2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented The 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.

2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball
Preseason WNIT champions
Buckeye Classic champions
Big Ten regular season and tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceBig Ten
2009–10 record31–5 (15–3 Big 10)
Head coach
  • Jim Foster
2009–10 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 8 Ohio State†15–3 .833  31–5  .861
No. 24 Michigan State12–6 .667  23–10  .697
Wisconsin10–8 .556  21–11  .656
Iowa10–8 .556  20–14  .588
Purdue9–9 .500  15–17  .469
Michigan8–10 .444  20–13  .606
Penn State8–10 .444  17–14  .548
Illinois7–11 .389  19–14  .576
Northwestern7–11 .389  18–15  .545
Indiana7–11 .389  14–16  .467
Minnesota6–12 .333  13–17  .433
† 2010 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of 3-27-2010; Rankings from AP Poll

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
DateOpponentLocationTimeScore
Fri, Nov 13Eastern IllinoisColumbus, Ohio5:00 p.m91-68
Sun, Nov 15Bowling GreenColumbus, Ohio2:00 p.m.91-72[9]
Tue, Nov 17Alabama-BirminghamColumbus, Ohio7:00 p.m.88-55
Wed, Nov 19West VirginiaColumbus, Ohio7:00 p.m.92-69
Wed, Nov 19Oklahoma StateColumbus, Ohio2:00 p.m.93-72[10]

Regular season

The Buckeyes will host the Buckeye Classic from November 28–29.

DateOpponentLocationTimeScore
Wed, Nov 25UNC GreensboroColumbus, Ohio7:00 p.m89-56
Sat, Nov 28IUPUIColumbus, Ohio2:00 p.m88-33
Sun, Nov 29CaliforniaColumbus, Ohio2:00 p.m83-71[11]

Roster
NumberNameHeightPositionClass

Schedule
DateOpponentLocationTimeScore
Wed, Nov 25UNC GreensboroColumbus, OhioTBA
Sat, Nov 28IUPUIColumbus, OhioTBA
Sun, Nov 29California/SouthernColumbus, OhioTBA
Thu, Dec 03Dukeat Durham, N.C.TBA
Sun, Dec 06Wisconsin *Columbus, Ohio2:00 p.m.
Sun, Dec 13Ole Missat Oxford, Miss.TBA
Tue, Dec 15Wright StateColumbus, OhioTBA
Sat, Dec 19Alabama A&MColumbus, OhioTBA
Mon, Dec 21Western IllinoisColumbus, OhioTBA
Mon, Dec 28Illinois *at Champaign, Ill.TBA
Thu, Dec 31Northwestern *at Evanston, Ill.TBA
Sun, Jan 03Michigan *Columbus, OhioTBA
Sat, Jan 09Michigan State *at East Lansing, Mich.2:00 p.m.
Thu, Jan 14Illinois *Columbus, OhioTBA
Sun, Jan 17Indiana *Columbus, Ohio2:00 p.m.
Thu, Jan 21Michigan *at Ann Arbor, Mich.TBA
Mon, Jan 25Purdue *at West Lafayette, Ind.7:00 p.m.
Thu, Jan 28Minnesota *Columbus, Ohio7:30 p.m.
Sun, Jan 31Indiana *at Bloomington, Ind. 12:00 p.m.
Thu, Feb 04Iowa *Columbus, Ohio7:30 p.m.
Sun, Feb 07Penn State *at State College, Pa.TBA
Thu, Feb 11Purdue *Columbus, Ohio7:30 p.m.
Sun, Feb 14Minnesota *at Minneapolis, Minn.2:30 p.m.
Thu, Feb 18Wisconsin *at Madison, Wis.TBA
Sun, Feb 21Michigan State *Columbus, Ohio3:00 p.m.
Thu, Feb 25Northwestern *Columbus, OhioTBA

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Player stats
PlayerGames PlayedMinutesField GoalsThree PointersFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPoints

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
DateOpponentLocationTimeScore
Thu, Mar 042009 Big Ten Tournament *at Indianapolis, Ind.TBA

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

Team players drafted into the WNBA
RoundPickPlayerWNBA Club

See also

References
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