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From the Big East: Pittsburgh Panthers

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Me thinks Pittsburgh would love to play State Penn every year.

And didn’t Mary May attend Pitt?

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Right: The Buckeyes’ David Lighty blows by a Blue Hose defender on his way to the tin for a deuce. (AP Photo)

Walk-on guard Mark Titus scored a point as No. 18 Ohio State easily routed Presbyterian College, 78-48, at the Schottenstein Center, Wednesday night.

Titus, of course, wasn’t alone in the scoring column. The Buckeyes were led by David Lighty, who scored 20 points. Three others notched double-digit point totals as Jon Diebler added an even dozen, William Buford chipped in 11, and Dallas Lauderdale had 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds.

Ohio State went up two touchdowns early in the first half after Lauderdale snared an offensive rebound and his putback gave the Buckeyes a 14-0 advantage with 15:05 left. It was all downhill from there.

Jeremie Simmons’ triple with 1:26 to go until halftime put Ohio State ahead 53-21, which was the score when both teams headed to the locker room at the intermission break.

The Buckeyes biggest lead of the game was at the 12:23 mark of the second half following Lighty’s tip-in that made the score 70-27 in favor of OSU. Click here to read more >>

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Right: Ft. Wayne’s Roderick Smith (25) is one of the 15 commitments from the class of 2010 head coach Jim Tressel has secured. (BB Photo)

Thus far, the 2010 football recruiting class does not have the swagger to match the 2008 class (Pryor, Posey, Brewster) or last year’s class for that matter (Duron Carter, Jamaal Berry). However, Ohio State has picked up a number of four star players as well as we’ve continued to be rather dominant in the state of Ohio. More importantly, the process is not nearly complete and there are several blue chips out there waiting to be signed.

According to rivals.com, head coach Jim Tressel has received oral commitments from 15 players including seven 4-star recruits. Among the commits are offensive tackle Andrew Norwell, athlete Corey Brown and running back Roderick Smith.

The site lists Andrew Norwell as our highest rated recruit so far, at number 46 overall nationwide, the fifth best tackle on the recruiting boards and the number three prospect in Ohio. He can keep defenders away with his long arms and apparently is also a very physical player, delighting in pancaking defenders and hitting them while they are down. Norwell could redshirt and make an impact his second or third year. Click here to read more >>

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Right: Just have to figure out where on the map the 12th team should go. (MB Photo)

Back in 1896, the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives was founded when seven institutions of higher learning convened in Chicago. Those seven schools were: Purdue, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Chicago, and Northwestern. At that time, the newly-formed league was nicknamed the “Western Conference.”

Three years later, Indiana and Iowa were granted membership, and the “Western Conference” became known as the “Big Nine.” It would be another 18 years before the “Big Ten” emerged when Ohio State joined in 1912 and Michigan returned in 1918 after a nine-year absence. Click here to read more >>

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Right: Ohio State’s Brittany Johnson passes over Mississippi guard Kayla Melson, Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo)

Five Buckeyes scored in double figures led by Samantha Prahalis’ 17 points as No. 9 Ohio State rallied to beat Mississippi, 79-77, at the Tad Smith Coliseum in Oxford, Miss., Sunday afternoon.

Amazingly, Ole Miss led 77-67 with 2:58 left to play, but OSU closed out the game on a 12-0 run. A short jumper by Andrea Walker along with two treys from Maria Moeller and Sarah Schulze got the Buckeyes closer, and Ohio State took the lead for good after Walker drained a pair of free throws with 16 seconds remaining.

It was a closely contested game throughout, with 11 ties and 15 lead changes. Ohio State’s biggest advantage came with 15:44 left in the second half after a conventional three-point play by Schulze that put the Buckeyes up 48-42. Ole Miss’ biggest lead was when they were ahead by 10 with just under three minutes to go. OSU led 36-35 at halftime as Shavelle Little scored a a layup just before the horn sounded.

Ohio State’s Jantel Lavender had a Evan Turner-like triple-double, but not in a good away, as she scored 15 points with 10 rebounds, but committed 10 turnovers in 31 minutes. Schulze added 14 points while Moeller and Johnson each chipped in 10.

Bianca Thomas led the Rebels with 25 points and 10 rebounds.

Up next, the Buckeyes will host Wright State, Tuesday night. Tip-off at the Schottenstein Center is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET.

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Right: Ohio State’s Dallas Lauderdale (left) is hacked while going up for a dunk vs. Butler.
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Going into yesterday’s game against Butler, there were many questions that needed to be answered on how head coach Thad Matta and his Ohio State team would react to the absence of national player of the year candidate Evan Turner. While the Buckeyes wouldn’t get a passing grade from me since they lost to the 22nd-ranked Bulldogs, 74-66, they did show some promise.

Butler led by as many as 11 points in the first half after Gordon Hayward’s three-pointer at the 11:40 mark that put the Bulldogs ahead 21-10, and still held a 10-point advantage at 28-18 following a layup by Matt Howard with 7:41 to go.

But the Buckeyes responded by rattling off 16 unanswered points to take a 34-28 lead and went into the locker room at the break ahead 36-34.

In the second half, the game was tied at 48-all after Dallas Lauderdale scored a bucket in the paint with 13:48 remaining, but then the wheels started to fall off for Ohio State. Click here to read more >>

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