Duke is still dancing. The seventh-seeded Blue Devils upset No. 2 seed Ohio State in Columbus by a score of 75-63 on Sunday, giving them their first Sweet 16 berth since 2018.
This was just the second loss Ohio State suffered on its home court all season.
Junior guard Reigan Richardson led Duke with 28 points while shooting over 60% from the field. She went 3-for-3 from beyond the arc and registered seven rebounds along with three steals.
Ohio State was up by 16 points in the first half, but the Blue Devils stepped on the gas. Their comeback effort started in the second quarter, and they pulled away late in the fourth quarter to make the score look more lopsided than the game really was.
The Buckeyes were struggling to hold Duke back late in the game, and it didn’t help that starting guard Celeste Taylor — who’s, coincidentally, a Duke transfer — fouled out four minutes into the fourth quarter.
With 3:37 remaining in the game, the Blue Devils took over with a 7-0 run to make it 63-57 in their favor. They never looked…
