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November 19, 2010 | Women's Basketball
BGSU continues four-game homestand
The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, riding a two-game winning streak, continues a season-long four-game homestand this weekend ... the Falcons of coach Curt Miller face Oakland University on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 20), with tipoff set for 2:00 p.m. at venerable Anderson Arena (3,500) ... the OU game is BGSU's third game of the week, and the Falcons will also play three games next week ... BG concludes the homestand with a Wednesday (Nov. 24) game vs. Detroit, and the Falcons then fly to the left coast for a pair of games in the Seattle University Thanksgiving Tournament ... Miller and his staff returned 10 letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's 27-7 team that won the Mid-American Conference regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Championships.
BGSU NOTES & STATS - PDF
CLEANING THE GLASS
It is safe to say that the Falcons have been winning the battles on the boards this season to date ... three games in, the Falcons are averaging 44.7 rebounds per game, to the opponents' 29.0 ... a few more rebounding-related notes ...
• BGSU has had a rebounding margin of +10 or better in each of the first three games ... it marks the first time the Falcons posted three-straight double-digit rebounding advantages in nearly three years (vs. UT Martin, Chicago State and Akron in the 2007-08 season).
• The Falcons had a double-digit rebounding advantage over the opponent only four times in 34 games last year, and turned the trick just twice in 34 contests in 2008-09 ... BG, obviously, is 3-for-3 in that area in '10-11.
• The Falcons' total of 56 rebounds in Wednesday's (Nov. 17) win over Youngstown State was the team's highest in just under six years, since BGSU pulled down 64 boards in a 115-84 track meet at IPFW (Nov. 19, 2004).
• BGSU had a rebounding margin of +26 vs. YSU ... the Falcons had not enjoyed such a decisive advantage on the boards since March of 1993 ... that season (March 13, 1993), BG pulled down 59 rebounds to Kent's 31, in a 96-68 victory over the Golden Flashes in the championship game of the MAC Tournament in Columbus.
WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE (THAT ROARS)
BGSU will put an impressive streak on the line in Saturday's Oakland game ... the Falcons have won 32 consecutive regular-season home games at "The House That Roars" ... BG's last regular-season loss at Anderson Arena came vs. Western Michigan on Jan. 30, 2008 ... a few more Anderson Arena-related notes ...
• Overall, BGSU has won 15 home games in a row, and 34 of the last 35 ... the lone loss in that stretch came to Indiana in the third round of the 2009 WNIT ... 29 of the Falcons' 34 wins in that span have come by double digits.
• In 2009-10, the Falcons posted a 13-0 home regular-season record for the second consecutive year ... BGSU now has gone undefeated at home in the regular season seven times in program history ... in three of those years, including the 2008-09 campaign, the Falcons' lone blemish was a home loss suffered in national tournament play.
FREE STUFF
The first 1,500 fans through the gates at Saturday's game vs. Oakland will receive a free poster of Falcon senior Lauren Prochaska.
FALCON HOME GAMES: A MULTIMEDIA FRENZY
BGSU fans can follow the Falcons all year long in a variety of ways ... (warning: more bullet points ahead)...
• AUDIO: WBGU-FM 88.1 is scheduled to carry all of this season's games ... the radio broadcasts can be heard online for free by logging on to BGSUFalcons.com ... click on 'Fan Zone' and 'Live Audio' to hear all the action.
• TELEVISION: Six of the Falcons' school-record 15 home games will be televised in the Toledo area on BCSN ... two additional games at Anderson Arena will be aired as the MAC Game of the Week by SportsTime Ohio ... the televised games can be found in the schedule on page 1 of the PDF version of these notes.
• VIDEO: All home games will be available via live video stream, through B2/America One, for a small fee ... fans can watch the Anderson Arena action on their computers by visiting BGSUFalcons.com and clicking on the America One logo on the right-hand side of the page.
• LIVE STATS: Links are also available at BGSUFalcons.com for live stats for all home games (and all road games in which the host team provides live stats).
LAST TIME OUT
Senior Lauren Prochaska had a double-double, and classmate Maggie Hennegan was perfect from the field as the Falcons rolled along to an 86-40 win over Youngstown State Wednesday night (Nov. 17) at Anderson Arena ... Prochaska had 24 points and 10 rebounds in just 24 minutes of action ... she scored 12 second-half points in just over seven minutes, before checking out of the game for good with 12:59 remaining ... Hennegan was a perfect 7-for-7 from the field, adding up to 14 points, the highest total of her BGSU career ... four of her five rebounds came at the offensive end of the court ... four Falcons hit double digits in scoring, as sophomore Allison Papenfuss scored 11 points off the bench, while senior Tracy Pontius had 10 ... the Falcons had an enormous 56-30 rebounding advantage, and BGSU had 25 second-chance points to the Penguins' three ... BG also forced 17 YSU turnovers, including 12 in the first half ... Brandi Brown led the Penguins with 12 points ... all 15 players on the Falcons' active roster got into the game, with 11 finding the scoresheet and no fewer than 13 grabbing at least one rebound ... twelve different BGSU players had at least one assist in the win ... two nights after recording just six assists on 25 baskets against Creighton, the Falcons had a total of 19 helpers on 28 hoops vs. YSU ... the BG defense held the Penguins to just 25.0 percent shooting from the field in the win, including a 6-for-33 (18.2%) effort in the second half.
PROCHASKA IS THIRD ON BGSU CAREER SCORING LIST
Lauren Prochaska, three games into her senior season, ranks third on the BGSU career scoring list, and has a total of 1,761 points in 105 games ... she trails only Jackie Motycka (2,122 points from 1985-89) and Ali Mann (1,825 points from 2003-07) ... Prochaska is averaging 16.8 points per game, the second-highest average in BGSU annals, in her storied Falcon career.
PONTIUS GIVES BGSU TWO 1,000-POINT SCORERS
With her first basket in the season opener at Evansville (Nov. 12), senior Tracy Pontius surpassed the 1,000-point mark for her career ... Pontius became the 24th player to reach the milestone, and was recognized for her accomplishment at the first media timeout of Monday's Creighton game ... after scoring 20 points vs. the Bluejays and 10 more against Youngstown State, Pontius has moved into 22nd place on the BGSU scoring list, and now has a total of 1,040 points.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons will enter the Oakland game with a record of 2-1 ... BGSU suffered a 63-62 loss at Evansville Friday night (Nov. 12), in the regular-season opener ... but, the Brown and Orange bounced back with a pair of wins by a combined 72 points ... BG posted a 79-53 win over Creighton in Monday's (Nov. 15) home-opening contest, then dismantled Youngstown State, 86-40, two days later (Nov. 17).
• Senior Lauren Prochaska, the MAC Player of the Year in each of the last two seasons, is averaging a team-high 20.7 points per game, and also paces the Falcons with 8.7 rebounds per contest ... classmate Tracy Pontius has 14.0 ppg, while another senior, Maggie Hennegan, has 11.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg ... Hennegan had a double-double at UE, with 12 points and 10 boards, and Prochaska had her 10th career double-double vs. YSU, scoring 24 points and pulling down 10 rebounds.
• Head coach Curt Miller's starting lineup for each of the first three games has included four seniors in Hennegan, Pontius, Prochaska and Jen Uhl, along with sophomore Chrissy Steffen.
• Steffen is fourth on the team with 7.3 ppg, and is second on the Falcons in both assists (2.3 apg) and steals (1.7 spg) ... Pontius paces BGSU in assists (2.7 apg), while Prochaska has the team's steals lead (2.0 spg) ... Hennegan has a team-leading 1.3 blocked shots per game.
• BGSU returns 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.
A QUICK LOOK AT OAKLAND
Oakland will bring a record of 1-2 to Anderson Arena ... the Golden Grizzlies are coming off a narrow home loss to Penn State, having fallen in overtime by a 96-89 count on Thursday night (Nov. 18) ... OU opened the season with a 58-53 loss at Detroit (Nov. 12), then headed to Chicago and downed UIC 69-58 Monday (Nov. 15) ... sophomore forward Bethany Watterworth leads the team in scoring and rebounding, with 22.0 points and 6.7 rebounds per contest ... junior guard Sharise Calhoun has 16.0 ppg and 6.0 rpg, and is tied for the team lead with 4.0 assists per outing ... freshman guard Zakiya Minifee has 7.3 ppg and 6.3 rpg, and has dished out 3.3 apg ... Watterworth, Calhoun and sophomore guard Victoria Lipscomb (3.7 ppg, 4.0 apg) each have started all three games ... Minifee and senior forward Anna Patritto (7.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg) have started two games apiece, including the Penn State contest, for head coach Beckie Francis ... Francis, in her 11th overall season as OU's head coach, welcomed back six letterwinners, including three starters ... last year, the Grizzlies went 17-13 overall and 14-4 in Summit League play ... the school's athletics web site is www.ougrizzlies.com.
THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Oakland, 4-3, in the all-time series between the teams, and BGSU has won three consecutive meetings ... BG is just 1-2 in home games, but 3-1 in road contests vs. the Grizzlies ... last season, the Brown and Orange picked up an 81-66 win in Rochester (Nov. 24, 2009) ... Tracy Pontius had a game-high 23 points to pace four double-digit BG scorers ... the Falcons' lone home win in the series came the last time the Grizzlies ventured to Anderson Arena, as the 'Sweet Sixteen' team picked up an 89-58 victory (Nov. 29, 2006) ... Curt Miller is 4-1 vs. Oakland in his BGSU career.
MORE FREE STUFF
Last season, the Falcons shot 75.3 percent from the free-throw line, ranking second in the MAC and 22nd in the nation ... this year, BGSU has a FT pct. of 86.9% to date, having gone 53-of-61 over the first three games.
SUCCESS IN THE HOME OPENER
BGSU's victory over Creighton was the eighth consecutive win in a home opener for Curt Miller's Falcons ... BG has won those eight games by an average of 24.8 points per game, with no less than a 19-point margin in any of the eight contests ... the Creighton game was the final home opener at Anderson Arena, as the Falcons will move into the Stroh Center for the 2011-12 season ... BG's home-opening win streak will be tested next November, as the first regular-season women's basketball game at the Stroh will see the Falcons taking on Purdue (Nov. 17, 2011).
RINGS AND A BANNER
Prior to Monday's game vs. Creighton, the returning players and coaches participated in a ring ceremony and banner unveiling ... the ceremony recognized the team's 2010 MAC regular-season and tournament championships ... BGSU has won six-straight regular-season crowns, and the 2009-10 Falcons captured the MAC Tournament for the fourth time in that six-year span ... three of last year's four seniors – Laura Bugher, Sarah Clapper and Tamika Nurse – were on hand for Monday's festivities.
SWEET (AND NOT-SO-SWEET) SIXTEEN
After the first two games of the season, the Falcons already had seen a pair of 16-0 runs ... BGSU was victimized by the first such run, as Evansville reeled off 16-straight points before the Falcons scored their first points of the season on Friday night (Nov. 12) ... three nights later, though, the Brown and Orange broke open a close game with a 16-0 run of their own in the second half vs. Creighton ... that run gave BGSU a 56-38 lead midway through the second period.
TALE OF TWO (GAME AND A) HALVES
Over the first three halves of this season – the Evansville game and the first 20 minutes of the Creighton game – BGSU allowed the opponents to shoot a combined 34-for-69 from the field, for a 49.3-percent success rate ... over the last three halves, however, BG has let the foes – CU and Youngstown State – make just 24 baskets in 89 attempts, for a success rate of only 27.0%.
FRIES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG (A FEW RANDOM NOTES)
BGSU's 46-point win over Youngstown State tied for the ninth-most lopsided victory in program history, and was the second-biggest win in the Curt Miller Era ... Miller and the Falcons posted a 50-point win (86-36) over Savannah State in his second season (Dec. 22, 2002) • all three BGSU freshmen are averaging 2.5 points per game ... Jill Stein had the first five points of her career in the YSU game, as did Noelle Yoder ... Jillian Halfhill had two points vs. Creighton and three more vs. YSU ... Yoder and Halfhill, both guards, grabbed five rebounds apiece against the Penguins • redshirt sophomore Maribeth Giese also had five rebounds, a career best, in the YSU game ... her previous rebounding standard was three, set the last time the Penguins played at Anderson (Dec. 6, 2008) • senior Maggie Hennegan made all seven of her field-goal attempts against Youngstown, setting a BG career best in FGM ... Hennegan's career best is eight FGM, which she did four times while at Saint Louis Univ. • soph Allison Papenfuss tied her career bests in free throws made (three), assists (two) and minutes played (21) against YSU • since the start of the 2008-09 season, BGSU is a perfect 45-0 when having a better field-goal percentage than the opponent.
BOARDWORK
BGSU has posted double-digit rebounding advantages in each of this season's first three games ... despite the one-point loss at Evansville, BG has a record of 125-12 when outrebounding the opponent in the Curt Miller Era.
PROCHASKA NAMED TO NAISMITH PRESEASON WATCH LIST ...
Falcon senior Lauren Prochaska received yet another honor recently (Nov. 9), as she was named to the Naismith preseason watch list ... the watch list was compiled by the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors, which based its criteria on player performances from the previous year and expectations for the 2010-11 season ... the Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T will be awarded on April 4, 2011 at the NCAA Women's Final Four in Indianapolis ... through text messaging, fan voting will account for 25 percent of all of the final results, more than any other national college basketball award ... in late February, the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors will compile a mid-season team of the top 30 players in the nation ... then in March, the Naismith Trophy voting academy will vote to narrow the list to the four finalists.
... AND THE WOODEN AWARD PRESEASON TOP 30 LIST
Senior Lauren Prochaska was named to the Women's Basketball John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 30 list by the Los Angeles Athletic Club ... the list is comprised of 30 student-athletes who, based on last year's individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for college basketball's most prestigious honor ... these 30 players, along with others who excel throughout the season, will be evaluated and considered for December's Midseason list and the official voting ballot released in March ... the Wooden Award All American Team, consisting of the nation's top five players, will be announced the week of the 'Elite Eight' round of the NCAA Tournament.
TOP FIVE IN THE LAST FIVE
The NCAA has compiled its annual list of the winningest Division-I teams over the last five years, and Bowling Green ranks fifth on that list ... the Falcons are the top-ranked team among so-called 'Mid-Major' schools ... BGSU has won a total of 141 games, and the Falcons have won nearly 84 percent of the time over the last five seasons.
WINNINGEST TEAMS DURING PAST FIVE YEARS
(sorted by winning pct. – 2005-06 through 2009-10 seasons)
1. Connecticut 178-11 .942
2. Stanford 159-24 .869
3. Tennessee 155-24 .866
4. North Carolina 147-28 .840
5. BOWLING GREEN 141-27 .839
6. Green Bay 135-26 .839
7. Duke 145-28 .838
8. Ohio State 139-27 .837
9. Marist 139-28 .832
10. Maryland 147-32 .821
BGSU TO APPEAR ON STO AT LEAST TWICE IN 2010-11
The Falcons will be featured on SportsTime Ohio (STO) at least twice during the upcoming season ... BGSU's home games against Central Michigan (Jan. 22) and Kent State (Feb. 26) will be aired by the Cleveland-based network, and both of those Saturday games will begin at noon at Anderson Arena ... the latter will be the final weekend regular-season game at "The House That Roars" ... three additional TV games are yet to be determined, as STO will choose a contest 21 days ahead of time ... those dates are three consecutive Saturdays: Feb. 5, Feb. 12 and Feb. 19 ... STO's coverage also will include the MAC Tournament semifinals (March 11) and championship (March 12).
FALCONS PICKED TO DEFEND MAC TITLES IN 2010-11
The BGSU women's basketball Falcons have been picked to win both the MAC's East Division and the conference tournament titles in 2011, according to the league's preseason poll ... the poll was released on Oct. 27 by the MAC office ... additionally, senior Lauren Prochaska was selected to the Preseason All-MAC Team ... the Falcons received 43 of the 48 votes to win the East ... BGSU was picked ahead of – in order – Kent State, Miami, Akron, Ohio and Buffalo ... 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, followed by Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, Ball State, Northern Illinois and Western Michigan.
THAT'S A LOT OF WINS!
Just five years ago, the Mid-American Conference record for wins in a season was 27 ... four conference teams, including two BGSU clubs (the 1986-87 and 1988-89 teams), had reached that milestone ... Curt Miller's Falcons, however, have won at least 27 games in no fewer than four of the last five years – with 26 wins in the other season ... that streak includes a then-MAC record 28 wins in the 2005-06 campaign, followed by a 31-win season in '06-07 ... that 31-win total remains the conference standard ... Miller's Falcons won 26 games in 2007-08, 29 games in '08-09 and 27 more games last season ... in the last five seasons, BGSU has AVERAGED 28.2 wins per year.
THAT'S A LOT OF WINS II
Since 2006, a total of eight Mid-Major teams have advanced to the 'Sweet Sixteen' round of the NCAA Championships ... that list, of course, includes Bowling Green, as the Falcons advanced to the third round of the NCAAs in 2007 ... of those Mid-Major teams, BGSU has the best record over the last five years, with 141 wins and a winning percentage of nearly 84 percent in that time ... the complete list:
1. BOWLING GREEN 141-27 .839
2. Marist 139-28 .832
3. Xavier 126-37 .773
4. Gonzaga 121-45 .729
5. Utah 119-48 .713
6. Old Dominion 113-50 .693
7. George Washington 101-56 .643
8. San Diego State 80-72 .526
SIX SHOOTERS: FALCONS WIN SIXTH-STRAIGHT MAC TITLE
BGSU has won six consecutive MAC regular-season titles, a new conference record ... and, the Falcons won all six titles outright ... Kent State won five-straight MAC East Division crowns from 1998 through 2002 ... the Golden Flashes had the league's best overall record in three of those five seasons, tying for the top overall mark in one other year.
SIX-SHOOTING FROM A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
The Falcons, as mentioned, have won six consecutive MAC regular-season titles ... all six of BGSU's crowns have been outright ... BG has won one West Division championship (2005) and five East Division titles (2006-10), but the Falcons had the MAC's best overall record in all six years ... in the history of NCAA Division-I women's basketball, the list of teams to have accomplished this feat is a relatively short one ... and, here it is ...
AT LEAST SIX-STRAIGHT OUTRIGHT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
(all NCAA Division-I conferences; no ties for the title)
10 - UC Santa Barbara (Big West; 1996-2005)
9 - Liberty (Big South; 1998-2006)
7 - Old Dominion (CAA; 1996-2002)
7 - S.F. Austin (Southland; 1988-94)
7 - Texas (Southwest Conf.; 1983-89)
6 - Bowling Green (Mid-American; 2005-10) – current
6 - FIU (Atlantic Sun; 1993-98)
6 - Marist (MAAC; 2005-10) – current
6 - Missouri State (Missouri Valley; 1991-96) ^*
6 - Montana (Big Sky; 1986-91)
6 - Stanford (Pac-10; 2005-10) – current
6 - Virginia (ACC; 1991-96)
^ formerly SW Missouri State
* first two titles were Gateway Conf.
CLASSY. VERY CLASSY.
With 27 wins, the MAC regular-season and tournament titles and a trip to the NCAA Championships, it is obvious that the BGSU women's basketball team had another successful year on the court in 2009-10 ... and, the Falcons of head coach Curt Miller were equally successful in the classroom again last season ... the Falcons were ranked sixth in the entire nation on the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)'s 2009-10 Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll ... the announcement marked the second-straight year that the Falcons were ranked among the top 10 ... BGSU was ranked fifth on the '08-09 list ... the women's basketball student-athletes had a combined grade-point average of 3.500 during the 2009-10 academic year, up from 3.470 in the 2008-09 season ... BGSU was the only MAC program on the list for the second consecutive year, and the Falcons were the only program from the state of Ohio in the Division-I Top 25, also for the second-straight season ... a few other notes re: the Falcons and the WBCA Academic Top 25 ...
• In the fall 2009 semester, no fewer than six student-athletes posted a perfect 4.00 GPA ... 15 team members had a GPA of at least 3.00 that semester, with 14 of those 15 earning a GPA of 3.25 or higher.
• In the spring 2010 semester, 15 players again had at least a 3.00 GPA, with 12 earning a GPA of 3.20 or better.
• The Falcons were one of five schools to make an appearance both in the 2010 NCAA Championships and on the WBCA Top 25 Team Honor Roll (South Dakota State - 2nd; Northern Iowa - 7th; DePaul - 8th and Hartford - 23rd).
• BGSU has made the list three times in the last four seasons ... the Falcons made the WBCA Top 25 Team Honor Roll in 2006-07 ... the 'Sweet Sixteen' team ranked 23rd in the nation with a GPA of 3.300.
PROCHASKA A CANDIDATE FOR LOWE'S SENIOR CLASS AWARD
Falcon senior Lauren Prochaska is one of 30 women's basketball student-athletes nationally who were selected as candidates for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award ... to be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition ... an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities ... the candidate class will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those names will be placed on the official ballot ... the winner will be announced at the NCAA Women's Final Four in Indianapolis.
TREY BIEN! PROCHASKA WAS ALREADY AT THE TOP OF THIS LIST
Lauren Prochaska is the most prolific three-point field-goal shooter in BGSU history ... through three seasons (plus three games), Prochaska has a total of 246 three-point field goals made ... she broke the BGSU record set by Liz Honegger, who made 216 triples from 2003-07 ... Tracy Pontius has moved into seventh place on the list, with 167 threes in her career ... Prochaska has a shot at the MAC career record of 323 three-pointers made, set by Ball State's Audrey McDonald.
THE FALCONS ARE/WERE ...
• 27-7 last season, after going 29-5 in 2008-09;
• 14-2 in the MAC last winter, winning a sixth-straight league regular-season title;
• 208-81 since Curt Miller took the BGSU helm in May of 2001;
• 108-36 in MAC games in that time:
• 199-62 overall in the eight years (plus three 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);
• 187-46 over the last seven-plus years, with 2009-10 marking BG's seventh-straight season of at least 20 wins;
• a staggering 166-36 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 143-28 overall and 73-7 in the MAC regular season in the last five-plus years, with at least 26 wins each year;
• 115-25 in the last four-plus years, including a 57-7 conference ledger;
• 84-21 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;
• 58-13 since junior Jessica Slagle and redshirt soph Maribeth Giese ventured to NW Ohio;
• 29-8 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 49-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field in the Miller Era;
• 173-10 when having a better FG pct. than the opposition in Miller's tenure, including a 45-0 mark in the last two-plus seasons;
• 158-26 when making more free throws during Miller's first nine-plus years;
• 125-12 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;
• 30-3 in all non-conference home games since the start of the 2003-04 season;
• 26-2 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).
THE FALCON SENIORS
BGSU has posted a record of 84-21 overall, and the Falcons are 42-6 in MAC regular-season games since Chelsea Albert, Tracy Pontius, Lauren Prochaska, Jen Uhl and Kelly Zuercher set foot on campus ... the team has won an average of 27.3 games per year to date ... the Falcons have made national postseason play in each of those three years, having gone to the NCAA once and the WNIT twice ... Maggie Hennegan joined that group for the 2009-10 season.
THE JUNIOR
The Falcons are 58-13 overall and 29-3 in the MAC since junior Jessica Slagle arrived in Northwest Ohio ... that stretch includes a 25-game winning streak in Slagle's freshman year ... redshirt sophomore Maribeth Giese has been at BGSU for those two seasons, but played in just two games a year ago before missing the rest of the year due to injury ... Giese and Slagle helped the Falcons to a total of 29 wins – the second-highest total in school and MAC history – during their freshman campaign.
THE SOPHOMORES
Three sophomores helped the Falcons to a 27-7 mark a year ago and a 2-1 record this year to date ... that group includes Simone Eli, Allison Papenfuss and Chrissy Steffen ... Danielle Havel is now a member of the sophomore class, having sat out the '09-10 season after transferring from DePaul Univ.
THE FRESHMEN
Three freshmen have joined the Falcons for the 2010-11 season ... that list includes Jillian Halfhill (Canfield, Ohio/Canfield), Jill Stein (Clyde, Ohio/Tiffin Columbian) and Noelle Yoder (Millersburg, Ohio/Berlin Hiland) ... Alexis Rogers also joins the Brown and Orange this year, but will sit out the '10-11 season after transferring from Duke Univ.
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.
