Jaloni Cambridge Earns Unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten Honors

After going 13-5 in Big Ten play, which was good enough for a tied-fourth in Big Ten standings, No. 11 Ohio State had five players earn All-Big Ten honors on Tuesday. 

Sophomore point guard Jaloni Cambridge was unanimously named by both coaches and media to the All-Big Ten first-team.

Cambridge, who was viewed by some as a candidate for the conference’s Player of the Year award, which went to UCLA’s Lauren Betts, averaged 23.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game this year. 

Cambridge’s 23.4 points per game were the most in the conference.

Jaloni’s older sister Kennedy, earned Big Ten All-Defense honors from both the coaches and media, while sophomore center Elsa Lemmilä earned Big Ten All-Defense from the media.

Kennedy Cambridge made the All-Defense team after leading the conference, averaging 4.0 steals per game. Lemmilä, meanwhile, was the most productive rim-protector in the conference.

She averaged 2.2 blocks per game, which was also the best mark in the conference.

Despite leading the conference in steals, Kennedy Cambridge lost Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors to Betts.

Ohio State’s second-leading scorer, senior guard Chance Gray was named an All-Big Ten honorable mention by both the coaches and media. She averaged 14.6 points per game, while making a team-high mark of 39.9 percent of her three-point shots.

Redshirt freshman forward Kylee Kitts was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team by the media. Despite battling a shoulder injury late in the season, Kitts averaged 7.8 points and 5.9 rebounds in her first year at Ohio State. 

After concluding their regular season, the Buckeyes will be back in action for the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday. Ohio State will play the winner of the Nebraska vs. Indiana game at 2:30 p.m. (Big Ten Network).