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OSUBasketballJunkie · 02-06-2012, 12:49 PM

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Women's basketball: Buckeyes regroup with time off

By Jim Massie
The Columbus Dispatch
Monday February 6, 2012 5:17 AM

In the week since Minnesota took a sizable chunk out of the collective backside of the Ohio State women’s basketball team, silence has reigned in areas outside of the practice gym.

As it happened, a 76-65 upset loss to the Gophers rubbed up against the bye week in the Big Ten schedule for the 11th-ranked Buckeyes (20-2, 7-2). The extra time to concentrate on the team was a godsend, according to coach Jim Foster.

“The bye came at a good time for us for a lot of reasons,” he said. “We needed it. We’re young and we had lapsed into a couple of things that we needed to work on. They (watched) some film every day. And then we would work on the things that we needed to work on.”

Foster has stressed all season that his post players are young and his starting guards — senior Samantha Prahalis and juniors Tayler Hill and Amber Stokes — are not. Yet, the veteran guards watched a lot of film and winced at what they saw.

“The way we’re playing, it’s up to the guards,” Foster said. “Ball reversals are essential for our post game to get involved. When we take quick shots, (the post players) are not engaged. And it was our fault.

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OSUBasketballJunkie · 02-07-2012, 10:07 PM

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Women's basketball: Prahalis scores 34 to help Buckeyes erase memories of loss

The memory of the upset loss at Minnesota on Jan. 29 had eight days to rattle around in Samantha Prahalis’ thoughts.

Consider eight days of listening to the same hailstorm pepper the same tin roof and imagine how much the Ohio State point guard wanted to play again last night in Value City Arena against Wisconsin.

“I wanted to come out aggressive,” Prahalis said. “Not necessarily was I passive in the game that we lost, but I felt like I could have been more aggressive. For that I made it a point to be aggressive at the start.”

A sizzling-hot Prahalis shredded the Wisconsin defense for a career-high 34 points and helped the 10th-ranked Buckeyes to a 72-58 win in front of 3,817 fans.

“My shot felt good,” she said. “So I was in a flow in this game. I like being in the open court. I like playing at a fast pace. That definitely favored us. As a team, I felt like we did a pretty good job of bouncing back (from the loss) and staying together.”

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OSUBasketballJunkie · 02-13-2012, 08:23 AM

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Prahalis Shoots Down Purdue................

OSUBasketballJunkie · 02-17-2012, 12:00 PM

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Ohio State Downs Indiana Without Star...............

SuperBuckFan08 · 02-23-2012, 09:52 PM

Sammy Prahalis has 40 in the game against the Gophers right now. 4 minutes left. She needs one more point to hold the single game record for the womens team.

SuperBuckFan08 · 02-23-2012, 10:02 PM

And she'll take a seat on the bench on senior night with 42 points and a new single game record to a standing ovation. Congratulations to her.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 02-24-2012, 12:55 PM

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Record-setting Prahalis Leads OSU Win.................

OSUBasketballJunkie · 03-02-2012, 06:49 PM

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OSU Women Beat Michigan In Tourney Opener.............

OSUBasketballJunkie · 03-02-2012, 06:51 PM

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Overlooked Buckeyes Spur OSU To Win..................With Samantha Prahalis and Tayler Hill, Ohio State boasts one of the best duos in women's basketball, but the Buckeyes are far from a two-person team. Amber Stokes, Kalpana Beach and Darryce Moore stepped up when the Buckeyes need them most Friday in OSU's Big Ten tournament win against Michigan.

Killer Nut91 · 03-02-2012, 06:53 PM

Go ladies!