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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jaloni Cambridge scored 33 points, Chance Gray had 23 points and seven 3-pointers, and No. 14 Ohio State made a season-high 17 3-pointers in a 108-84 victory over Penn State on Wednesday night for its fifth straight victory.
Elsa Lemmilä added 21 points for Ohio State (16-2, 6-1 Big Ten). Cambridge, the Big Ten player of the week, also had four 3-pointers.
Moriah Murray scored 25 points, Gracie Merkle had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Kiyomi McMiller added 20 points for Penn State (7-11, 0-7), which has lost seven straight games. Tea Cleante came off the bench to score 10 points.
Ava Watson beat the halftime buzzer with a 3-pointer to extend Ohio State's lead to 54-46 at the break. Cambridge led the Buckeyes with 20 points in the first half on 8-of-12 shooting, including four 3-pointers. Lemmilä added 14 points after making seven of her eight shots.
Cambridge scored nine points in the third quarter to help Ohio State take an 82-63 lead. The Buckeyes secured it by making six 3-pointers in the final five minutes of the fourth.
Ohio State trails the all-time series 38-32 against Penn State.
Penn State returns home to play Rutgers on Sunday.
PENN ST. (7-11): Merkle 10-11 1-2 21, McFadden 3-7 0-0 6, McMiller 8-20 1-2 20, Murray 8-17 1-2 25, Steele 0-1 0-0 0, Mendelson 0-2 0-0 0, Cleante 5-11 0-2 10, Ranisavljevic 1-3 0-1 2, Santana 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 35-75 3-9 84
OHIO ST. (16-2): Kitts 2-7 0-0 5, Lemmila 10-12 1-1 21, Kennedy Cambridge 2-6 3-8 7, Jaloni Cambridge 13-20 3-4 33, Gray 8-15 0-0 23, Henry 0-1 0-0 0, Hobbs 1-1 0-0 3, Biriuk 1-1 0-0 3, Martin 2-5 0-0 5, Todd 0-2 0-0 0, Watson 3-4 0-0 8, Totals 42-74 7-13 108
Penn St. 16 30 17 21 -- 84
Ohio St. 21 33 28 26 -- 108
3-Point Goals--Penn St. 11-32 (McFadden 0-1, McMiller 3-7, Murray 8-17, Cleante 0-5, Ranisavljevic 0-1, Smith 0-1), Ohio St. 17-36 (Kitts 1-2, K.Cambridge 0-2, J.Cambridge 4-9, Gray 7-13, Henry 0-1, Hobbs 1-1, Biriuk 1-1, Martin 1-3, Todd 0-1, Watson 2-3). Assists--Penn St. 18 (McMiller 7), Ohio St. 32 (K.Cambridge 8). Fouled Out--None. Rebounds--Penn St. 40 (Merkle 11), Ohio St. 37 (Kitts 6). Total Fouls--Penn St. 15, Ohio St. 13. Technical Fouls--None. A--5,884.