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Indiana women’s basketball dominant in upset of No. 8 Ohio State
BLOOMINGTON — There were shades of the 2022-23 Big Ten Tournament on Thursday night as the Indiana women’s basketball team struggled to put away No. 8 Ohio State.
The Hoosiers went into the fourth quarter up by 18 points, but there were some tense moments at Assembly Hall as they struggled to find consistent offense. It brought back memories from when IU lost as the conference’s top seed to the Buckeyes after leading by 24 points in the second half.
Yarden Garzon, who was on the floor for that game two years ago, made sure history didn’t repeat itself. After Ohio State threatened to cut the lead under 10 points, she scored seven straight points to give her team a 71-61 win. She finished the game with 16 points, 11 rebounds and six assists as one of four Hoosiers in double digits.
It was a critical Quad 1 win for IU (17-9, 9-6 Big Ten) against a No. 8 Ohio State team sitting near the top of the conference.
Indiana women’s extra effort pays off against the Buckeyes
Lexus Bargesser’s extra effort late in the third quarter told the story of Thursday night’s game.
Garzon tried to hit Bargesser on a fast break with an off-balanced cross-court pass in the final minute of the third quarter. The pass could have easily gone out of bounds, but Bargesser dove to the ground and corralled the ball while IU coach Teri Moren frantically signaled for a timeout.
Bargesser’s hustle resulted in a 3-pointer at the buzzer from Shay Ciezki out of the timeout that pushed the Hoosiers lead to 18 points.
Moren has been critical of her team’s lax effort at times this season — she called out her team after a 66-56 loss to Minnesota for getting beat to every 50/50 ball — but that wasn’t a problem against the Buckeyes (22-4, 11-4). IU dominated the glass with a 34-20 edge and played tremendous defense while rotating from a 2-3 zone to man defense.
Indiana women’s basketball puts No. 8 Ohio State on notice in opening minutes
The game got off to a frenetic start.
Ohio State was 4 of 5 in the opening minutes with Jaloni Cambridge scoring six points including a contested 3-pointer. Indiana was even better — the Hoosiers hit their first five shots and forced the Buckeyes to abandon their vaunted full-court press by effortlessly getting the ball down the court.
Sydney Parrish capped off the quarter with a pair of free throws to give IU its largest lead of the game at 26-17. She built on her big performance against Purdue with 12 points and two assists in the first. She knocked down a 3-pointer with 3:58 to go that forced OSU coach Kevin McGuff to angrily call a timeout.
The Hoosiers finished the quarter with nine assists on 10 made field goals and only two turnovers.
Outside of a brief blip at the start of the second when IU turned it over on three of its first four possessions of the quarter, the Hoosiers dominated. They closed out the first half on a 14-2 run while shooting 63% in the first half and holding OSU scoreless for three-plus minutes.
Michael Niziolek is the Indiana beat reporter for The Bloomington Herald-Times. You can follow him on X @michaelniziolek and read all his coverage by clicking here.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — As concerns have grown over the impact of social media on young people, lawmakers are pushing to keep protections in tact to keep children safe online.
This week the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Ohio’s law, the Social Media Parental Notification Act, requiring parental consent for children under the age of 16 to use social media must be restored. Gov. Mike DeWine signed the act into law in July 2023.
Netchoice, the trade group that represents Tik Tok, Snapchat, Meta and other tech companies contested Ohio’s law in 2024, arguing that it was overly broad, vague and represented an unconstitutional impediment to free speech.
“An unconstitutional law protects no one, and we remain focused on ensuring the First Amendment rights of Ohioans are protected,” Paul Taske, NetChoice Litigation Center Director said.
Cincinnati-based Sixth Circuit’s panel does not agree with this view point, determined that the law is not unconstitutional and had the block on the law’s enforcement vacated.
“At bottom, the Act imposes a parental consent requirement,” Judge Eric Clay wrote. “That requirement constitutes a marginal burden that precisely targets the multi-faceted problem that Ohio has identified: Children’s unsupervised assent to terms and conditions for use of platforms that take advantage of and harm them.”
The Social Media Parental Notification Act is a way to protect children’s mental health against the “intentionally addictive” nature of social media, according to U.S. senator Jon Husted.
The law requires companies to get parental permission for social media and gaming apps and to provide their privacy guidelines so families know what content would be censored or moderated on their child’s profile.
Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson says the ruling is “a win for Ohio families.”
“The court agreed that parents –- not social media companies –- should get a say in what kids see online,” he said in a statement. “We have an obligation to keep our children safe, and today, the most dangerous place for our kids is the internet. This decision gives parents the tools to be involved and provide oversight.”
LICKING COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) — When you think of wild animals in central Ohio, a black bear likely isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. That’s why one Licking County family said they couldn’t believe their eyes.
It was an average afternoon drive home for father and son, Justin and Aaron Rhodes, when something walked into the road in front of them.
“I didn’t even think it was real at first, so that’s why I had to do the double take,” Justin said.
Aaron said he thought it was “just a weird looking dog”.
To their disbelief, it was a bear. The sighting comes just one year after the animal was spotted in Licking County for the first time in more than two decades.
“It’s kind of hard to believe that they’re even around this area,” Justin said. “I’ve lived in this area for about 24 years now, so it’s been quite a while, and I’ve never seen one before.”
These sightings are becoming more common. The Ohio Division of Wildlife said the black bear population is growing in the state, and they expect those trends to continue. Ohio saw a record number of confirmed sightings in 2025.
Lindsey Krusling, a wildlife communications specialist with the Ohio Division of Wildlife, said they are seeing more breeding females establish homes in the state, signaling the species is returning. Experts said the work restoring natural forest land is a big reason why.
“We’re starting to get some black bears coming in from neighboring states like Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky,” Krusling said. “They’re naturally crossing those state borders and coming back to Ohio because we have more of that habitat available to them, especially those forested areas.”
As the black bear population grows, the Division of Wildlife is expanding its research. They are putting radio collars on some bears they find in the state to help track data, such as if the bears are staying here, how far they’ve traveled and if they’re successfully having cubs.
“We’re trying to get quite a bit of data from these bears, and we’re super excited to see where this takes us,” Krusling said.
The research is in the beginning stages, but they expect population growth to continue, Krusling said.
Sighting reports can be submitted here to help the Division of Wildlife track black bear populations throughout the state.
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