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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Turning to the leading scorer and overall driving force on a team is always a smart move when struggling, and Ohio State coach Kevin McGuff did just that.Kelsey Mitchell scored 23 points and No. 9 Ohio State went on a 22-0 run in the third quarter in an 80-38 victory over Cincinnati on Sunday.The 5-foot-8 guard helped spark the run with the Buckeyes (6-3) trailing 28-27 with 3 minutes left in the first half. She finished 7 for 11, with four baskets from 3-point range.Early on, Ohio State appeared sluggish, and struggled to make shots.We just didnt have a lot of energy, McGuff said. We looked like we were a little tight coming off of two loses. Just had to get our mojo back and get our confidence back going.Shanice Johnson led the Bearcats (6-2) with 10 points and 17 rebounds, and Ana Owens added nine points.Cincinnati held Ohio State to 9-of-34 shooting in the first half, while the Buckeyes missed their first seven shots. The Bearcats led by as many as 11 in the first half.Ohio State ended the first half on a 10-0 run to bring the game to within one at the midway point, and continued the streak for 11 more points to earn a 38-28 lead. The biggest downfall for the Bearcats in the second half was on the inside, as Cincinnati picked up just two points in the paint after halftime.Ohio State outscored the Bearcats 36 to 12 in the paint and held them to 14 of 72 shooting (19.4 percent) overall. The Bearcats went 4 of 32 (12.5 percent) from 3-point range. Alexa Hart picked up 10 points, and pulled down 12 total rebounds, and played 26 minutes in the absence of Stephanie Mavunga.(Mavungas absence) just gives us an opportunity to go out there and work hard and be effective on the court, she said.Cincinnati failed to make a single field goal in the fourth quarter. Overall, the Bearcats were outscored 53-10 in the second half.Ohio State combined for 42 defensive rebounds, and did not allow second chance opportunities for the Bearcats.BIG PICTUREOhio State: Ohio State was able to attack the hoop and outrebound Cincinnati with the larger lineup, and looked to be unstoppable with Mitchell hitting her marks.The Buckeyes benefited from another hot night from the guard, and scored more points in the second half than the Bearcats scored all game. The Buckeyes are now 4-2 at home, with nine players registering a score.Cincinnati: The first ranked team to meet the Bearcats this season proved to be too much. Cincinnati was outscored 53 to 10 in the second half and 29 to 1 in the fourth quarter after holding a lead at halftime. Johnson fell hard with under six minutes left and was removed from the game when two Ohio State players fell on her upper body and head. She is the teams leading scorer and did not return.MCGUFF MAKES BIG ADJUSTMENTSI thought we just settled for too many threes early in the game, McGuff said. In the second half, we started to get a little more balanced. We attacked the zone in the middle, and we were able to get the ball in the basket.The move from outside to under the rim allowed big point totals for Ohio State, and eventually opened up the long ball from Mitchell, who ended the game 4 of 6 from deep.UP NEXTOhio State: Host Southern University on Wednesday nightCincinnati: Host Xavier on Dec. 11.Draymond Green Jersey . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. Eric Paschall Warriors Jersey . 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Clippards deal Monday means all eight Nationals players who filed for arbitration wound up settling before a hearing.LONDON -- Novak Djokovics shot at a true Grand Slam came to a stunning halt Saturday at Wimbledon as the top seed lost to American Sam Querrey.In a match interrupted Saturday by three rain delays after being suspended in progress because of showers a night earlier, the hard-serving Querrey ousted Djokovic 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5) in a third-round match at the All England Club.Congratulation to Sam. He played a terrific match, said Djokovic, who had won the past four major titles and was bidding to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win them all in the same year. He serves very well, as he usually does. I think that part of his game was brutal today. He made a lot of free points with the first serve. Just well done. He just overpowered me.Djokovic had won 30 consecutive Grand Slam matches, the longest such run by a man in nearly a half-century. He didnt just appear to be unbeatable at the majors. He was.No longer. His magical streaks are gone, including two successive titles at the All England Club and 28 Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances in a row, all brought to a sudden, stunning end by a player who has never participated in a major quarterfinal. With 31 aces against as good a returner as there is, Querrey did what no one else could for so long.He just overpowered me, said Djokovic, who added that he wasnt 100 percent healthy but wouldnt say what was wrong. He said he ? will not play in the Davis Cup quarterfinals against Britain this month.I believe in positive things in life, and I managed to win four Grand Slams in a row -- two different seasons, though, he said. I want to try to focus on that rather than failure.Play ended for the day at Wimbledon with four mens third-round matches suspended in progress Saturday night.That includes No. 7 Richard Gasquet leading Albert Ramos-Vinolas, No. 18 John Isner leading No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and No. 32 Lucas Pouille leading 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro, all by two sets to one.No. 15 Nick Kyrgios and No. 22 Feliciano Lopez were even at a set apiece.Things began looking bleak for Djokovic, the world No. 1, when the match began Friday and he dropped the first two sets against Querrey, an American ranked 41st. After play was halted by rain, a recurring theme in this contest and the tournament as a whole, Djokovic came back out Saturday and played much better.He took the third set, then went up a break in the fourth at 5-4 by pounding a forehand winner that brought coach Boris Becker to his feet. But serving to even the match at two sets apiece, Djokovic faltered.That game included two calls against Djokovic that, according to the BBC broadcast, were incorrect, but he was out of challenges and couldnt ask for a review. Querrey, 0-for-6 on break points in the set until then, converted No. 7 when Djokovics poor forehand volley found the net for 5-all.In the closing tiebreaker, Djokovic led 3-1, but Querrey hung in there, and a stray forehand by the big favorite sailed wide to end it.Probably not the best hes ever played, said Querrey, who plays Frances ?Nicolas Mahut? next, but not the worst hes ever played.Said Djokovic: I had my chances maybe in the fourth set, serving for the set. In the tiebreak, I was leading. Just wasnt feeling the ball as well as I wished. But thats sport.Its the first loss for Djokovic at any major tournament in more than a year: He was beatten by Stan Wawrinka in the French Open final in June 2015.dddddddddddd. Since then, Djokovic won his third trophy at Wimbledon last July, his second at the US Open in September, his sixth at the Australian Open in January, and his first at the French Open less than a month ago.As I said, you know, in sports everything is possible, Djokovic said. If youre playing somebody of as a high quality as Sam Querrey is on this surface with a big serve, anything can happen. I was a few points away from losing last year against Kevin Anderson in a very similar match on the same court. Sometimes it works in your favor, sometimes against. You got to deal with that.Laver remarked Saturday that he felt Djokovic might very well be the player who would end his distinction as the last man to win a calendar-year Grand Slam. But as he watched the match against Querrey, Laver said, he was struck by Djokovics lower-than-usual level of play.?That was sort of quite a surprise, seeing Novak getting knocked out. I thought he was going to get the title, Laver said in a telephone interview. I dont know whether it was the pressure or whether he wasnt feeling up to full power. ... It didnt look like he was ready to play a big match.Querrey, who became the first American to beat Djokovic at a Grand Slam event since Andy Roddick (2009), finished the match with 31 aces. Querrey improved to 21-1 in his career when he wins the first two sets.Im really excited. Its an unbelievable win, Querrey said in a postmatch interview before heading off to play doubles. To do it here at Wimbledon is really special. ... I ? served well the whole time, played a great tiebreaker at the end to get the win.He has never made it past the fourth round at any major. The last time an American man beat the No. 1 seed at a Grand Slam event, Andre Agassi ousted Lleyton Hewitt in the semifinals of the 2002 US Open.Querrey will be joined in the fourth round by countryman Steve Johnson, who ? beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-2 to reach the round of 16 for the first time in 17 Grand Slam appearances. Johnson will play Roger Federer? next.Andy Murray made his way into the fourth round by beating Australias John Millman 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.In other action, fifth-seeded Kei Nishikori also reached the fourth round -- equaling his best performance at the All England Club -- with a quick 7-5, 6-3, 7-5 win over Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia.Nishikori, who made only 14 unforced errors, will next face Marin Cilic, who beat the Japanese star in the 2014 U.S. Open final.Since then, Nishikori has won both of his matches with Cilic, both last year on outdoor hard courts. Their fourth-round match will be their first on grass.Other seeded players to advance include ? No. 11 David Goffin? and No. 14 Roberto Bautista Agut, who dispatched No. 19 Bernard Tomic in straight sets.Meanwhile, the second round was finally completed -- two days later than normal because of weather issues -- as Alexander Zverev? beat Mikhail Youzhny?6-4, 3-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2.Action will resume Sunday. Rain has been a real problem at Wimbledon this week, and organizers have decided to play on the middle Sunday for only the fourth time in the tournaments 139-year history.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '