Ohio State women’s guard Dasha Biriuk enters transfer portal

Ohio State Buckeyes guard Dasha Biriuk (7) reacts in the second half of the NCAA basketball game against the Norfolk State Spartans at Value City Arena on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 in Columbus, Ohio. | Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images It has been a quiet two weeks for Ohio State women’s basketball after the Buckeye fell to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.

In those weeks, hundreds of players expressed their intent to enter the portal when it opened on Monday, but none on the 11-player Ohio State roster. That changed on Monday when guard Dasha Biriuk announced on Instagram her entrance into the portal. View this post on Instagram Biriuk made 20 appearances for the Buckeyes this season, and nine came in Big Ten play.

The guard never broke through into a consistent spot on Ohio State’s roster when head coach Kevin McGuff decided instead to go with fellow freshman Bryn Martin. When Biriuk did play, she showed glimpses of offensive prowess, something that McGuff touted early in the season when the Ukrainian guard played most of her minutes. Biriuk’s best game came against Niagara University where she scored 25 points in 26 minutes.

In that game, Biriuk went 5-for-6 beyond the arc. The guard’s family moved to the United States in 2022 during the Russian invasion of their home nation. After Biriuk arrived, she began playing at The Webb School where her side won the Tennessee state title twice in three seasons.