The Ohio State women's basketball team, led by its high-powered offense, opens NCAA Tournament against defensive stalwart Missouri State.
For the Ohio State women’s basketball team to make a run in the NCAA Tournament, leading scorers Jacy Sheldon and Taylor Mikesell have to be at their best. And both will be tested in the first round against one of the best scoring defenses in the country. have one of the fastest offenses in the country, ranked sixth with 79.2 points per game. Their opponent, the No. 11 seed Missouri State Lady Bears , allow just 53.6 points per game, ranked 10th-best nationally.
Missouri State has played five teams ranked in the top 31 nationally in points per game. In all of those games, the Bears held their opponent to under their season average. The 25th-best scoring offense, South Dakota State, scored 52 points compared to their 74.1 season average. In three games against Drake, which averaged 73.7 points a game this year, the Bears allowed 53, 59 and 49 points.
Mikesell’s 105 3-point baskets represent the third-highest total in the nation. She has shown up in big games scoring 33, 29 and 24 points in two games against Maryland and at Iowa. Averaging 19.5 points, Ohio State’s other first-team All-Big Ten player can fill it up, even against good defenses, such as when she scored. But Sheldon hasn’t hit a 3-pointer since Feb. 17 against Maryland, going 0 for 11 in her last five games.
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