Ohio State’s NCAA Tournament run ends on its home court as the No. 2 seed Buckeyes fell to No. 7 seed Duke, 75-63, in the second round at the Schottenstein Center.
The Buckeyes fell to Duke in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, falling 75-63 to the seventh-seeded Blue Devils on Sunday at the Schottenstein Center.
The Buckeyes raced out to a double-digit lead early on the strength of their defense as Ohio State scored 20 of the game’s first 28 points. Duke shot just 2-of-11 from the field in the first quarter while McMahon scored eight first-quarter points and Celeste Taylor snagged three first-quarter steals.
After a stretch of more than 11 minutes in which Duke did not make a single field goal, Richardson and Ashlon Jackson began to heat up, combining for 16 points in a five-minute span. The Blue Devils finished the first half on an 18-6 run, scoring the final nine points of the second quarter to cut Ohio State’s halftime lead to four points, 36-32.McMahon, who led all first-half scorers with 14 points, scored six of the first 10 points of the second quarter.
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