No. 3Ohio State Buckeyes

Regional 1 in Fort Worth · 1st Round

Past match

Ohio State Buckeyes won.

Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Howard Bison

Ranked #14 · 26-8 54 – 75

Ranked #3 · 27-7

Final · Sat, Mar 21

Game Details

Schottenstein Center (Columbus) · 6,169 fans · ESPN2 View tournament bracket →

Highlights

Jaloni Cambridge sparks Ohio State’s runaway win over Howard in 1st round of women's NCAA Tournament

Jaloni Cambridge scored 21 points and third-seeded Ohio State rolled to a 75-54 victory over 14th-seeded Howard on Saturday in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Recap via ESPN

0:18 Elsa Lemmila gets the and-1 to go for Ohio State

0:19 Jaloni Cambridge Eurosteps his way in for 2

0:18 Kennedy Cambridge drills a 3 for the Buckeyes

0:15 Zennia Thomas glides through the lane for a Bisons' layup

Clips play on ESPN

Schottenstein Center · Columbus

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
HOW	15	4	17	18	54
OSU	20	23	19	13	75

Game Flow

HOW OSU

Q1Q2Q3Q4

6-0Biggest Run13-0

2Largest Lead30

5 lead changes · tied 4 times

Win Probability · Ohio State Buckeyes

tip-offnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Howard Bison

Zennia Thomas · 15Points
Dally Moreno · 1Assists
Ariella Henigan · 10Rebounds

Ohio State Buckeyes

Jaloni Cambridge · 21Points
Chance Gray · 4Assists
Elsa Lemmila · 11Rebounds

2025-26 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Standings

Team	GB
Howard	-
Maryland Eastern Shore	2
Norfolk State	2
Coppin State	7
North Carolina Central	8
Delaware State	9
Morgan State	9
South Carolina State	11

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team	GB
UCLA	-
Michigan	3
Iowa	3
Ohio State	5
Minnesota	5
Maryland	7
Michigan State	7
Washington	8
Illinois	9
USC	9
Oregon	10
Nebraska	11
Indiana	12
Wisconsin	13
Purdue	13
Penn State	14
Northwestern	16
Rutgers	17

Team Stats

Howard BisonOhio State Buckeyes

Shooting

19-56, 34% Field Goals 27-60, 45%

0-9, 0% 3-Pointers 9-24, 38%

16-26, 62% Free Throws 12-14, 86%

Possessions

38 Rebounds 33

13 Offensive Rebounds 7

3 Assists 14

4 Steals 9

1 Blocks 7

17 Turnovers 14

15 Fouls 18

Scoring

20 Points in Paint 30

2 Fast Break Points 19

2 Largest Lead 30

Box Score

Howard Bison ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
S. HemingwayF	0	4	1	23	0-2	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	0	4	1
N. MillerF	3	4	0	18	1-4	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	3	1	4
Z. ThomasF	15	6	0	37	6-19	0-3	3-6	0	0	0	2	4	1
A. HeniganG	14	10	0	30	4-15	0-3	6-10	3	1	1	4	6	1
Z. StewartG	12	3	0	36	6-11	0-1	0-0	5	1	0	0	3	2
Bench
J. KendrickF	4	1	0	5	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1
D. MorenoF	3	1	1	9	0-0	0-0	3-4	0	0	0	0	1	0
R. DurantF	0	1	0	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
J. PerrinF	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
E. NuquayG	1	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	0
D. Bynum JohnsonG	0	0	0	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
D. WatsonG	0	0	1	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1
A. EdwardsG	2	0	0	19	0-2	0-1	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	2
P. SwarnF	DNP: Did not play
Team	54	38	3		19-56	0-9	16-26	17	4	1	13	25	15

Ohio State Buckeyes ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
E. LemmiläC	3	11	3	25	1-5	0-0	1-1	2	0	4	3	8	3
J. CambridgeG	21	3	1	28	9-14	0-1	3-3	1	2	2	0	3	3
A. WatsonG	11	2	2	34	4-10	3-8	0-0	3	2	0	1	1	1
C. GrayG	11	1	4	30	4-11	3-6	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	1
K. CambridgeG	11	7	3	28	4-9	1-4	2-2	4	2	0	1	6	2
Bench
S. HenryF	1	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
E. HobbsF	0	0	0	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
B. MartinG	3	1	0	14	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2
D. BiriukG	2	0	0	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
K. KittsG	9	5	0	17	2-4	1-1	4-4	1	0	1	2	3	2
T. ToddG	3	1	1	16	1-3	0-1	1-2	0	1	0	0	1	3
Team	75	33	14		27-60	9-24	12-14	14	9	7	7	26	18

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