Ohio State Faces Virginia Tech on Monday in Elite Eight in Seattle

2023 NCAA Event – Elite Eight

Date: Monday, March 27, 2023

Venue: Local weather Pledge Enviornment (Seattle, Wash.)

Sport: vs. No. 4/5 Virginia Tech (9 p.m. ET) | Reside Stats | ESPN

Rosters: Ohio State | Virginia Tech

Notes: Ohio State

Bracket | Event Central

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 12/12 Ohio State girls’s basketball crew (28-7, 12-6 B1G) will face No. 4/5 Virginia Tech (30-4, 14-4 ACC) within the Elite Eight of the NCAA Event on Monday in Local weather Pledge Enviornment in Seattle, Wash. Tip-off is ready for 9 p.m. ET in a recreation broadcast on ESPN, Westwood One and domestically on 97.1 FM.

• Ohio State enters the Elite Eight matchup with top-seeded Virginia Tech with a 28-7 total file after incomes a 73-61 win towards second-seeded UConn within the Candy 16 on Saturday.
• That is the Buckeyes’ first Elite Eight look since 1993. Ohio State’s win snapped UConn’s Division I file 16-straight Elite Eight appearances.
• Ohio State had 13 steals whereas forcing 25 Huskie turnovers. Cotie McMahon led the Buckeye offense with 23 factors, whereas Jacy Sheldon (17) and Taylor Thierry (11) additionally reached double figures.
• Virginia Tech enters the Elite Eight with a 30-4 total file and a 14-4 file in ACC play. The Hokies are driving a 14-game win streak relationship again to January.
• VT earned a 73-64 win towards fourth-seeded Tennessee within the Candy 16 to advance to this system’s first-ever Elite Eight. Georgia Amoore led a trio of Virginia Tech gamers in double figures with 29 factors. Kayana Traylor (14) and Elizabeth Kitley (12) additionally scored in double digits.
• Virginia Tech received the ACC Event Championship by beating Louisville 75-67 on March 5.
• This season, Virginia Tech has 4 gamers averaging double figures.
• Virginia Tech’s street to the Elite Eight began with a 58-33 win towards Chattanooga within the first spherical and a 72-60 win towards South Dakota within the second spherical earlier than the Candy 16 matchup.
• Ohio State and Virginia Tech have met solely as soon as beforehand with the Hokies incomes the 81-73 win on the West Palm Seashore Invitational on Dec. 21, 2018. That recreation additionally passed off at a impartial web site, however the groups haven’t beforehand met within the postseason.

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