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BGSU Hosts Canisius in Final Pre-Holiday Game
December 20, 2010 | Women's Basketball
Falcons, Golden Griffins meet Tuesday night at Anderson
The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, riding a 10-game winning streak, returns home to play one final game before the holidays ... the Falcons of head coach Curt Miller will host Canisius College in Tuesday (Dec. 21) action ... tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at one of the most venerable venues in college basketball, Anderson Arena (3,500) ... following the Canisius game, the Brown and Orange will be idle until a Dec. 29 game at Butler ... 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.
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BGSU NOTES & STATS | CURT MILLER'S MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE
BGSU (& OPPONENT) 2010-11 NOTES | BGSU MEDIA GUIDE
WE'RE GOING STREAKING: FALCONS HAVE WON 10 IN A ROW
BGSU's 69-42 win at Austin Peay (Dec. 11) increased the Falcons' current winning streak to 10 games ... this marks the ninth double-digit winning streak in school history, and the fifth in six seasons ... Curt Miller's teams had a double-figure win streak in each of four-straight seasons, including a school-record 25-game winning streak after an 0-2 start two years ago ... last year, BGSU did not have a win streak reach double digits, but the Brown and Orange had a pair of eight-game streaks.
BGSU'S LONGEST WINNING STREAKS
Streak -- Season -- Notes
25 -- 2008-09 -- BG lost first 2 games of season, didn't lose again until March
21 -- 1986-87 -- Falcons, at 6-2, did not lose again until NCAA Tournament
20 -- 1988-89 -- Final win of streak came vs. Cincinnati in NCAA first round
20 -- 1993-94 -- Falcons lost MAC opener, then won out until NCAAs
19 -- 2005-06 -- Included 16-0 league record and three MAC tourney wins
18 -- 2006-07 -- Part of 24-1 run that took BG all the way to 'Sweet Sixteen'
17 -- 1992-93 -- BGSU, 8-4, won 14-straight MAC games, 3 more in MAC Ty.
10 * -- 2010-11 -- Falcons unbeaten since one-point loss at Evansville on Nov. 12
10 -- 2007-08 -- Streak spanned all of February and half of March
* current
NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS
The Falcons' victory at Austin Peay improved the team's record to 10-1 to date ... BGSU has posted a double-digit win total in non-conference play for the fifth consecutive season, a MAC record ... in fact, no other MAC team has had more than two such years, consecutive or non-consecutive, in league history ... the complete list can be found in the PDF version of this release.
PROCHASKA SETS AN NCAA RECORD
Most people couldn't make 67 consecutive layups in an empty gym ... senior Lauren Prochaska, however, has hit 67 consecutive shots from 15 feet away ... Prochaska was a perfect 6-of-6 from the free-throw line in the Falcons' win at Western Kentucky (Dec. 9), in the process setting a new NCAA Division-I record ... Prochaska had broken her own school record of 45-straight shots from the stripe in the Vanderbilt game (Dec. 1), then surpassed the Mid-American Conference mark in the win over Cal State Fullerton three days later (Dec. 4) ... continue reading for more notes about Prochaska's proclivity from the line.
LAUREN LEADS THE NATION ...
Senior Lauren Prochaska leads the nation in free-throw percentage, according to the latest NCAA statistics, dated last Monday (Dec. 13) ... Prochaska has made 75 free throws in 76 attempts this year to date, good for a success rate of 98.7 percent.
... AND SO DO THE FALCONS
Entering this week, as mentioned, senior Lauren Prochaska led the country in free-throw percentage ... her teammates are doing just fine in that department as well, thanks ... as a team, the Falcons also led the entire nation in free-throw accuracy on Monday ... BGSU is shooting 84.9 percent from the stripe this season ... Villanova (83.5%) currently ranks second in the nation ... last season, the Falcons shot 75.3% from the free-throw line, ranking second in the MAC and 22nd in the country.
PROCHASKA AT THE STRIPE
Senior Lauren Prochaska, as mentioned, leads the nation in free-throw percentage ... she continues to rewrite BGSU's free-throw records – and, for the most part, they were records that she already owned ...
• Prochaska topped her own single-game mark in the win over UALR on Nov. 26, shooting a perfect 15-for-15 from the stripe ... her 'old' mark was 13-for-13, set last season against Miami (Jan. 19, 2010) ... in the last few weeks, Prochaska has made 10 free throws vs. both Detroit and Vanderbilt and eight vs. Fullerton.
• As mentioned earlier, Prochaska has broken the BGSU, MAC and NCAA Division-I records for consecutive free throws made ... her current streak of 67 in a row marks the third time Prochaska has made over 30-straight free throws in her BGSU career ... the Division-I list, according to the NCAA Record Book ...
NCAA DIVISION-I RECORDS: MOST CONSECUTIVE FREE THROWS MADE
FTM Player, School (Year[s])
67 LAUREN PROCHASKA, Bowling Green (2010-11) – current
66 Ginny Doyle, Richmond (1991-92)
60 Adrienne Squire, Penn State (2004-06)
57 Jody Beerman, Central Michigan (1986-87)
53 Katie Miller, UNI (1999-00)
49 Lisa Rathburn, BYU (1990-91)
46 Brooke Lassiter, Louisiana Tech (2000-01)
45 LAUREN PROCHASKA, Bowling Green (2008-09)
45 Amy Slowikowski, Kent State (1988-89)
45 Wendy Scholtens, Vanderbilt (1988-89)
PROCHASKA'S GOT A SHOT AT THIS RECORD
Entering the Canisius game, senior Lauren Prochaska has made 497 free throws in 543 attempts in her career ... that is good for a percentage of 91.5 ... Prochaska is in line to finish among the NCAA's all-time leaders in free-throw pct. ... the list can be found in the PDF.
BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER NCAA DIVISIONS?
Good question ... the NCAA record for consecutive free throws made, regardless of division, is 78 ... that streak was put together just two years ago, by Jamey Gelhar of St. Martin's ... the NCAA all-divisions list follows ...
NCAA RECORDS (ALL DIVISIONS): MOST CONSECUTIVE FT MADE
FTM Player, School (Year[s])
78 Jamey Gelhar, St. Martin's (2008-09)
69 Jamie Visness, Concordia-Moorhead (2002-03)
67 LAUREN PROCHASKA, Bowling Green (2010-11) – current
66 Ginny Doyle, Richmond (1991-92)
61 Valerie Kepner, Baldwin-Wallace #
# Kepner had eight in a row to finish the 1986-87 season at Lake Erie, not an NCAA member at the time, and made her first 61 attempts to start the 1988-89 season at Baldwin-Wallace, thereby making 69 consecutive free throws
BEST START IN SCHOOL HISTORY
The Falcons' 10-1 record marks the best start in school history ... the 2005-06 team began the year with a 9-1 mark, but lost the season's 11th game, in overtime at Kentucky ... that '05-06 club then proceeded to win the next 19 games to advance to the NCAA Championships.
PROCHASKA RANKS SECOND ON BGSU CAREER SCORING LIST
Senior Lauren Prochaska, 11 games into her senior season, resides in second place on the BGSU career scoring list, and has a total of 1,922 points in 113 games ... she trails only Jackie Motycka (2,122 points from 1985-89) ... Prochaska moved past Ali Mann (1,825 points from 2003-07) in the win over Seattle ... Prochaska is averaging 17.0 points per game, the second-highest average in BGSU annals, in her storied Falcon career.
PONTIUS MOVES INTO THE TOP 20
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 ... heading into the Canisius game, Pontius has a total of 1,145 points as a Falcon ... over 1,000 of those points have come since the start of her sophomore season ... Pontius has moved into 19th place on the BGSU scoring list, having passed Stefanie Wenzel (1,099 points from 2000-04) in the Vanderbilt game ... her next target is 18th-place Andrea Nordmann (1,164 points).
TREY BIEN! PROCHASKA, PONTIUS AMONG BGSU'S TOP THREE
A pair of BGSU seniors sit high atop the school's three-point field-goal list ... Lauren Prochaska is the most prolific three-point shooter in BGSU history, and Tracy Pontius has moved into the top three ... through three seasons (plus 11 games), Prochaska has a total of 269 three-point field goals made ... she broke the BGSU record set by Liz Honegger (216 triples from 2003-07) last season ... Pontius now has 185 career threes, ranking third at BGSU ... Prochaska has a shot at breaking the MAC career record of 323 three-pointers made, set by Ball State's Audrey McDonald.
SPEAKING OF THAT RECORD ...
As mentioned (about five seconds ago), senior Lauren Prochaska has a chance to break the Mid-American Conference record for three-point field goals made in a career ... Prochaska hit six triples in the Austin Peay game, moving past Toledo's Mimi Olson into fifth place on the MAC list ... that list is as follows ...
MAC LEADERS, CAREER THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE
Player, Team Seasons 3's
1. Audrey McDonald, Ball State 2006-10 323
2. Casey Rost, Western Michigan 2001-06 280
3. Kylie York, Northern Illinois 2006-10 278
4. Kelly Savage, Toledo 1985-89 273
5. LAUREN PROCHASKA 2007-Present 269
6. Mimi Olson, Toledo 1992-96 268
7. Johna Goff, Ball State 2000-04 253
8. Cathy Szall, Ohio 1998-2002 242
9. Jenna Schone, Miami 2005-09 237
10. Kelly DeLong, Western Michigan 1995-99 231
THREE-MENDOUS! MANY FALCONS CONNECTING FROM DOWNTOWN
Seniors Lauren Prochaska and Tracy Pontius are not the only Falcons with the capability to score from beyond the arc ... no fewer than 12 different players have hit at least one three-point field goal this season ... the three players on the active roster who have not made a triple – senior Chelsea Albert, sophomore Simone Eli and freshman Jill Stein – have not attempted one.
HOME COOKIN'
BGSU has enjoyed a great deal of success at home this year to date ... the Falcons are 6-0 at venerable Anderson Arena this season, and BGSU has won those six games by an average of 30.3 points ... the Falcons are averaging 83.8 points per game at home, having scored at least 79 points in all six games ... BG is allowing just 53.5 ppg at "The House That Roars."
WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE (THAT ROARS)
The Falcons will put an impressive streak on the line in Tuesday's Canisius game ... BGSU has won 35 consecutive regular-season home games at "The House That Roars" ... the Falcons' 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 19 home games in a row, and 38 of the last 39 ... the lone loss in that stretch came to Indiana in the third round of the 2009 WNIT ... BG had won 19-straight home games before losing to IU, then beginning the current 19-game streak ... 33 of the Falcons' 38 wins in that span have come by double digits.
• The current 19-game home winning streak is tied for the ninth-longest in the nation.
• In 2009-10, the Falcons posted a 13-0 home regular-season record for the second consecutive year ... BGSU has gone undefeated at home in the regular season seven times in program history ... in three of those years, including in 2008-09, the Falcons' lone blemish was a home loss suffered in national tournament play.
BETTER THAN THE PROS
The Falcons' current free-throw percentage of 84.9% is better than 29 of the 30 teams in the National Basketball Association. *
* note courtesy Jim Ingraham of The News-Herald
HOLDING ON TO THE BALL
The Falcons have been successful at limiting turnovers this season ... as of the latest NCAA rankings (Monday, Dec. 13), BGSU was seventh in the nation in fewest turnovers per game (13.5) ... in each of the Falcons' 10 wins, the Falcons have committed fewer turnovers than the opponents ... BG and Evansville each coughed the ball up 19 times in the Falcons' lone loss, in the season opener ... BGSU committed no more than 15 turnovers in any game over the next nine contests, before turning it over 17 times at Austin Peay ... in the 10 wins, the Falcons have forced the opponent into an average of 18.5 turnovers per contest ... BG has forced 15 or more opponent turnovers in nine of those 10 games, including 19 or more in seven of those contests.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons will enter the Canisius game with a record of 10-1 ... BGSU is 6-0 at home, 3-1 on the road and 1-0 in neutral-site games to date ... the Falcons' 19-game win streak at Anderson Arena was tied for the ninth-longest current homecourt winning streak in the nation, as of the latest NCAA rankings (Monday, Dec. 13) ... BG received eight votes in last Monday's (Dec. 13) Associated Press poll and seven votes in Tuesday's USA Today ESPN Coaches poll, and the Falcons are ranked second in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25.
• The Falcons suffered a 63-62 loss at Evansville in the regular-season opener (Nov. 12), but BG has bounced back with 10-straight wins, tied for the third-longest streak in the country ... BG swept a four-game homestand, with the victims including Creighton, Youngstown State, Oakland and Detroit ... the Falcons headed West and won a pair of games in the Seattle University Thanksgiving Tournament, with a 56-47 win over UALR (Nov. 26) and a 71-51 win over the host school in the championship game (Nov. 27) ... the Brown and Orange picked up two more wins at Anderson Arena, downing #23/23 Vanderbilt, 79-68 (Dec. 1), and dismantling Cal State Fullerton by a 91-51 score (Dec. 4) ... then, BG went on the road and posted a pair of victories, 72-68 at Western Kentucky (Dec. 9) and 69-42 at Austin Peay (Dec. 11).
• Senior Lauren Prochaska, the MAC Player of the Year in each of the last two seasons, is averaging a team-high 20.3 points per game, and also paces the Falcons with 6.6 rebounds per contest ... Prochaska has scored 20 or more points in seven games this year, including a season-high 31-point performance in the win over Vanderbilt ... classmate Tracy Pontius has 13.4 ppg to date ... Prochaska has made 28 three-point field goals this year, while Pontius has hit 26 shots from long range ... Prochaska and Pontius are shooting 42.4 and 34.7 percent from beyond the arc, respectively ... Prochaska is 75-of-76 (98.7%) from the free-throw line on the year, leading the nation in that category ... she is 17th in the country in scoring, while Pontius is 17th in assist/turnover ratio (2.59).
• Head coach Curt Miller's starting lineup for each of the first 11 games has remained unchanged ... that lineup has included four seniors in Pontius, Prochaska, Maggie Hennegan and Jen Uhl, along with sophomore Chrissy Steffen.
• Steffen, Hennegan and Uhl rank third through fifth on the team in scoring ... Steffen has 8.4 ppg and is second on the team in steals, with 1.6 per game ... Uhl is averaging 8.1 points and 4.9 boards ... she is averaging 14.0 ppg over the last five games ... Hennegan has scored 8.0 ppg this year ... she is second in rebounding, with 6.1 rpg, and leads the Brown and Orange in blocked shots, with 1.3 per outing.
• Pontius paces BGSU in assists (4.0 apg), with Prochaska ranking second (2.6 apg) ... Prochaska leads the Falcons in steals (1.8 bpg) and is second in blocks.
• BGSU returned 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.
• Slagle and Papenfuss each have played in all 11 games off the bench to date, and have 4.4 and 3.5 ppg, respectively ... Papenfuss has 3.4 rpg, ranking fifth on the team in that category.
• Havel and Zuercher also have seen action in all 11 games this year ... all 15 players on the active roster have played in at least six contests.
• BGSU is shooting 41.7% from the field, 36.4% from three-point land and 84.9% from the free-throw line ... BG has allowed opponents to shoot just 36.6% from the floor and 28.5% from beyond the arc ... Falcon foes are shooting 61.7% from the stripe ... BGSU has made 35 more free throws than the opponents have attempted.
A QUICK LOOK AT CANISIUS
Canisius will enter Anderson Arena with an overall record of 3-6 on the year ... the Golden Griffins snapped a four-game losing streak with a 66-58 win at Cornell on Sunday (Dec. 19) ... freshman guard Jen Morabito had a career-high 24 points in that win ... CC is 1-3 at home and 2-3 on the road to date ... the Golden Griffins have faced three MAC schools so far in 2010-11, with home losses to Kent State (54-60; Nov. 12) and Buffalo (50-79; Dec. 1) and a road setback against Eastern Michigan (40-76; Dec. 11) ... in addition to Cornell, the team has posted wins over Colgate and Towson ... individually, sophomore guard Ashley Durham leads the team in scoring, with 11.8 points per game ... Durham also paces the Griffs in assists (3.3 apg) ... Morabito has 9.8 ppg, while senior guard Micayla Drysdale is averaging 8.1 ppg this year ... Drysdale leads the Golden Griffins with 14 three-point field goals made this year, while Moratito has hit 10 ... freshman forward Jamie Ruttle has 7.4 ppg and 5.3 rebounds per contest ... no fewer than nine different players have made at least two starts this year ... junior guard Steph MacDonald (6.4 ppg, 4.7 rpg) is the only player to have started all nine games ... Morabito, Drysdale, Ruttle and sophomore forward Melissa Gardner (2.4 ppg) joined MacDonald in the starting lineup at Cornell for head coach Terry Zeh ... Zeh, in his seventh season at the helm, welcomed back eight letterwinners, including two starters, from last year's club ... the 2009-10 team went 12-19 overall and 6-12 in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) games ... the school's athletics web site is www.GoGriffs.com.
THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Canisius, 1-0, in the all-time series between the teams ... the lone prior meeting between BGSU and the Golden Griffins came last season ... one year and two days prior to this season's meeting (Dec. 19, 2009), the Brown and Orange picked up a 67-42 road win over CC ... Lauren Prochaska had 17 points to pace four double-digit scorers for the Falcons, who held the home team to just 29.8 percent shooting from the field ... Curt Miller has a record of 1-0 vs. CC in his BGSU career.
LAST TIME OUT
The Falcons were hot from beyond the arc at Austin Peay, hitting a season-high 14 three-point field goals en route to a 69-42 victory in Clarksville, Tenn. (Dec. 11) ... the win improved the Falcons to 10-1 on the season, the best start in program history ...senior Lauren Prochaska was 6-of-9 from long distance, en route to a game-high 22 points ... she tied her career high for three-pointers made in a game ... senior Jen Uhl joined Prochaska in double figures with 16 points, while sophomore Chrissy Steffen had nine ... Steffen hit three treys, while Uhl was 2-of-3 from beyond the arc ... Uhl tied her career bests in both assists (four) and steals (three) ... Meghan Bussabarger, who missed much of the first half due to foul trouble, led the Lady Govs with 14 points on the night ... Bussabarger scored 12 of those points in the second half ... Prochaska had 17 of her points in the second half, going 5-of-6 from long distance in the final period ... the lead changed hands five times in the early going ... Uhl scored nine of BG's first 12 points, with a layup at the 13:24 mark giving the Brown and Orange a 12-11 advantage ... Bussabarger was called for an offensive foul – her third foul of the game – with 10:18 left before halftime ... a Prochaska jumper in the final seconds of the half gave the visitors a 34-18 lead at the break ... the Lady Govs started the second half on a 9-0 run, but Prochaska answered with a three-pointer, and the lead never fell below double digits again ... that triple began a 13-0 run for the Falcons.
PONTIUS JOINS ASSISTS LIST
Senior Tracy Pontius had a career-high 10 assists in the win over Fullerton (Dec. 4), moving past Judit Lendvay (304 from 1989-93) into eighth place in school history ... after the APSU game, Pontius now has a career total of 317 assists.
FALCON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: A MULTIMEDIA FRENZY
BGSU fans can follow the Falcons all year long in a variety of ways ...
• 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 ... a number of the Falcons' road games also will have live video, at the jurisdiction of the host school, and the link(s) will be available at BGSUFalcons.com.
• 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).
CLOSING THE DOORS OF THE HOUSE THAT ROARS
The 2010-11 season is the final year that BGSU's teams will call Anderson Arena home, and there are many events planned as part of the year-long celebration ... the All-Anderson teams for men's and women's basketball, announced in October, will be recognized at a home game ... for the BGSU women, the All-Anderson Team recognition is scheduled for the Feb. 5 game vs. Ball State ... the final women's home regular-season game inside "The House That Roars" will be on March 2 vs. Buffalo ... on March 5, the year-long festivities will culminate with the B!G Event, a final farewell celebration at 8:00 p.m. ... this once-in-a-lifetime event will be attended by hundreds of Falcon faithful, as well as members of all three All-Anderson Teams, other former letterwinners, current players and coaching staff members ... for more information, contact the athletics department at 419-372-2401 or rlynv@bgsu.edu.
UHL BE SWELL, UHL BE GREAT
Senior Jen Uhl had 16 points in the Falcons' win over Austin Peay, her fourth double-figure scoring total in the last five games ... after scoring a total of 19 points over BG's first six games, Uhl has scored 70 in the last five (an average of 14.0 ppg in that time) ... she has more than doubled her season scoring average, from 3.2 ppg to 8.1 ppg, over that five-game span.
STABILITY BREEDS SUCCESS
Part of the reason for Bowling Green's women's basketball success has been the stability at the top ... the coaching staff – head coach Curt Miller, associate head coach Jennifer Roos, and assistant coaches Brandi Poole and Kevin Eckert – has been intact for nine years ... Miller is in his 10th season at the helm of the Falcons ... Roos and Poole were on board during that 2001-02 season as well, with Eckert joining the staff in time for the 2002-03 campaign ... Bowling Green is one of just three NCAA Division-I women's basketball programs in the entire nation in which all four full-time coaches (head coach and three assistants) are in at least their ninth consecutive year at the school.
THE FALCONS ARE/WERE ...
• 10-1 this season to date; after going 27-7 last season and 29-5 in 2008-09;
• 14-2 in the MAC last winter, winning a sixth-straight league regular-season title;
• 216-81 since Curt Miller took the BGSU helm in May of 2001;
• 108-36 in MAC games in that time:
• 207-62 overall in the eight years (plus 11 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);
• 195-46 over the last seven-plus years, with 2009-10 marking BG's seventh-straight season of at least 20 wins;
• a staggering 174-36 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 151-28 overall and 73-7 in the MAC regular season in the last five-plus years, with at least 26 wins each year;
• 123-25 in the last four-plus years, including a 57-7 conference ledger;
• 92-21 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;
• 66-13 since junior Jessica Slagle and redshirt soph Maribeth Giese ventured to NW Ohio;
• 37-8 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 50-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field in the Miller Era;
• 178-10 when having a better FG pct. than the opposition in Miller's tenure, including a 50-0 mark in the last two-plus seasons;
• 165-26 when making more free throws during Miller's first nine-plus years;
• 129-12 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;
• 34-3 in all non-conference home games since the start of the 2003-04 season;
• 30-2 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 92-21 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 66-13 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 of 2008-09
THE SOPHOMORES
Three sophomores have helped the Falcons to a 37-8 mark, with a 27-7 record a year ago and a 10-1 ledger 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 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.
