Nov. 21, 2006

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Star Allen lived up to her first name with 16 points, including five in the second overtime, to lead No. 7 Ohio State to an 80-72 victory over Boston College on Tuesday night.

The Buckeyes (3-0) survived despite blowing a 17-point lead in the final 4:11 of regulation. Kindyll Dorsey hit three 3-pointers in a span of 30 seconds in the final minute to fuel the furious comeback by the Eagles (3-1).

In two of the past three years, higher-seeded Ohio State teams have lost to Boston College in the NCAA tournament.

In the second overtime, Allen opened the scoring with a basket inside and then later added a critical three-point play with 1:06 left - after Ohio State's two-time All-American center, Jessica Davenport, had fouled out. Her three-point play put the Buckeyes ahead 77-72 and gave them some breathing room.

Brandie Hoskins led the Buckeyes with 20 points. Hoskins had torn her right Achilles tendon in the waning moments the last time the teams met in the second round of the NCAA tournament last March.

Kathrin Ress had 23 points and 10 rebounds for Boston College before fouling out, while Dorsey had 21 and Elisabeth Egnell had 16.

Davenport had 19 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out in the second overtime.

The Buckeyes led 55-38 after two free throws by freshman point guard Maria Moeller with 4:11 remaining.

The Eagles surged to get close and then Dorsey hit three 3-pointers in the final 41 seconds, the last coming at the 13-second mark to tie the game at 59-59.

After Hoskins hit two foul shots with 11.1 seconds left, the Eagles forced overtime when Laura Lokitis hit a 5-footer in traffic with 1.7 seconds left.

Ress then intercepted the Ohio State inbounds pass and got off a decent shot but it was wide of the mark.

The Buckeyes were unable to get off a shot after that.

Ress fouled out early in the first overtime. Her absence permitted the taller Buckeyes to feed the ball to Davenport inside.

Davenport's lob pass resulted in Allen's field goal at the outset of the second overtime and then Davenport was fouled off an Allen pass and hit two foul shots.

But then Davenport fouled out on Egnell's driving layup.

Allen's power move off a pass from Marscilla Packer with just over a minute left pushed the lead to five points and then Hoskins scored on a breakaway layup.