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The Daily OrangeWBB | Hot-shooting Buckeyes too much for SU
By Conor Orr
Posted: 11/20/08, 1:39 AM EST Section: Sports
"If you look at the bottom line, she was great from the field and that was the difference in the game," Moody said. "We didn't have anybody with her kind of numbers."
Despite the Buckeyes' attack, the Orange stayed alive thanks to Morrow. She finished with 23 points, keeping Syracuse in the game in the first half.
Missed opportunities in the second half allowed Ohio State to open up to a lead as large as 14, before a late Orange rally closed the gap to seven.
"Honestly, we had the opportunities to come back, we had shots, I mean layups that just didn't go down," Moody said. "We had every opportunity in the world but just couldn't get that ball to go down in the end."
In the midst of the sour evening for the Orange, Moody said head coach Quentin Hillsman rallied his team after the game. The point of Wednesday game was to provide the Orange with some experience playing big games on the road.
Despite not winning, Moody said, there were positives to take from SU's first real road test of the year.
"We got 15 offensive rebounds in the second half," Moody said. "So if there's one statistic that indicates effort, it's that. So coach was really proud of their effort, he told them that, and we found some things out about our basketball team tonight - we were accepting of the loss."
ctorr@syr.edu
Despite the Buckeyes' attack, the Orange stayed alive thanks to Morrow. She finished with 23 points, keeping Syracuse in the game in the first half.
Missed opportunities in the second half allowed Ohio State to open up to a lead as large as 14, before a late Orange rally closed the gap to seven.
"Honestly, we had the opportunities to come back, we had shots, I mean layups that just didn't go down," Moody said. "We had every opportunity in the world but just couldn't get that ball to go down in the end."
In the midst of the sour evening for the Orange, Moody said head coach Quentin Hillsman rallied his team after the game. The point of Wednesday game was to provide the Orange with some experience playing big games on the road.
Despite not winning, Moody said, there were positives to take from SU's first real road test of the year.
"We got 15 offensive rebounds in the second half," Moody said. "So if there's one statistic that indicates effort, it's that. So coach was really proud of their effort, he told them that, and we found some things out about our basketball team tonight - we were accepting of the loss."
ctorr@syr.edu
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