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Lady Lions ousted

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Ameryst Alston scored 33 points and Cait Craft 24 as eighth-seeded Ohio State stunned top-seeded and No. 11-ranked Penn State 99-82 Friday in the Big Ten Conference tournament quarterfinals.

The Buckeyes (17-17) advance to a Saturday semifinal against Iowa.

Raven Ferguson added 15 points for OSU, which shot 71.9 percent in the first half when it made all 10 of its 3-pointers for a 58-34 lead. The 58 points were a tournament record.

The Lady Lions (22-7) were led by Ariel Edwards’ career-high 29 points plus 10 rebounds. Maggie Lucas added 21 points, including a pair of 3-pointers that gave her the conference’s career record with 358.

OSU built its lead to 27 points before PSU cut it to nine with 2:56 left. OSU then went on an 11-2 run to seal the outcome.

OSU’s last win over a top-15 team came against Michigan State in the 2011 conference tournament.

OHIO STATE (17-17)

Alston, Ameryst 12-15 4-4 33; Craft, Cait 8-14 4-6 24; Ferguson, Raven 6-10 3-4 15; Adams, Ashley 3-3 5-6 11; Moore, Darryce 5-9 1-2 11; Ellerbe, Martina 2-6 0-0 5; Scullion, Amy 0-0 0-0 0; Blair, Lisa 0-1 0-0 0; Kynard, Maleeka 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 36-58 17-23 99.

PENN STATE (22-7)

Edwards, Ariel 9-19 11-15 29; Lucas, Maggie 5-16 9-11 21; Taylor, Dara 6-18 2-2 14; East, Talia 2-6 2-3 6; Mitchell, Kaliyah 1-4 2-2 4; Waldner, Tori 2-4 0-0 4; Whitted, Peyton 1-1 0-0 3; Agee, Candice 0-3 1-2 1; Harris, Alex 0-0 0-0 0; Sevillian, Keke 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-71 27-35 82.

Halftime: Ohio State, 58-34. 3-point goals–Ohio State 10-18 (Alston, Ameryst 5-6; Craft, Cait 4-7; Ellerbe, Martina 1-4; Ferguson, Raven 0-1), Penn State 3-15 (Lucas, Maggie 2-6; Whitted, Peyton 1-1; Taylor, Dara 0-5; Edwards, Ariel 0-3). Fouled out–Edwards, Ariel. Rebounds–Ohio State 37 (Ferguson, Raven 7), Penn State 38 (Edwards, Ariel 10). Assists–Ohio State 23 (Alston, Ameryst 9), Penn State 12 (Taylor, Dara 8). Total fouls–Ohio State 23, Penn State 20. Technical fouls–None.

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