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ESTERO, Fla. -- A big lead was gone, and No. 8 Ohio State looked to be in trouble.Kelsey Mitchell wasnt bothered whatsoever.Mitchell scored 24 points, including 3-pointers on consecutive possessions early in the fourth quarter after her team fell behind, and the Buckeyes held off No. 11 Syracuse 77-72 on Saturday night in the semifinals of the Gulf Coast Showcase. The Buckeyes (5-1) led by 15 points early in the second half before needing to rally.They just came in the rhythm of the offense, Ohio State coach Kevin McGuff said of Mitchells two big 3-pointers late. Shes such a great player and makes a lot of big shots.The Buckeyes (5-1) will meet No. 5 Baylor on Sunday in the championship game.Theyve got a great team, talented, well-coached, McGuff said of the Bears, who rolled past DePaul in Saturdays other semifinal. Theyre the biggest team in college basketball and weve got a great challenge on our hands. But thats why we came to this tournament.Sierra Calhoun scored 19 points, Stephanie Mavunga had 13, and Shayla Cooper grabbed 10 rebounds for Ohio State.Alexis Peterson led all scorers with 29 points for Syracuse (4-2). Brittney Sykes had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Gabby Cooper scored 12 for Syracuse -- which will meet No. 18 DePaul in the consolation game Sunday.Petersons 3-pointer from the left wing with about 40 seconds left tied the game at 72. But she was called for a blocking foul as Mitchell dribbled near the sideline on the next Ohio State possession, and the Buckeyes star coolly hit both to put her team back up by two.Another free throw made the lead 75-72, and Petersons deep 3-point try from the right wing in the final seconds was short. A pair of free throws then closed the scoring.We played really well in the second quarter and the start of the third quarter, McGuff said. Then our defense really started breaking down and you cant give a team like Syracuse open 3s.Syracuse needed only 1:49 of the first quarter to put together an 11-0 run, with four different players doing the scoring and the last three baskets in that stretch all coming from 3-point range.But the Buckeyes controlled much of the rest of the half, taking a 44-34 lead into the locker room and pushing the margin out to 15 early in the third quarter.Syracuse wasnt done.A 7-0 run got the Orange within two late in the third, and Sykes layup with 7:37 left put Syracuse back on top 62-60. Thats when Mitchell answered with the back-to-back 3-pointers, and Buckeyes would not trail again.BIG PICTURESyracuse: The Orange have now dropped two of their last three games after a 3-0 start to the season. Each of those three games have been of the down-to-the-wire variety. ... Cooper was 4 for 16 from the field -- 0 for 1 from 2-point range, and 4 for 15 from 3-point range.Ohio State: Both of the Buckeyes games in the tournament so far have been close in the fourth. ... Ohio State outscored Syracuse 32-16 in the paint.SPLIT DECISIONPeterson went 1-1 on Saturday.The native of Columbus, Ohio was rooting for No. 2 Ohio State to beat No. 3 Michigan in football earlier in the day -- and the Buckeyes took care of her wishes, prevailing 30-27 in double overtime. But her wish to beat the Buckeyes fell short, despite her season-high point total.UP NEXTSyracuse: Faces No. 18 DePaul on Sunday in the tournament consolation game.Ohio State: Faces No. 5 Baylor on Sunday in the tournament championship game. Gerry Cheevers Bruins Jersey . Houston won 3-0 to advance to face New York in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Last in the game, Di Vaio and Romero got into a shoving match with several Houston players. 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While the Dodgers are preparing for the playoffs, the Padres showed their future has promise behind two rookies. SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- Hes very fast, very young and very confident. He races on the limit, upsets other drivers and cares little when he does. Hes also great for Formula One.Max Verstappen may not be winning many friends among other drivers -- especially those from Ferrari -- but his aggressive, unapologetic, fearless driving is wonderfully entertaining for fans.The 18-year-old Dutchman is the youngest to win a race and to start from the front row of the grid, and hes also just what F1 needs in an era of fading former champions.Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen and Jenson Button are all in their mid-30s. Although three-time champion Lewis Hamilton is clearly very much on top of his game, and his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg is highly competitive, both drivers are 31.Verstappens star factor drew more than 20,000 Dutch fans to the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend. Legions of orange-clad fans queued at the entry gates. Dutch flags were dotted around the Spa grandstands.He is refreshing for me. He is a young boy that I like a lot, Mercedes head of motorsport Toto Wolff said. He comes in here, no fear, no respect. He puts the elbow out and it reminds me of the great ones. It reminds me of Lewis and it reminds me of Ayrton Senna.High praise indeed, from Wolff, who might have added that Verstappen also has some of the brashness that typified seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher. Wolff has expressed regret that Mercedes was not able to snap Verstappen up before Toro Rosso did last year.You can clearly see that some guys around are starting to think twice how to overtake him, Wolff said, before adding a note of caution about Verstappens high-risk driving. I just fear that it might end up in the wall heavily one day. For me it is refreshing, but it is danngerous.ddddddddddddIn May, Verstappen drove brilliantly to win the Spanish GP on his Red Bull debut -- joining from feeder team Toro Rosso after just four races of this season -- and he followed that up with three more podium finishes.At the Belgian GP, his second place in qualifying set another record as the youngest driver ever to start on a front row of the grid.His talent is unquestionable, but his attitude is, and the feeling in F1 circles is that Verstappens tender age means he gets away with things that other drivers do not.The FIA has not penalized him. The only thing that happened was that he was given a hard time in the drivers briefing, Wolff said. Maybe next time he will have an even harder time in the driver briefing.Especially from Raikkonen and his Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel.Raikkonen criticized him after last months Hungarian GP and again after the Belgian GP.There was a high-profile tangle between Verstappen and both Ferraris on the first turn on Sunday. Later in the race, Verstappen infuriated Raikkonen with some aggressive blocking moves when the 36-year-old Finn tried to get past him at high speed.Maybe it needs an accident before things get more clear to everybody, Raikkonen said. Hopefully not because it can be bad for somebody, and nobody wants to see something like that happen.Verstappen, however, appears to care little for reputation, does not get pushed around, and his vitriolic words match the intensity of his driving.Blaming Ferrari, he was quoted as telling Dutch TV after Sundays race Im not going to let them past, Id rather force them off the track, reportedly adding in the end Im the victim. ' ' '