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Columbus, OH – Playing within two hours of her hometown, senior guard Jordyn Peck (Shaker Heights, OH/Shaker Heights) tossed in a team and season-high 22 points, including six three-pointers, and junior guard Jasmine Nwajei (Rockaway Park, NY/Murry Bergtraum) added 15, but the No. 7/14 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big 10 Conference placed four players in double figures en route to a 106-47 win over Wagner at St. John Arena.
 
With more than 60 family members and friends on hand, who made the 145-mile trek from the Cleveland suburb where Peck starred at Shaker Heights High School, Peck shot 8-of-21 from the field, including 6-of-13 from three-point range, to pace the Seahawks.
 
Nwajei and Peck, the number 12 and 15 scorers in Wagner history with 1,280 and 1,238 points, respectively, accounted for 37 of the Seahawks' 47 points on the afternoon. Junior forward Taylor Butigian (Rockaway Park, NY/Christ the King) added four points off the bench in seeing her first action of the season.
 
"While I do believe in playing the best as preparation for our Northeast Conference schedule, this game was specifically scheduled so that Jordyn (Peck) could return home to play in front of her family and friends," said Seahawk four-year head coach Lisa Cermignano, no stranger to the Big 10 herself, having served as an assistant at the University of Illinois from 2009-2012. "I'm happy that Jordyn will always have this special memory."
 
Wagner was led in rebounding by ever-improving forward Sofia Roma (Richmond Hill, NY/Nazareth Regional) as the sophomore pulled down seven rebounds. Over the of the Seahawks' first three games, all against top competition, the 6-2 Roma is averaging a team-best 8.0 caroms per game, to go with a 4.7 scoring average and 2.0 blocked shots per game.
 
Ohio State led 25-12 after one quarter and widened its lead to 48-18 at halftime.
 
In matchup of last season's number one and two scorers in the nation in Buckeye sophomore guard Kelsey Mitchell and Nwajei, who averaged 24.9 and 24.8 ppg., respectively, Mitchell wound up with 24 today but it was her backcourt mate Ameryst Alson who led the way with 26. Asia Doss and Shayla Cooper added 18 and 15 points, respectively, for Ohio State.
 
With the win, the Buckeyes, who are ranked No. 7 in the Associated Pres Poll and No. 14 in the USA Today Poll, are 2-2 on the season. After becoming the first team in NCAA history to open the season vs. the No. 1 (100-56 loss to UConn) and No. 2 teams in the country (88-80 loss to South Carolina), Ohio State has now posted consecutive wins over Belmont (84-56) and Wagner.
 
The Seahawks, who played competitively in their first two games of the season, at ACC member Pittsburgh and at Old Dominion of Conference USA, fall to 0-3 on the season. Wagner is next in action on Sunday, November 29 when the Seahawks host Mississippi State of the SEC on Sunday, November 29 in their home opener. Tip-off for the first-ever meeting between the Seahawks and the Rebels is set for 1:00 p.m. at the Spiro Sports Center.

 

 
 
 













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