Women's basketball
Game preview: Ohio State at Minnesota
1 P.M. TODAY
• Where: Williams Arena
• TV: Big Ten Network
• Radio: WBNS-AM (1460)
• Records: Ohio State 20-1, 7-1 Big Ten; Minnesota 11-11, 3-5
• Matchup to watch: Rachel Banham is the top freshman scorer in the Big Ten and a primary ball-handler for the Gophers. She is connecting on 60.6 percent of her conference three-point attempts (20 of 33). How the Buckeyes track her beyond the arc will be crucial.
• Notable: Minnesota dropped a 78-72 decision to Wisconsin at Williams Arena on Thursday despite 19 points from Banham. Kionna Kellogg added 10 points and 13 rebounds. The Gophers are 8-4 at home overall. ... The Buckeyes shook off a sluggish first half to defeat Indiana 73-55 on Thursday and stay a game behind first-place Purdue in the standings. Minnesota native Tayler Hill scored all of her 18 points in the second half and still leads the Big Ten in scoring. Ashley Adams is hitting 63.0 percent of her shots in conference play (29 of 46).
• Next: vs. Wisconsin, 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 6, at Value City Arena
— Jim Massie
jmassie@dispatch.com
| Rosters | |||||
| Ohio State | |||||
| NO | PLAYER | POS | HT | YR | PTS |
| 1 | Kalpana Beach* | F | 6-1 | Fr. | 5.1 |
| 3 | Amber Stokes* | G | 5-10 | Jr. | 7.8 |
| 4 | Tayler Hill* | G | 5-10 | Jr. | 21.4 |
| 11 | Shelbi Honeycutt | G | 5-10 | Fr. | 0.6 |
| 12 | Maleeka Kynard | G | 5-7 | Fr. | 2.4 |
| 15 | Aleksandra Dobranic | C | 6-4 | So. | 1.8 |
| 21 | Samantha Prahalis* | G | 5-7 | Sr. | 18.7 |
| 22 | Darryce Moore | C | 6-2 | So. | 6.5 |
| 23 | Martina Ellerbe | F | 6-2 | So. | 2.1 |
| 25 | Amy Scullion | G | 6-0 | Fr. | 2.2 |
| 31 | Raven Ferguson | G | 5-11 | Fr. | 4.0 |
| 33 | Ashley Adams* | C | 6-5 | So. | 7.3 |
| 50 | Emilee Harmon | F | 6-2 | Jr. | 2.5 |
| Minnesota | |||||
| NO | PLAYER | POS | HT | YR | PTS |
| 1 | Rachel Banham* | G | 5-9 | Fr. | 15.5 |
| 5 | Kionna Kellogg* | G/F | 6-1 | So. | 5.2 |
| 11 | Leah Cotton* | G | 5-8 | Jr. | 7.4 |
| 14 | Alex Ionescu | G | 5-9 | Fr. | 0.4 |
| 15 | Micaella Riche | F | 6-2 | So. | 3.8 |
| 20 | Kayla Hirt | G/F | 6-2 | Fr. | 0.0 |
| 21 | Sari Noga | G | 5-10 | So. | 3.9 |
| 25 | Katie Loberg* | F | 6-4 | Jr. | 9.9 |
| 30 | Kiara Buford* | G | 5-11 | Sr. | 13.3 |
| 34 | Shonte Clay | F | 6-2 | So. | 0.5 |
| 41 | Brianna Mastey | G | 6-1 | Sr. | 3.9 |
| 43 | Nicole Mastey | G/F | 6-1 | Sr. | 0.1 |
| 45 | Jackie Voigt | F | 6-1 | Sr. | 3.9 |
| 55 | Amber Dvorak | C | 6-7 | Jr. | 1.4 |
| *-Probable starters |
