Scores

Final

Temple 66

(2-1, 1-1 away)

Ohio St 70

(2-0, 2-0 home)

6:00 PM ET, November 18, 2011

1 2 T
TEM 28 3866
OSU 36 3470

Top Performers

Temple: K. McCarthy 14 Pts, 4 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl

Ohio State: T. Hill 24 Pts, 3 Reb, 2 Stl

Ohio State holds off Temple's late rally attempt

Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Tayler Hill scored 24 points, Samantha Prahalis 20 and Amber Stokes 11 as Ohio State (No. 25 ESPN/USA Today, No. 24 AP) withstood a late Temple rally for a 70-66 win Friday.

The Owls trailed by 11 with three minutes left but pulled to within 66-63 on a 3-pointer by Brittany Lewis with 32.3 seconds to go.

Hill then made two foul shots to increase the lead to five for Ohio State (2-0). Temple's Shey Peddy made a 3, but Prahalis made a pair of free throws with 9.8 seconds left to close the scoring.

Kristen McCarthy led Temple (2-1) with 14 points.

Temple reeled off six quick points to open the second half to pull to within two, but the Buckeyes responded and had their biggest margin, 53-37, with 10:08 left.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
TEM
OSU
Points 66 70
FG Made-Attempted 24-60 (.400) 21-53 (.396)
3P Made-Attempted 5-18 (.278) 3-10 (.300)
FT Made-Attempted 13-20 (.650) 25-31 (.806)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 21 (0/0) 12 (0/0)
Largest Lead 2 16

Game Leaders

 
TEM
OSU
PointsK. McCarthy 14T. Hill 24
ReboundsJ. Connelly 8A. Adams 8
AssistsB. Williams 5A. Adams 5
StealsJ. Connelly 3S. Prahalis 3

2011-12 Season

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