Nov. 23, 2008

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• The Auburn women's basketball team now has a 739-325 record since 1971
• Auburn head coach Nell Fortner now has a 92-64 career record and a 75-53 record on the Plains
• Nell Fortner is 2-2 in overtime games as Auburn's head coach
• The game was Auburn's first against a ranked team this season
• Auburn is now 5-8 all-time against teams ranked No. 17 in the AP poll
• AU is now 85-144 all-time against ranked teams and 48-45 at home
• Auburn holds a 2-0 advantage in the all-time series with Ohio State, earning its first win against the Buckeyes at home
• Ohio State won the opening tip and scored the first field goal of the game
• Senior point guard Whitney Boddie started her first game of the season
• Auburn and Ohio State combined to hit the first six field goals of the game
• Junior Jordan Greenleaf entered the game at the 16:16 point of the first half, her first action this season
• Ohio State's 38 points are the most given up by Auburn in the first half this year while Auburn's 42 come one short of its first-half high
• Auburn led 42-38 at halftime, the Tigers have led at halftime in all four games this season
• DeWanna Bonner led Auburn in the first half with 11 points and six rebounds
• Samantha Prahalis led Ohio State with 10 points while Jantel Lavender led the Buckeyes with five rebounds
• Auburn opened the second half on an 11-4 run, opening its lead up to 11 points - the first double-digit lead of the game; Ohio State came back with a 15-3 run at the 9:22 mark in the second half, taking its first lead since the 10:31 mark in the first half
• Ohio State's largest lead was eight, 66-58, coming at the 6:07 mark in the second half
• Alli Smalley led Auburn in the second half with 13 points, hitting 3-of-7 three-point attempts; Sherell Hobbs led the team with six rebounds
• Jantel Lavender and Star Allen led Ohio State with 14 and 10 points, respectively, while adding six rebounds each
• Alli Smalley's three-pointer with 28 seconds left in regulation tied the game and sent it into overtime
• Auburn won the opening tip of the overtime session
• The game is the first overtime game of the season for Auburn: it is the first overtime game since defeating James Madison, 79-76, at the Miami Holiday Tournament on Dec. 28, 2006 and the first home overtime game since defeating Tulane, 75-64, on Jan. 5, 2002
• Sherell Hobbs scored six of Auburn's 12 points in the overtime period