athletics Game 1: Ohio State vs. Tennessee State Buckeyes open the season with six consecutive home games

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1 OHIO STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor 2400 Olentangy River Rd. Columbus, Ohio OHIO STATE WOMEN S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Ohio State (0-0) vs. Tennessee State (0-0) Sunday, Nov. 13, p.m. ET Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio THE BROADCASTS TV: BTN.com RADIO: The Fan 1460 AM (Marty Bannister, Kristin Watt) Listen for FREE at SCHEDULE/RESULTS DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT NOVEMBER Sun. 13 Tennessee State (BTN.com)... 2 p.m. Fri. 18 Temple (BTN.com)... 6 p.m. Tue. 22 Howard (BTN.com)... 7 p.m. Fri. 25 Stony Brook (BTN.com)... 2 p.m. Sun. 27 Louisiana State (BTN)... 5 p.m. Wed. 30 Florida State (BTN) (1)... 8:30 p.m. DECEMBER Sun. Oklahoma (2)...3 p.m. Sat. 10 Canisius (BTN.com)...Noon Tue. 13 Southern (BTN/BTN.com)... 7:30 p.m. Sat. California...5 p.m. Mon. 19 Charlotte (BTN.com)... 7 p.m. Tue. 20 Southern Utah (BTN.com)... 2 p.m. Thur. 22 Washington State (BTN.com)... 7 p.m. Friday Wisconsin (BTN)...8 p.m. JANUARY Mon. 2 Iowa (BTN)...1/3 p.m. Sat. Michigan (BTN)...5 p.m. Thur. 12 Northwestern (BTN.com)... 7 p.m. Sun. Michigan State (ESPN2)...4 p.m. Thur. 19 Nebraska (BTN)...6 p.m. Sun. 22 Illinois (BTN.com)... 2 p.m. Thur. Indiana (BTN)...8 p.m. Sun. Minnesota (BTN)...1 p.m. FEBRUARY Mon. 6 Wisconsin (BTN)... 7:30 p.m. Thur. Illinois (BTN.com)...8 p.m. Sun. 12 Purdue (ESPN2)... 5 p.m. Thur. 16 Indiana (BTN.com)... 7 p.m. Mon. Penn State (ESPN2)...7 p.m. Thur. 23 Minnesota (BTN/BTN.com) 6:30/8:30 p.m. Sun. Nebraska (BTN/BTN.com)...12/2/4 p.m. MARCH Thur. 1 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) Fri. 2 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) Sat. 3 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) Sun. 4 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) All times Eastern; Home games in Bold and played at Value City Arena; (1) Big Ten/ACC Challenge; (2) Big Ten/ Big 12 Challenge OhioStateBuckeyes.com Game 1: Ohio State vs. Tennessee State Buckeyes open the season with six consecutive home games SETTING THE STAGE Ohio State welcomes Tennessee State and Temple to Value City Arena to open the season Sunday Nov. 13 and Friday Nov. 18. Sunday will mark the second ever meeting with the Tigers, with the last meeting taking place back in November 2007, an Buckeye win at VCA. Friday marks the second meeting with Temple in as many years after the Buckeyes opened up with an win in Philadelphia a year ago. Tennessee State, located in Nashville, Tenn., finished 9-21 last season but return four starters and nine letterwinners, including leading scorer Tayla Foster (11.6 ppg). The Lady Tigers open their season Friday, Nov. 11 at Cleveland State before making the trip down I-71 to face the Buckeyes Sunday. Tennessee State defeated LeMoyne-Owen College, 78-60, in an exhibition Nov. 1. Junior forward and Columbus Northland native Destiney Gaston paced the Lady Tigers with 15 points and 12 rebounds in the win. Junior Samantha Prahalis was named Big Ten preseason co-player of the year in October. She finished third in the NCAA with 6.9 assists per game last season. OSU IN SEASON OPENERS Ohio State has won its last 16 season openers, including last year s win at Temple. The Buckeyes have not dropped a season opener since 1994 and a home opener since 1985, a loss to Texas. All-time, Ohio State is in seasonopening games. SNEAK PREVIEW Jim Foster s Buckeyes will feature somewhat of a new look this season compared to years past with a more guard-oriented attack. For the past eight years Ohio State has featured a dominate post player in All-Americans Jessica Davenport ( ) and Jantel Lavender ( ). And after recently losing Lavender to graduation and the WNBA along with departed seniors Brittany Johnson, Sarah Schulze and Alison Jackson the Buckeyes will now look to create more within the backcourt, with their defense and out in transition. We re going to play different, Foster said during Ohio State s media day. Our strength is in our guards, so we will play a lot more through them. That requires good guards and that s what we have. He s right. Back are three starters from last year s team that went and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the second time in three years. Starters back include all-big Ten point guard Samantha Prahalis, Big Ten all-defensive guard Tayler Hill and center Ashley Adams, who earned a spot on last year s Big Ten all-freshman team. Other notables returning include redshirt junior guard Amber Stokes, junior forward Emilee athletics OHIO STATE PROBABLE STARTERS Pos. No. Name Yr. Ht. Pts. Reb. C 33 Ashley Adams So G 3 Amber Stokes RJr G 4 Tayler Hill Jr G 21 Samantha Prahalis Sr (a) F 23 Martina Ellerbe So ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Assistant Director, WBB SID... Adam Widman widman.12@osu.edu; (o); (c) Secondary WBB contact...danielle Warner warner.238@osu.edu; (o); (c) Address:...Fawcett Center, 6th Floor 2400 Olentangy River Road Columbus, Ohio Web site... OhioStateBuckeyes.com

2 UNIVERSITY AT A GLANCE Name of School... The Ohio State University City (Pop.)... Columbus, Ohio (1.7 m) Founded Enrollment...52,568 Nickname...Buckeyes School Colors...Scarlet (PMS 200) & Gray (PMS 429) Mascot...Brutus Buckeye Primary Arena Name...Value City Arena (19,049) Secondary Arena Name...St. John Arena (13,276) Affiliation...NCAA Division I Conference... Big Ten Conference President...E. Gordon Gee (Utah, 1968) Associate AD/SWA... Miechelle Willis (Grambling, 1976) Athletics Director & Associate Vice President... Eugene Smith Alma Mater, Year...Notre Dame, 1977 Ticket Office Phone or GO-BUCKS Athletics Website...OhioStateBuckeyes.com BASKETBALL HISTORY First Year of Basketball All-Time Record/Seasons /45 seasons No. Years in NCAA Tourney/Last...20/2011 NCAA Record No. Years in WNIT/Last...1/2001 WNIT Record TEAM INFORMATION Tot. Hm. Aw. Neut Overall Record Big Ten Finish/Record...T3rd/ Final Ranking AP/Coaches... No. 18/ Postseason...NCAA Sweet 16 Starters Returning/Lost...3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...9/4 Transfers... 0 BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach...Jim Foster Alma Mater, Year... Temple, 1980 Record at School (Years) (9 seasons) Big Ten Record (Years) (9 seasons) Overall Career Record (Years) (33 seasons) Basketball Office Phone Basketball Office Fax Best Time/Day to Reach Coach...Contact SID Assistant Coaches...Debbie Black (St. Joseph s, 1988)...Ed Baldwin (North Carolina Central, 1976)... Patrick Klein (Ohio State, 2005) Director of Basketball Operations... Tanzania Tangy Williams...(Bowling Green, 1995) Strength & Conditioning Coach...Dave Richardson... (Louisiana-Monroe, 1989) Assistant Athletic Trainer.Chalisa Fonza (Western Illinois, 1992) Team Physician... Dr. James Borchers (Ohio State, 1993) Office Associate... Patty Meek Video Coordinator...Candace Dark (Ohio State, 2007) MEDIA INFORMATION Press Row Phone Radio Station...WOSU Radio 820 AM Radio Contact Person...Skip Mosic Address S. Third St., Columbus, Ohio Phone Play-by-Play Announcer...Marty Bannister Analysts...Toni Roesch and Kristin Watt Address S. Third St., Columbus, Ohio Phone ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Women s Basketball Contact... Adam Widman ... widman.12@osu.edu Work: Cell: Secondary Contact... Danielle Warner ... warner.238@osu.edu Work Fax: web site:... Harmon, sophomore forwards Martina Ellerbe and Darryce Moore and a talented freshman class, headlined by Ohio natives Raven Ferguson (Columbus), Kalpana Beach (Westlake) and Maleeka Kynard (Toledo) and Arkansas native Shelbi Honeycutt. Back from injuries will be redshirt freshman Amy Scullion and redshirt sophomore Aleksandra Dobranic. With that said, Foster, who is entering his 10th season at Ohio State, will feature the youngest lineup in the Big Ten this season with one senior Prahalis. He knows this team will only go as far as his flashy point guard will take them. And heading into her senior season, she s up to the challenge. I m looking forward to my new role. (I think our offense) will be easier, with more of a flow, Prahalis said. We re going to be open and the post will be higher than before. I think it will be great and we ll fit right into the system. We have a lot of fun and this team gets along really well. I m really looking forward to this season. A YOUTHFUL BUNCH According to data compiled by the NCAA, Ohio State will feature the youngest roster in the Big Ten this season with just one senior, three juniors, five sophomores and four freshmen. Two Buckeyes have 170 career starts between them, with the 11 other players having just 16 combined. Aside from Prahalis (101 career starts) and Hill (69), the Buckeyes have just three other players in Adams (16), Stokes (1) and Ellerbe (1) with previous starting experience. PRAHALIS EARNS PRESEASON RECOGNITION Samantha Prahalis and Penn State s Alex Bentley shared Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year accolades from the coaches at the Big Ten media days in Chicago in October. Prahalis was a second-team All-Big Ten selection a season ago, guiding the Buckeyes to the third round of the NCAA tournament. With Prahalis at the point, the Buckeyes won 24 games and claimed their third straight Big Ten tournament title. Last season she was second on the team with 14.5 points per game while leading the Big Ten and ranking third in the NCAA with 6.9 assists. In the process, she became Ohio State s all-time assists leader (707) and was a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award, given to the nation s top point guard. She also became the only Buckeye to record at least 1,000 points and 700 assists in a career. The Commack, N.Y., native also earned a spot on the preseason Wooden Award watch list. A LOOK BACK AT The Buckeyes advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the second time in three years, falling to No. 1 seed Tennessee in the Dayton Regional, Ohio State won a record-tying third consecutive Big Ten tournament championship. Jantel Lavender became the first men s or women s player to win Big Ten player of the year four consecutive years and also earned WBCA All-America honors for the third year in a row. Samantha Prahalis was named second (media) and third team (coaches) all-big Ten, Tayler Hill was named to the Big Ten all-defensive team and Ashley Adams named to the Big Ten all-freshman team. Ohio State recorded its ninth straight 20-win season under head coach Jim Foster, marking the 25th of Foster s career and 12th consecutive overall. Ohio State is just one of nine Division I schools to win at least 20 games in each of the last nine seasons. After going 8-8 combined in the months of December and January, the Buckeyes finished strong, going 6-1 in February and 5-1 in March and winning 11 of their last 12 overall OHIO STATE ROSTER No. Name Ht. Pos. Cl. Hometown High School 1 Kalpana Beach 6-1 F Fr. Westlake, Ohio Westlake 3 Amber Stokes 5-10 G RJr. Gahanna, Ohio Lincoln 4 Tayler Hill 5-10 G Jr. Minneapolis, Minn. South 11 Shelbi Honeycutt 5-10 G Fr. Siloam Springs, Ark. Siloam Springs 12 Maleeka Kynard 5-7 G Fr. Toledo, Ohio Start 15 Aleksandra Dobranic 6-4 C RSo. Novi Sad, Serbia Isidora Sekulic 21 Samantha Prahalis 5-7 G Sr. Commack, N.Y. Commack 22 Darryce Moore 6-2 C So. Youngstown, Ohio Boardman 23 Martina Ellerbe 6-2 F So. Teaneck, N.J. Saint Mary s 25 Amy Scullion 6-0 G RFr. Salem, Ohio Salem 31 Raven Ferguson 5-11 G Fr. Columbus, Ohio Africentric 33 Ashley Adams 6-5 C So. Siloam Springs, Ark. Siloam Springs 50 Emilee Harmon 6-2 F Jr. Pickerington, Ohio Central Head Coach: Jim Foster OHIO STATE PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Aleksandra Dobranic... AH-lex-AN-dra DOH-bran-ick Darryce (Moore)... DARR-reese (Amy) Scullion... skull-lee-on Assistant Coaches: Debbie Black, Ed Baldwin, Patrick Klein (Kalpana) Beach... kal-pah-na Samantha (Prahalis)...pra-HAL-liss Martina (Ellerbe)... EL-er-BEE 2 NCAA Tournaments (20): 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

3 Defensively, OSU allowed just two teams to shoot 50 percent or better last season. The first was No. 1 UConn (.500) Dec. 19 at Madison Square Garden. The second was No. 23 Penn State Feb. 17 in an Buckeye win. Ohio State is at home overall under Jim Foster and since the start of Ohio State went 8-3 against ranked teams and 13-4 against teams that made the NCAA tournament. Lavender was chosen 5th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks in April s WNBA Draft Ohio State has 193 wins over the last seven seasons, tied for the 9th most among NCAA Division I teams in that span. Ohio State went 20-3 when scoring 70+ points and 14-0 when scoring at least 80. They were 4-7 when scoring fewer than 70. Ohio State was 25-0 in when scoring 70 or more and 6-5 when scoring fewer. Ohio State went 19-3 last year and is 88-9 since the start of the season when it ties/ makes more than its opponents at the line. Since the start of , the Buckeyes are 51-5 in Big Ten games at Value City Arena. Ohio State had been ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for 130 straight weeks until the streak was snapped the week of Jan. 31, They returned to the rankings at No. 18 in the March 7, 2011 AP poll. Ohio State is 14-3 in its last 17 postseason games (9-0 at the Big Ten tournament and 5-3 in NCAA play). Jim Foster is now all-time in the NCAA tournament in his career. Ohio State shot a season-high 59.5 percent from the field in the NCAA win over Georgia Tech, including 63.6 in the second half. Jantel Lavender set an NCAA record by scoring in double figures in 136 consecutive games -- every game of her career. Ohio State went 15-3 when Prahalis recorded 7 or more assists. Ashley Adams tied an Ohio State NCAA tournament record with five blocked shots in the second round win over Georgia Tech. Ohio State boasted the fourth-toughest schedule in the country according to RealtimeRPI.com. With the win over No. 9 Michigan State Jan. 16, Ohio State picked up its first win over a top 10 opponent since Dec. 20, 2006 when No. 8 OSU defeated No. 3 Oklahoma in Norman, The win at No. 10/8 Michigan State Feb. 24 marked the first time since the season that Ohio State recorded two wins over top 10 teams. That year, Ohio State defeated No. 6 Michigan State (68-54) and No. 7 Rutgers (52-50). Ohio State ranked second in the Big Ten with 74.1 points per game last year and first with 72.4 in Big Ten play. Jantel Lavender (2,818 points) became Ohio State s all-time leading scorer Feb. 13 at Minnesota, breaking Katie Smith s previous mark of 2,578 points. Samantha Prahalis led the Big Ten and ranked third in the nation with 6.9 assists per game. Prahalis totaled 25 assists in three NCAA tournament games against UCF, Georgia Tech and Tennessee. Prahalis became Ohio State s all-time assists leader (now with 707) with 11 in the win over No. 23 Penn State Feb. 17. She broke the old record of 643 held by Jamie Lewis. Prahalis did it in 93 career games, compared to Lewis 643 in 117 games. Prahalis became the fifth player in Big Ten history to record at least 700 assists and is the only Buckeye to record 1,000 points and 700 assists. Prahalis recorded her first career triple-double with 13 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds against Northwestern. Brittany Johnson became the 29th player in school history to record 1,000 points in the win over UCF March 19. Johnson hit five second-half 3FGs in the win at Purdue, including the game winner with 0.7 seconds remaining, and hit seven in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinal win over Iowa. She finished her career fourth on Ohio State s all-time list with 216 makes. PRAHALIS BREAKS ASSISTS RECORD Lavender wasn t the only one rewriting the record books in Samantha Prahalis, who finished with 11 assists Feb. 17 against Penn State, became the school s all-time assists leader in that game (now at 707), passing Jamie Lewis who held the old record of 643. Prahalis is the fastest Buckeye to record 500 and 600 assists in a career and is the only Buckeye to record at least 1,000 points and 700 assists in a career. In , she set a Big Ten record with 289. NOTING THE BUCKEYES #21 SAMANTHA PRAHALIS Prahalis became Ohio State s all-time assists leader this season (707), passing Jamie Lewis (643). Prahalis is the fastest Buckeye to record 500 and 600 assists in a career and the Buckeye to record at least 1,000 points and 700 assists in a career. Prahalis set a Big Ten tournament championship game record with nine assists in the win over Penn State March 6. She scored 23 points on 9-of-16 from the floor in that game and held PSU s top scorer, Maggie Lucas, to 1-of-10 from the field and 0-of-6 from three. Prahalis notched her first career triple-double with 13 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds against Northwestern Feb. 6. It marked the first triple-double since Jessica Davenport in Prahalis finished second on the team with 14.5 ppg and led the Big Ten with 6.9 assists per game -- good for third best in the NCAA. Prahalis averaged 8.0 assists in the month of February with 56 helpers in seven outings. Prahalis had 18 games with seven or more assists with OSU going 15-3 in those games. Prahalis scored a season-high 25 points against Michigan Jan. 27 when she tied a career high with five made three-point field goals. Prahalis scored 23 points in the win over Indiana Jan. 5, hitting three 3FG s. Against No. 18 Iowa, she recorded 10 points and 8 assists while holding Iowa s top scorer, Jamie Printy, to just 2-of-8 from the field and 1-of-5 from three. She also held Penn State s top scorer, Maggie Lucas, to just eight points on 3-of-10 shooting. #4 TAYLER HILL Hill, a member of the Big Ten s all-defensive team and honorable mention all-big Ten, tied a career high with 19 points in the win at Minnesota while dishing out a career-high seven assists and hitting her final eight free throws to help Ohio State secure the road win. She then scored 19 again in the win over No. 23 Penn State. Hill recorded her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds at Illinois, despite going 0-of-10 from the field. Hill has went to the free throw line a team-high 201 times, shooting 77.6 percent overall. Hill started the first three games of the season at point guard for the Buckeyes, playing all 120 minutes, scoring 44 points, grabbing 16 rebounds, dishing out 10 assists and recording seven steals. Big Ten Championships (13): , , , , , , , , , , , , OhioStateBuckeyes.com 3

4 OHIO STATE S RECORD WHEN numbers... At home At Value City Arena At St. John Arena At Nationwide Arena On the road At neutral site Game goes into overtime Plays a ranked team Plays an unranked team Wears scarlet uniforms Wears white uniforms Wears gray uniforms Margin is 5 or fewer points Margin is 6-10 points Margin is points Margin is points Margin is +20 points Holds opponents to fewer than 50 points Holds opponent to fewer than 60 points Leading at half Trailing at half Tied at half Playing on Monday Playing on Tuesday Playing on Wednesday Playing on Thursday Playing on Friday Playing on Saturday Playing on Sunday Playing in November Playing in December Playing in January Playing in February Playing in March Ohio State shoots.500 or better Ohio State shoots less than Opponents shoot less than Opponents shoot.500 or better Out shoot opponents from 3-point range Opponents outshoot OSU from 3-point range OSU equals opponents from 3-point range Team makes 6 3-pointers Team makes 7 3-pointers Team makes 8 3-pointers Team makes 9 3-pointers Team makes pointers OSU makes more FTs than opponent OSU makes less FTs than opponent OSU makes equal FTs as opponent Ohio State outrebounds opponents Opponents outrebound OSU OSU equals opponents in rebounds Ohio State scores more pts. in paint Jantel Lavender has 10+ reb Samantha Prahalis has 7+ assists Two players score in double digits Three players score in double digits Four players score in double digits Five players score in double digits Six players score in double digits OSU scores points OSU scores points OSU scores points OSU scores points OSU scores points OSU scores 90+ points #33 ASHLEY ADAMS Adams, a member of the Big Ten s all-freshman team, led the Big Ten in field goal percentage in conference play at.719 percent (46-of-64). She is 26-of-34 from the floor in her last eight games. Adams scored 10 points, grabbed five rebounds and tied an Ohio State tournament record with five blocked shots in the second round win over Georgia Tech March 21. Over the final 11 games of the regular season, Adams recorded 104 points (9.4), 67 rebounds (6.1), 19 assists and 32 blocks (2.9), including seven in the win at Purdue. Adams scored a season-high 18 points on 9-of- 13 shooting against Northwestern Feb. 6 and then recorded her first career double-double with 13 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks at Minnesota to help her win Big Ten freshman of the week honors for the second time. Adams came out of nowhere off the bench in the win over Illinois Jan. 20 to record 13 points, nine boards, four assists, five blocks and three steals. That game earned her first career start the next game against No. 18 Iowa where she scored 16 points while grabbing seven rebounds. She then won Big Ten freshman of the week honors for her efforts. Adams recorded a season-high seven blocked shots in the road win at Purdue to help Ohio State come back from an 11-point deficit. FOSTER MAKES 12TH CONSECUTIVE NCAA APPEARANCE Head coach Jim Foster made his 12th-consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament and his 25th overall in He has a record of all-time. In Foster s nine seasons at Ohio State, the Buckeyes have earned No. 1 (2006), No. 2 (2005, 2010), No. 3 (2009), No. 4 (2003, 2007, 2011) and No. 6 (2004, 2008) seeds in the tournament. Ohio State has earned at least a second-round finish in seven of nine seasons under Foster, including trips to the Sweet 16 in 2005, 2009 and MORE MILESTONES FOR FOSTER Last season Ohio State recorded its ninth consecutive 20-win season, marking the 25th of Coach Foster s career, his 12th consecutive overall and his ninth in Columbus, the most of any coach at Ohio State. Foster has done it each year at Ohio State since his first season in , including two 30-win seasons ( , ). Foster, who coached his 1000th career game Dec. 5, 2010 in the win over Oklahoma, won his 700th game Dec. 31, 2009 with an win at Northwestern. He is just the second collegiate coach -- men s or women s at any level -- to win at least 200 games at three different schools (C. Vivian Stringer is the other). Foster spent 13 seasons at St. Joseph s ( ) and 11 at Vanderbilt (256-99) before coaching at Ohio State. THE LAST TIME Ohio State scored 100+ points at Ohio University, 12/01/04 (W, ) An opponent scored 100+ points vs. Houston, 12/10/95 (L, in 2OT) Ohio State shot 70 percent % (36-of-50) vs. Wright State, 12/18/03 (W, 88-45) Ohio State shot 70 percent in a half , 2nd half, vs. Iowa, 1/24/11 (W, 81-67) Ohio State shot 60 percent % (37-of-60) vs. Western Illinois, 12/22/09 (W, 99-38) Ohio State shot 60 percent from 3-point (min. 10 att.) % (17-of-26) at Penn State, 2/7/10 (W, 86-73) Ohio State shot 90 percent from the FT line (min. 10 att.) (22-of-23) at Temple, 11/12/10 (W, 84-75) Ohio State had 50 rebounds...58 vs. USCU, 12/14/10 (W, 87-55) Ohio State had 25 assists vs. UNCW, 11/28/10 (W, 88-69) Ohio State had 20 steals...21 vs. Southern, 11/19/07 (W, 79-38) OSU Played in an overtime game...vs. Michigan State, 2/21/10 (L, 68-71) OSU Played in a double overtime game... vs. Boston College, 11/21/06 (W, OT) OSU had 5 players score in double-figures... vs. Purdue, 2/10/11 (W, 90-67) OSU had 6 players score in double-figures... vs. West Virginia, 11/19/09 (W, 92-69) OSU had 3 players score at least 20 points...vs. Oklahoma State (Lavender, Johnson, Prahalis), 11/22/09 (W, 93-72) OSU had every player score players vs. Wright State, 12/16/09 (W, 84-47) OSU had 2 players with a double-double...samantha Prahalis and Jantel Lavender vs. UCF, 3/19/11 (W, 80-69) THE LAST TIME AN OHIO STATE PLAYER Had a triple-double...samantha Prahalis (13 pts, 10 reb, 10 ast) vs. Northwestern, 2/6/11 (L, 68-74) Scored 35 points...37, Jantel Lavender at Temple, 11/12/10, (W, 84-75) A freshman scored 30 points... 36, Jantel Lavender at Penn State, 2/28/08, (W, 87-84) Had 15 assists... 15, Samantha Prahalis vs. Oklahoma, 12/5/10 (W, 95-84) Had 15 field goals...15, Jantel Lavender vs. Michigan State, 3/5/11, (W, 72-57) Had 7 three-pointers...7, Brittany Jonson vs. Iowa, 3/4/11, (W, 71-61) Had 20 rebounds...22, Jantel Lavender vs. Indiana, 1/5/11 (W, 83-65) Blocked 10 shots...11, Jessica Davenport at Minnesota, 2/8/07 (W, 70-67) Had 8 steals...8, Shavelle Little at Illinois, 12/28/09, (W, 76-47) 4 NCAA Tournaments (20): 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

5 OSU TOUGH AT HOME UNDER FOSTER Since the start of the season, Ohio State has amassed a remarkable record at home and a 98-8 record at Value City Arena (13-1 at St. John Arena, 2-0 at Nationwide Arena). The Buckeyes have posted two perfect home records under head coach Jim Foster, going 14-0 in his first year in and 17-0 in Buckeyes at home in the Foster era: Total KLEIN, DARK ADDED TO STAFF Patrick Klein, who was assistant coach at Illinois from , was named assistant coach this past summer while former Buckeye Candace Dark joined the staff as the team s new video coordinator. Prior to his stint in Champaign, Klein served as a graduate assistant on Foster s staff from and again last season. During his time at UI Klein played a large role in the development of Illinois post players in addition to scouting, scheduling, recruiting, summer camps and academic mentoring. A native of Belpre, Ohio, Klein attended Ohio State, earned a bachelor s degree in business management in 2005 and a master s degree from the Fisher College of Business in March While a student, he served as Director of Tournaments and Leagues for Ohio Sports Plus, Inc., managing AAU and seasonal leagues for over 500 high school athletes. He also worked one year as a student manager for the Buckeyes in before becoming a graduate assistant for the and seasons. Dark, a four-year letterwinner at Ohio State from , rejoined the Buckeyes after spending two years as a graduate assistant manager on the University of Toledo women s basketball staff from where she was in charge of video exchange as well as assisting with promotional activities, fundraising, on-campus recruiting and coordinating the team s community outreach program. Since December 2009, she has served as an academic advisor in the School of Allied Medical Professions at Ohio State. Prior to her stint at Toledo, Dark served as a student assistant coach at Ohio State in Dark graduated from Ohio State in 2007 with a bachelor s degree in exercise science before earning her master s degree in higher education and administration from Toledo in THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE Conference Standings Conference Games All Games School W-L GB Pct. W-L Pct. Strk #18 Michigan State L1 Penn State L1 Iowa L1 #17 Ohio State L1 Michigan L1 Wisconsin L1 Purdue L1 Northwestern L1 Minnesota L2 Indiana L5 Illinois L1 Associated Press TOP 25 POLL Team (No. 1 Votes) Rec. Pts. 1. Baylor (33) Notre Dame (6) Tennessee Connecticut Stanford Texas A&M (1) Miami (FL) Duke Louisville Georgetown Maryland Penn State Georgia Florida State Oklahoma Rutgers Purdue Kentucky DePaul North Carolina LSU UCLA USC Texas St. John s OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Ohio State 118, Michigan State 95, Gonzaga 57, Texas Tech 41, Green Bay 32, Iowa 20, California 19, Georgia Tech 17, Kansas State 15, Iowa State 12, Xavier 6, Dayton 4, Marist 4, Temple 4, Vanderbilt 4, Florida 2, Oral Roberts 2, Delaware 1, Marquette 1, Pittsburgh 1. DIVISION I TEAMS WITH 20+ WINS OVER LAST NINE SEASONS ESPN/USA Today TOP 25 POLL Team (No. 1 Votes) Rec. Pts. 1. Baylor (17) Notre Dame (5) Tennessee (3) Connecticut (2) Stanford (2) Texas A&M (2) Miami (FL) Duke Louisville Maryland Georgetown Georgia Florida State Penn State Kentucky Oklahoma Rutgers DePaul North Carolina Texas Purdue LSU USC Green Bay Michigan State OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Gonzaga 70, Ohio State 61, UCLA 59, St. John s 57, Marist 46, Xavier 41, Iowa 35, California 20, Iowa State 20, Vanderbilt 19, Georgia Tech 18, Dayton 16, Middle Tennessee 10, Temple 10, TCU 8, South Dakota State 7, Texas Tech 7, Marquette 3, Syracuse 2, West Virginia 1, Memphis 1, Houston 1. School Connecticut Tennessee Duke Wisconsin-Green Bay Baylor Stanford OHIO STATE Vanderbilt BUCKEYES IN NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT Ohio State will be featured on national TV at least 12 times this year during the regular season, with the potential for 15. Nine games are scheduled on the Big Ten Network and three games on ESPN2. All other Big Ten games and home non-conference games can be watched online at Big Ten Championships (13): , , , , , , , , , , , , OhioStateBuckeyes.com 5

6 HEAD COACH JIM FOSTER Jim Foster is in his 10th season at Ohio State and his 34th overall as a head coach in His collegiate experience consists of jobs at Ohio State, Vanderbilt and St. Joseph s (Pa.) universities. Throughout his coaching career, the Abington, Pa., native has posted a (.720) record and his squads have made 26 postseason appearances (25 NCAA tournaments), including 12 consecutive NCAA tournaments. His is the eighthwinningest active coach in Division I and is just the second collegiate coach - men s or women s at any level - to win 200 games at three different schools. At Ohio State, he has helped the Buckeyes qualify for a school-record nine consecutive NCAA tournaments and rank in the national Top 10 in four of the last the last six seasons. A four-time Big Ten coach of the year ( , 09), he led the Buckeyes to a record-setting sixth consecutive Big Ten regular season title and a second straight tournament title in 2010 while setting a program record with 31 wins. During the last seven seasons, Ohio State has the ninth-most wins (193) in Division I women s college basketball and is one of nine schools to win at least 20 games over the last nine years. Since he was hired, Foster has mentored seven Mc- Donald s High School All-Americans, six WNBA Draft picks and two State Farm/WBCA All-Americans in Jantel Lavender (2009, 10, 11) and Jessica Davenport (2005, 06, 07). In the process, he and his players have turned Value City Arena into one of the most intimidating venues for opposing teams as his Buckeyes have posted a remarkable record at home over the last seven years and a mark overall. But probably the most impressive statistic goes way beyond wins, tournament births and championships. Throughout his coaching career, Coach Foster has preached the importance of academics. And in addition to his players consistently earning high marks in the classroom, every student-athlete who has played for Foster at St. Joe s, Vanderbilt and Ohio State has gone on to earn their degree. Most recently, the women s basketball squad was honored once again with an APR (Academic Progress Rate) score in the top 10 percent of all Division I squads in the sport. Last season the Buckeyes went 24-10, captured their third straight Big Ten tournament title and advanced to their second Sweet 16 in three years -- but not before experiencing some bumps in the road. After starting the season 7-0 and ranked in the top 10, the Buckeyes dropped nine of their next 15 games to drop out of the AP Top 25 for the first time in 130 weeks. After many had written the Buckeyes off, Foster rallied his troops to win their next 11 games that took them all the way to the NCAA Sweet 16 where they eventually lost to No. 1 seed Tennessee. All-American Jantel Lavender would go on to become the first Big Ten player - men s or women s - to win Big Ten player of the year honors all four years and also earn WBCA All-America honors for the third year in a row. She broke numerous Ohio State and Big Ten records while becoming OSU s all-time leading scorer and rebounder and setting an NCAA record by scoring in double-figures in all 136 career games. Samantha Prahalis would earn second team all-big Ten honors, Tayler Hill was named to the all-defensive team while Ashley Adams earned a spot on the all-freshman team. In April 2011, Lavender was chosen 5th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA Draft. FOSTER S YEARLY RECORDS Year University Overall Conference Conference Postseason W L W L St. Joseph s 16 9 N/A N/A N/A AIAW First Round St. Joseph s Big 5* St. Joseph s Big St. Joseph s Big St. Joseph s Big St. Joseph s Big 5 Atlantic St. Joseph s Big 5 Atlantic-10 NCAA First Round St. Joseph s Big 5 Atlantic-10 NCAA Second Round St. Joseph s Big 5 Atlantic-10 NCAA Second Round St. Joseph s Big 5 Atlantic-10 NCAA Second Round St. Joseph s Big 5 Atlantic-10 NCAA Second Round St. Joseph s Big 5 Atlantic-10 NCAA First Round St. Joseph s Big 5 Atlantic Vanderbilt SEC NCAA Elite Eight Vanderbilt SEC NCAA Final Four Vanderbilt SEC NCAA Sweet Vanderbilt SEC NCAA Sweet Vanderbilt SEC NCAA Elite Eight Vanderbilt SEC NCAA Sweet Vanderbilt SEC NCAA First Round Vanderbilt SEC Vanderbilt SEC NCAA Second Round Vanderbilt SEC NCAA Elite Eight Vanderbilt SEC NCAA Elite Eight Ohio State Big Ten NCAA Second Round Ohio State Big Ten NCAA Second Round Ohio State Big Ten# NCAA Sweet Ohio State Big Ten# ^ NCAA Second Round Ohio State Big Ten# NCAA First Round Ohio State Big Ten# NCAA First Round Ohio State Big Ten# ^ NCAA Sweet Ohio State Big Ten# ^ NCAA Second Round Ohio State Big Ten^ NCAA Sweet 16 *The Big 5 is a city-wide series between Philadelphia schools: La Salle, Pennsylvania, St. Jospeh s, Temple and Villanova; # Big Ten regular-season champions; ^ Big Ten Tournament champions W L Pct. OVERALL (33rd year) Ohio State (9th year) Vanderbilt (11 years) St. Joseph s (13 years) W L Pct. OVERALL CONFERENCE Big Ten (9th year) SEC (11 years) Big 5 (12 years) Atlantic 10 (12 years) NCAA Tournaments (20): 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

7 Ohio State Basketball Ohio State Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 28, 2011) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 42 Lavender, Jantel Prahalis, Samantha Hill, Tayler Johnson, Brittany Adams, Ashley Schulze, Sarah Stokes, Amber Jackson, Alison Ellerbe, Martina Sanders, Brianna Moore, Darryce Harmon, Emilee Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS OSU OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Ohio State Opponents Date Opponent Score Att. 11/12/10 at Temple W /14/10 EASTERN MICHIGAN W /17/10 at LSU W /22/10 EAST TENNESSEE STATE W /28/10 UNC WILMINGTON W /02/10 VIRGINIA W /05/10 #11 OKLAHOMA W /11/10 at Syracuse L /14/10 USC-UPSTATE W /19/10 vs #1 Connecticut L /28/10 DUQUESNE L * 12/30/10 at Michigan L /2/11 BETHUNE COOKMAN W * 1/5/11 INDIANA W * 1/8/11 at #21 Iowa L * 1/13/11 at Northwestern L * 1/16/11 #9 MICHIGAN STATE W * 1/20/11 at Illinois W * 1/24/11 #18 IOWA W * 1/27/11 MICHIGAN L * 1/30/11 at Penn State L * 2/6/11 NORTHWESTERN L * 2/10/11 PURDUE W * 2/13/11 at Minnesota W * 2/17/11 #23 PENN STATE W * 2/20/11 at Purdue W * 2/24/11 at #10 Michigan State W * 2/27/11 WISCONSIN W /4/11 vs Iowa W /5/11 vs Michigan State W /6/11 vs Penn State W /19/11 vs UCF W /21/11 vs Georgia Tech W /26/11 vs Tennessee L * = Conference game Big Ten Championships (13): , , , , , , , , , , , , OhioStateBuckeyes.com 7

8 SAMANTHA PRAHALIS SENIOR GUARD 5-7 Commack, N.Y. Commack 21 CAREER HONORS 2011 Second Team All-Big Ten (media) and Third Team (coaches) 2010 WBCA Honorable Mention All-America 2010 First Team All-Big Ten 2010 WBCA and Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America 2010, 2011 Big Ten All-Tournament Team 2010 co-mvp Preseason WNIT 2009 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, All-Freshman Team 2009 Second Team All-Big Ten (media), honorable mention (coaches) 2009 NCAA Berkeley Regional All- Tournament Team 2011 NCAA Dayton Regional All- Tournament Team JUNIOR: Second team (media) and third team (coaches) all-big Ten selection... Big Ten all-tournament team... NCAA Dayton Regional all-tournament team.. Ohio State s all-time assists leader (707)... Big Ten leader and third in the NCAA with 6.9 assists per game... Lieberman finalist... had 101 assists in last 13 games (7.7)... had at least 7 assists in 18 games with Ohio State 15-3 in those games... team-high 22 points and 7 assists in the Dayton Regional loss to No. 1 seed Tennessee... double-double with 19 points and 10 assists in NCAA win over UCF and 8 dimes in the NCAA win over Georgia Tech... recorded 23 points and nine assists in the Big Ten tournament final win over Penn State... season-high 25 points vs. Michigan Jan. 27, tying a career-high with five 3FGs... triple-double with 13 pts, 10 rebs and 10 asts vs. Northwestern... followed that with 12 points and 12 assists vs. Purdue Feb total of seven double-doubles... had 21 points and 11 assists in the win over No. 23 Penn State... only Buckeye to record 1,000 points and 700 assists... scored 23 points in the win over Indiana Jan points off the bench vs. Duquesne Dec. 28 and again in the loss at No. 21 Iowa points and 8 assists against ETSU Nov double-double with 15 points and a career-high 15 assists in the win over No. 11 Oklahoma... another double-double with 21 points and 11 assists against UNCW SOPHOMORE: Unanimous fi rst team all-big Ten selection... Lieberman Award fi nalist... State Farm/ WBCA honorable mention All-America... Associated Press honorable mention All-America... set an Ohio State single-season record with 289 assists... Big Ten leader and 2nd nationally with 8.0 apg... ranked third in the Big Ten with 18.2 ppg in conference play... Big Ten all-tournament team... scored 29 points in the semifinal win over Wisconsin... had 10 games with 20+ points... just the second Division I player since to average at least 16.0 points and 8.0 assists per game... made a school-record 48 straight free throws... shot.427 percent from the field after shooting.340 percent as a freshman... set an OSU NCAA tournament record with 13 assists in the first round win over St. Francis, Pa.... career-high 32 points in the win at No. 19 Michigan State, earning Big Ten POW honors assists in win over No. 15 California FRESHMAN: Made an immediate impact in her rookie season... voted the Big Ten freshman of the year... started all 35 games... a second team all-big Ten (media) and honorable mention (coaches) selection... was one of 13 finalists nationwide for the Nancy Lieberman Award... named to the NCAA Berkeley Regional all-tournament team... led all Big Ten freshmen in scoring (10.2 ppg), assists (5.8) and steals (1.9)... set an Ohio State record for assists by a freshman (203)... recorded a season-high 13 assists vs. No. 2 North Carolina... scored 14 points and dished out four assists in her first collegiate game against Butler Nov. 14. INTERNATIONAL: Member of the 2009 USA U19 National Team competing in Thailand, helped the U.S. to an 8-1 record and a gold medal... averaged 10.7 points and 3.7 assists... scored 21 points in the gold medal game win over Spain... started all nine games and established a USA record for most assists in a U19 Championship (34)... named to the 2008 USA Women s U18 National Team June 12, averaged 6.2 ppg and 3.4 assists as Team USA went 5-0 at the FIBA Americas Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. HIGH SCHOOL: 2008 McDonald s All-American... Selected to the 2008 Parade Magazine All-America second team Women s Basketball Coaches Association All-American and 2008 Long Island Player of the Year... named to the New York State Sports Writers Association All-State first team in 2007 and fi nished her career with 2,372 points... Gatorade Player of the Year in New York... Averaged 30.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, 7.9 assists and 7.2 steals her senior season as Commack High School finished Scored 33 points in the Suffolk County Class AA championship game... Ranked the 12th-best prospect in the country by All-Star Girls Report and the sixth-best point guard by HoopGurlz.com... A six-year varsity starter... started for Commack in the seventh grade... member of Exodus AAU team. CAREER HIGHS Points:...32 at Michigan State (1/9/10) FG:...10 at Michigan State (1/9/10) FGA:...20 (2x) at Syracuse (12/11/10) 3FG:... 5 (2x) last vs. Michigan (1/27/11) 3FGA: at Syracuse (12/11/10) FT: at Minnesota (2/14/10) FTA: vs. Sacred Heart (3/21/09) Rebs:... 8 (2x) last at Michigan (1/29/09) Assists: vs. Oklahoma (12/5/10) Steals:... 5 (several times) Blocks... 1 (several times) Minutes:...45 vs. Michigan State (2/21/10) CAREER TOTALS BIG TEN GAMES / / / TOTAL / CAREER TOTALS ALL GAMES / / / TOTAL / NCAA Tournaments (20): 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

9 AMBER STOKES RS-JUNIOR GUARD 5-10 Gahanna, Ohio Lincoln 3 CAREER HIGHS Points: vs. Indiana (1/5/11) FG:... 4 (3x) last vs. Indiana (1/5/11) FGA:...6 (several times) 3FG:...1 (2x) last vs. Michigan St. (2/21/10) 3FGA:...2 (2x) last vs. Michigan St. (2/21/10) FT:...2 (several times) FTA:... 5 vs. Indiana (1/5/11) Rebounds:... 5 vs. Michigan State (3/5/11) Assists:... 4 vs. Michigan State (3/5/11) Steals... 4 vs. UNCG (11/25/09) Blocks:...1 (several times) Minutes: vs. Michigan State (3/5/11) SOPHOMORE Played in 31 games with one start... averaged 2.5 points and 1.6 rebounds off the bench... came up huge off the bench defensively in the win at No. 10 Michigan State Feb had another solid effort against the Spartans off the bench in the Big Ten tournament with career highs of fi ve rebounds, four assists and two points in 20 minutes... made her fi rst career start Dec. 28 vs. Duquesne... scored a career-high 10 points off the bench vs. Indiana and had seven in the win over No. 9 Michigan State... eight points in the win over UNCW... scored seven points in 10 minutes in the win over No. 23 Penn State... scored four points against Virginia and four against USC-Upstate... played a career-high 19 minutes off the bench vs. No. 1 UConn Dec two points, two assists and three boards in 13 mins vs. Purdue... sat the fi rst three games of the season with an illness FRESHMAN Played in 26 games off the bench... averaged 2.7 points and shot.528 percent from the fi eld... scored a season-high eight points on 4-of-6 shooting in the win over Purdue... scored seven points in 16 minutes off the bench in the overtime loss to Michigan State, including a big second-half three-pointer to give Ohio State the lead late... had four points and four rebounds in the NCAA tournament win over St. Francis (Pa.)... scored fi ve points in her fi rst collegiate game Nov. 13 vs. EIU REDSHIRT Suffered a shoulder injury in the preseason that forced her to miss the season. HIGH SCHOOL 2008 McDonald s High School All-American nominee... Averaged 20.2 points, 4.3 assists and 3.1 steals per game her senior season at Gahanna Lincoln... fi rst-team All-Central District and Associated Press third-team All-Ohio choice... Ohio Capital Conference (OCC) player of the year... Ranked as the No. 63 prospect, the No. 21 guard and a four-star player by HoopGurlz. com... averaged 19.5 points, 4.1 assists and 3.1 steals per game at Columbus St. Francis DeSales and Gahanna Lincoln High School in , leading the Lions to the district finals... Top High School Basketball Player Super 12 Team in 2006, 07 and 08. CAREER TOTALS BIG TEN GAMES / / TOTAL / CAREER TOTALS ALL GAMES / / TOTAL / Big Ten Championships (13): , , , , , , , , , , , , OhioStateBuckeyes.com 9

10 CAREER HIGHS Points:...19 (3x) last vs. PSU (2/17/11) FG:... 7 vs. BGSU (11/15/09) FGA: at Minnesota (2/13/11) 3PT:... 3 (4x) last vs. NW (2/6/11) 3PTA:...7 at Duke (12/3/09) FT: (2x) last at Illinois (1/20/11) FTA:...12 at Illinois (1/20/11) Rebounds:...10 at Illinois (1/20/11) Assists:...7 (2x) last at Purdue (2/20/11) Steals...5 (2x) last vs. Purdue (2/10/11) Blocks:... 2 vs. Iowa (3/7/10) Minutes:...40 (several times) TAYLER HILL JUNIOR GUARD 5-10 Minneapolis, Minn. South SOPHOMORE: Enjoyed a breakout season on both ends of the fl oor... Big Ten all-defensive team and honorable mention all-big Ten... Big Ten all-tournament team... averaged 12.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.6 steals double-fi gure scoring games... attempted a teamhigh 201 free throws, shooting 77.6 percent overall... started 33 of 34 games at the two-guard... back-up point guard... had 12 points, 4 assists and 2 steals in the Dayton Regional loss to No. 1 seed Tennessee points and 5 assists in the NCAA second round win over Georgia Tech... tied a career high with 19 points and seven assists in road win at Minnesota and again at home vs. No. 23 Penn State points and fi ve rebounds in the Big Ten tournament championship game vs. Penn State points and fi ve steals in the win vs. Purdue... recorded her fi rst career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds at Illinois Jan started the fi rst three games of the season at point guard, playing all 120 minutes... scored 18 points and had four assists at Penn State... scored 17 points in the win over No. 9 Michigan State... converted the go-ahead basket with under a minute to play in the road win at LSU... scored 16 points in the win at Temple to go along with six boards, four assists and four steals... scored 16 again in the win over ETSU and a third time in the win over No. 11 Oklahoma points, six boards, six assists and three steals at Michigan Dec points in the loss to No. 1 UConn points and three steals vs. EMU and 13 vs. USCU points, 6 boards and 5 assists at No. 21 Iowa and had 13 points and six assists in the home win vs. the Hawkeyes Jan FRESHMAN: Started all 36 games in her freshman season... averaged 8.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.0 steal... shot.423 percent from the fi eld and.708 from the FT line... ranked third on the team with 92 made free throws... scored in double-fi gures in 15 games and had six games with nine points... scored a season-high 19 points to go along with six boards and six assists vs. Bowling Green. HIGH SCHOOL: One of the most heralded female athletes in Minnesota high school history... ended her career as Minnesota s all-time leading scorer (boy or girl) with 3,888 points... ranked as the No. 12 prospect on ESPNU/Hoopgurlz Top 100 recruits for 2009 and the top player in the state McDonald s All-American... averaged 31.4 points (1,006 points), 7.6 rebounds, 5.7 steals and 2.3 assists her senior year for Minneapolis South in leading the Tigers to a 31-2 record and a Class 5A state title... scored a tournament record-tying 47 points in the victory over Centennial and 2009 Gatorade and Associated Press Minnesota Player of the Year... started for the varsity as an eighth-grader... only player to be a fi ve-time Star Tribune All-Metro fi rst team selection... first eighth grader to ever lead state in scoring (22.5 ppg)... first eighth grader in state history to be named fi rst-team all-state, all-metro first team... chose Ohio State over Minnesota, Duke, Marquette and Texas as her fi nalists... also played soccer. CAREER TOTALS BIG TEN GAMES / / TOTAL / CAREER TOTALS ALL GAMES / / TOTAL / NCAA Tournaments (20): 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

11 EMILEE HARMON JUNIOR FORWARD 6-2 Pickerington, Ohio Central 50 CAREER HIGHS Points:... 6 vs. Wright State (12/16/09) FG:... 3 vs. Wright State (12/16/09) FGA:... 6 vs. IUPUI (11/28/09) 3PT:...0 3PTA:...0 FT:... 2 (2x) last vs. BCU (1/2/11) FTA:... 4 vs. BCU (1/2/11) Rebounds: vs. UAB (11/17/09) Assists:... 2 vs. IUPUI (11/28/09) Blocks:...1 (several times) Steals...1 (2x) last vs. Wright St. (12/16/09) Minutes: vs. Wright St. (12/16/09) SOPHOMORE: Season-high four points in the win over Bethune-Cookman... grabbed two rebounds off the bench in the win over EMU... two points in the win over ETSU and two vs. USCU FRESHMAN: Played in 16 games off the bench in her fi rst season... season-high six points in win over Wright State... had two points and two rebounds in the win over Bowling Green... scored four points and grabbed four rebounds in 10 minutes in the win over UAB. HIGH SCHOOL: An ESPN Hoopgurlz Top 100 prospect and ranked as the fourth-best prospect in Ohio... ranked 23rd overall in the ESPN Hoopgurlz Super Sixty of as a senior she averaged 19.7 points and 11.3 rebounds while shooting 57 percent from the fi eld, winning Associated Press Ohio Co-Player of the Year honors in the process... as a junior she averaged 18.8 points, 7.7 rebounds and shot just under 60 percent from the fi eld... scored 1,746 career points and shot 58.4 percent from the fi eld... a three-time fi rst-team all-state honoree... threetime Ohio Capital Conference Player of the Year... a four-time All-OCC honoree and a three-time District 11 Player of the Year... named fi rst-team all-central district by The Columbus Dispatch Agonis Club as a sophomore, junior and senior... led Central to 21-4 records the past two seasons, advancing to the regional semifi nals both years... Central finished No. 12 in the state Associated Press poll last season and No. 5 her sophomore year... invited to USA Basketball s U18 Team Olympic Training Camp this past summer in Colorado Springs and to the Team USA Youth Festival after her sophomore season... invited to the Nike Skills Academy the last two years Ohio-Kentucky All-Star game. CAREER TOTALS BIG TEN GAMES / / TOTAL / CAREER TOTALS ALL GAMES / / TOTAL / Big Ten Championships (13): , , , , , , , , , , , , OhioStateBuckeyes.com 11

12 ALEKSANDRA DOBRANIC RS-SOPHOMORE CENTER 6-4 Novi Sad, Serbia Isidora Sekulic SOPHOMORE No game action FRESHMAN Played in 15 games off the bench in her first season... scored her first points against UNCG... pulled down two rebounds in win over UAB... two points, two rebounds in win over IUPUI... two points, one steal and one assist in win over Wright State... two assists in win over Western Illinois... had three rebounds in win at Northwestern. HIGH SCHOOL Member of the Serbian Junior National Team in 2008 she was selected to the junior team that competed in The Balkan Championship in Romania in December 2008 also competed in the 2008 European Championships in Slovakia where the team placed sixth helped her national team to a fourth-place finish at the 2007 European Championships in Letonia club team s included Radivoj Korac in Belgrade, Serbia (2008-present), Vojvodina in Novi Sad ( ) and Gimanazija in Kikinda, Serbia from CAREER HIGHS Points:... 2 (several times) FG:... 1 (several times) FGA:...2 vs. UNCG (11/25/09) 3PT: PTA:... 0 FT:... 2 at Northwestern (12/31/09) FTA:... 2 at Northwestern (12/31/09) Rebounds:... 3 at Northwestern (12/31/09) Assists:...2 vs. Western Illinois (12/22/09) Steals...1 (2x) last vs. Wright State (12/16/09) Blocks:...2 vs. West Virginia (11/19/09) Minutes:...8 vs. Western Illinois (12/22/09) CAREER TOTALS BIG TEN GAMES / / TOTAL / CAREER TOTALS ALL GAMES / / TOTAL / NCAA Tournaments (20): 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

13 MARTINA ELLERBE SOPHOMORE FORWARD 6-1 Teaneck, N.J. Saint Mary s FRESHMAN: Played in 30 games with one start in her rookie season... averaged just under 9 minutes per game... scored a season-high eight points in the win over Purdue Feb. 10 and had seven in the win over No. 23 Penn State... six points in Big Ten tourney fi nal vs. Penn State... two blocked shots in win at No. 10 MSU... made her fi rst career start at Illinois Jan scored 6 points and had 5 rebounds in the win over EMU... 3 rebounds vs. ETSU... 4 rebounds, 2 points and 2 assists at Michigan. HIGH SCHOOL: A four-time fi rst team Bergen County Scholastic League and a four-time all-bergen County selection... one of the top scorers and rebounders in the state, averaging 26.2 points and 16.6 rebounds, 7.0 blocks and 4.0 assists team made history by earning its highest state ranking and becoming the fi rst non-public B school to be ranked in the top 15 in the state and top 5 in the county... topped 1,000 career points in her junior season... selected to play in the north/south Jersey all-star cancer game member of the New York Gazelles AAU squad... a three-time winner of Saint Mary s academic excellence award... member of the Math and National Honor s Society. CAREER TOTALS BIG TEN GAMES / TOTAL / CAREER TOTALS ALL GAMES / TOTAL / Big Ten Championships (13): , , , , , , , , , , , , OhioStateBuckeyes.com 13

14 ASHLEY ADAMS SOPHOMORE CENTER 6-4 Siloam Springs, Ark Siloam Springs FRESHMAN Played in 26 games, starting the last Big Ten all-freshman team... averaged 6.0 points and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 61.5 percent from the fi eld... shot a Big Ten-best 71.9 percent (46-of-64) in conference play... Big Ten freshman of the week Jan. 25 and Feb tied an Ohio State NCAA Tournament record with fi ve blocked shots in the second round win over Georgia Tech... also had 10 points in that game... Big Ten all-tournament team... had 10 points in the quarterfi nal win over Iowa... set a tournament championship game record with fi ve blocked shots... season-high seven blocks in the win at Purdue... season-high 18 points in loss to Northwestern then had 10 points, six boards and three blocks in the win over Purdue Feb fi rst career double-double with 13 points, 10 boards and six blocks at Minnesota... nine points in the win at No. 10 Michigan State... had a breakout week starting Jan. 20 at Illinois and vs. No. 18 Iowa, shooting 80 percent (12-of- 15) from the fl oor while averaging 14.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.5 blocks... recorded 13 points, nine rebounds, fi ve blocks, four assists and three steals at Illinois and 16 points, seven rebounds and two steals vs. Iowa Jan seven points, four rebounds and four assists at Penn State... recorded three blocks and two rebounds in her fi rst game against ETSU... scored her fi rst career points, fi ve, in the win over Virginia... eight points, fi ve boards and two assists in the win over USCU... three points, fi ve rebounds in the win over Bethune-Cookman... missed the fi rst three games of the season with a knee injury. HIGH SCHOOL Top 100 prospect by All-Star Girls Report and 2010 Class 5A All-State honoree and a three-time all-conference selection team captain... averaged 15.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 3.0 steals and 6.0 blocks... led her team to a 22-6 record in 2009 and a Class 5A state runner-up fi nish... as a sophomore she helped her team to a 22-7 record with an appearance in the semifi nals of the state tournament... Benton County Tournament champions in her sophomore and junior seasons. CAREER TOTALS BIG TEN GAMES / TOTAL / CAREER TOTALS ALL GAMES / TOTAL / NCAA Tournaments (20): 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

15 DARRYCE MOORE SOPHOMORE FORWARD 6-2 Youngstown, Ohio Boardman FRESHMAN: Played in nine games off the bench... scored three points in the win over ETSU and three in the win over USCU... three rebounds in the win over Bethune-Cookman... scored her fi rst Big Ten points in the win over Purdue Feb. 10. HIGH SCHOOL: Rated as the No. 14 center in the country in her class by Collegiate Girls Basketball Report Division I Second Team All-Ohio honoree as a junior... averaged 16.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game Federal League Player of the Year and a fi rst team allconference and Northeast Ohio selection... set the school s single-season rebounding record her freshman season... scored her 1,000th point her junior year... as a freshman and sophomore, she was named honorable mention all-ohio, second team all-federal league and second team all-northeast Ohio. CAREER TOTALS BIG TEN GAMES / TOTAL 3-0 9/ CAREER TOTALS ALL GAMES / TOTAL / AMY SCULLION 25 RS-FRESHMAN GUARD 6-0 Salem, Ohio Salem FRESHMAN Suffered a torn ACL in the preseason that will force her to miss the season. HIGH SCHOOL 2010 Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year averaged 18.6 points, 9.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists in leading the Quakers to an 18-6 record and the district fi nals ranked No. 44 on ESPN s Top and 2010 Vindicator Athlete of the Year... averaged 17.1 points her junior season while also leading the team in rebounding and assists Division II Third Team All-Ohio selection... A standout volleyball player three-time Columbiana County player of the year... four-time fi rst team all-columbiana County selection... four-time fi rst team all-conference... three-time Northeastern Ohio district player of the year... fi rst-team all-ohio selection in Prep Volleyball Top 50 Recruit From 2010 Class... USA Volleyball High Performance 2006, Member of the 2008 USA Volleyball Youth National Team... father played basketball at Mount Union. Big Ten Championships (13): , , , , , , , , , , , , OhioStateBuckeyes.com 15

16 KALPANA BEACH 1 FRESHMAN FORWARD 6-1 Westlake, Ohio Westlake HIGH SCHOOL Averaged 18.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.0 assist during her senior campaign a four-time fi rst-team all-district selection named to the Southwest Conference all-league team four years Southwest Conference MVP her junior and senior years 2011 Division I Co-Player of the Year All-Ohio selection her senior season and a second-team honoree her junior year named District Player of the Year as a senior season Westlake High School all-time leading scorer and rebounder earned 11 varsity letters in basketball, volleyball, track and golf also holds school record for high jump (5-10) and most blocks in a volleyball match (20) ranked No. 26 in her position on ESPN HoopGurlz. PERSONAL Daughter of Sanjay and Kristy Beach father, Sanjay, played in the NFL for 6 years has three siblings, Makis, Tariq and Jalen enjoys hanging out with friends and relaxing. RAVEN FERGUSON 31 FRESHMAN GUARD 5-11 Columbus, Ohio Africentric HIGH SCHOOL Averaged 19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals during senior season 23.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 4.0 steals as a junior... helped Africentric to a state championship as a sophomore in 2009 where she was named MVP 2011 Columbus Dispatch All-Metro Player of the Year a 2011 fi rst-team all-state selection... Ohio Ms. Basketball finalist... earned MVP honors in the Division III-IV Ohio North-South Classic, recording 31 points, six rebounds, six blocked shots and four assists in just 25 minutes in the South s victory a three-time all-city and two-time all-district honoree a two-time captain at Africentric where she totaled 1,739 points in her career was named to the USA Basketball U-18 National Team in 2010 ranked No. 6 in her position on ESPN HoopGurlz and No. 35 overall. PERSONAL Daughter of Juanita Redman has two brothers, Michael and Jaysen cousin of NBA player O.J. Mayo greatest sports thrill as winning the state championship after being down 17 points at halftime. 16 NCAA Tournaments (20): 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

17 SHELBI HONEYCUTT 11 FRESHMAN GUARD 5-11 Siloam Springs, Ark. Siloam Springs HIGH SCHOOL Averaged 15 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals during her senior season earned 5A all-state honors in 2010 a 5A West all-conference selection in team captain was a member of the USA Basketball s U19 team at the 2010 United World Games in Austria. PERSONAL Daughter of Kevin and Julie Honeycutt has three siblings, Josh, Sierra and Krey lists greatest sports thrill as AAU team winning state over teammate Ashley Adam s team. MALEEKA KYNARD 12 FRESHMAN GUARD 5-7 Toledo, Ohio Roy C. Start HIGH SCHOOL Averaged 19 points, 5 assists, 4 steals and 1 rebound during her senior campaign a three-year captain at Roy C. Start High School and a four-year starter helped the Spartans to a state fi nal four in 2011 and runner-up appearance in 2010 was a fi rst-team all-city, league and state player as a senior ranked No. 41 in her position on ESPN HoopGurlz. PERSONAL Daughter of Leon and Ingrid Brown has four siblings, Hanna, Kristeena, Aja and Cameron God Father is former Ohio State All-American and NBA player Jim Jackson lists greatest sports thrills as team making is to state for the fi rst time in school history and scoring 1,000 points. Big Ten Championships (13): , , , , , , , , , , , , OhioStateBuckeyes.com 17