Weir stars at Westminster

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. — Graduate student DJ Harrell poured in a career-high 32 points and senior Drew Weir from Salem totaled 27 points and 12 rebound to lead Westminster College past Saint Vincent (Pa.), 89-83, in overtime Saturday night.

The Titan duo scored all 12 of Westminster’s points in overtime with Harrell getting seven and Weir five.

Weir shot 8-of-12 from the field and 8-of-10 from the foul line. He grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.

Mick Hergenrother from Youngstown Mooney added six assists, three rebounds and two points. Jaxon Hendershott from West Branch played 13 minutes off the bench.

Westminster (8-5) will host Hiram at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. It will be the first meeting between the two schools since Nov. 21, 2015.

Marra 2-0 for Mount Union

CLEVELAND — Mount Union junior Steven Marra from West Branch and freshman Blaine Chrisman from Medina went undefeated at Case Western’s Claude Sharer Duals on Saturday.

Both went 2-0 with Marra at 285 pounds and Chrisman at 184 pounds. Freshman Aiden Stecker from Salem went 1-1 at 165 pounds.

The Purple Raiders lost 34-17 to Manchester and 37-12 to Case Western.

Mount Union will next host the Purple Raider Open on Sunday.

Buckeyes hit the boards

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — If Ohio State was going to beat Maryland on the road, the Buckeyes needed to be tough on the boards.

Even 5-foot-7 Jaloni Cambridge was ready to do her part.

Cambridge had 28 points, nine rebounds and eight assists to help No. 19 Ohio State top the eighth-ranked Terrapins 89-76 on Sunday. Fresh off a 41-point performance against Illinois, Cambridge filled up the stat sheet while playing all 40 minutes.

“I didn’t even know I had nine rebounds,” said Cambridge, who surpassed her previous career high of eight. “I’m very thankful that I was able to help my team. That’s huge for me, being one of the smallest players on the floor.”

The Buckeyes dug their way out of a 15-point hole in the second quarter and were within two at the half. Then they pulled away with a 13-2 run in the fourth.

When it was over, they were tied with Maryland in rebounding at 39-39.

“They are one of the best offensive rebounding teams in the country,” Ohio State coach Kevin McGuff said. “We end up even on the boards. I think those were two big things — our half court defense and our rebounding. We wouldn’t have won this game a month ago. We just weren’t good enough in either one of those areas. To our players’ credit, we’ve gotten a lot better.”

It also helped that Ohio State shot 50% from the field, 50% from 3-point range and 91% on free throws.

The Buckeyes have lost only twice this season — to UConn and UCLA, both of whom are in the top five. Ohio State still has to play at Iowa and face Maryland again, but a road win like this leaves the Buckeyes in striking distance of the top of the Big Ten.

As for Cambridge, she scored 28 points in a losing effort against UCLA last month. Now she’s shown she can lead her team past a good opponent on the road.

“Both ends of the floor,” Maryland coach Brenda Frese said. “You just see her coast to coast, a really difficult matchup to be able to defend in the open court.”