March 8, 2009
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Ohio State
Ohio State is 23-13 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament with Sunday's championship win against the Boilermakers. The
win marks the Buckeyes' second Big Ten Tournament title in the last four seasons.
Ohio State's win gives the Buckeyes the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Championship.
Head coach Jim Foster is now 12-5 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament.
The No. 1 seed has won the Big Ten Tournament four times since the 1995 inaugural season.
Ohio State leads the all-time series with Purdue, 36-25, and has won all three meetings this season.
Ohio State is 21-0 this year when leading at the half.
Sophomore center Jantel Lavender finished with 25 points and 13 rebounds with one assist for her 23rd double-double
of the season and the 36th of her career. The Buckeyes are 30-6 over the past two years when Lavender records a
double-double.
Lavender was named the 2009 Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
Lavender's 36 career double-doubles are the most among active Big Ten players.
Lavender has scored 10 or more points in all 63 career games, the fourth-longest active streak in Division I.
Lavender now has 1,221 career points. Lavender broke Katie Smith's record of 1,194 points in her first two seasons as a
Buckeye with 21 points in the semifinals against Iowa.
Lavender (350) added 13 rebounds to her already record-setting single-season total. The record was 325 set by Jessica
Davenport during the 2004-05 season. Lavender broke Davenport's record after recording 17 boards against Iowa in the
semifinals of the tournament.
Lavenders' 13 rebounds give her 41 overall in the tournament; breaking the single tournament record of 38.
Senior forward Star Allen scored 13 points with five rebounds. Over the last eight games, Allen has scored 127 points
(15.9 ppg) and is shooting 53-of-94 (.563 percent) from the field.
Freshman guard Samantha Prahalis dished out five assists and now has 186 on the season. Prahalis has the most
assists in a season for a freshman in program history. Her nine assists against Illinois in the quarterfinals was the most
assists by a Buckeye in a single Big Ten Tournament game. Prahalis had 19 assists in her first Big Ten Tournament, tied
for 7th on the single tournament record list.
Sophomore forward Sarah Schulze had eight points, shooting 3-of-6 from the floor and 2-of-4 from the three-point line. It
was her most three-pointers in a game since netting two against Delaware State on Dec. 16.
Lavender and Allen were named to the 2009 All-Big Ten Tournament Team.
Purdue
Purdue appeared in its fourth-straight Big Ten Tournament championship game.
Purdue is 5-3 against the Buckeyes in Big Ten Tournament action. The Boilermakers are 2-2 in championship games
against Ohio State.
Senior forward Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton, freshman guard Brittany Rayburn and senior forward Lakisha Freeman
combined for 45 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for Purdue.
Wisdom-Hylton has scored in double figures 25 times this season and 89 times in her career passing former Boilermaker
Stacey Lovelace for sixth in career double-figure scoring games in the Purdue records book. Against the Buckeyes, she
tallied 15 points and five rebounds, shooting 7-of-9 from the floor.
With 15 points, Wisdom-Hylton has 1,564 career points, 11th on the all-time Purdue career scoring list.
Wisdom-Hylton has 294 rebounds this season, the third highest single-season total in school history. She has the season
record of 302 in 2006-07. She is also Purdue's all-time leading rebounder with 932 boards.
Danielle Campell had eight points, two rebounds, two steals and one assist against in Sunday's game.
Purdue had 34 points in the paint, eight more than Ohio State.
The Boilermakers shot 46 percent from the floor, while Ohio State shot 54 percent.
Head coach Sharon Versyp is now 8-1 in Big Ten Tournament games as Purdue's head coach. She is 10-2 overall in Big
Ten Tournament play.
Purdue shot 7-of-12 from the free throw line.
Junior Guard FahKara Malone added four steals to her Big Ten Tournament career record and now has 35 in nine total
games
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