The Mad Max wrecking-mobile known as Kelsey Mitchell was out of gas and running on vapors. The Ohio State sophomore guard was spent, having expended her energy eradicating West Virginia defenders.
Mitchell does not play basketball so much as shove the game down your throat, driving the ball from point A to point B in straight-line fury. It is wondrous to watch, and frightening to defend. She also burns fuel so fast that the Buckeyes might be wise to employ a pit crew to work the bench. On that note, if No. 3 seed Ohio State makes it to the Final Four in Indianapolis — and that remains a real possibility after Sunday’s 88-81 victory against the No.