2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

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2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
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Preseason WNIT champions
Buckeye Classic champions
Big Ten regular season and tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceBig Ten
2009–10 record31–5 (15–3 Big 10)
Head coach
  • Jim Foster
Seasons
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2009–10 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Ohio State† 15 – 3   .833 31 – 5   .861
No. 24 Michigan State 12 – 6   .667 23 – 10   .697
Wisconsin 10 – 8   .556 21 – 11   .656
Iowa 10 – 8   .556 20 – 14   .588
Purdue 9 – 9   .500 15 – 17   .469
Michigan 8 – 10   .444 20 – 13   .606
Penn State 8 – 10   .444 17 – 14   .548
Illinois 7 – 11   .389 19 – 14   .576
Northwestern 7 – 11   .389 18 – 15   .545
Indiana 7 – 11   .389 14 – 16   .467
Minnesota 6 – 12   .333 13 – 17   .433
† winner
As of 3-27-2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented The Ohio State University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes, coached by Jim Foster, successfully defended their Big Ten Conference regular-season and tournament championships. They advanced to the NCAA Tournament, losing in the second round to Mississippi State.

Offseason[]

  • May 5: The Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference announced the pairings for the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge for women’s basketball. The Buckeyes will travel to Durham, N.C., to take on the Duke Blue Devils Thursday, Dec. 3.[1]
  • May 18: Following three days of team trials, USA Basketball today announced the 14 finalists for the 2009 USA Women’s U19 World Championship Team. The finalists will return to Colorado Springs on July 9 to begin training for the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship. Buckeye Samantha Prahalis is one of the finalists.[2]
  • May 18: USA Basketball also announced 14 finalists for the 2009 USA Women's World University Games Team. The finalists included Buckeyes player Jantel Lavender.[3]
  • July 29: The 2009 USA U19 World Championship Team (5-1) defeated Japan (2-4) 109-68 in FIBA U19 World Championship second round action on Wednesday afternoon in Bangkok, Thailand. Ohio State’s Samantha Prahalis hit a pair of threes and contributed 12 points.

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  • July 30: The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), on behalf of the Wade Coalition, announced the 2009-2010 preseason "Wade Watch" list for The State Farm Wade Trophy Division I Player of the Year. Making the list from Ohio State were junior Jantel Lavender and sophomore Samantha Prahalis as they were two of 25 named to the list,[5] which is made up of top NCAA Division I student-athletes who best embody the spirit of Lily Margaret Wade. This is based on the following criteria: game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability.
  • August 21: The 2009-10 preseason candidates list for the Women’s Wooden Award was released, naming 31 student athletes. Jantel Lavender and Samantha Prahalis from Ohio State were two of the candidates.[6]

Signees[]

  • May 20: Ohio State announced the signing of Aleksandra Dobranic, a 6-foot, 4-inch forward/center from Novi Sad, Serbia, to a National Letter of Intent to play for the Buckeyes beginning next season. Dobranic is a member of the Serbian Junior National Team. Dobranic is the fourth member of the Buckeyes’ 2009-10 recruiting class. She joins Emilee Harmon, a 6-2 forward and 2009 Associated Press Ohio Co-Player of the Year from Pickerington Central High School. The other recruits include Brianna Sanders, a 5-foot, 11-inch guard from Princeton High School in Cincinnati and Tayler Hill, a McDonald’s All-American and the two-time Gatorade Player of the Year from Minneapolis South.[7]

Preseason[]

  • October 29: Ohio State junior Jantel Lavender was selected as the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year by the conference coaches and a panel of media members.[8]

Preseason WNIT[]

Date Opponent Location Time Score
Fri, Nov 13 Eastern Illinois Columbus, Ohio 5:00 p.m 91-68
Sun, Nov 15 Bowling Green Columbus, Ohio 2:00 p.m. 91-72[9]
Tue, Nov 17 Alabama-Birmingham Columbus, Ohio 7:00 p.m. 88-55
Wed, Nov 19 West Virginia Columbus, Ohio 7:00 p.m. 92-69
Wed, Nov 19 Oklahoma State Columbus, Ohio 2:00 p.m. 93-72[10]

Regular season[]

The Buckeyes will host the Buckeye Classic from November 28–29.

Date Opponent Location Time Score
Wed, Nov 25 UNC Greensboro Columbus, Ohio 7:00 p.m 89-56
Sat, Nov 28 IUPUI Columbus, Ohio 2:00 p.m 88-33
Sun, Nov 29 California Columbus, Ohio 2:00 p.m 83-71[11]

Roster[]

Number Name Height Position Class

Schedule[]

Date Opponent Location Time Score
Wed, Nov 25 UNC Greensboro Columbus, Ohio TBA
Sat, Nov 28 IUPUI Columbus, Ohio TBA
Sun, Nov 29 California/Southern Columbus, Ohio TBA
Thu, Dec 03 Duke at Durham, N.C. TBA
Sun, Dec 06 Wisconsin * Columbus, Ohio 2:00 p.m.
Sun, Dec 13 Ole Miss at Oxford, Miss. TBA
Tue, Dec 15 Wright State Columbus, Ohio TBA
Sat, Dec 19 Alabama A&M Columbus, Ohio TBA
Mon, Dec 21 Western Illinois Columbus, Ohio TBA
Mon, Dec 28 Illinois * at Champaign, Ill. TBA
Thu, Dec 31 Northwestern * at Evanston, Ill. TBA
Sun, Jan 03 Michigan * Columbus, Ohio TBA
Sat, Jan 09 Michigan State * at East Lansing, Mich. 2:00 p.m.
Thu, Jan 14 Illinois * Columbus, Ohio TBA
Sun, Jan 17 Indiana * Columbus, Ohio 2:00 p.m.
Thu, Jan 21 Michigan * at Ann Arbor, Mich. TBA
Mon, Jan 25 Purdue * at West Lafayette, Ind. 7:00 p.m.
Thu, Jan 28 Minnesota * Columbus, Ohio 7:30 p.m.
Sun, Jan 31 Indiana * at Bloomington, Ind. 12:00 p.m.
Thu, Feb 04 Iowa * Columbus, Ohio 7:30 p.m.
Sun, Feb 07 Penn State * at St ate College, Pa. TBA
Thu, Feb 11 Purdue * Columbus, Ohio 7:30 p.m.
Sun, Feb 14 Minnesota * at Minneapolis, Minn. 2:30 p.m.
Thu, Feb 18 Wisconsin * at Madison, Wis. TBA
Sun, Feb 21 Michigan State * Columbus, Ohio 3:00 p.m.
Thu, Feb 25 Northwestern * Columbus, Ohio TBA

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Player stats[]

Player Games Played Minutes Field Goals Three Pointers Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points

Postseason[]

  • March 7: At 3:51 mark of the second half, Janel Lavender reached the 2,000 point plateau. She reached the plateau in her 100th career game and became the first female Buckeye to reach the mark as a junior.[13] The other Buckeyes with 2,000 career points are Katie Smith (2,578) and Jessica Davenport (2,303). In addition, she is only the 15th Big Ten player to reach the 2,000 point plateau.

Big Ten Tournament[]

Date Opponent Location Time Score
Thu, Mar 04 2009 Big Ten Tournament * at Indianapolis, Ind. TBA

NCAA Basketball Tournament[]

Awards and honors[]

  • Jantel Lavender: Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year by the conference coaches and a panel of media members

Preseason All-Big Ten Coaches Team[]

  • JANTEL LAVENDER, Jr., C, OSU
  • Samantha Prahalis, So., G, OSU

Preseason All-Big Ten Media Team[]

  • JANTEL LAVENDER, Jr., C, OSU
  • Samantha Prahalis, So., G, OSU

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Regular season[]

Postseason[]

  • Jantel Lavender, Big Ten tournament most outstanding player

Team players drafted into the WNBA[]

Round Pick Player WNBA Club

See also[]

References[]

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