OSU women win share of Big Ten

Kelsey Mitchell and Ohio State accomplished one of their main goals for the season — winning a Big Ten title.

The 12th-ranked Buckeyes clinched a share of the conference championship with a 73-45 win over Rutgers on Sunday as Mitchell scored 21 points. It’s the school’s first Big Ten title since 2010.

“We had to work really hard for it which makes it that much better,” Mitchell said, clutching a red Big Ten championship hat. “We have a lot of things we still have left to do.”

The Buckeyes (25-5, 15-1 Big Ten) finished in a tie with Maryland atop the conference, but earned the top seed in the tournament next week by beating the Terrapins last Monday. It’s Ohio State’s first conference regular season since the school won six straight from 2005-10. The Buckeyes have won 15 Big Ten titles overall, no other team in the conference has more than nine.

“It’s a great, great feeling and I’m really proud of our team,” coach Kevin McGuff said. “We wanted to make sure we improved this year and we got better each week.”

Ohio State trailed 3-0 before scoring 15 straight points, including the last seven by Mitchell to take early command.

The Scarlet Knights (6-23, 3-13) couldn’t get within nine the rest of the game. Kelsey Mitchell and Ohio State accomplished one of their main goals for the season — winning a Big Ten title.

The 12th-ranked Buckeyes clinched a share of the conference championship with a 73-45 win over Rutgers on Sunday as Mitchell scored 21 points. It’s the school’s first Big Ten title since 2010.

“We had to work really hard for it which makes it that much better,” Mitchell said, clutching a red Big Ten championship hat. “We have a lot of things we still have left to do.”

The Buckeyes (25-5, 15-1 Big Ten) finished in a tie with Maryland atop the conference, but earned the top seed in the tournament next week by beating the Terrapins last Monday. It’s Ohio State’s first conference regular season since the school won six straight from 2005-10. The Buckeyes have won 15 Big Ten titles overall, no other team in the conference has more than nine.

“It’s a great, great feeling and I’m really proud of our team,” coach Kevin McGuff said. “We wanted to make sure we improved this year and we got better each week.”

Ohio State trailed 3-0 before scoring 15 straight points, including the last seven by Mitchell to take early command.

The Scarlet Knights (6-23, 3-13) couldn’t get within nine the rest of the game.

NHL

BLUE JACKETS BEAT RANGERS » Cam Atkinson and Alexander Wennberg each scored twice to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots to tie his career high with his 32nd win. Josh Anderson also scored and Oliver Bjorkstrand had two assists to help the Blue Jackets win for the fourth time in five games.

Columbus (39-16-5) won for the second time in two days after its bye week and moved past the Rangers into third place in the Metropolitan Division.

The Blue Jackets won three of five in the season series — including both games at Madison Square Garden — after losing seven straight meetings coming in.

Rick Nash scored a tying goal for the Rangers early in the first period. Henrik Lundqvist finished with 26 saves.

New York lost for just the third time this month (9-2-1) and had its four-game point streak snapped (3-0-1).