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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- It has been a while since Ohio State redshirt junior forward Stephanie Mavunga had played in real game. She nearly forgot how much the game had changed since she last played for North Carolina in the 2014-15 season.Still, she managed to score 15 points and grab 14 rebounds to help the No. 7 Buckeyes beat Duquesne 89-69 on Friday in the opener for both teams.Last season the womens game switched from two, 20-minute halves to four, 10-minute quarters. Mavunga was first team All-ACC for the Tar Heels before she sat last season per NCAA transfer rules.I remember asking my teammates, `We play quarters? Mavunga said. Even though I watched it last year, its different when you actually got on there and played quarters. That was a little change I wasnt used to.She was one of four Buckeyes in double-figure scoring. All-American guard Kelsey Mitchell managed 18 points; Sierra Calhoun had 13 points and Shayla Cooper 12.Calhoun last played 13 games for Duke in 2014-15. She also had to sit out last season when the Buckeyes went 26-8 and reached the NCAA Sweet 16.Being a fan on the bench, thats fun, too, learning things, she said. But its extremely fun to get out there on the court and playing with your teammates and having a good time.Mitchell played 34 minutes and finished 6 of 17 from the field, including 2 of 9 on 3-pointers. She was an AP first-team selection in 2016 when she was third in the nation in scoring at 26.1 points.Sometimes you have to remind her how good she is, Ohio State coach Kevin McGuff said. Shes so hard on herself that she wants everything to go perfectly, and she wants to impact the team in such positive ways that shes not her normal self.Chassidy Omogrosso led the Dukes with 17 points. Julijana Vojinovic had 16 and Amadea Szamosi 13.The Buckeyes led 46-26 at the half and increased the lead to 55-29 midway through the third quarter. Duquesne went on a 12-2 run to make it 57-41 before OSU pulled away.I hate to say this, theres no moral victories, but to be only 20 down to a team of that caliber with such youth that we have, Im not overly disappointed, Duquesne coach Dan Burt said.ON THE BOARDSOhio State held a wide margin in rebounds, 55-33, including 23 offensive boards. The Buckeyes had 22 second-chance points compared to nine for the Dukes. We made plenty of mistakes, but we played hard, McGuff said. We rebounded, so we limited their ability to get second shots.QUOTABLEWhen you graduate a backcourt like we had graduate and we literally had one guard with experience, youre always going to be concerned when you play a possible Final Four team, Burt said.TIP-INSDuquesne: The Dukes are 24-20 in season openers. . Although Duquesne dropped to 1-6 vs. the Buckeyes, the Dukes won the most recent game against them, 71-67 on Dec. 18, 2010, in Columbus.Ohio State: The Buckeyes returned to their original home for the game because Value City Arena hosted a mens hockey game. OSU first played in St. John Arena in the 1974-75 season and have won 265 games and lost 65. This was the Buckeyes 26th game in the building since the move to Value City Arena before the 1998-99 season.UP NEXTDuquesne hosts Lehigh on Sunday.Ohio State hosts No. 4 South Carolina on Monday.Cheap Stitched Dolphins Jerseys .Y. -- Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills defence made life miserable for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco. Youth Cornell Armstrong Jersey .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. http://www.wholesaledolphinsjerseys.com/ . Blackwood, 28, has played the last three seasons in the San Diego Padres system, including the past two summers with Class AA San Antonio of the Texas League. 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He told ESPNs Lisa Salters the call was made after consulting with coaches Mike McCarthy and Chuck Pagano, as well as NFL chief operating officer Tod Leiweke.?Both teams remained at the stadium, which instead hosted a fan fest-type event. According to Baker, fans will receive refunds.?I thought it was a joke at first, honestly. Sort of like a pull-your-leg preseason type of a joke, Colts quarterback Andrew Luck told ESPN, which was to broadcast the game. I understand that someone had to make a very tough decision, and I respect that. But I know Im disappointed. I wanted to get back on the field, obviously, with what happened last year. This is one of those first steps back.In a joint statement, the NFL and NFL Players Association said that while they were disappointed for our fans, player safety is our primary concern.There was a lot of conversation but, at the end of the day, youve got to make a decision, and the decision was made for player safety, McCarthy said. Its not how you got there or why you got there.One Packers player described it as like cement at midfield, where workers spent more than an hour trying to make it playable.The end zones are just as bad, the same player said about 90 minutes before the scheduled 8 p.m. ET kickoff.?The paint on the logo wont allow a cleat to penetrate it, a Colts source said. A definite hazard to player safety.According to another source, the problem was made worse when workers tried to use heat to dry the excess paint, as that melted the rubber pellets in the field turf.Colts owner Jim Irsay called it a very unusual situation.Earlier in the day the league and the association looked at the field, and it was playable, Irsay said. Then there was some painting that occurred.Baker said he was made aware of the issue at 5:30 p.m. ET, at which point he went out to the field and met with representatives from both teams.?We were trying to see if we could get the field good to play with about two hours before the game; even up to almost 90 minutes we were hoping that a wash-down and a certain attempt to make it right could be found, Irsay said.dddddddddddd In the end, we found that we werent able to do that with the time crunch that we have. Obviously we didnt want to delay the game for hours or anything like that.Said ESPN in a statement: While disappointed, we support the NFLs decision as the safety of the players is paramount. We look forward to the debut of football in Los Angeles next Saturday night.?Baker said there were still some guys who wanted to play, but that they respected the decision to cancel the game.?The disappointing part is [fans] not getting a game from us, said Packers receiver Randall Cobb, though he echoed the need to prioritize player safety.NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told ESPNs Darren Rovell that the league will work with the Packers and Colts to sort out their own financial reimbursement for a game not played.Packers fan Mike Wallenfang, who was visiting from Green Bay with his two sons, said he thought the fans should have been informed sooner, as they werent told anything officially until Baker addressed the crowd.?Added fellow fan Don Hayes: Its bad enough that it took me 12 hours to get here from Green Bay because of road construction. I understand the need for the players safety, but its definitely frustrating. This is the NFL -- theyre designed to have the fields ready at any given time. And to sit here and not know the paint wasnt going to work, its kind of ridiculous.Resale ticket marketplace StubHub issued refunds in full on Sunday night for those who bought tickets off its exchange. A spokesman for the company did not immediately return calls seeking comment as to how much money the site lost on the games cancellation.Sundays game was to be the ninth event held at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. This is not the same surface used in last years Hall of Fame Game, in which Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham suffered a season-ending injury.Well learn from this, without a doubt, Baker told Salters. Were going to make sure this never happens again.Asked whether the induction ceremony and game should be held at a different venue in the future to avoid such issues, Packers president Mark Murphy said, I think thats a question for later, but I think the league and the Hall of Fame, and as owners and myself and others from the Packer organization -- when we get together at league meetings, I think we need to look at some of those issues.ESPNs Darren Rovell contributed to this report.? ' ' '