A golden opportunity passed by the wayside for Ohio State on Friday night in the Sweet 16. The Buckeyes lost, 78-62, to Tennessee on a night when the top-seed in the Sioux Falls region, South Carolina, was upset by Syracuse.
Despite the loss of leading scorer Diamond DeShields for much of the first half, the Volunteers used a strong paint presence to spring the upset and advance to the Elite Eight. Mercedes Russell scored a career-high 25 points to go along with 14 rebounds, and Bashaara Graves added 14 points and 10 rebounds of her own in the win.