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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jacy Sheldon scored 31 points and made five 3-pointers for her second straight 30-plus game, and No. 13 Ohio State beat Belmont 84-55. Sheldon, who notched her second 30-point performance of the season on Monday in a 77-71 loss to No. 2 UCLA, was 12 of 18 from the floor, including 5 of 9 from beyond the arc against Belmont. Sheldon scored 18 points in the first half, only missing three of her 10 field-goal attempts, to help Ohio State take a 38-28 lead into the break. It was the first double-digit lead of the game. Celeste Taylor opened the second half with a 3-pointer and Ohio State's lead didn't drop below 13 points the rest of the way. Ohio State led by 20-plus for the entire fourth quarter.
