LamarCheeks

I've been tasked by@Class of '66 Old Fartto start this thread, so here we go ... Hope the ladies catch their breath and get some rest after Wednesday's epic comeback -- because the No. 5-seeded Bucknuts and the Cambridge sisters are next on the docket, and we don't even get a full 24 hours off. No more streaming; we're back on BTN -- a "regular" network. We can do this. We played them in in late January, losing by 14 in Columbus, but we had a 10-point lead after 20 minutes. Just got poleaxed in the second half. Was one of our rare games that Shay didn't lead us in scoring. Beau had 20 that day and Shay had 19. Jaloni Cambridge leads O$U at 24.3 points a game. Older sister Kennedy averages 9.1 and Chance Gray is in the middle at 14.6. Sorta feel like Karma and the basketball gods owe us this one. Back in 2023 when we were ranked No. 2 nationally, we had a 28-point lead over the Nuts in the B1G semifinals, then completely collapsed. Here's where you can go to listen and for live stats. Winner gets a well-rested Minnesota on Friday.

I'll be honest -- down 20, I didn't think we had it in us. Helluva win, and we'll see ya tomorrow.

Caffey -- onions!

AND WE LIVE TO PLAY ANOTHER DAY! PHENOMENAL COMEBACK!

Maya needed to give Hargrove a little more hip there to keep her off the boards.

10-0 run. Up by 3! 28 seconds to go. Let's finish this!

BEAU WITH A 3. WE'RE UP BY 1!

Down to 2. Buckle up!

Fourth foul on Shay. Prince missed and the ref called a late foul. I honestly think he was waiting to see if it went in. If it did -- I don't think he woulda called it.

3:38 to go -- down 5. Were down 5 a couple minutes ago and Beau missed a wide-open 3. We've really tightened up the D. But we pretty much need to be perfect on offense if we want to pull this off -- and we're not. Missing some really good chances to cut the lead further.

Lead is down to 3 after a Caffey three-point play. LET'S GO!

Getting some stops, but we just keep tripping over ourselves on offense. Still -- lead is down to 6.

Instead of our usual third-quarter swoon, we actually chipped away a bit. 10 minutes to go.

10-0 run. Lead down to 8.

Caffey hip-checked going after a rebound ... no foul. Officiating isn't the reason we're losing, but c'mon ...

6-0 run. HERE WE GO! Lol.

Caffey trying a reverse layup against a 6-2 defender? Not a good idea.

Announcer: Indiana needs a big second half from Beaumont. Me: Indiana needs a big second half from EVERYBODY.

This is a 12 vs. 13 game -- so it's not like we're taking a huge step up in competition from what we've been seeing. We took Nebraska to the wire not long ago in Lincoln, so it's not like they're that much better than us. We're just playing like crap.

Welp ...

Got a few stops there, but couldn't score. Lead back up to 19.

Caffey makes a great move to split the defense and get a wide-open layup. And misses. Been that kind of day.

38-19 not even midway through the 2nd quarter. Nobody showed up today. Shay damn near picked up a third foul. I gotta feeling this one's only gonna get uglier.

Very ugly first 10 minutes. Who's playing well for us? Well -- nobody.

We're on a 3-0 run. The comeback has begun. LOL.