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BGSU Begins MAC Schedule Wednesday at Ohio
January 04, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Falcons take on Bobcats at Convocation Center
The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, having closed the non-league portion of the schedule with 12 consecutive wins, now turns its attention to Mid-American Conference play ... the Falcons of head coach Curt Miller will head to Athens for a Wednesday (Jan. 5) game against Ohio University ... tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Convocation Center (13,168) ... Miller and his staff returned 10 letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's 27-7 team that won the MAC regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Championships.
BGSU NOTES & STATS - PDF
NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS
With last Wednesday's (Dec. 29) 73-64 victory at Butler, the Falcons have won 12 games this year ... the 2010-11 BGSU club has broken the school – as well as the Mid-American Conference – record for non-conference wins in a season ... the Falcons had never posted a double-digit non-league win total prior to 2006-07, but BG now has done so in each of the last five seasons.
NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS II
The Falcons' victory at Butler improved the team's record to 12-1 to date ... BGSU, as mentioned, has posted a double-digit win total in non-conference play for the fifth consecutive season, a MAC record ... in fact, no other MAC team has had more than two such years, consecutive or non-consecutive, in league history.
'SECOND SEASON' BEGINS: THE FALCONS VS. THE MAC
With the non-league schedule completed, the Falcons now embark upon the Mid-American Conference slate ... BGSU enters the Ohio game with an all-time record of 335-142 (.702) in MAC regular-season contests, the most wins and highest winning pct. of all league institutions ... and, BGSU leads the series with all 11 MAC foes, making the Falcons the only team in the league, obviously, with a winning series record against every other school.
FALCONS PICKED TO DEFEND MAC TITLES IN 2010-11
The Falcons were picked to win both the MAC's East Division and the conference tournament titles in 2011, according to the league's preseason poll ... BGSU received 43 of the 48 votes to win the East ... BG has won six consecutive MAC regular-season titles outright, and the Falcons have won four of the last six MAC Tournament crowns, including the 2010 title ... Toledo was picked to win the West Division ... the poll, with first-place votes in parentheses ...
EAST DIVISION
1 - Bowling Green (43); 2 - Kent State (5); 3 - Miami; 4 - Akron; 5 - Ohio; 6 - Buffalo
WEST DIVISION
1 - Toledo (40); 2 - Eastern Michigan (8);3 - Central Michigan; 4 - Ball State; 5 - Northern Illinois; 6 - Western Michigan
MAC TOURNAMENT: Bowling Green (37), Toledo (8), Eastern Michigan (2)
MAC OPENERS UNDER MILLER
The Falcons are 7-2 in MAC openers under Curt Miller, and BG has won six straight league lid lifters since a 72-70 home loss to Ball State in January of 2004 ... the Falcons have gone 7-2 in conference road openers under Miller, and BGSU has won the first MAC road game of the season in each of the last seven years ... BG's last loss in the MAC road opener came at Northern Illinois, 78-58, on Jan. 11, 2003.
A FEW MORE NOTES RE: NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS
• With a 12-1 record in non-conference play, BGSU posted a winning non-league record for the ninth-straight year ... BG is the only Mid-American Conference school to have turned that trick ... and, as mentioned, the Falcons have recorded at least 10 non-conference victories for a fifth consecutive season.
• BGSU had not had as many as three consecutive winning seasons in over a decade (since 1991-92 to 1993-94), prior to beginning the current streak ... now, of course, the Falcons have posted nine-straight winning seasons in non-conference action, for the longest such streak in school history.
• The 2010-11 team is the fifth in the last six years to tie or break the school record for non-conference wins in a season ... BGSU's total of nine non-league wins in 2005-06 tied the school record, before the '06-07 team had 11 to set a new mark (and a MAC record as well) ... the '07-08 and '08-09 teams also had 11 non-league wins, while last year's team had 10 ... the Falcons have had at least seven non-league victories in each of the last nine seasons.
• BGSU has set new school records for non-league wins in a four-year and a five-year period ... BG has had 44 non-conference victories over the last four seasons, going 44-10 (.815) since the start of the 2007-08 season ... in the last five years, the Falcons have gone 55-12 (.821) in games prior to the start of the MAC schedule.
• Since the start of the 2002-03 season, BG is 85-26 (.766) in regular-season, non-league games, for the most wins and highest winning percentage of any MAC school in that time ... if you still crave more information on BGSU's non-league history, please consult the complete year-by-year list in the PDF version of these notes.
WE'RE GOING STREAKING: FALCONS HAVE WON 12 IN A ROW
BGSU's 73-64 win over Butler (Dec. 29) increased the Falcons' current winning streak to 12 games ... this marks the ninth double-digit winning streak in school history, and the fifth in six seasons ... Curt Miller's teams had a double-figure win streak in each of four-straight seasons, including a school-record 25-game winning streak after an 0-2 start two years ago ... last year, BGSU did not have a win streak reach double digits, but the Brown and Orange had a pair of eight-game streaks.
FALCONS ARE STREAKY, PART II (AND III)
BGSU enters the week ranked on several national lists in terms of winning streaks ... the Falcons, as mentioned, have won 12 games in a row ... as of Monday afternoon, that is the fifth-longest streak in the country ... and, BGSU has won 20 consecutive games at Anderson Arena, the ninth-longest streak in the nation ... the Falcons' next home game is Saturday (Jan. 8) vs. Miami ... the lists can be found in the PDF.
BEST START IN SCHOOL HISTORY
The Falcons' 12-1 record marks the best start in school history ... the 2005-06 team began the year with a 9-1 mark, but lost the season's 11th game, in overtime at Kentucky ... that '05-06 club then proceeded to win the next 19 games to advance to the NCAA Championships.
PROCHASKA SETS AN NCAA RECORD
Most people couldn't make 70 consecutive layups in an empty gym ... senior Lauren Prochaska, however, set an NCAA Division-I record by hitting 70 consecutive shots from 15 feet away ... Prochaska was a perfect 6-of-6 from the free-throw line in the Falcons' win at Western Kentucky on Dec. 9, setting the record in the process ... Prochaska had broken her own BGSU record of 45-straight shots from the stripe in the Vanderbilt game (Dec. 1), then surpassed the Mid-American Conference mark in the win over Cal State Fullerton in the following game (Dec. 4).
LAUREN IS AMONG THE NATIONAL LEADERS ...
Senior Lauren Prochaska is seventh in the nation in free-throw percentage, according to the latest NCAA statistics, released Monday (Jan. 3) ... Prochaska has made 84 free throws in 89 attempts this year to date, good for a success rate of 94.4 percent ... she finished fifth in the nation in free-throw pct. last year (shooting 89.9% from the stripe) after leading the entire country as a sophomore (93.3%) ... Prochaska was 12th in the nation (86.7%) as a freshman in the 2007-08 season.
... AND SO ARE THE FALCONS
In the latest NCAA statistics, as mentioned, senior Lauren Prochaska ranked seventh in the country in free-throw percentage ... her teammates are doing just fine in that department as well, thanks ... as a team, the Falcons are ranked second in the nation in free-throw pct. in the latest rankings ... BGSU is shooting 80.6 percent from the stripe, trailing only Milwaukee (82.0%) in that category ... the Falcons shot 75.3% from the line last season, ranking second in the MAC and 22nd in the country ... two years ago, BG was fourth in the nation with a 79.4% rate.
70 IS A MAGIC NUMBER
BGSU has scored 70 or more points in 10 of the season's first 13 games, and the Falcons have posted a perfect 10-0 mark in those contests ... at the other end of the court, the Falcons have held all 13 foes under 70 points this year to date ... BG, obviously, is 12-1 in those games.
IS 300 IS A MAGIC NUMBER?
Wednesday's (Jan. 5) game at Ohio marks the 300th contest since head coach Curt Miller, associate head coach Jennifer Roos and assistant coach Brandi Poole arrived in Bowling Green ... the Falcons are 218-81 in that time.
PROCHASKA RANKS SECOND ON BGSU CAREER SCORING LIST
Senior Lauren Prochaska, 13 games into her senior season, resides in second place on the BGSU career scoring list, and has a total of 1,959 points in 115 games ... she trails only Jackie Motycka (2,122 points from 1985-89) ... Prochaska moved past Ali Mann (1,825 points from 2003-07) in the win over Seattle in late November ... Prochaska is averaging 17.0 points per game, the second-highest average in BGSU annals, in her storied Falcon career.
PONTIUS ALSO RESIDES IN THE TOP 20
With her first basket this season (in the opener at Evansville on Nov. 12), senior Tracy Pontius surpassed the 1,000-point mark for her career ... Pontius became the 24th player to reach the milestone ... heading into the Ohio game, Pontius has a total of 1,172 points as a Falcon ... over 1,000 of those points have come since the start of her sophomore season ... Pontius has moved into 18th place on the BGSU scoring list, having passed Andrea Nordmann (1,164 points) in the Butler game ... her next target is 17th-place Jacki Raterman (1,213 points).
TREY BIEN! PROCHASKA, PONTIUS AMONG BGSU'S TOP THREE
A pair of BGSU seniors sit high atop the school's three-point field-goal list ... Lauren Prochaska is the most prolific three-point shooter in BGSU history, and Tracy Pontius has moved into the top three ... through three seasons (plus 13 games), Prochaska has a total of 275 three-point field goals made ... she broke the BGSU record set by Liz Honegger (216 triples from 2003-07) last season ... Pontius now has 188 career threes, ranking third at BGSU ... Prochaska has a shot at breaking the MAC career record of 323 three-pointers made, set by Ball State's Audrey McDonald.
THREE-MENDOUS! MANY FALCONS CONNECTING FROM DOWNTOWN
Seniors Lauren Prochaska and Tracy Pontius are not the only Falcons with the capability to score from beyond the arc ... no fewer than 12 different players have hit at least one three-point field goal this season ... and, two the three players on the active roster who have not made a triple – senior Chelsea Albert and freshman Jill Stein – have not attempted one.
FALCONS AMONG NCAA LEADERS
BGSU, as mentioned, ranks second in the nation in free-throw percentage, according to the latest NCAA statistics ... the Falcons are ranked in the top-10 in the nation in no fewer than three other team categories ... BG is third in the nation in fewest turnovers per game (13.3), sixth in three-point field goals made per game (8.4) and ninth in win-loss percentage (92.3%) ... additionally, the Falcons are ranked 15th in the nation in scoring margin (+21.0) and 18th in assist/turnover ratio (1.08).
HOME COOKIN'
BGSU has enjoyed a great deal of success at home this year to date ... the Falcons are 7-0 at venerable Anderson Arena this season, and BGSU has won those seven games by an average of nearly 30 points ... the Falcons are averaging 83.6 points per game at home, having scored at least 79 points in all seven games ... BG is allowing just 54.3 ppg at "The House That Roars."
HOLDING ON TO THE BALL
• The Falcons have been successful at limiting turnovers this season ... as of the latest NCAA rankings (Monday, Jan. 3), BGSU was third in the nation in fewest turnovers per game (13.3) ... in each of the Falcons' 12 wins, the Falcons have committed fewer turnovers than the opponents.
• BG and Evansville each coughed the ball up 19 times in the Falcons' lone loss, in the season opener ... BGSU committed no more than 15 turnovers in any game over the next nine contests, before turning it over 17 times at Austin Peay ... the Falcons had only 12 turnovers in both the Canisius and Butler games.
• In the 12 wins, the Falcons have forced the opponent into an average of 18.2 turnovers per contest ... BG has forced 15 or more opponent turnovers in 12 of this year's 13 games, including 19 or more in eight of those contests.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons will enter the Ohio game with a record of 12-1 ... BGSU is 7-0 at home, 4-1 on the road and 1-0 in neutral-site games to date ... the Falcons have two of the longest current winning streaks in the nation, with 12-straight overall victories and a 20-game homecourt winning streak ... BG received 15 votes in Monday's (Jan. 3) Associated Press poll and 11 votes in last week's (Dec. 28) USA Today ESPN Coaches poll, and the Falcons were ranked second in the most recent CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25.
• The Falcons suffered a 63-62 loss at Evansville in the regular-season opener (Nov. 12), but BG has bounced back with 12-straight wins, the fifth-longest streak in the country ... BG swept a four-game homestand, with the victims including Creighton, Youngstown State, Oakland and Detroit ... the Falcons headed West and won a pair of games in the Seattle University Thanksgiving Tournament, downing UALR and the host school ... the Brown and Orange began December with two more wins at Anderson Arena, downing #23/23 Vanderbilt, 79-68, and dismantling Cal State Fullerton by 40 points ... then, BG went on the road and posted victories against Western Kentucky and Austin Peay, before ending the pre-holiday schedule with an 82-59 win over Canisius (Dec. 21) ... most recently, the Brown and Orange topped Butler, 73-64, in Indianapolis (Dec. 29).
• Senior Lauren Prochaska, the MAC Player of the Year in each of the last two seasons, is averaging a team-high 20.0 points per game, and also paces the Falcons with 6.5 rebounds per contest ... Prochaska has scored 20 or more points in eight games this year, including a season-high 31-point performance in the win over Vanderbilt ... classmate Tracy Pontius has 13.4 ppg to date ... Prochaska has made 34 three-point field goals this year, while Pontius has hit 29 shots from long range ... Prochaska and Pontius are shooting 43.0 and 33.7 percent from beyond the arc, respectively ... Prochaska is 84-of-89 (94.4%) from the free-throw line on the year, ranking seventh in the nation in that category ... she is 16th in the country in scoring, while Pontius ranks 20th in assist/turnover ratio (2.45) in the most recent NCAA listings.
• Head coach Curt Miller's starting lineup for each of the first 13 games has remained unchanged ... that lineup has included four seniors in Pontius, Prochaska, Maggie Hennegan and Jen Uhl, along with sophomore Chrissy Steffen.
• Steffen, Uhl and Hennegan rank third through fifth on the team in scoring ... Steffen has 9.0 ppg and ranks second on the Falcons in steals, with 1.7 per game (Prochaska has 1.8 spg) ... Uhl is averaging 8.7 points and 5.0 boards ... she is averaging 13.4 ppg over the last seven games ... Hennegan has scored 7.7 ppg this year ... she is second in rebounding, with 5.8 rpg, and leads the Brown and Orange in blocked shots, with 1.2 per outing.
• Pontius paces BGSU in assists (4.2 apg), with Prochaska ranking second (2.7 apg) ... Prochaska, as mentioned, leads the Falcons in steals, while Pontius is third in that category.
• BGSU returned 10 letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's team that won 27 games, captured MAC regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Championships ... the Falcons finished the 2009-10 season with an overall record of 27-7, and BGSU went 14-2 in MAC play ... BG won an outright MAC regular-season championship for the sixth-straight season, a conference record ... the Falcons earned the league's East Division title for the fifth consecutive year (after winning the West crown in 2005) ... BGSU won three more games in Cleveland to capture the MAC Tournament title for the fourth time in those six seasons ... the Falcons went 13-0 at home, 11-6 on the road and 3-1 in neutral-site games last year ... the neutral-site games came in the MAC Tournament and in the NCAA Championships.
• The Falcons lost the services of four seniors – Tara Breske, Laura Bugher, Sarah Clapper and Tamika Nurse – from a year ago ... the three fourth-year players were part of 113 wins, the second-highest total in school and MAC annals ... Nurse was in her first playing season in 2009-10 after transferring from the University of Oregon ... Breske, Bugher and Clapper averaged 28.25 wins per season and helped the Falcons go 57-7 in MAC regular-season games after their arrival on campus.
• Miller and his staff have six seniors on the 15-player active roster this year ... that group includes three returning starters in Prochaska, Pontius and Uhl ... Prochaska and Pontius each started all 34 games a year ago, while Uhl made 31 starts ... Prochaska, of course, has been named the MAC Player of the Year in each of the last two seasons, while Pontius earned all-league second-team honors in 2009-10.
• Hennegan, a co-captain along with Prochaska, played in all 34 games last season ... post players Chelsea Albert and Kelly Zuercher round out the senior class ... Zuercher played in 30 games off the bench last winter, while Albert appeared in 28 contests.
• The Falcons' lone junior is Jessica Slagle, who played in every game last season ... BG has a pair of redshirt sophomores in Maribeth Giese and Danielle Havel ... Giese played in two games early last season before suffering an injury and sitting out the rest of the season as a redshirt ... Havel sat out the entire campaign after transferring from DePaul University.
• The roster includes three true sophomores in Simone Eli, Allison Papenfuss and Steffen ... four newcomers join the program in 2010-11 ... that list includes a pair of guards in Jillian Halfhill and Noelle Yoder, along with post player Jill Stein ... additionally, Alexis Rogers joins the program, but will sit out this season after transferring from Duke University ... she will retain three seasons of eligibility.
• Slagle and Papenfuss each have played in all 13 games off the bench to date, and have 3.8 and 3.5 ppg, respectively ... Papenfuss has 3.2 rpg, ranking fifth on the team in that category.
• Havel also has seen action in all 13 games, while Zuercher has played in 12 and Albert 11 ... all 15 players on the active roster have played in at least seven contests.
• BGSU is shooting 41.8% from the field, 36.3% from three-point land and 80.6% from the free-throw line ... BG has allowed opponents to shoot just 37.2% from the floor and 26.5% from beyond the arc ... Falcon foes are shooting 65.3% from the stripe ... BGSU has made nearly twice as many free throws as the opponents, and the Falcons have made 20 more free throws than the foes have attempted.
LAST TIME OUT
The Falcons closed the non-conference portion of the schedule on a successful note with a 73-64 win at Butler last Wednesday (Dec. 29) ... the win enabled BGSU to set a school record for non-league wins in a season, going 12-1 ... the Falcons have posted a double-digit win total in non-conference play in each of the last five years ... senior Lauren Prochaska had a game-high 28 points to pace four double-figure scorers for the Brown and Orange ... sophomore Chrissy Steffen, a native of nearby Carmel, Ind., had 13 points and a career-high eight rebounds ... seniors Tracy Pontius and Jen Uhl had 11 and 10 points, respectively, with Uhl pulling down eight boards to tie Steffen for game honors ... Chloe Hamilton had 17 points to lead four Bulldogs in twin figures ... the Falcons never trailed, but Butler erased a double-digit deficit, coming all the way back to tie the game late in the first half ... BGSU, however, ended the half on a 10-0 run, regaining the lead for good ... that run began when senior Maggie Hennegan hit a turnaround fadeaway jumper, and Steffen followed with a three-pointer from in front of the Butler bench ... Uhl drained two free throws, and Prochaska's triple with 17 seconds left gave BG a 36-26 lead at the break ... the Falcons opened up a 58-40 lead with 11 minutes left, but BU went on a 12-1 run, holding BG without a field goal for six-and-a-half minutes ... but, the Falcons answered BU's run with a modest 6-0 run of their own, upping the lead to double figures once again.
A QUICK LOOK AT OHIO
Ohio will enter Wednesday's game with an overall record of 4-9 ... the Bobcats are 3-4 at home and 1-5 on the road this year to date ... Ohio saw a two-game winning streak come to an end with a 62-53 loss at UNC Wilmington last Wednesday (Dec. 29) ... that win streak had included home triumphs over Presbyterian and Cleveland State just prior to Christmas ... the team's other victories came at home against Memphis and on the road against Marshall ... individually, junior guard Tenishia Benson leads the team in scoring, with 14.6 points per game ... Benson also paces the 'Cats in rebounding, with 7.5, and steals, with 2.8 per outing ... sophomore forward Alesia Howard and freshman guard Ashley Fowler have 7.9 and 7.4 ppg, respectively ... Fowler has made a team-leading 19 three-point field goals this year ... Fowler and Howard each have started all 13 games to date, while Benson has made 12 starts ... four other players have started between six and eight games apiece ... Benson did not play in the UNCW game, as junior center Thia Gholson (4.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg) and freshman guards Symone Lyles (3.5 ppg) and Shavon Robinson (4.4 ppg) joined Fowler and Howard in the starting lineup for head coach Semeka Randall ... Randall, in her third season at the Bobcat helm, welcomed back six letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's club ... the 2009-10 team went 8-22 overall and 4-12 in MAC play ... the school's athletics web site is OhioBobcats.com.
THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Ohio, 47-20, in the all-time series between the teams, and BGSU has won the last four meetings ... last year, the Falcons captured both games, including a 77-42 decision in the team's last trip to the Convocation Center (Jan. 9, 2010) ... then, the Brown and Orange picked up a 73-57 victory at Anderson Arena a month later (Feb. 13, 2010) ... Ohio's last series win was a 68-66, double-overtime decision in the semifinal round of thte 2008 MAC Tournament (March 14, 2008) in downtown Cleveland ... BGSU has won six consecutive road games vs. the Bobcats ... Ohio's last win over the Falcons in 'The Convo' was a 74-68 triumph in the first round of the 2002 MAC Tournament, ending Curt Miller's initial season at BG ... Miller has a record of 13-4 against Ohio in his BGSU career.
YOU LOOK VERY FAMILIAR
Former Falcon standout Megan Thorburn is in her first season on the Ohio women's basketball staff ... Thorburn, a 2007 graduate of BGSU, was a senior on the 2006-07 Falcon team that advanced all the way to the 'Sweet Sixteen' of the NCAA Championships.
UHL BE SWELL, UHL BE GREAT
Senior Jen Uhl had 10 points in the Falcons' win at Butler, her sixth double-figure scoring total in the last seven games ... after scoring a total of 19 points over BG's first six games, Uhl has scored 94 in the last seven (an average of 13.4 ppg in that time) ... she has more than doubled her season scoring average, from 3.2 ppg to 8.7 ppg, over that seven-game span.
PONTIUS MOVING UP BGSU ASSISTS LIST
Senior Tracy Pontius had a career-high 10 assists in the win over Fullerton (Dec. 4), in the process moving past Judit Lendvay (304 from 1989-93) into eighth place in school history ... heading into the Ohio game, Pontius now has a career total of 327 assists.
THE FALCONS ARE/WERE ...
• 12-1 this season to date; after going 27-7 last season and 29-5 in 2008-09;
• 14-2 in the MAC last winter, winning a sixth-straight league regular-season title;
• 218-81 since Curt Miller took the BGSU helm in May of 2001;
• 108-36 in MAC games in that time:
• 209-62 overall in the eight years (plus 13 games) since Miller's assistant coaches have all been in place (associate head coach Jennifer Roos and assistant coach Brandi Poole have been on Miller's staff since his first year; assistant Kevin Eckert joined the staff one year later);
• 197-46 over the last seven-plus years, with 2009-10 marking BG's seventh-straight season of at least 20 wins;
• a staggering 176-36 in the past six-plus years, with no fewer than 23 wins and a MAC regular-season title in each of the last six seasons;
• an eye-popping 153-28 overall and 73-7 in the MAC regular season in the last five-plus years, with at least 26 wins each year;
• a/an (insert your own adjective here) 125-25 in the last four-plus years, including a 57-7 conference ledger;
• 94-21 overall, and 42-6 in MAC regular-season games, since seniors Chelsea Albert, Tracy Pontius, Lauren Prochaska, Jen Uhl and Kelly Zuercher began their respective playing careers at BGSU;
• 68-13 since junior Jessica Slagle and redshirt soph Maribeth Giese ventured to NW Ohio;
• 39-8 in the BGSU playing careers of senior Maggie Hennegan and sophomores Simone Eli, Allison Papenfuss and Chrissy Steffen (2009-10 was Hennegan's first playing season at BGSU, after she sat out the prior year as a transfer from Saint Louis Univ.);
• 91-9 in the last 100 games vs. MAC opponents (regular-season and tournament);
• A perfect 50-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field in the Miller Era;
• 179-10 when having a better FG pct. than the opposition in Miller's tenure, including a 51-0 mark in the last two-plus seasons;
• 165-26 when making more free throws during Miller's first nine-plus years;
• 131-12 when outrebounding the opponent in the Miller Era;
• 44-4 in MAC home games in the last six seasons, including three 8-0 marks;
• 36-4 in MAC road games over the last five years (with the losses coming in 2007-08 at Ball State, in '08-09 at Miami and last year at Toledo and Central Michigan);
• 15-2 in the MAC Tournament over the last six years, with four titles (2005, '06, '07 and 2010), a championship-game appearance last year, and a trip to the semis in 2008;
• 39-16 overall in the MAC Tournament since it was instituted in 1982;
• 27-11 in MAC Tournament contests played at a neutral site;
• 17-4 at Gund/Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the MAC Tournament;
• 18-5 in MAC Tournament games in the Miller Era;
• 17-3 at "The Gund"/"The Q" under Miller;
• 35-3 in all non-conference home games since the start of the 2003-04 season;
• 31-2 against non-league foes at Anderson Arena since November of 2004;
• 5-13 in 13 national postseason appearances (including a 3-10 record in the NCAA Championships and a 2-3 mark in WNIT trips); and
• 4-6 in national postseason action under Miller (including a 2-4 mark in the NCAAs and a 2-2 record in the WNIT).
CLOSING THE DOORS OF THE HOUSE THAT ROARS
The 2010-11 season is the final year that BGSU's teams will call Anderson Arena home, and there are many events planned as part of the year-long celebration ... the All-Anderson teams for men's and women's basketball, announced in October, will be recognized at a home game ... for the BGSU women, the All-Anderson Team recognition is scheduled for the Feb. 5 game vs. Ball State ... the final women's home regular-season game inside "The House That Roars" will be on March 2 vs. Buffalo ... on March 5, the year-long festivities will culminate with the B!G Event, a final farewell celebration at 8:00 p.m. ... this once-in-a-lifetime event will be attended by hundreds of Falcon faithful, as well as members of all three All-Anderson Teams, other former letterwinners, current players and coaching staff members ... for more information, contact the athletics department at 419-372-2401 or rlynv@bgsu.edu.
6-0
• The Falcons' win over Butler came on assistant coach Kevin Eckert's birthday ... BGSU is now a perfect 6-0 in games played on Eckert's birthday since he joined the BG staff ... five of those wins have come away from home.
• The Falcons completed a perfect month of December, going 6-0 ... that marks the team's first unbeaten month since BGSU went 7-0 in February of 2009 – part of a 25-game win streak that winter.
CAPTAINS
Seniors Maggie Hennegan and Lauren Prochaska are the captains of the 2010-11 Falcons ... Hennegan is a captain for the second consecutive year ... she was chosen as a captain before ever playing her first game as a Falcon.
