Final Stats

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The Basics:
Score: Ohio 68, Ball State 67
Location: John E. Worthen Arena â€" Muncie, Ind.
The Short Story: Down by two points with four seconds left, Lexie Baldwin executed a layup and was fouled, allowing her to make the game-winning free throw to give the Ohio women’s basketball team (17-3, 9-0 MAC) the 68-67 hard fought victory against Mid-American Conference West-leading Ball State (14-5, 6-2 MAC) on Saturday evening. In the game, Quiera Lampkins eclipsed 1,000 career points to help the Bobcats extend their winning streak to 12 games.

OHIO STARTERS: #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #12 Yamonie Jenkins, #15 Jasmine Weatherspoon
BALL STATE STARTERS:  #3 Carmen Grande, #4 Nathalie Fontaine, #5 Jill Morrison, #14 Renee Bennett, #33 Moriah Monaco

How It Happened:
-Ball State drew first blood, taking a 2-0 lead with 9:16 left in the first quarter.
- Ohio responded when Yamonie Jenkins hit a three pointer to put Ohio up 3-2.
- The first half would remain a back-and-fourth affair, with the lead changing seven times.
- Ohio would go on an 8-1 run to close out the first, with Kiyanna Black scoring all eight points, giving the Bobcats an 18-12 lead at the end of the first quarter.
- The second quarter would see Ohio lead by as much as eight points at the 5:35 mark in the quarter.
- At the 3:44 mark, Black was assessed a technical, allowing Ball State to tie the game at 24-24.
- Quiera Lampkins would then hit a three-pointer with 2:45 left in the half to give the Bobcats a 27-24 lead.
- The Bobcats would enter the half leading 32-29.
- At the end of the half, Black led all scorers with 12 points, going 4-of-10 from the field, 2-of-6 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.
- Lampkins finished the half with seven points, going 2-of-6 from the field, 1-of-2 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.
- Overall, the Bobcats shot 30.3% (10-of-33) from the field, 27.3% (6-of-22) from three-point range and 75% (6-of-8) from the free throw line.
- In the third quarter, Ball State would take a 33-32 lead with 8:24 left in the third quarter and then go up 35-32 with 7:24 left.
- Lampkins would then tie the game at 35-35.
- The Cardinals would take the lead again at the 4:17 mark only for Ohio to tie the game back up at 37-37 when Lampkins would make two free throws.
- Ohio would extend its lead to 44-37 with 2:06 left in the third quarter.
- Ball State would then close the quarter on a 7-0 run, tying the game at 44-44 at the end of the third quarter.
- The fourth quarter would be led by Ball State with them taking an eight-point lead with 5:28 left in the game.
- At the 5:03 mark, Black would hit a three-pointer the make the score 57-52.
- The Ball State bench would then be assessed a technical which would send Black to the line where should would make two free throws, making the score 57-54 with 4:49 left in the game.
- Ball State would then go on a run, taking a 63-54 lead with 3:09 left after Jill Morrison would hit a three-pointer.
- A pivotal part in the game would occur at the 2:49 mark when Morrison would be assessed a technical, which would once again send Black to the line where she would hit two more free throws, making the score 63-59.
- Nine seconds later, Jenkins would hit a three, cutting the lead to four with 2:40 left.
- With 1:59 left in the game, Lexie Baldwin would come in clutch, hitting a three to make it a one-point game.
- Ball State would then go to the line with 1:07 left and make both free throws, making the score 65-62.
- With 44 seconds left, Baldwin would drain a three to tie the game at 65-65.
- The Cardinals would then draw a foul and hit two of three free throws, giving them a 67-65 lead with 14 seconds left.
- Then with four seconds remaining, Bladwin would come in clutch again, scoring a layup off an inbound from Lampkins and draw a foul in the process.
- Baldwin would hit her free throw, giving Ohio the 68-67 lead with four seconds remaining.
- Ball State would get off one play with Morrison throwing up a three that hit off the rim as time expired, giving Ohio the 68-67 victory.
- Black led all scorers with 23 points, going 6-of-21 from the field, 4-of-14 from the three-point line and 7-of-8 from the free throw line.
- Lampkins would score 14 points, going 4-of-11 from the field, 1-of-3 from beyond the arc and 5-of-5 from the free throw line. Lampkins would also add five rebounds and six steals.
- Baldwin would also score 14 points, going 5-of-7 from the field, 3-of-5 from three-point range and 1-of-1 from the free throw line.
- Kelly Karlis would score seven points and add a team-high six rebounds.
- Overall, Ohio shot 34.4% from the field (21-of-61), 29.7% (11-of-37) from three-point range and 83.3% (15-of-18) from the free throw line.
- Ohio would dish out 14 assists, grab 25 rebounds and have 14 steals and force 25 turnovers.
- The Ohio bench would score 31 points off of the Ball State turnovers.
- For Ball State, Nathalie Fontaine would score 18 points, going 6-of-11 from the field and 6-of-9 from the free throw line. Fontaine would also grab 12 boards.
- Jill Morrison would also score 18 points, going 4-of-8 form the field, 3-of-6 from three-point range and 7-of-9 from the free throw line.
- Overall, Ball State shot 48.8% (20-of-41) from the field, 50.0% (4-of-8) from beyond the arc and 65.7% (23-of-35) from the free throw line.
- Ball State would grab 42 rebounds, dish out 11 assists and grab four steals.
- Ball State scored 30 points in the paint and 17 off turnovers.
- Overall the score was tied 11 times and the lead changed 11 times.

Beyond the Boxscore:
- Lampkins recorded her 1,000th career point in the third quarter, making her the 15^th member of the 1,000-point club in program history.
- Lampkins tied her career-high in steals with six.
- The win gives head coach Bob Boldon the 53^rd win at Ohio.
- Ohio’s winning streak is now at 12, the longest since 1985-86.
- Ohio has won 16-straight MAC games dating back to last season.
- Ohio is now 9-0 in MAC play for the first time ever.
- Ohio has now beaten Ball State three-straight times for the first time since 2010-12.
- This is the first time since 1998 that Ohio has defeated Ball State twice in a season.

QUOTABLE
“I’m not really sure what it felt like, but I knew we needed it. I anticipated that they would try and stop me so I knew I just had to make the basket and make it a three-point play. And then make the free throw.” â€"Lexie Baldwin on the layup to tie the game.

“We knew that coming into this game that it was going to be a good game. They’re a good team and have good players and we have good players. We just had to stick to our principles. Coming back, it was neck and neck the whole game, we knew that in the fourth quarter we’d have to come with it. No one was going to back down and it had to come down to the last play. We just had to pull through.” â€" Lexie Baldwin on the game in general.

COMING UP
Ohio remains on the road on Wednesday, Feb. 3 when the Bobcats head to Buffalo, N.Y. to take on Buffalo. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN3.

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