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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- All-American guard Kelsey Mitchell had 18 points to lead four Ohio State players in double figures and the No. 7 Buckeyes beat Duquesne 89-69 on Friday in the opener for both teams.Stephanie Mavunga had 15 points and 14 rebounds for the Buckeyes in her first game since transferring from North Carolina. Sierra Calhoun, a Duke transfer, had 13 points and Shayla Cooper 12.Mitchell, an AP first-team selection in 2016 as a sophomore and a second team member in 2015, was third in the nation last season when she averaged 26.1 points.Chassidy Omogrosso led the Dukes with 17 points. Julijana Vojinovic had 16 and Amadea Szamosi 13.Mitchell only scored seven points in the first half. She played 34 minutes and went 6 of 17 from the field and 2 of 9 on 3-pointers.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, but Ohio State got a basket by Cooper and two more by Mitchell to build the lead to 63-42 with 2:30 left in the third.Mavunga is a redshirt junior transfer from North Carolina who was first team All-ACC in 2014-15 for the Tar Heels when she averaged 14.4 points and 9.6 rebounds as a sophomore and had 15 double-doubles. She sat last season per NCAA transfer rules.Calhoun played 13 games for Duke in 2014-15 and averaged 10.1 points and 3.8 rebounds.Duquesne stayed with the Buckeyes early before the Buckeyes went on an 18-6 run to finish the first quarter. OSU then pulled away after a stretch of cold shooting by the Dukes. They went scoreless for 4:16 and missed all eight field shots as the Buckeyes scored seven straight points to go ahead 45-24 before Szamosi scored with 34 seconds remaining in the half.Ohio State was 26-8 last season when it reached the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2011. Duquesne, 28-6 last season, advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.ON THE BOARDSOhio State finished ahead 55-33, with 23 offensive boards. The Buckeyes had 22 second-chance points compared to nine for the Dukes.TAKING A STANDBoth teams participated in the latest YouTube craze, the Mannequin Challenge, filmed in various still positions for a minute during warm-ups.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. .OSU State coach Kevin McGuff had a 10-2 record vs. Duquesne as coach at Xavier. This was his first meeting as the Buckeyes coach.Ohio State: The Buckeyes returned to their original home for the game because Value City Arena hosted a mens hockey team later. OSU first played in St. John Arena in the 1974-75 season and have won 265 games and lost 65. 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ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Theo Riddick proved he could be an effective, pass-catching running back last season.Riddick caught 80 receptions for the Detroit Lions in 2015, his third year in the league.Until Ameer Abdullah was hurt last week, though, Riddick hadnt carried the ball more than seven times in a game.That is about to change.The Lions, without Abdullah for at least eight weeks, are giving Riddick a chance to be an every-down running back in the NFL.I think youve seen hes more than capable, coach Jim Caldwell said.The Lions put running back Abdullah on the reserve-injured list with a foot injury Wednesday, pushing Riddick up the depth chart.Abdullah hurt his left foot on a 24-yard run in the second quarter of a loss Sunday to Tennessee and didnt return. The 2015 second-round pick ran for 101 yards on 18 carries and had five receptions for 57 yards and a touchdown for the Lions (1-1) this season.Riddick will likely replace Abdullah in the starting lineup Sunday at Green Bay (1-1) and will be backed up by rookie Dwayne Washington.He definitely fits the way they like to play, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said, with this scheme and the ability to spread the ball around and create favorable looks for the running back position, Theo does a great job of taking advantage of that.The 5-foot-9, 201-pound Riddick had a career-high 11 carries for 37 yards against the Titans and caught four passes for 28 yards. In the season-opening win at Indianapolis, he matched a career high with seven rushing attempts and had 108 yards of offense and two scores.Every time we hand him the ball, he seems like hes picking up positive yards, quarterback Matthew Stafford said. Hes doing it in the passing game like he always has, but doing a really nice job in the run game.Washington is a 6-1, 223-pound powerful runner, giving Detroit a complement to Riddicks ability to juke defenders and run past them. Washington, a seventh-round pick from Washington, has carried the ball six times for 32 yards and a score.dddddddddddd. He earned a spot Stevan Ridley was expected to have this season.Zach Zenner, who was inactive for the first two games, gives the Lions another option out of the backfield. The former South Dakota State star made Detroits team as an undrafted free agent and started in one game and played in five more, getting 17 carries for 60 yards before broken ribs and a partially collapsed lung ended his season. Zenner insisted playing in the preseason this year prepared him to play at Green Bay in what would be his first NFL game since Oct. 18, 2015.Somebody has to take a few more carries than they would have ordinarily, Caldwell said. And, obviously I think we have a number of guys that can do that for us.The Lions signed wide receiver Aaron Dobson to take Abdullahs roster spot. The New England Patriots, with current Detroit general manager Bob Quinn, drafted Dobson in the second round three years ago. He had 53 catches for 698 yards and four touchdowns from 2013 to 2015 with the Patriots.Game notes The Lions practiced without defensive end Ezekiel Ansah and linebacker DeAndre Levy, two of their best players on defense. Ansah played very little Sunday against Tennessee before leaving the game with an injured left ankle. Levy was inactive against the Titans because of a quadriceps injury. ... Detroit added depth at running back by signing George Winn to its practice squad along with linebacker Zaviar Gooden. 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