The itch to do more than watch from the bench might tickle the ears of Stephanie Mavunga and Sierra Calhoun in the minutes before the Ohio State women’s basketball team plays host to Ursuline College in an exhibition game at 2 p.m. today at Value City Arena.
Scratching isn’t an option. NCAA transfer rules say that the two must sit out 2015-16 before becoming eligible to play for Ohio State.
“You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do,” said Mavunga, a two-year starter and an all-Atlantic Coast Conference 6-foot-3 post player at North Carolina. “Right now, I’m with the team.