GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Rutgers 71, Ohio State 63
Associated Press
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Arella Guirantes scored a career-high 20 points with 10 rebounds, Tyia Singleton earned her first career double-double, and No. 24 Rutgers beat 22nd-ranked Ohio State 71-63.
With the win, Rutgers secures the Big Ten's No. 3 seed to the conference tournament which starts next week. It's Rutgers' highest regular season conference finish since joining the Big Ten in 2014.
Singleton scored 18 points on 8-for-9 shooting, grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked six shots. Tekia Mack added 11 points for the Scarlet Knights (14-3, 10-3), who won their ninth straight.
Braxtin Miller scored 19 points and Jacy Sheldon 15 for Ohio State (13-7, 9-7). Miller's jumper 25 seconds in gave the Buckeyes their only lead. Rutgers built a 21-9 advantage and the Buckeyes never got within six points the rest of the way.
The Buckeyes' season comes to an end due to a self-imposed - but NCAA-recommended - postseason ban as a result of recruiting violations by a former assistant coach.
The Big Ten Conference tournament will be held in Indianapolis with the 12th and 13th seeds to square off on Tuesday.
The Scarlet Knights earned a top-four seed and won't play again until March 11 in the quarterfinals.
March 5, 2021
Associated Press
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Arella Guirantes scored a career-high 20 points with 10 rebounds, Tyia Singleton earned her first career double-double, and No. 24 Rutgers beat 22nd-ranked Ohio State 71-63.
With the win, Rutgers secures the Big Ten's No. 3 seed to the conference tournament which starts next week. It's Rutgers' highest regular season conference finish since joining the Big Ten in 2014.
Singleton scored 18 points on 8-for-9 shooting, grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked six shots. Tekia Mack added 11 points for the Scarlet Knights (14-3, 10-3), who won their ninth straight.
Braxtin Miller scored 19 points and Jacy Sheldon 15 for Ohio State (13-7, 9-7). Miller's jumper 25 seconds in gave the Buckeyes their only lead. Rutgers built a 21-9 advantage and the Buckeyes never got within six points the rest of the way.
The Buckeyes' season comes to an end due to a self-imposed - but NCAA-recommended - postseason ban as a result of recruiting violations by a former assistant coach.
The Big Ten Conference tournament will be held in Indianapolis with the 12th and 13th seeds to square off on Tuesday.
The Scarlet Knights earned a top-four seed and won't play again until March 11 in the quarterfinals.
March 5, 2021
| Ohio State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Patty | F | 35 | 4-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| D. Juhasz | F | 29 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| J. Sheldon | G | 40 | 4-13 | 5-6 | 2-5 | 1-5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| B. Miller | G | 38 | 5-12 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 3-8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| K. Poole | G | 29 | 1-12 | 5-8 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| T. Beacham | 16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| R. Harris | 11 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| G. Hutcherson | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 20-63 (.317) |
19-26 (.731) |
4-15 (.267) |
15-39 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 63 | |
| Rutgers | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| T. Singleton | F | 38 | 8-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 7-13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| M. Gilles | F | 36 | 2-11 | 2-4 | 0-5 | 1-5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| T. Mack | G | 39 | 4-10 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 2-5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| A. Guirantes | G | 36 | 7-19 | 5-5 | 1-5 | 2-10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| D. Johnson | G | 34 | 3-11 | 2-2 | 0-6 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| L. Martino | 10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Z. Broughton | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 199 | 27-64 (.422) |
14-19 (.737) |
3-21 (.143) |
15-44 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 71 | |
Officials: Erika Herriman Camarota, Bob Enterline, Kevin Pethtel
Attendance: 108