Bowling Green State University Athletics
Women's Basketball Heads To Eastern Kentucky
November 20, 2000 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 20, 2000
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GAME #2 * BGSU at Eastern Kentucky * Tue., Nov. 21, 2000
McBrayer Arena * Richmond, Ky. * 7:30 pm
BGSU PROBABLE STARTERS
F 22 Francine Miller 5-11 Jr. Kalida, Ohio 18.0 ppg 5.0 rpg F 31 Afra Smith 5-9 Sr. Madison, Wis. 20.0 ppg 6.0 rpg C 32 Karen Stocz 6-0 So. Cortland, Ohio 6.0 ppg 4.0 rpg G 12 Lindsay Austin 5-7 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio 15.0 ppg 4.0 apg G 24 Angie Farmer 5-9 Sr. Wayland, Mich. 20.0 ppg 5.0 rpg
THE GAME: The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, having won the season-opening game, takes to the road for the first time in the 2000-01 season, as the Falcons (1-0) face Eastern Kentucky University. Tipoff for the game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at McBrayer Arena (6,500) in Richmond, Ky.
Following the EKU game, the Falcons will head to Auburn, Ala., for the Lady Tiger Classic on Friday and Saturday (Nov. 24-25). BGSU will face Charleston Southern in the first round Friday at 3:00 p.m., before meeting either IUPUI or host Auburn on Saturday. IUPUI and AU will meet in Friday's first game, at 1:00 p.m. Start times for Saturday action are also set for 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. at Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum (10,500).
COACH DEE KNOBLAUCH: Falcon head coach Dee Knoblauch is in her third season at her alma mater, and has a record of 25-31. Knoblauch (pronounced: kuh-NOB-low), a 1983 graduate of the University, assumed the reins of the Falcon program on August 21, 1998.
Knoblauch, in her 14th season as a head coach, has an overall record of 207-150 (.580). She came to BGSU after 11 seasons at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. Over her final five years there, she led the Purple Raiders to a 116-32 mark (.784), including three NCAA Tournament appearances and two NCAA Division III "Final Four" berths.
As a player, Knoblauch was a two-time All-MAC Second-Team selection, and she was named to the Academic All-MAC First Team as a senior. She led the league in assists in each of her last two seasons, and still holds all of the school records in that category.
ABOUT THE FALCONS: BGSU sports a 1-0 record on the young season, having opened the 2000-01 campaign with a 95-88 win over Youngstown State at venerable Anderson Arena Saturday. In that game, four of the Falcons' five starters hit double digits in the scoring department.
Seniors Afra Smith and Angie Farmer each scored 20 points, while junior Francine Miller had 18. Freshman point guard Lindsay Austin had 15 points, four assists and three steals in her collegiate debut. Smith's six rebounds led the Brown and Orange in that department, while both Miller and Farmer had four assists to match Austin for the team lead.
BGSU finished the 1999-2000 season with an 11-17 overall record, and the Falcons ended MAC play with an 8-8 record after winning the last four games. The Brown and Orange saw a five-game winning streak come to an end with a loss to Western Michigan in the quarterfinal round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
The Falcons were 6-5 at home, 4-8 on the road and 1-4 in neutral-site contests a year ago.
BGSU shot .509 from the floor in the YSU game, while holding the Penguins to a .372 success rate. The Falcons went 35-of-43 (.814) from the free-throw line and 6-of-16 (.375) from beyond the three-point arc.
SCOUTING EKU: Eastern Kentucky enters the BGSU game with a 1-1 record ... the Lady Colonels split two games at the Ramada Inn Tip-Off Classic, hosted by Morehead State, over the weekend ... EKU lost to Texas A&M, 96-88, Saturday (Nov. 18) before posting the team's highest point total since the 1993-94 season with Sunday's 116-80 win over Glenville State ... EKU welcomes back 10 letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's team ... that squad went 13-15 and placed fifth in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 10-8 mark ... in addition to the three returning starters -- junior guard Mikki Bond, senior center Candice Finley and sophomore guard Teresa McNair -- the Lady Colonels also welcome back senior forward Larrya Wall and junior forward Charlotte Sizemore ... both Wall and Sizemore suffered season-ending knee injuries early last year ... through two games, freshman guard Katie Kelly leads the team with 15.5 points and 3.5 assists per game off the bench ... Finley is averaging 15.0 points, while Bond and Wall each average 13.0 points ... McNair has a team-best 7.0 rebounds per game ... head coach Larry Joe Inman has utilized his bench in the first two games, as no player averages more than 21 minutes per game, but a total of 10 players are averaging at least 12.5 minutes ... junior forward Zoey Artist joins Bond, Finley, McNair and Wall in the EKU probable starting five ... Inman is 186-145 in his 13th year with the Lady Colonels ... he has a record of 347-218 in his 21st season as a collegiate head coach.
THE SERIES: The Falcons trail Eastern Kentucky, 2-1, in the all-time series between the schools, and the teams have not met in nearly 12 years. The Lady Colonels won the lone meeting in Richmond, 83-79, in the 1982-83 season. The teams split a pair of games at Anderson Arena, with the Falcons winning the most recent contest by an 88-74 count (Dec. 7, 1988).
BG & EKU - GAME-BY-GAME:
12/2/82 at Eastern Kentucky 83, BGSU 79 12/17/83 Eastern Kentucky 60, at BGSU 58 12/7/88 at BGSU 88, Eastern Kentucky 74
LAST TIME OUT: The Falcons opened the season on a winning note, downing Youngstown State, 95-88, at Anderson Arena Saturday (Nov. 18) ... seniors Angie Farmer and Afra Smith had 20 points apiece, while junior Francine Miller had 18 ... freshman point guard Lindsay Austin had 15 points in her collegiate debut ... Miller, who would later get in foul trouble, scored the first seven points of the game, and BGSU never trailed in the contest ... but, the Penguins would make things interesting ... the Falcons opened up a 16-point halftime lead, and led by as many as 20 (60-40) early in the second half ... but, YSU came back to get as close as three points with 2:54 left ... the Falcons hit their free throws down the stretch, however, and the Brown and Orange sealed the win ... YSU's Brianne Kenneally, the two-time Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year, had 33 points and seven assists.
FIVE FALCONS DEBUT VS. YSU: A total of five Falcons made their respective collegiate debuts in BGSU's win over Youngstown State Saturday ... true freshmen Lindsay Austin, Emily Pohl, Kelly Kapferer and Stefanie Wenzel saw action, as did redshirt freshman Pam Brown ... Austin and Pohl split time at the point guard spot, with Austin getting the start (see next two notes for more info. on Austin) ... Pohl scored two points and added a rebound and an assist in 11 minutes of action ... Wenzel had five points and five rebounds in her 13 minutes of action ... she hit her only three-point attempt, and three of her boards came at the offensive end of the floor ... Kapferer had a pair of rebounds and an assist in six minutes ... Brown had two caroms in her five minutes.
YOUNG AT THE POINT: It is safe to say that the Falcons will start a freshman at the point-guard spot ... both of the team's point guards are frosh ... Lindsay Austin got the start in the win over Youngstown State ... she had a solid debut, with 15 points, four assists and three steals ... she made all three of her field-goal attempts, and showed a propensity for getting to the free-throw line ... Austin went 9-of-11 from the charity stripe ... she played 29 minutes in the win ... Emily Pohl, the other freshman point guard, saw 11 minutes of action.
FIRST FROSH TO START OPENER SINCE...: Point guard Lindsay Austin became the first freshman to start the opening game of the season in four years ... the last freshman to start the opener was Sherry Kahle in the 1996-97 lidlifter against Notre Dame (Nov. 23, 1996).
SUCCESS IN HOME OPENERS: The Falcons kept a rather impressive streak going in the Youngstown State game ... BGSU has now captured 12 of the last 13 home openers ... the only loss among the last 13 home-opening contests came to nationally-ranked Notre Dame, an eventual national semifinalist, in 1996.
INJURY REPORT: The Falcons played without sophomore guard Kim Griech in the YSU game, and suffered another setback when senior center Jackie Adlington went down in the first half of that contest ... Griech missed the game with a sprained ankle suffered in practice Friday (Nov. 17), and should be available for action at EKU ... Adlington, however, broke her foot and will be sidelined at least four weeks.
A FEW MORE NOTES FROM THE YSU GAME: The Falcons shot .509 from the field against Youngstown State ... BGSU made 50% or more of the team's shots from the floor only three times in 28 games last year, going 2-1 in those contests ... the Falcons won despite allowing over 80 points for the first time since a 98-93 overtime win over Eastern Michigan on Feb. 20, 1999 ... BGSU was 0-10 when allowing 80 or more points last winter.
1999-2000 FALCONS ENJOY LATE-SEASON SUCCESS: BGSU is looking to build upon the success enjoyed late last season ... after going nearly all year without winning back-to-back games, the Falcons had a 6-16 overall record (and a 4-8 MAC mark, tied for the 11th seed) on Valentine's Day ... the Brown and Orange rallied to win five consecutive games, including road wins against Akron and Buffalo to close the regular season, winding up in a deadlock for fifth place overall ... BG capped off the win streak with a victory over Ohio in the MAC Tournament First Round, before seeing the season come to an end with a quarterfinal loss to Western Michigan ... the Falcons ended the year with an overall record of 11-17, and BGSU went 8-8 in MAC regular-season play.
MILLER ON PRESEASON ALL-MAC TEAM: Junior Francine Miller was named to the preseason All-MAC Team in October ... voting for the five-player team was conducted by members of the MAC News Media Association.
HONORS ARE NOTHING NEW FOR MILLER, THOUGH: Junior Francine Miller heads a cast of eight returning letterwinners for the Brown and Orange in 2000-2001 ... last year, Miller became just the second sophomore in school history to earn all-league first-team laurels, joining Jackie Motycka in that exclusive club ... Miller led the 1999-2000 Falcons in scoring (17.1 ppg), field-goal percentage (.468), and free-throw accuracy (.856), and ranked second on the club in rebounding (7.0 rpg), assists (2.4 apg) and steals (1.6 spg).
TREY BIEN! FALCONS SET NCAA RECORD FOR THREE-POINTERS MADE: It is safe to say that the 2000-2001 edition of the Falcons will probably attempt a great many shots from behind the three-point arc ... the three-point shot is a staple of a Dee Knoblauch-coached team ... in fact, last winter, the Brown and Orange set a new NCAA Division I record for three-point field goals made per game ... BGSU sank 259 treys in 28 contests, for an average of 9.25 per game ... the only previous team to average more than nine triples per game was the 1993-94 South Carolina team (9.19) ... (Iowa State also cracked that barrier last year, averaging 9.09 treys per outing.) ... BGSU's total of 259 successful treys smashed the MAC record of 234, held by the 1993-94 Kent (28 games) and Toledo (32 games) squads ... the Falcons broke the league record in the season's 26th game.
FREE-THROW SUCCESS, TOO: Nearly lost in all the three-point hoopla last season was the fact that the 1999-2000 Falcons also led the nation in free-throw percentage ... BGSU converted charity tosses at a school-record .773 rate, making 340 free throws in 440 attempts ... the old school record of .760 was set by the 1997-98 team.
MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME: In the first 12 seasons after the three-point shot was adopted (1986-87 to 1997-98), Bowling Green teams made a total of 666 three-pointers in 1890 attempts ... over the last two years, BGSU's totals are nearly 60 percent of the totals during those first 12 years ... Knoblauch's teams made 394 treys in 1,110 tries.
THREE BALL, CORNER POCKET: In Mid-American Conference play last season, the Falcons averaged almost 10 three-point field goals made per game, with 159 successful triples in 16 games ... in the eight conference games played at venerable Anderson Arena, the Falcons made an average of 11.75 three-pointers per game, shooting an eye-popping .461 from behind the arc in those eight games ... BGSU made at least eight treys in each MAC home game.
IS THAT A NEW RECORD? Before Dee Knoblauch returned to campus, the school records for three-point field goals made and attempted in a season were 97 and 296, respectively ... Knoblauch's first team made 135 treys in an even 400 attempts, and last year's squad shattered the records yet again, making a MAC-record 259 triples in 710 attempts.
FARMER FIRES FOR THREE: Angie Farmer returns for her senior year after shattering the BGSU seasonal records for three-pointers made and attempted ... Farmer sank 78 treys in 186 attempts last winter, and her .419 success rate ranked sixth on that BGSU single-season list ... four players - Farmer, Francine Miller (43, fifth), Sherry Kahle (42, sixth) and Jaymee Wappes (39, eighth) - cracked the BG season list for three-pointers made.
MILLER MAKES 'EM, TOO: While Farmer was setting the single-season school record for three-pointers made last year, Francine Miller was setting the three-point percentage mark ... Miller's .453 success rate from behind the arc (43-of-95) broke the previous record of .439, set by Farmer in the 1998-99 campaign ... Miller entered her junior season as the career leader in that category, with a .443 rate (77-of-174), and went 1-of-4 from long range against Youngstown State ... she now has a .438 percentage, still good enough to make her the all-time leader in that category.
JUST A TYPICAL NIGHT: The Falcons' game vs. Mississippi last Nov. 26 set the tone for the entire season ... in the third game of the year, BGSU and Ole Miss combined to make 31 three-pointers in 75 attempts, in the process setting NCAA single-game records for two teams ... at the time, BG's 14 successful three-pointers set a school record, but as the year went on, the effort would prove to be just a typical output for the Brown and Orange (see next note).
WRITE THOSE RECORDS IN PENCIL: Entering last season, the school record for three-pointers made in a game was 12 ... BGSU hit double digits in that category no fewer than 12 times last year, including a 16-for-38 performance -- both school records -- in a win over Akron (Jan. 26).
57 GAMES AND COUNTING: The Falcons have made at least one three-point field goal in every game during the Dee Knoblauch Era ... BGSU has drained a triple in each of the last 57 games, a school record ... the last time the Falcons were held without a trey was on March 1, 1998 ... the previous school record was 29-straight games on two occasions -- most recently, in the 1993-94 (last five games) and 1994-95 (first 24 games) seasons.
ANDER-RIFFIC! In eight home conference games last season, the Falcons made an average of 11.75 three-point field goals per contest ... BGSU shot an eye-popping .461 from three-point range in those games, having made 94 treys in 204 attempts ... the Falcons made at least eight triples in each game, and drained 67 in the last five home contests combined ... adding in the MAC Tournament first-round game against Ohio, the Falcons were 102-of-223 (.457) from long range against league foes at Anderson.
THE STREAK: The Falcons went most of the 1999-2000 season without ever winning back-to-back games, but changed that in a big way ... BGSU won five consecutive games prior to the season-ending loss to WMU ... that streak was the longest since the 1997-98 team won eight games in a row in January and February.
DOUBLE TROUBLE: Junior Francine Miller has a total of 10 double-doubles in her career ... nine of those double-doubles came last year, including four in MAC play and another in the first round of the conference tournament.
FARMER EARNS ACADEMIC HONOR: Angie Farmer was named to the 1999-2000 GTE Academic All-District IV University Division Team late last February ... the team is made up of student-athletes from NCAA Division I schools in the states of Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee ... Farmer entered her senior year with a 3.85 cumulative GPA as a secondary education (social studies) major ... she ranked second on the Falcons in scoring last winter, and set the school's seasonal records for three-point field goals made and attempted.
TRIPLE YOUR FUN: Several current Falcons are ranked among the BGSU career three-point leaders ... junior Francine Miller is ranked first on the all-time BGSU list for career three-point percentage (.438, 78-of-178), while senior Angie Farmer is third (.419, 113-of-270) ... sophomore Kim Griech is seventh on that list (.366, 26-of-71) ... Farmer is in second place all-time with 113 three-pointers made, while Miller is tied for fifth with 78 ... Farmer has moved into third place with 270 career three-point attempts, while Miller is seventh with 178 triple tries ... on the single-season lists, Farmer owns the school records with 78 treys made and 186 attempted last season ... Miller made 43 treys last year, good for fifth-most all-time, and set a new school record by shooting .453 from long range.
CAPTAIN'S LOG: BGSU seniors Angie Farmer and Afra Smith have been chosen as team captains for the 2000-2001 season.
FALCON PLAYER NOTES
JACKIE ADLINGTON: Senior from Toledo, Ohio ... broke her foot in the YSU game ... likely will be sidelined for several weeks ... started the YSU contest ... played seven minutes vs. the Penguins, with two rebounds, two assists and a steal ... 2000-01 marks her first full season with the Falcons after transferring from Cleveland State ... started the first exhibition game at center ... scored six points vs. the Premier All-Stars, and had six rebounds and a pair of assists in 19 minutes ... missed the second exhibition game ... was out of town visiting a sick friend.
ANDREA AULT: Freshman from Urbana, Ohio ... has not seen action as of yet.
LINDSAY AUSTIN: Freshman from Cincinnati, Ohio ... started at point guard vs. YSU ... had 15 points, four assists and three steals in 29 minutes ... went 3-of-3 from the field and 9-of-11 from the free-throw line ... started each exhibition game ... had eight points and a game-high four steals vs. Premier All-Stars ... two of the steals led to breakaway layups.
PAM BROWN: Redshirt freshman from Warren, Ohio ... saw the first playing time of her career, with two rebounds in five minutes vs. Youngstown ... did not suit up for the first exhibition, but made her Falcon debut in the second ... saw one minute of action vs. WBC Ilirija, missing her only shot attempt.
ANGIE FARMER: Senior from Wayland, Mich. ... started against YSU, and tied for team honors with 20 points ... also had five rebounds and four assists ... in exhibition play, had all 11 of her points in the game's final 3:33 vs. Premier All-Stars, including three triples ... scoring outburst sparked a game-ending 15-3 run for BG ... also had a game-high nine rebounds, including four at the offensive end ... had 13 points and five boards in second exhibition.
KIM GRIECH: Sophomore from Tallmadge, Ohio ... missed the YSU game due to a sprained ankle ... had eight points off the bench in the first exhibition, adding two rebounds ... had two points in the second game.
RACHAL HAMILTON: Redshirt sophomore from Castalia, Ohio ... has not seen action this season.
MEGAN JEROME: Sophomore from Marion, Ohio ... played nine minutes vs. YSU, with one point and a pair of rebounds ... had two points, two assists and a rebound in seven minutes vs. Premier All-Stars ... had one board in five minutes against WBC Ilirija.
KELLY KAPFERER: Freshman from Jefferson, Ohio ... had two rebounds and an assist in six minutes against YSU ... scored four points, adding five rebounds and a steal in just 10 minutes vs. Premier All-Stars ... came off the bench for eight points and a team-high seven boards in the second game ... played 30 minutes in that game, against WBC Ilirija.
FRANCINE MILLER: Junior from Kalida, Ohio ... a Preseason All-MAC selection for 2000-01 after earning all-league first-team honors last year ... had 18 points in just 19 minutes vs. YSU ... went 5-of-9 from the field and 7-of-8 from the line ... added five rebounds, four assists, a block and a steal ... scored the game's first seven points, but spent the rest of the contest in foul trouble ... led the team in scoring in each exhibition ... had 20 points and a game-high eight assists vs. Premier All-Stars ... scored 14 points and had six rebounds vs. WBC Ilirija.
EMILY POHL: Freshman from Fowler, Mich. ... played 11 minutes vs. YSU, with two points, a rebound and an assist ... split time with Lindsay Austin at the point in each exhibition ... averaged 20.5 minutes per game in preseason play ... scored five points vs. Premier All-Stars, and had two points and a pair of steals against WBC Ilirija.
AFRA SMITH: Senior from Madison, Wis. ... tied for team honors with 20 points against YSU ... had a team-high six rebounds to go along with two assists and two steals ... was 8-of-12 from the floor and 4-of-5 from the stripe ... had five points and four boards vs. Premier All-Stars ... 12 points against WBC Ilirija.
KAREN STOCZ: Sophomore from Cortland, Ohio ... scored a career-best six points and added four rebounds vs. YSU ... her 19 minutes played also represented a career high ... had four rebounds in 11 minutes of action vs. Premier All-Stars ... made the start at center against WBC Ilirija ... had four points, all from the foul line, in eight minutes.
STEFANIE WENZEL: Freshman from Sussex, Wis. ... had a solid debut for the Brown and Orange ... scored five points and had five rebounds in just 13 minutes against YSU ... hit her only three-point attempt ... three of her boards came at the offensive end ... also had a steal ... did not see action in either exhibition game.
DANA WESTERN: Junior from Whitestown, Ind. ... scored eight points off the bench vs. YSU ... had 18 points vs. Premier All-Stars, going 8-of-14 from the floor ... scored three points and added two boards and two steals vs. WBC Ilirija.
