GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Ohio State 84, Northwestern 54
(AP Photo/Joe Maiorana)
By JACOB BENGE
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Taylor Mikesell and Rebeka Mikulasikova each scored 18 points and No. 2 Ohio State beat Northwestern 84-54 to push its program-best, season-opening winning streak to 19 games.
The Buckeyes (19-0, 8-0 Big Ten) led wire to wire and closed the first quarter on a 10-1 run, with eight of the points from Mikesell. Ohio State led by 38 points in the fourth quarter and didn't allow Northwestern (6-12, 0-8) to come closer than nine points after the first two minutes of the second quarter.
Ohio State held a 14-point halftime advantage and pulled away after scoring a game-best 27 points in the third quarter. Mikesell scored 15 of her points in the first half and had three steals.
Paige Mott scored a career-high 16 points for Northwestern. Caroline Lau added 13 points.
BIG PICTURE
Northwestern: The Wildcats have lost seven in a row. Four of those losses have come against ranked opponents, including two to the Buckeyes.
Ohio State: Ohio State forced 19 turnovers, its most in nine games, and scored 25 points from those giveaways.
January 19, 2023
| Northwestern | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| P. Mott | F | 28 | 6-10 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| C. Walsh | F | 15 | 1-8 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| S. Wood | G | 30 | 1-4 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| K. Rainey | G | 24 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| J. McWilliams | G | 23 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| C. Lau | 22 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | |
| J. Brown | 18 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| H. Weaver | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Shaw | 13 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| A. Goodchild | 7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| M. Ademusayo | 5 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Totals | 200 | 18-55 (.327) |
16-27 (.593) |
2-13 (.154) |
8-37 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 54 | |
| Ohio State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| R. Mikulasikova | F | 24 | 6-9 | 4-5 | 2-4 | 1-7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| C. McMahon | F | 21 | 2-5 | 7-10 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| R. Harris | G | 30 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| T. Mikesell | G | 29 | 7-16 | 0-0 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| T. Thierry | G | 27 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 4-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| H. Bristow | 27 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| E. Shumate | 16 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| E. Walker | 14 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| K. Henderson | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| K. Costner | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Vres | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 29-65 (.446) |
18-25 (.720) |
8-30 (.267) |
10-44 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 84 | |
Officials: Nykesha Thompson, Natasha Camy,
Attendance: 4,698