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The Basics:
Score: Ohio 64, Virginia Tech 57
Location: The Convocation Center, Athens, Ohio
The Short Story: Junior guard Quiera Lampkins added 26 points for the Ohio women's basketball team (26-6) to lead the Bobcats to a 64-57 victory over Virginia Tech (18-14) in the second round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio on Sunday (March 20). The Bobcats advance to the Round of 16 where they will travel to Temple to face the Owls on Thursday, March 24 at 7 p.m.

OHIO STARTERS: #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #12 Yamonie Jenkins, #15 Jasmine Weatherspoon

VIRGINIA TECH STARTERS: #2 Sidney Cook, #4 Hannah Young, #11 Regan Magarity, #12 Chanette Hicks, #23 Rachel Camp

How It Happened:
- Ohio won the tip and would score the first basket on a Kiyanna Black three-pointer in the first 20 seconds of the game. 
- The Bobcats would come out attacking on offense and led the Hokies 12-4 at the first media timeout.
- Ohio continued to lead on both sides of the ball for the remainder of the first period, leading Virginia Tech 20-12 at the end of the first.
- Quiera Lampkins added 10 points and three rebounds to the Ohio scoreboard in the first period alone.
- Lexie Baldwin would score the first basket in the second period for Ohio at the 7:42 mark with a bucket from behind the arc.
- Ohio would go on to take the second period 13-10 and the half 33-22.
- Ohio shot 41 percent (14-of-34) from the field in the half and 23 percent (3-of-13) from beyond the arc.
- Virginia Tech shot 30 percent (8-of-27) from the field and 2-of-9 (22 percent) from three-point range.
- Lampkins would lead all scorers in the first half with 14 points on 6-of-8 from the field while grabbing five rebounds and dishing two assists.
- Lampkins would score the first basket of the second half for Ohio at the 9:23 mark.
- Back-to-back threes from Black and the Hokies’ Hannah Young would make it a 38-25 game at the first media timeout of the half.
- Ohio and Virginia Tech traded baskets throughout the third quarter but the Bobcats held on to the lead.
- The Hokies would get back in the game on an Ohio technical foul which led to Virginia Tech’s Vanessa Panousis going 2-for-2 from behind the charity stripe followed by teammate Regan Magarty sinking both of her fouls shots to trail the Bobcats 34-40.
- The Hokies would continue to put up a fight offensively bringing it to 38-42 at the 2:58 mark in the third period.
- The Bobcats would take the third quarter and continue to lead Virginia Tech 50-38. 
- Black would sink a triple to start the fourth period.
- Ohio would not let up offensively and increased its lead 57-43 at the 4:12 mark. 
- The Hokies would bring it to 50-59 after Virginia Tech’s Sidney Cook knocked down two shots from behind the free throw line at the 1:44 mark. 
- Jasmine Weatherspoon would sink two shots from behind the charity stripe on a Hokies intentional foul at the 1:17 mark.  
- Cook would make a single shot from behind the free throw line after sinking a three-point basket as a final effort from the Hokies’ offense with just 15 seconds to-play.
- Ohio defeated Virginia Tech by a final score of 64-57. 
- Ohio shot 38.1 percent (24-of-63) from the field, 17.9 percent (5-of-28) from three-point range and 78.6 percent (11-of-14) from the charity stripe.
- Lampkins led the Bobcats with 26 points on 10-of-17 from the field while adding nine rebounds, two assists and one steal in 39 minutes.
- Black scored 13 points with three rebounds and one steal in 30 minutes.
- Jenkins tallied 10 points and dished out three assists and two steals in 32 minutes.
- Weatherspoon scored eight points and hauled in 11 boards to lead both teams in rebounding. 
- Virginia Tech shot 34.6 percent (18-of-52) from the field, 36.8 percent (7-of-19) from behind the arc and 70 percent (14-of-20) from the free throw line.
- Sidney Cook led The Hokies with 22 points on 7-of-15 shooting while hauling in ten rebounds and recording three steals in 29 minutes.
- Hokies guard Hannah Young scored 11 points for Virginia Tech.
- Regan Magarity scored 9 points on 3-of-7 shooting. 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- This game marks as the second WNIT appearance and win for the Bobcats.
- This is the second postseason tournament win outside of the MAC Tournament for the Bobcats. 
- The win gave head coach Bob Boldon his 62^nd at Ohio.
- This is the 527^th victory in program history.
- This is Ohio’s third 25-win season in program history. 
- This advances Ohio to the Round of 16 of the WNIT for the first time ever. 
- Black has now scored 126 three-pointers to improve her MAC and program record for threes made in a season. Black is one away from tying the NCAA record for threes made in a season.
- This is the first time Ohio has defeated a current member of the ACC in program history. 

QUOTABLE 
“I thought that both games in this tournament, we’ve looked as good as we’ve looked which is what you hope for as a coach, that you’re playing your best basketball at the end of the year. It’s ironic because I didn’t think we looked really good at the end of MAC Play, but something between then and now we’ve certainly picked up our intensity. There was a time that we couldn’t have won a basketball game shooting 17 percent from the three-point line. That speaks volumes to our ability to find other ways to score and to guard. I think we did a really nice job of guarding from start to finish tonight.” Head Coach Bob Boldon on the tournament so far.

“She did a nice job, against some big athletes in there too. I thought she really did a nice job of getting the ball to the basket. We’ve played without KB down the stretch before and looked out of sorts, but I didn’t think that was the case tonight. Both Quiera and Yamonie did a good job of controlling the game and attacking and getting us good shots. All without relying on KB to bail us out of so many possessions.” Head Coach Bob Boldon on the Lampkins.

“I didn’t expect us to go to the NCAA’s last year, after our first year. But after last year I pretty much expect anything. I feel like we can do anything, we just have to stick to our principles and do what we are able to do.” Junior guard Quiera Lampkins on the progress the program has seen.

“It feels amazing. It’s a good accomplishment for our team just to really see where we’re at and what we can do. It feels great. I think everything is clicking right now, some of our shots aren’t falling but we’re finding other ways to score. All the girls stepped up as well and that didn’t happen in the beginning of the season or at the end, so I think we’re playing a lot better then we were.” Junior guard Yamonie Jenkins on the win and the progress of the team.

“I credit Ohio, I knew that obviously they’re a good team and if we got off to a slow start, which is what we did, it was tough to play from behind against them the whole night. I’m proud of our kids for the fight they showed but this a good team, they run good offense and they are very well coached. With the way that they play on offense, if you are way behind it’s going to be a problem.” Virginia Tech Head Coach Dennis Wolff on the loss to Ohio.

UP NEXT
The Bobcats will hit the road for the first time in the WNIT as they head to Temple to take on the Owls on Thursday, March 24. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

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