Final Stats

The Basics:
Score: Vanderbilt 62, Ohio 59
Location: Memorial Gymnasium â€" Nashville, Tenn.
The Short Story: Despite 25 points from senior guard Kiyanna Black, the Ohio women’s basketball team fell to Vanderbilt, 62-59, in the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament championship game on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 28) in Nashville, Tenn.

OHIO STARTERS: #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #12 Yamonie Jenkins, #15 Jasmine Weatherspoon
VANDERBILT STARTERS: #3 Rachel Bell, #15 Jasmine Jenkins, #23 Minta Spears, #33 Christa Reed, #44 Rayte’a Long

How It Happened:
- Ohio scored first on a jumper by Jasmine Weatherspoon to give the Bobcats an early 2-0 lead.
- Vanderbilt did not waste anytime scoring, leading by as much as 13 in with 1:33 left in the first quarter.
- Ohio would then use the second quarter to begin their rally, making it a six-point game by the time halftime rolled around.
- Vanderbilt led Ohio, 33-27 at the half.
- For Ohio, Kiyanna Black led Ohio offensively, scoring 15 points in the first half, going 5-of-9 from the field and 3-of-6 from beyond the arc.
- Lampkins and Baldwin added five points each for Ohio entering the intermission.
- In the second half, the Bobcats began their rally when Yamonie Jenkins hit both of her free throws at 8:21 to make it a six-point game.
- Within a minute, Ohio pulled within three on a trey by Black, making it 35-32 with 7:40 left in the third quarter.
- Ohio then pulled within two on back-to-back layups by Lampkins, making it 38-36 with 5:44 left in the third quarter.
- In the fourth quarter, Ohio trailed by eight with 9:32 left in the game.
- Ohio then started to chip away again, pulling within three thanks to a three-pointer by Baldwin and a layup by Weatherspoon with 7:45 left.
- With 3:14 left, Black made it a two-point affair by hitting a free throw, making it 58-56.
- Then with 56 seconds left in the game, Black got the ball from Lampkins to drain a three, making it 60-59.
- Vanderbilt would then take the ball and go down the court and make a layup, putting Vanderbilt up 62-59.
- With 19 seconds remaining, Black would fire a three only for it to rattle out, allowing Jenkins to snag the rebound.
- The Bobcats would retain possession and with one second left, Lampkins would fire a three for it to bounce off the rim as time expired, giving Vanderbilt the 62-59 victory.
- Overall, Black scored 25 points.
- Black went 8-of-16 from the field and 6-of-13 from three-point range.
- Black also added four rebounds.
- Lampkins added 13 points and led the team with five rebounds.
- Lampkins was 4-of-10 from the field and 0-for-1 from three-point range.
- Baldwin and Weatherspoon each had eight points for Ohio.
- Overall, Ohio was 19-46 (41.3%) from the field and 8-of-24 (33.3%) from beyond the arc.
- Ohio was 56.5% (13-of-23) from the free throw line.
- Ohio dished out six assists and recorded three blocks and two steals.
- The Bobcats grabbed 22 rebounds.
- Ohio turned the ball over 13 times and forced Vanderbilt to turn the ball over 16 times.
- The Bobcats scored 20 points in the paint and 12 points off of turnovers.
- For Vanderbilt, Marq’ues Webb led the squad with a double double, scoring 19 points and grabbing 10 boards. She shot 5-of-10 from the field and was 9-for-9 from the charity stripe.
- Minta Spears added 11 points for the Commodores.
- Vanderbilt shot 20-of-51 (39.2% from the field and 4-of-14 (42.9%) from three-point range.
- Vanderbilt was 16-of-17 (94.1%) from the free throw line.
- The Commodores scored 33 points off the bench and 15 second chance points.
- Vanderbilt grabbed 38 rebounds and dished out nine assists.

Beyond the Boxscore:
- Vanderbilt has never lost a game in their Thanksgiving Tournament, going a perfect 30-0.
- Black’s season-high 25 points gave her two 20-plus point games this season and her fifth game in double figures.
- Lampkins scored a season-high 13 points.
- This is the 62^nd time in her career that Black has scored in double figures.
- Black’s six three-pointers is the most for her this season.
- The loss snapped Ohio’s three-game winning streak.

QUOTABLE
“Obviously we’re not very happy with the ending. I thought our kids played hard and showed a lot of character when you get off to the type of start that we did, but they kept their composure and they battled back With nine seconds left we didn’t panic. There was a time when KB would have just hoisted that up and she didn’t and she made a basketball play. Kiki got a good look and I’m happy with that. Wish it would have went in, but I thought both players did a nice job with that play.” â€" Head coach Bob Boldon on the game overall.

“They both played a nice game and I thought their effort and their teammate’s effort was good enough. There were just some miscues. That’s why we play these games in November, so we can fix some things before we take the floor again next week. Vanderbilt was able to exploit some of our weaknesses and that was good for us to get on tape. I’m anxious to get back to practice on Monday to see if we can fix some of these weaknesses.” â€" Head coach Bob Boldon on Kiyanna Black and Quiera Lampkins.

COMING UP
The Bobcats open up the home portion of their schedule on Thursday, Dec. 3 when Ohio hosts IPFW. Tip-off is set for 11 a.m. inside The Convocation Center. The game will serve as the Bobcats’ annual Education Day game.

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