EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Elsa Lemmila scored a career-high 23 points to help ninth-ranked Ohio State beat Oregon 80-64 on Sunday.
Kennedy Cambridge scored 20 points and hit five 3-pointers for the Buckeyes (22-3, 11-2 Big Ten), who won their fourth straight and 11th in 12 games. Jaloni Cambridge scored 19 points and surpassed 1,000 points in his career.
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The Buckeyes shot 52 percent from the field and made 17 of 19 free throw attempts. Senior guard Chance Gray, who played his first two years at the University of Oregon before transferring to Ohio State, had eight points and five rebounds in his return game.
Ari Long hit four 3-pointers and scored 16 points to lead the Ducks (18-8, 6-7), who ended their four-game winning streak. Oregon State is 2-4 against top 25 teams this year but 0-3 at home against those opponents.
Oregon’s Sarah Rambus scored 13 points, Oregon committed 23 turnovers and Ohio State scored 17 points. Mia Jacobs had 13 points and five rebounds for the Ducks, who shot 37% from the field.
Oregon scored the final six points of the third quarter to pull within 56-44 and trailed 61-49 early in the fourth quarter before Ohio State scored nine straight points from the Cambridge Sisters. Jaloni Cambridge hit two free throws, followed by a 3-pointer from Kennedy Cambridge.
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Jaloni Cambridge had a steal and layup to extend the deficit to 68-49 with 6:40 left, then added another to give the Buckeyes their largest lead. Oregon cannot recover.
Ohio State led 22-18 after the first quarter and extended the lead to 10 points before the Ducks chased the score to 34-25 at halftime.
After Sophia Bell scored consecutively, Oregon State fell behind 50-38 in the middle of the third quarter, but Lemira scored 4 points in a row and Watson made a shot to extend the lead to 56-38.
Next
Ohio State: The Buckeyes return home to face Maryland on Sunday.
Oregon State: The Ducks have a week off until visiting Washington on Sunday.
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