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Bowling Green State University Athletics
BGSU Battles Bucknell Wednesday
December 01, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 1, 2003
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BOWLING GREEN (2-2)
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BUCKNELL (1-2)
Game #5
Wed., Dec. 3, 2003
7:00 p.m.
Sojka Pavilion (4,000)
Lewisburg, Pa.
RADIO: WBGU-FM (88.1)
Series: First Meeting
The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, coming off a tournament runner-up finish, will take to the road once again this week ... the Falcons of third-year head coach Curt Miller will head to Lewisburg, Pa., for a Wednesday (Dec. 3) game vs. Bucknell University ... that game will begin at 7:00 p.m. at Sojka Pavilion (4,000).
Following the BU game, the Brown and Orange will return home for a Saturday (Dec. 6) contest vs. IPFW ... that game will be the second half of a Falcon basketball doubleheader at Anderson Arena (4,700) ... the BGSU men play Northwestern at 1:00 p.m., with the women's game scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. ... the Falcons are currently 2-2 on the year, after going 1-1 in the Flint Hills Resources Islander Classic over the weekend.
Memorial Coliseum - Corpus Christi, Texas
Friday, November 28 BGSU 70, SE Missouri State 60 TAMU-Corpus Christi 88, Prairie View A&M 37Saturday, November 29 SE Missouri State 85, Prairie View A&M 38 (Consolation) TAMU-Corpus Christi 68, BGSU 59 (Championship)
FALCONS ON LOCAL RADIO FOR AT LEAST 25 GAMES
A total of 24 of the Falcons' 27 regular-season games, plus any postseason action, will be on the air in 2003-04 ... every remaining contest is scheduled to be broadcast ... student station WBGU-FM (88.1) is scheduled to air all but three regular-season contests -- the home opener vs. Detroit (Nov. 25) and the two games at the Flint Hills Resources Islander Classic (Nov. 28-29) ... the 2003-04 academic year marks the second season of an agreement between the BGSU department of athletics and the Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization (BGRSO) to have WBGU serve as the flagship station for both hockey and women's basketball ... games produced by BGRSO are heard on the Internet at bgrso.org and via the Real One Package available through bgsufalcons.com.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
BGSU heads to central Pennsylvania with a record of 2-2 on the young season ... the Falcons opened the campaign with a 79-67 loss at Youngstown State (Nov. 22), but bounced back for a 77-53 win over Detroit in the home opener on Nov. 25 ... the Brown and Orange split a pair of games in the Islander Classic over the weekend, downing Southeast Missouri State, 70-60, on Friday (Nov. 28), but falling to host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 68-59, in Saturday's (Nov. 29) championship.
Senior Stefanie Wenzel leads the team with 14.3 points per game, after scoring 27 points in the TAMU-CC game ... three freshmen are ranked second through fourth in scoring ... Megan Thorburn has 11.8 points per contest, while Ali Mann averages 11.5 points and a team-high 8.8 rebounds ... Liz Honegger has 8.8 points and leads BG with three blocked shots ... the team's fifth starter, senior point guard Lindsay Austin, has 6.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game.
BG ended the 2002-03 season with a record of 12-16, and the Falcons finished the MAC campaign with a 5-11 league record ... the Falcons tied with Central Michigan for sixth in the MAC's West Division ... in 2003-04, head coach Curt Miller's Falcons return six letterwinners from that team, including a pair of starters in seniors Austin and Wenzel ... in addition, the Falcons also welcome back two juniors, Tene Lewis and Sakima Smith, along with a pair of sophomores in Jill Lause and Marisa Smith.
The Falcons also have nine newcomers, including redshirt junior Kelly Kapferer and redshirt sophomore Casey McDowell ... Kapferer earned two letters at BGSU before sitting out last season, while McDowell sat out last year at BG after transferring from Indiana State ... the freshman class consists of Amber Flynn (Cincinnati, Ohio) Julie Gompers (Wheeling, W.Va.), Honegger (Lafayette, Ind.), Carin Horne (Lima, Ohio), Mann (Chelsea, Mich.), Kim Nowakowski (Butler, Pa.) and Thorburn (Mason, Mich.) ... Nowakowski is sidelined indefinitely due to injury, but five of the other six frosh have seen action in all four games to date (Gompers has played in two games).
On the sidelines, Miller is joined by third-year assistants Jennifer Roos and Brandi Poole ... Kevin Eckert is in his second season on the staff.
Austin, Mann, Thorburn and Wenzel each have started all four games ... Honegger has started at center in each of the last three games.
BG is 1-0 at home, 0-2 on the road and 1-0 in neutral-site games to date ... last season, the Falcons went 6-6 at home, 5-9 on the road and 1-1 on neutral courts ... in MAC contests, BGSU finished 4-4 at home and 1-7 away from Anderson Arena in 2002-03.
SCOUTING BUCKNELL
Bucknell enters Wednesday's game with a 1-2 record, but the Bison won the last time out, a 69-64 home win over Coppin State Sunday (Nov. 30) ... BU lost the season opener, 77-57, at West Virginia (Nov. 21), then dropped a 56-46 decision to visiting Loyola (Md.) four days later ... individually, freshman guard Lindsey Hollobaugh leads the team in scoring, with 16.3 points per game ... she is followed closely by senior forward Desire Almind, who has 15.7 points and a team-high 12.3 rebounds per game ... Almind had a 23-point, 18-rebound performance in the win over Coppin State ... junior Brooke Tomovich has 11.3 points per game ... Almind, Hollobaugh and Tomovich each have started all three games to date, while five other players have made at least one start ... guards Lindsay Geosits, a sophomore, and senior Katie Hettler were in the lineup Sunday ... head coach Kathy Fedorjaka welcomed back nine letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's team that finished 13-15 overall and 7-7 in the Patriot League ... Fedorjaka has a record of 95-78 in her seventh season with the Bison ... she is 162-116 in her 11th season as a collegiate head coach ... BU's athletics web site is www.BucknellBison.com.
THE SERIES
The Falcons have never met Bucknell in women's basketball.
LAST TIME OUT
Senior Stefanie Wenzel scored a game-high 27 points, but it was not enough as the Falcons fell to host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 68-59, Saturday night (Nov. 29) in the championship contest of the Flint Hills Resources Islander Classic ... freshman Ali Mann was the Falcons' second-leading scorer with nine points, and added a team-high eight rebounds ... the Islanders erased an eight-point BGSU halftime lead, outscoring the Falcons by a 42-25 margin in the final 20 minutes ... Kirbria Lewis led the host school with 21 points, while Anna Hartzell came off the bench to score 14 points.
MANN, WENZEL NAMED TO ALL-TOURNEY TEAM
Senior Stefanie Wenzel and freshman Ali Mann each were named to the all-tournament team at the Flint Hills Resources Islander Classic over the weekend ... Wenzel scored 10 points vs. Southeast Missouri State, then exploded for 27 points in the championship game vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... Mann had her second-straight double-double, with game-high totals of 19 points and 10 rebounds vs. Southeast, and added nine points and eight rebounds vs. TAMU-CC ... the Islanders' Kirbria Lewis was named the tournament's MVP, and was joined by teammate Roberta Plaza on the all-tourney team ... Southeast Missouri's Sarah Costello and Kenja White rounded out the squad.
THREE FRESHMEN IN STARTING LINEUP
The Falcons have had three freshmen - Liz Honegger, Ali Mann and Megan Thorburn - in the starting lineup in each of the last three games ... early BGSU women's basketball records are somewhat sketchy, but it is the first time in at least two decades that three frosh were in the same starting lineup ... prior to Tuesday's (Nov. 25) game vs. Detroit, the 1979-80 season would have been the last time three starters possibly could have been in the same starting lineup for BGSU ... stay tuned for future updates, as we search for boxscores from days of yore.
Prior to the season-opening game at Youngstown (when both Mann and Thorburn started), the BGSU starting lineup had not featured two freshmen in nearly three years ... then-frosh Lindsay Austin and Kelly Kapferer each started a Jan. 22, 2001 game at Kent.
THE FRESHMAN IMPACT
The Falcon freshmen combined to score a total of 'only' 26 points against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, after scoring at least 43 points in each of the first three contests ... BGSU's frosh had combined for 45 points vs. Southeast Missouri State, 44 vs. Detroit and 43 at Youngstown State ... BG freshmen are averaging 39.5 points per game, and have combined for 57.8 percent of the team's points to date ... three of BGSU's top-four scorers, and five of the top-seven, are frosh.
BOARDWORK
The Falcons, who had more rebounds than their opponents on only four occasions during all of last season, have held a rebounding advantage in three of this season's first four games ... the Falcons held a 37-32 advantage in rebounding at Youngstown State ... BGSU had a total of 21 offensive rebounds vs. the Penguins, the team's most in nearly two years (since BG pulled down 27 offensive boards vs. Wright State on Dec. 15, 2001).
Then, BGSU pulled down 46 caroms to Detroit's 33 in the home opener ... and, the Falcons held a 41-38 edge over Southeast Missouri State ... on the year, BG has a rebounding margin of +1.8.
MANN DOUBLES UP ON DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Freshman Ali Mann had double-doubles in two of her first three collegiate contests ... Mann scored 13 points and pulled down a game-high 11 boards in the Falcons' home-opening win over Detroit ... three days later, Mann had game-best totals of 19 points and 10 boards in a victory over Southeast Missouri State.
DOUBLE DOUBLE-DOUBLES
A pair of Falcons posted double-doubles in the win over Detroit ... senior Lindsay Austin had 10 points and 10 rebounds, while freshman Ali Mann scored 13 points and pulled down a game-high 11 boards ... the double-double was the second of Austin's career, but her first in the points-rebounds categories ... she had 17 points and 10 assists in a win over Ohio last season ... for Mann, of course, the double-double was the first in her two-game BGSU career ... the Falcons have had three double-doubles this year to date, after recording a total of four double-doubles during all of last season ... the last time two Falcons had double-doubles in the same game came on Feb. 23, 2002, when Dana Western and Stefanie Wenzel each turned the trick vs. Eastern Michigan.
MANN, CAN SHE REBOUND
Freshman Ali Mann has provided a solid presence on the boards for coach Curt Miller ... Mann has led the Falcons in rebounding, or tied for the team lead, in each of the season's first four games ... on the year, she averages 8.8 rebounds per game.
SHE CAN GET TO THE LINE, TOO
Freshman Ali Mann had a double-double in the Falcons' win over Southeast Missouri State, with 19 points and 10 rebounds ... she spent much of her evening at the free-throw line, posting double-digit totals in each of those categories, too ... Mann made 13 free throws in 15 attempts vs. the Otahkians ... her attempts total was the highest for a Falcon since Charlotta Jones had 18 tries (making 12) in an overtime win at Northern Illinois on Feb. 5, 1998 ... the previous year, Sara Puthoff was 17-of-18 at the stripe in a win over Kent (Feb. 12, 1997) ... the school records are 18 free throws made and 22 attempted, both set by Angie Bonner (March 6, 1990, vs. Eastern Michigan).
CHARITY BEGINS AT THE FOUL LINE
BGSU had a free-throw percentage of 1.000 in the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi game ... the Falcons were perfect from the free-throw line in eight tries, with freshman Amber Flynn making four charity tosses and senior Stefanie Wenzel three ... the Falcons now have been perfect in that category four times in the last year-plus ... BGSU tied the school record by going 12-of-12 against Northern Illinois last year (Feb. 1, 2003) ... the Falcons were 11-for-11 vs. UNC-Wilmington (Dec. 7, 2002) and 3-for-3 at Ball State (Jan. 22, 2003) last season.
