FRESHMAN Jaloni Cambridge hit five 3-point shots on the way to a season-high 33 points and No. 12 Ohio State handled No. 23 Michigan State for an 89-78 victory Wednesday night (Thursday in Manila) at Columbus, Ohio.
Ajae Petty’s 23 points and 15 rebounds and Cotie McMahon’s 17 points also boosted Ohio State (24-4, 13-4 Big Ten Conference), which shot 54.8 percent from the field.
TherynHallock poured in 29 points, making all five of her 3-point attempts, and Grace VanSlooten notched 19 points for Michigan State (20-8, 10-7), which tried to climb back by outscoring the Buckeyes 15-2 across the first six minutes of the fourth quarter to pull within 81-74.
Baskets by McMahon and Cambridge helped Ohio State, which led 54-41 at halftime, get back on track. Cambridge had 29 points through three quarters.
Michigan State was aided by 25-for-27 shooting on free throws but couldn’t take full advantage of Ohio State’s 14 turnovers.
In other games, it was No. 2 UCLA 91, Wisconsin 61; No. 18 West Virginia 75, Utah 46; No. 10 TCU 91, Houston 56; and No. 21 Oklahoma State 74, Cincinnati 64.
No. 2 UCLA 91, Wisconsin 61
Lauren Betts pumped in 26 points on 11-for-12 shooting from the floor and a 4-for-4 effort on free throws as the Bruins strolled at Madison, Wis.
UCLA (27-1, 16-1 Big Ten) was rolling, particularly with a big third quarter that stretched the margin to 70-40 entering the fourth quarter. Timea Gardiner had 14 points off the bench and Londynn Jones supplied 13 points for the Bruins.
Serah Williams collected 22 points and Ronnie Porter notched 13 points for Wisconsin (13-15, 4-13), which was 4-for-16 on 3s.
