in the championship game. Tip-off is set for 3:30 p.m. ET.

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