Sheldon led all players with 19 points as her and Mikesell continued their scoring streaks with at least 10 points in every game so far this season.
The teams were tied at nine with six minutes to play and OSU took a 14-9 lead into the media timeout after a triple from Taylor Mikesell.
After a triple from Rikki Harris, a pair of long-range shots from SDSU forced an OSU timeout as the Buckeyes led 23-19 with eight minutes remaining in the first half.
With many of the points by both teams coming from the charity stripe, SDSU made a three-pointer with nine seconds remaining in the third quarter.
An Aztecs triple at 6:22 marked SDSU’s first points of the quarter, but Hevynne Bristow answered with her first basket of the game as OSU held a 57-46 lead midway through the quarter.
“Overall, I thought we were pretty good defensively today – our effort was good, our intensity was good.
“When I shot it, it felt good, but part of you always thinks ‘no way that’s about to go in’.
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