2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team explained

Sport:	Women's Basketball
Year:	2009-10
Prev Year:	2008-09
Next Year:	2010-11
Team:	Ohio State Buckeyes
Conference:	Big Ten
Short Conf:	Big 10
Record:	31–5
Conf Record:	15–3
Head Coach:	Jim Foster
Champion:	Preseason WNIT champions Buckeye Classic champions Big Ten regular season and tournament champions
Bowl Result:	second round

The 2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented 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
Sun, Nov 22	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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time	Score
Fri, Nov 13	Eastern Illinois	Columbus, Ohio	TBA	91–68
Sun, Nov 15	Bowling Green	Columbus, Ohio	TBA	91–72
Tue, Nov 17	UAB	Columbus, Ohio	TBA	88–55
Thu, Nov 19	West Virginia	Columbus, Ohio	TBA	92–69
Sun, Nov 22	Oklahoma State	Columbus, Ohio	TBA	93–72
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/Southern	Columbus, Ohio	2:00 p.m	83–71
Thu, Dec 03	Duke	at Durham, N.C.	TBA	67–83
Sun, Dec 06	Wisconsin *	Columbus, Ohio	2:00 p.m.	70–55
Sun, Dec 13	Ole Miss	at Oxford, Miss.	TBA	79–77
Tue, Dec 15	Wright State	Columbus, Ohio	TBA	84–47
Sat, Dec 19	Alabama A&M	Columbus, Ohio	TBA	78–54
Mon, Dec 21	Western Illinois	Columbus, Ohio	TBA	99–38
Mon, Dec 28	Illinois *	at Champaign, Ill.	TBA	76–47
Thu, Dec 31	Northwestern *	at Evanston, Ill.	TBA	86–60
Sun, Jan 03	Michigan *	Columbus, Ohio	TBA	59–56
Sat, Jan 09	Michigan State *	at East Lansing, Mich.	2:00 p.m.	65–62
Thu, Jan 14	Illinois *	Columbus, Ohio	TBA	72–61
Sun, Jan 17	Indiana *	Columbus, Ohio	2:00 p.m.	81–64
Thu, Jan 21	Michigan *	at Ann Arbor, Mich.	TBA	58–56
Mon, Jan 25	Purdue *	at West Lafayette, Ind.	7:00 p.m.	61–63
Thu, Jan 28	Minnesota *	Columbus, Ohio	7:30 p.m.	81–58
Sun, Jan 31	Indiana *	at Bloomington, Ind.	12:00 p.m.	62–67
Thu, Feb 04	Iowa *	Columbus, Ohio	7:30 p.m.	86–82
Sun, Feb 07	Penn State *	at State College, Pa.	TBA	86–73
Thu, Feb 11	Purdue *	Columbus, Ohio	7:30 p.m.	75–45
Sun, Feb 14	Minnesota *	at Minneapolis, Minn.	2:30 p.m.	64–59
Thu, Feb 18	Wisconsin *	at Madison, Wis.	TBA	83–78
Sun, Feb 21	Michigan State *	Columbus, Ohio	3:00 p.m.	68–71 OT
Thu, Feb 25	Northwestern *	Columbus, Ohio	TBA	78–47

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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
Fri, Mar 05	Illinois *	at Indianapolis, Ind.	TBA	66–55
Sat, Mar 06	Wisconsin *	at Indianapolis, Ind.	TBA	82–73
Sun, Mar 07	Iowa *	at Indianapolis, Ind.	TBA	66–64

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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Postseason

• Jantel Lavender, Big Ten tournament most outstanding player

See also

• 2009–10 Big Ten women's basketball season
• 2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season

External links

• Official Site

Notes and References

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9. Web site: Women's NIT . 2009-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091122090622/http://www.womensnit.com/showstory.asp?id=current&eventid=32 . 2009-11-22 . dead .
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12. Web site: Women's Basketball - Schedule - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com . 2009-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110101044059/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&SPID=10422&SPSID=87816 . 2011-01-01 . dead .
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