STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Jacy Sheldon scored 20 points, Cotie McMahon and Celeste Taylor added 16 apiece and No. 2 Ohio State beat Penn State 82-69.
It was the 14th straight win for the Buckeyes, who never trailed and led by as many as 30 points midway through the fourth quarter.
Ashley Owusu scored 22 points and Ali Brigham and Leilani Kapinus added 10 apiece for the Lady Lions, who lost their sixth in a row.
The Buckeyes already clinched a top four seed and two byes in the Big Ten Tournament with their win over Nebraska a week ago.
The Buckeyes got off to a fast start, and Penn State couldn’t keep pace.
McMahon scored nine of Ohio State’s first 21 points, and Sheldon hit a jumper to put the Buckeyes up 21-4 with just 3:24 left in the first quarter.
Three Ohio State starters hit 3-pointers in the opening 2:30.
“I think we’ve been kind of coming around on that,” McGuff said. “We got open 3s. We made the extra pass. We had 21 assists, so we shared the ball and we got good shots.”