Bucking the trend

OSU’s Mitchell scores 31 to hand UM its second loss of the season

COLUMBUS, OHIO — The Maryland women’s basketball team has been unbeatable in the Big Ten since joining the conference three years ago, save for one notable exception: Ohio State.

With an opportunity to secure a third straight Big Ten regular season championship, the secondranked Terps again failed to solve their nemesis Monday night in a 98-87 loss to the No. 12 Buckeyes at Value City Arena.

Maryland (26-2, 14-1 Big Ten) dropped its third in a row to Ohio State to fall into a first-place tie in the conference with the Buckeyes, who own the tiebreaker with one regular season game left for both schools. The Terps are 48-0 against the rest of the Big Ten, including two conference tournament titles, and 2-3 against Ohio State (24-5, 14-1) over the Regular-season finale

BARBARA J. PERENIC/TNS Maryland’s Brionna Jones is surrounded by, from left to right, Ohio State’s Kiara Lewis, Alexa Hart and Makayla Waterman. Jones had 21 points for the Terps, who missed an opportunity to secure a third straight Big Ten regular season championship.