The Ohio State Buckeyes and Virginia Tech Hokies are the latest teams to advance to the Elite Eight. Here are our recaps of their games.
No. 3 seed Ohio State Buckeyes over No. 2 UConn Huskies 73-61
Ohio State defeated the UConn Huskies thanks to a dominant second quarter where Ohio State held UConn to just nine points.
Cotie McMahon was a menace and UConn had no answer for the star forward, who ended the night with 23 points and five rebounds. From the guard position, Jacy Sheldon came up big for the Buckeyes; she had 17 points, including converting on all ten of her free throw attempts.
Lou Lopez Sénéchal gave a great effort in defeat, scoring 25 points, but the Huskies could never close the gap from the deficit that was built in the first half.
Maybe it was just the school’s history, but while it felt as though eventually UConn would go on a run, Ohio State closed the door whenever even a small opportunity appeared. In the third, with 3:51 left, UConn cut the lead to five, but Ohio State responded with a 5-0 run featuring a Taylor Mikesell jumper and a Jacy Sheldon 3-pointer. In the closing frame, with under four minutes to go, UConn brought it back to a nine-point game, but once again, Mikesell and Sheldon responded. Mikesell went to the hoop thanks to a…
