Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Venture to Wild West Territory
January 25, 2008 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 25, 2008
Curt Miller Press Conference
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - In an unfamiliar place, the Falcons suffered their first loss of the young MAC season in their last outing and will look to rebound in Muncie, Ind. ... Bowling Green has not seen a MAC losing streak of more than a game since February of the 2003-04 season ... looking to uphold this tradition, BGSU will next travel to Ball State to challenge the pre-season favorite on their home court... Saturday's afternoon game will be the first of a six-game excursion through the `wild' MAC West ... tip-off is set for 3:00 p.m.
Game 20
Jan. 26, 2008
John E. Worthen Arena • Muncie, Indiana
BSGU vs. Ball State University, 7:00 p.m.
RADIO: WBGU 88.1 - Alex Mikos & Mike Castellano
STREAMING VIDEO: All-MACcess (www.mac-sports.com)
Complete Release in PDF Format (41 pages) 
Cheering From the Cheap Seats, Couch or Virtual Highway
Falcon women's basketball can once again be heard over the airwaves and on the internet thanks to 88.1 WBGU FM ... internet broadcasts can be accessed via www.bgsufalcons.com ... Alex Mikos & Mike Castellano will have the early week call ... gametracker can also be followed to chart the progress throughout the home match.
Prime Time Viewing Available Through All-MACcess
Saturday's mid-day game can be caught live via streaming video "All MACcess" on www.mac-sports.com ... the streaming and audio can be found along the right column of the official MAC website ... the service can be purchased through the site.
East Meets West
Saturday's games will mark the beginning of the MAC's crossover games where the East will take on the West ... after a full cycle of divisional games, Bowling Green, Ball State and Western Michigan posted the best records with fours wins and a single loss ... four programs will start the cross at 3-2 ... Kent State and Northern Illinois each have two wins while Akron and Central Michigan have gone five MAC games without a win ... four of the six East teams have 10-plus wins ... despite teetering on the edge of an at least 10 win season, no squad in the West has yet to step over the threshold ... Western Michigan (4) and Ohio (3) are the only schools riding current win streaks of more than a game.
The Aftermath of a Championship Season
After beating Kent State [on back-to-back occasions] and Ball State in consecutive MAC Championships the Falcons are 2-0 in their next MAC outings with the programs ... in 2005, BGSU beat KSU in the final game of the season and turned around to beat the Golden Flash on the road 61-58 in 2006 ... in the 2006 championship KSU once again faltered to the Falcons only to lose again in 2007; this time in Anderson Arena, 74-52... last year, the Falcons beat the Cardinals in the championship game and will face them for the first time since on Saturday.
Follow the Winning Bricked Road
Though the Falcons have seen a pair of losses at home in the league over the past two season, their in-season 19 game MAC road winning streak remains in tact ... seniors Kate Achter and Whitney Taylor are the only Falcons on the active roster to lose a MAC road game ... that last road loss occurred at Eastern Michigan on Feb. 19, 2005 [57-52] ... with Achter and Taylor aboard the BGSU winning train, BGSU is 25-2 on the road ... when including MAC tournament wins, the Falcons are 34-2.
Vets of the MAC Sidelines
Of the 12 current MAC head coaches only six, including Curt Miller, have coached in 100 league games ... of those six, Bob Lindsay's 220-85 record in going on 19 seasons with Kent State tops the winning chart with his 72.1 percent winning streak in the conference ... drawing a close second is Miller's 70-31 (.693) winning ways ... following suit are Toledo's Mark Ehlen (137-64; .685; 13th season), Western Michigan's Ron Stewart (106-77; .579; 11th season) and Miami's Maria Fantanarosa (87-74; .540; 10th season) ... Ball State's Tracy Roller would have been included on the list this season, but has sat out a majority of the games due to illness.
Looking Good in Person and On Paper
Statistically speaking Bowling Green ranks in the top three in 12 of 19 categories referenced by the Mid-American Conference weekly release ... in fact, they are the top ranking program in eight areas including scoring offense and defense, scoring margin, field goal percentage, free throw percentage, turnover margin, rebounding defense and assist to turnover ratio ... in MAC only games, Bowling Green is the top program in eight categories: scoring offense, scoring defense, scoring margin, three-point field goal percentage, rebounding defense, rebounding margin, assists and assist to turnover ratio.
View From the Top
As of the games through Jan. 20, the Falcons are ranked in the top 26 of five team NCAA statistical categories and have two top ten spots on an individual basis ... as a team, BGSU ranks 9th in three-point field goal percentage (39.1), 16th in assist to turnover ratio (1.06), 20th in field goal percentage (46.0), 23rd in turnovers/game (14.8) and 26th in scoring margin (13.6) ... the Falcons are in the top 50 of 10 categories ... Kate Achter's 6.4 assists per game are the 9th best effort in the country while Lauren Prochaska's 47.5 accuracy from the three-point line in the fifth best total in NCAA DI women's basketball.
Bowling Green vs. Ball State "Quick Facts"
The Cardinals of Ball State University have had a unique season thus far as they have been without head coach Tracy Roller for a majority of the season due to illness ... under the direction of Associate Head Coach Lisa McDonald the Cardinals have reached a 4-1 MAC record after their first tour of the MAC West ... in his tenure with the Falcons, head coach Curt Miller is 6-4 ... only Northern Illinois (4), Eastern Michigan (5) and Kent State (5) have matched or beat BSU's four victories over Miller ... after scoring just 4 pts. on BSU as a freshman, Kate Achter had steadily increased her scoring productivity vs. the program ... she has since posted outings of 14 and 18 pts. in the regular season and another 18 pts. in last year's MAC Championship game ... she has dished no less than four assists per BSU contest ... Whitney Taylor has not seen significant action vs. the team since her rookie season where she went 2-4 from the floor en route to knocking down a pair of trey's ... last season Lindsey Goldsberry did not miss a shot in two games versus Ball State and was 3-3 from the floor, in fact she has just missed one three pointer in her career versus the squad ... in each of her three games she has picked-up a steal ... the sophomore class has played a combined 4:00 versus BSU ... on a semi-related note, Muncie, Ind. is also famed for serving as the host site for the failed reality show, Armed and Famous.
Miller vs. Ball State
Jan. 19, 2002 at Ball State L 89-60
Jan. 22, 2003 BALL STATE L 96-71
Feb. 19, 2003 at Ball State L 90-85
Jan. 7, 2004 BALL STATE L 72-70
Feb. 29, 2004 at Ball State (OT) W 84-79
Feb. 8, 2005 at Ball State W 69-49
Feb. 11, 2006 at Ball State W 72-60
Feb. 7, 2007 BALL STATE W 86-76
Mar. 10, 2007 vs. Ball State@# W 67-53
@ denotes MAC Tournament game ##BGSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL##
