Bowling Green State University Athletics
Women's Basketball Hosts Miami Wednesday
February 27, 2001 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 27, 2001
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GAME #27 - BGSU VS. MIAMI
WED., FEB. 28, 2001 - ANDERSON ARENA
BOWLING GREEN, OHIO - 7:00 P.M.
SERIES: BGSU LEADS, 29-19
LAST MEETING: AT MIAMI 88, BGSU 61 (FEB. 12, 2001)
BGSU PROBABLE STARTERS
F 22 Francine Miller 5-11 Jr. Kalida, Ohio 13.9 ppg 4.4 rpg F 31 Afra Smith 5-9 Sr. Madison, Wis. 8.0 ppg 3.1 rpg C 34 Pam Brown 6-0 Fr. Warren, Ohio 6.3 ppg 4.4 rpg G 12 Lindsay Austin 5-7 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio 7.0 ppg 3.7 apg G 24 Angie Farmer 5-9 Sr. Wayland, Mich. 10.6 ppg 2.5 rpg
THE GAME: The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team prepares for the final game of the 2000-01 regular season, with a homecourt berth for the league tournament hanging in the balance. The Falcons (10-16 overall, 6-9 Mid-American Conference) face Miami University (15-10, 9-6 MAC) in a Wednesday (Feb. 28) contest. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at venerable Anderson Arena (5,000).
Following the MU game, the Falcons will open the MAC Tournament with a Saturday (March 3) game, at a site to be determined. The Falcons will face either Western Michigan University or Ohio University, but could be at home or on the road for the tourney's first round.
The MAC Tournament continues with quarterfinal games Tuesday (March 6) at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Semifinal and championship-game action is March 9 and 10, respectively.
THANKS, SENIORS: Tonight's game marks the final home regular-season action of the 2000-01 season for the Brown and Orange, and the three seniors on the Falcon roster will be honored this evening. Seniors Jackie Adlington, Angie Farmer and Afra Smith will be recognized for their contributions to the program.
MAC TOURNAMENT SITUATION: The Falcons have a magic number of one over Western Michigan in the race for the eighth overall (and final homecourt) seed for the MAC Tournament. A BGSU win over Miami, or a WMU loss to Eastern Michigan in Wednesday action in Kalamazoo, would clinch a homecourt berth for the Brown and Orange.
The Falcons (6-9 MAC) have a one-game lead on WMU and Ohio (both 5-10). Ohio and WMU each can do no better than match the Falcons' current total of six MAC wins. BG holds the tiebreaker over the Bobcats by virtue of a sweep of the season series between the teams.
WMU, however, holds the tiebreaker over the Brown and Orange by virtue of an 86-70 win in Kalamazoo on Jan. 31.
COACH DEE KNOBLAUCH: Falcon head coach Dee Knoblauch is in her third season at her alma mater, and has a record of 34-47. 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 216-166 (.565). 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 record of 10-16 on the season, and the Falcons are 6-9 in MAC play. After opening league action with four consecutive wins, the Falcons lost the next five contests. BG has gone 2-4 in the last six games, and will enter the Miami game looking to break a two-game losing streak.
Last week, the Falcons suffered an 86-50 loss to Eastern Michigan Wednesday (Feb. 21) before falling at Buffalo by a 76-66 count three days later.
BGSU has enjoyed a measure of success at home this year, but the team has struggled in hostile venues. The Falcons are 6-4 at Anderson Arena, 2-12 on the road and 2-0 in neutral-site contests this year. In MAC play, BGSU is 5-2 at home and 1-7 on the road.
Individually, junior Francine Miller leads the team in scoring, with 13.9 points per game. Miller, an All-Mid-American Conference First-Team selection last year, has hit double digits in scoring in 15 of her 20 games, including in eight of the last nine.
Senior Angie Farmer is second on the team with 10.6 points per outing. She tied her season-high output with 20 points vs. Marshall (Feb. 17).
Senior Afra Smith is third with 8.0 points per game, while sophomore Kim Griech averages 7.6 points. Junior Dana Western is fifth on the squad with 7.2 markers per contest.
Freshman Lindsay Austin (7.0 ppg), redshirt freshman Pam Brown (6.3 ppg) and senior Jackie Adlington (5.5 ppg) also are averaging in excess of five points per game. Adlington, however, missed the last three games due to a foot injury. She is expected to be in uniform vs. Miami.
From long distance, several Falcons have posted impressive shooting percentages. Farmer is shooting .418 from behind the arc, having made 41 of her 98 three-point field-goal attempts. She has a team-high 2.0 treys per game. Western is shooting .414 (29-of-70) from long distance, while Griech is shooting .374 (40-of-107) from beyond the arc. Miller is now shooting .347 (33-of-95) from long range.
Overall, Miller leads the team with 101 field goals made (5.1 per game), while Smith has 83. Brown is shooting .455 from the floor on the year, having gone 70-of-154. Smith has a .454 percentage (83-of-183), and freshman Kelly Kapferer is shooting .458 (38-of-83). In limited action, Adlington has shot 28-of-57 from the field (.491).
Western currently leads the team in rebounding (4.8 rpg), followed by Miller (4.4 rpg) and Brown (4.4 rpg). Adlington is averaging 6.4 boards in her 11 games, and has led the team in rebounding in eight of the last nine contests in which she has seen action. She has paced the team in that category in every game in which she has played more than six minutes.
Austin leads the team with 3.7 assists and has 1.5 steals per game, while Miller has averaged 3.0 assists and has 1.7 steals in her 20 games to date. Western averages 1.3 steals and paces the team with 24 blocked shots on the year (0.9 bpg).
BGSU is shooting .413 from the floor, while the opponents have a field-goal percentage of .438. The Falcons are sinking free throws at a .729 rate, while the opponents are shooting .722 from the stripe. BG is shooting .368 from three-point range and averaging 6.96 triples per game, while the foes have shot .325 from behind the arc.
In MAC games only, Miller leads the team with 14.4 points per game, while Farmer has 11.1. Adlington has a team-high 6.8 rebounds per game, followed by Kapferer and Western with 4.0 apiece. As a team, the Falcons are shooting .739 from the charity stripe and .357 from three-point land, while averaging 7.13 treys per game in league play.
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 MAC Tournament.
SCOUTING MIAMI: Miami enters Wednesday's game with an overall record of 15-10, and the RedHawks have a MAC record of 9-6 ... MU has clinched a homecourt berth for Saturday's opening round of the MAC Tournament ... the RedHawks have won the last two games, and five of the last six contests ... most recently, MU dismantled Akron by a 94-32 score Saturday (Feb. 24) ... the 'Hawks are 5-7 on the road this year, including 3-4 in league action ... individually, freshman center Kim Lancaster leads the team in scoring and rebounding, with 14.0 and 5.6 boards ... sophomore guard Heather Cusick has 13.6 points and a team-best 5.4 assists, while senior guard Jenny Martin averages 9.1 points ... sophomore forward Jana Butler (5.8 ppg), freshman forward Colleen Day (6.3 ppg) and sophomore guard Beth Roederer (7.4 ppg) join Lancaster and Cusick in the probable starting lineup ... last year, MU finished 16-12 overall and 9-7 in the MAC ... Maria Fantanarosa has a record of 42-37 in her third year with the RedHawks ... she is 49-57 in her fourth year as a collegiate head coach.
THE SERIES: The Falcons lead the all-time series with 11 of the 12 MAC opponents (BG trails Buffalo, 4-2), and the Falcons hold a 29-19 advantage in the series with Miami ... the RedHawks, however, took this year's first meeting, pulling away for an 88-61 victory just over two weeks ago (Feb. 12, 2001) ... the teams split last year's two meetings, with the host team winning in each case ... BGSU won last year's meeting at Anderson, 82-79, on "Senior Day," (Feb. 19, 2000), and the Falcons have won the last three home games vs. MU ... BGSU is 14-8 all-time in home games vs. the Redskins/RedHawks.
LAST TIME OUT: Buffalo seniors Mari McClure and Tiffany Bell combined for 52 points as the Bulls defeated the visiting Falcons Saturday (Feb. 24) ... on UB's "Senior Day," the Bulls' four seniors had 56 of the team's 76 points ... McClure had a game-high 31 points, and also had eight rebounds and seven assists ... Bell scored 21 points and tied McClure for team honors with eight boards ... for the Falcons, junior Francine Miller led the way with 14 points, including 12 in the second half ... senior Angie Farmer added 12 points, while classmate Afra Smith also hit double digits with 10 points in the game ... redshirt freshman Pam Brown had nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds, as the Falcons held a 39-38 advantage on the boards ... the teams traded baskets in the early going, before the host Bulls went on an 11-0 run to take an 18-7 lead with six minutes gone ... UB led by as many as 17 points (39-22) late in the first half, before the Falcons rallied to within 11 points at the break ... in the second stanza, the Falcons got within eight points, at 50-42, but an 8-0 UB run, capped by a McClure hoop, gave UB a 16-point margin with just 8:02 remaining ... Farmer got hot at that point, however, converting a conventional three-point play to start a 12-2 BG run over the next 4:30 ... Farmer scored seven of the Falcons' 12 points during that stretch, and the UB lead was just six points with 3:32 left ... BG could get no closer than that margin, however ... UB went 11-of-14 from the free-throw line in the final two minutes, with Bell and McClure combining for all of those tosses ... for the game, the Bulls shot 40 free throws to the Falcons' 16 ... BGSU shot .391 for the game, making 25-of-64 shots, and the Falcons were held to a 4-of-14 performance from three-point range.
MILLER REACHES MILLENNIAL MARK: Francine Miller's prolific scoring effort vs. Marshall (a school record-tying 35 points) moved her up the career chart as well ... she hit a three-pointer with 5:31 remaining in the game, to become just the 16th player in school history to amass 1,000 career points ... Miller became just the fifth player in BGSU annals to reach 1,000 career points as a junior ... she enters the Miami game tied for 15th in school history, with a total of 1,027 career points in 75 games ... Miller is fourth all-time with a points-per-game average of 13.7.
FARMER ON ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAM: Senior Angie Farmer was named to the Verizon Academic All-District IV University Division Team, it was announced last Wednesday (Feb. 21) ... Farmer, who maintains a 3.78 cumulative GPA as a secondary education (social studies) major, earned second-team honors for the second consecutive year ... the district team is made up of student-athletes from NCAA Division I schools in Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee ... to be nominated, student-athletes must be a starter or important reserve on the team, and carry a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or higher ... team members are selected by a vote of members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) within the district.
EVERYONE'S A THREAT: Senior Jackie Adlington hit the first three-pointer of her Falcon career in the second Ohio contest (Feb. 7) ... Adlington became the 11th different Falcon to hit a trey this season ... 10 of those players had drained a "three" by the fifth game of the season ... a total of 10 different players hit a trey last year, as well as in 1998-99 ... prior to the Dee Knoblauch Era, the most players to hit a trey in the same season was seven.
ADLINGTON ADDS A LOT: Over the past few weeks, senior Jackie Adlington has asserted herself as a force to be reckoned with ... she suited up for the Central Michigan game (Jan. 9), marking her first time in uniform since the season opener ... Adlington had not played since breaking her foot vs. Youngstown State (Nov. 18) ... she played just one minute against Central, but averaged 7.6 points and a team-high 8.3 rebounds in the next eight games ... after totalling four points and nine rebounds in her first nine games as a Falcon, she amassed 61 points and 66 boards in the next eight games ... Adlington set or tied her BGSU high in either scoring or rebounding in four-straight games ... in the first Buffalo meeting (Jan. 27), she set BG bests with 14 points and 11 rebounds, posting the first double-double of her brief Falcon tenure ... Adlington also had 11 boards at Akron (Feb. 10), and led the Falcons in rebounding in eight consecutive games ... she suffered a foot injury after playing just three minutes at Miami (Feb. 12), and missed the next three games ... she is likely to return for tonight's rematch with Miami ... Adlington has led BGSU in rebounding in each game this year in which she has played more than six minutes.
ANDER-RIFFIC! Believe it or not, the Falcons' total of six three-pointers made against Kent State (Feb. 3) is the team's lowest total in a MAC home game in two years ... 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 ... this year, the Falcons have totalled 59 treys in seven MAC home games ... adding in the MAC Tournament first-round contest vs. Ohio last February, BGSU is averaging 10.1 treys and shooting .433 (161-of-372) over the last 16 home games vs. MAC teams ... the Falcons have made at least six triples in every one of those games.
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 ... this year, the Brown and Orange sank a season-high 12 in the first Akron meeting, and added 10 at Ohio, nine vs. both CMU and Marshall, and eight on four occasions ... BGSU has made a total of 266 successful triples in the last 31 MAC regular-season contests (8.58 per game).
INJURY REPORT: The Falcons have had their share of injuries, and then some, this season ... senior Jackie Adlington suffered a foot injury after just three minutes of the Feb. 12 Miami game ... she missed the Marshall, EMU and UB games, but is likely to suit up for the Miami contest ... sophomore guard Megan Jerome was diagnosed with a stress fracture in her back on Feb. 2, and will miss the remainder of the season ... Dee Knoblauch's team actually went through the month of January relatively injury-free after playing five December games without three starters -- Adlington, fellow senior Angie Farmer and junior Francine Miller.
WHO'S STARTING NOW? Last year, only seven different players started at least one game ... this season, a total of 11 different players have made at least one start ... no player has started all 26 games, and only freshman Lindsay Austin has started 25 contests ... coach Dee Knoblauch has utilized 11 different starting lineups this season, including a recent stretch in which she used six different lineups in as many games ... she used only three different combinations during all of last season, and used the same lineup for the last 19 games of 1999-2000.
FALCONS IN NCAA RANKINGS: The Falcons were listed in two categories when the NCAA released the latest national statistics ... as a team, BGSU was 10th in the nation in three-point field goals per game, with an average of 7.13 through games of Feb. 19 ... BGSU, of course, set a national record in that category last year, making 9.25 treys per game ... individually, senior Angie Farmer was tied for 11th in the nation in three-point percentage, with a success rate of .429 ... after the EMU and UB games, the Falcons are averaging 6.96 triples, while Farmer is shooting .418 from behind the arc.
NEED TO GET TO THE LINE: The Falcons have been on the short end of the free-throw statistics over much of the MAC season ... in the Western Michigan game (Jan. 31), BGSU attempted a total of just two free throws to the Broncos' 31 ... at Akron (Feb. 10), BG had seven FT attempts to Akron's 38 ... BG had 23 free-throw attempts, the team's most in MAC play this season, at Miami, but the RedHawks had 30 tries ... over the last eight games, the Falcons are averaging 12.8 free-throw attempts to the opponents' 29.5 ... BG is averaging 14.1 charity tosses in MAC games, to the foes' 27.5.
82 GAMES AND COUNTING: The Falcons have made at least one three-point field goal in every game during the Dee Knoblauch Era ... in fact, BGSU has drained a triple in each of the last 82 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.
FARMER'S FREE THROWS: Senior Angie Farmer entered the season with a career free-throw percentage of .813, and has done nothing to hurt that stat this year ... this season, she has missed just three free throws in 59 attempts, for a .949 success rate ... she made her first 22 free-throw attempts of the MAC campaign, including sinking all 10 charity tosses in the win over Akron ... Farmer enters the Miami game with a league-leading .957 conversion rate (45-of-47) in conference play.
STILL SHOOTING (AND MAKING) THE TREY: The three-point shot is a staple of a Dee Knoblauch-coached team ... 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 ... through 26 games this season, the Falcons are averaging 6.96 three-pointers made per contest ... Bowling Green has made at least five treys in all but four games this season.
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 1,890 attempts ... over the last two-plus years, BGSU's totals are over 86 percent of the totals during those first 12 years ... entering the Miami game, Dee Knoblauch's teams have made 575 treys in 1,599 tries since she became head coach of her alma mater.
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) ... the Falcons have hit double digits three times in 2000-01, including twice in MAC play to date ... BG made 11 treys vs. Charleston Southern, 12 against Akron and 10 at Ohio ... the Falcons have made at least six three-pointers in 12 of the 15 MAC games this year.
SMART, VERY SMART: The BGSU women's basketball team has had a great deal of success in the classroom ... as a team, the Falcons have a grade-point average of 3.13 through the fall semester ... eight of the team's 14 players have a cumulative GPA of 3.28 or better, led by sophomore Megan Jerome at a perfect 4.00 through her first three semesters at the University ... senior Angie Farmer has a 3.78 GPA.
SMART, VERY SMART II (OR, "FOUR-POINT GUARDS"): The Falcons' four true freshmen seem to have successfully made the transition to college life ... in addition to receiving regular playing time on the court, all four had a GPA of 3.45 or better during their first semester on campus ... point guards Lindsay Austin and Emily Pohl each had a perfect 4.00 GPA in the fall, while Stefanie Wenzel had a GPA of 3.76 ... Kelly Kapferer had a 3.45 GPA in the fall ... on the hardwood, Austin, Kapferer and Pohl all have played in every game this year, while Wenzel has seen action in 16 contests.
TRIPLE YOUR FUN: Four current Falcons are ranked among the BGSU career three-point leaders ... senior Angie Farmer is currently in second place on the all-time school list for career three-point percentage (.421, 152-of-361), while junior Francine Miller is third (.409, 110-of-269) ... sophomore Kim Griech is seventh on that list (.371, 66-of-178), while junior Dana Western is in eighth place (.368, 53-of-144) ... Farmer is second all-time in three-pointers made, while Miller has moved into sole possession of third place ... Griech is eighth and Western ninth on that list ... Farmer is second in three-point attempts, while Miller is now tied for fourth ... Griech is eighth and Western ninth.
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 ... currently, the 2000-01 squad is on a pace to make "only" 195 treys.
