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BGSU Battles Butler to Conclude Non-Conference Play
December 28, 2010 | Women's Basketball
Falcons face Bulldogs Wednesday in Indianapolis
The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, riding an 11-game winning streak, takes to the court for one final game in the 2010 calendar year ... the Falcons of head coach Curt Miller will head to Indianapolis, Ind., for a Wednesday (Dec. 29) game vs. Butler University ... tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Hinkle Fieldhouse (10,000) ... Wednesday's game not only ends the 2010 portion of the schedule, but also wraps up the non-conference slate for the Brown and Orange ... 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 | MAC NOTES & STATS - PDF
BUTLER NOTES & STATS - PDF
NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS
With last week's 82-59 win over Canisius, the Falcons have won 11 games this year ... the 2010-11 BGSU club has tied the school – as well as the Mid-American Conference – record for non-conference wins in a season ... the Falcons had never posted a double-digit non-league win total prior to 2006-07, but BG now has done so in each of the last five seasons.
NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS II
The Falcons' victory over Canisius improved the team's record to 11-1 to date ... BGSU, as mentioned, 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 ...
10-WIN NON-CONFERENCE SEASONS, MAC TEAMS
No. - School -Years (Wins)
5 - BGSU - 2006-07 (11) // 2007-08 (11) // 2008-09 (11) // 2009-10 (10) // 2010-11 (11)
2 - Eastern Michigan - 2004-05 (10) // 2009-10 (10)
1 - Kent State - 2008-09 (11)
1 - Toledo - 2009-10 (10)
NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS III (IV AND V)
• With an 11-1 record in non-conference play, BGSU has clinched a winning non-league record for the ninth-straight year ... BG is the only Mid-American Conference school to have turned that trick ... and, as mentioned, the Falcons have recorded at least 10 non-conference victories for a fifth consecutive season.
• BGSU had not had as many as three consecutive winning seasons in over a decade (since 1991-92 to 1993-94), prior to beginning the current streak ... now, of course, the Falcons have posted nine-straight winning seasons in non-conference action, for the longest such streak in school history.
• This year's team is the fifth in the last six years to tie or break the school record for non-conference wins in a season ... BGSU's total of nine non-league wins in 2005-06 tied the school record, before the '06-07 team had 11 to set a new mark (and a MAC record as well) ... the '07-08 and '08-09 teams also had 11 non-league wins, while last year's team had 10 ... the Falcons have had at least seven non-league victories in each of the last nine seasons.
• Since the start of the 2002-03 season, BG is 84-26 (.764) in regular-season, non-league games, for the most wins and highest winning percentage of any MAC school in that time ... BG has had 54 non-conference victories over the last five seasons, having gone 54-12 (.818) since the start of the 2006-07 season.
WE'RE GOING STREAKING: FALCONS HAVE WON 11 IN A ROW
BGSU's 82-59 win over Canisius (Dec. 21) increased the Falcons' current winning streak to 11 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.
11 * - 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
PROCHASKA SETS AN NCAA RECORD
Most people couldn't make 70 consecutive layups in an empty gym ... senior Lauren Prochaska, however, set an NCAA Division-I record by hitting 70 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), setting the record in the process ... 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 IS AMONG THE NATIONAL LEADERS ...
Senior Lauren Prochaska is second in the nation in free-throw percentage, according to the latest NCAA statistics ... Prochaska has made 78 free throws in 80 attempts this year to date, good for a success rate of 97.5 percent ... Monmouth's Erin Rooney, who has been to the line less than a third as often as Prochaska, currently leads the nation in that category ... Rooney is 26-of-26 from the stripe.
... AND SO ARE THE FALCONS
In the latest NCAA statistics, as mentioned, senior Lauren Prochaska ranked second in the country in free-throw percentage ... her teammates are doing just fine in that department as well, thanks ... as a team, the Falcons led the nation in free-throw pct. in the last rankings, shooting 84.9 percent from the stripe ... that rate has dropped to 82.4% after the Canisius game ... the NCAA statistics will next be updated on Monday, Jan. 3 ... 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, is second in 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) ... over the last month or so, 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 just-ended streak of 70 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])
70 LAUREN PROCHASKA, Bowling Green (2010-11)
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 Butler game, senior Lauren Prochaska has made 500 free throws in 547 attempts in her career ... that is good for a percentage of 91.4 ... Prochaska is in line to finish among the NCAA's all-time leaders in free-throw pct. ... the list ...
NCAA LEADERS, CAREER FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE
(minimum 250 free throws made)
Player, Team Seasons G FT FTA Pct.
1. Shanna Zolman, Tennessee 2003-06 144 306 334 91.6
2. Kandi Brown, Morehead St. 2000-04 114 357 390 91.538
3. Brooke Lassiter, Louisiana Tech 1998-02 128 269 294 91.496
# Lauren Prochaska, BGSU 2008-SA 114 500 547 91.408
4. Jill Marano, La Salle 2002-05 111 257 282 91.1
5. Gabriela Marginean, Drexel 2007-10 125 684 769 88.9
6. Morgan Warburton, Utah 2006-09 132 439 497 88.3
7. Laiken Dollente, Portland 2007-10 122 572 648 88.3
8. Cyndi Valentin, Indiana 2003-06 118 403 457 88.2
9. Lindsay Bowen, Michigan St. 2003-06 131 309 352 87.8
10. Andrea Lightfoot, Idaho St. 2005-08 91 390 445 87.6
# current players are not listed in NCAA career percentage-based categories until the completion of their career
LAUREN WINDS UP SECOND ON THE ALL-DIVISIONS LIST
Falcon senior Lauren Prochaska had the second-longest free-throw streak in NCAA history (all divisions) ... the NCAA record for consecutive free throws made, regardless of division, remains 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)
70 LAUREN PROCHASKA, Bowling Green (2010-11)
69 Jamie Visness, Concordia-Moorhead (2002-03)
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' 11-1 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, 12 games into her senior season, resides in second place on the BGSU career scoring list, and has a total of 1,931 points in 114 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 in late November ... Prochaska is averaging 16.9 points per game, the second-highest average in BGSU annals, in her storied Falcon career.
PONTIUS ALSO RESIDES IN THE TOP 20
With her first basket this season (in the opener at Evansville on 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 Butler game, Pontius has a total of 1,161 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 12 games), Prochaska has a total of 271 three-point field goals made ... she broke the BGSU record set by Liz Honegger (216 triples from 2003-07) last season ... Pontius now has 187 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 271
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 7-0 at venerable Anderson Arena this season, and BGSU has won those seven games by an average of nearly 30 points ... the Falcons are averaging 83.6 points per game at home, having scored at least 79 points in all seven games ... BG is allowing just 54.3 ppg at "The House That Roars."
WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE (THAT ROARS)
The Falcons increased several impressive streaks in the Canisius game ... BGSU now has won 36 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 20 home games in a row, and 39 of the last 40 ... 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 20-game streak ... 34 of the Falcons' 39 wins in that span have come by double digits.
• The current 20-game home winning streak is one of the 10 longest in the nation (updated NCAA statistics will not be available until later this week).
• 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.
HOLDING ON TO THE BALL
The Falcons have been successful at limiting turnovers this season ... as of the latest NCAA rankings (Monday, Dec. 20), BGSU was sixth in the nation in fewest turnovers per game (13.5) ... in each of the Falcons' 11 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 ... the Falcons had only 12 turnovers vs. Canisius ... in the 11 wins, the Falcons have forced the opponent into an average of 18.3 turnovers per contest ... BG has forced 15 or more opponent turnovers in 11 of this year's 12 games, including 19 or more in eight of those contests.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons will enter the Butler game with a record of 11-1 ... BGSU is 7-0 at home, 3-1 on the road and 1-0 in neutral-site games to date ... the Falcons' 20-game win streak at Anderson Arena is one of the longest homecourt winning streaks in the nation, as of the latest NCAA rankings ... BG received seven votes in last Monday's (Dec. 20) Associated Press poll and eight 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 11-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), before ending the pre-holiday schedule with an 82-59 win over Canisius (Dec. 21).
• Senior Lauren Prochaska, the MAC Player of the Year in each of the last two seasons, is averaging a team-high 19.3 points per game, and also paces the Falcons with 6.5 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 13.6 ppg to date ... Prochaska has made 30 three-point field goals this year, while Pontius has hit 28 shots from long range ... Prochaska and Pontius are shooting 42.9 and 34.6 percent from beyond the arc, respectively ... Prochaska is 78-of-80 (97.5%) from the free-throw line on the year, ranking second in the nation in that category ... she was 17th in the country in scoring, while Pontius was 17th in assist/turnover ratio (2.59) in the most recent NCAA listings ... Pontius now has an assist/TO ratio of 2.77.
• Head coach Curt Miller's starting lineup for each of the first 12 games has remained unchanged ... that lineup has included four seniors in Pontius, Prochaska, Maggie Hennegan and Jen Uhl, along with sophomore Chrissy Steffen.
• Steffen, Uhl and Hennegan rank third through fifth on the team in scoring ... Steffen has 8.7 ppg and leads the Falcons in steals, with 1.8 per game ... Uhl is averaging 8.6 points and 4.8 boards ... she is averaging 14.0 ppg over the last six games ... Hennegan has scored 7.7 ppg this year ... she is second in rebounding, with 5.9 rpg, and leads the Brown and Orange in blocked shots, with 1.3 per outing.
• Pontius paces BGSU in assists (4.2 apg), with Prochaska ranking second (2.6 apg) ... Prochaska is second on the Falcons in both steals and blocks, while Pontius is tied with Prochaska for second in the steals category.
• 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 12 games off the bench to date, and have 4.2 and 3.7 ppg, respectively ... Papenfuss has 3.3 rpg, ranking fifth on the team in that category.
• Havel and Zuercher also have seen action in all 12 games this year ... all 15 players on the active roster have played in at least seven contests.
• BGSU is shooting 42.0% from the field, 36.1% from three-point land and 82.4% from the free-throw line ... BG has allowed opponents to shoot just 36.7% from the floor and 27.6% from beyond the arc ... Falcon foes are shooting 63.7% from the stripe ... BGSU has made nearly twice as many free throws as the opponents, and the Falcons have made 25 more free throws than the foes have attempted.
LAST TIME OUT
The Falcons got off to a torrid shooting start, leading from start to finish in an 82-59 win over Canisius last Tuesday (Dec. 21) ... senior Tracy Pontius had 16 points to lead a balanced scoring attack ... classmate Jen Uhl scored 14 points, while sophomore Chrissy Steffen had 12 ... Pontius, in just 23 minutes of action, also had six assists, five rebounds and four steals ... she tied for the team rebounding lead, and led all players in both assists and steals ... Courtney VandeBovenkamp led all players with 19 points off the bench for the Griffs, and Jen Morabito had 18 ... senior Lauren Prochaska scored nine points for the Falcons, attempting just four shots from the field on the night ... she missed her final free-throw attempt of the game, ending her streak of consecutive FT made at 70, an NCAA Division-I record ... no BGSU player saw more than 26 minutes of action, and all 15 Falcons on head coach Curt Miller's active roster played at least four minutes in the win ... the Falcons held a 45-31 advantage on the boards, with Prochaska and redshirt soph Danielle Havel tying Pontius for the team lead with five ... the Falcons went 5-for-5 from the floor to start the game, with three of those shots coming from three-point land, as BG opened up a 13-4 lead ... BGSU went 9-of-12 from the field to begin the contest, and got the rebound after all three of those misses ... a 10-0 run gave the Falcons a 23-8 lead ... BG led, 46-30, at the half, and surged ahead by as many as 31 points in the second half.
A QUICK LOOK AT BUTLER
Butler will enter Wednesday's game with an overall record of 6-5 on the year ... the Bulldogs are a perfect 3-0 at home, and BU is 1-4 on the road and 2-1 in neutral-site games ... Butler saw a two-game winning streak come to an end with a 67-54 loss at South Carolina prior to the Christmas break (Dec. 21) ... that win streak had included a 105-98, double-overtime win at MAC member Ball State (Dec. 12) ... the lone common opponent among Butler and BGSU to date has been Evansville, and both teams suffered narrow road losses to the Purple Aces ... BU fell to Evansville, 51-49, on Dec. 7 ... individually, Brittany Bowen leads the team in scoring, with 15.8 points per game ... Bowen is tied with Chloe Hamilton for the team rebounding lead, as both players have 5.7 boards per contest ... Hamilton is second on the team in scoring, with 12.0 ppg, and is shooting 55.2 percent from the field ... Alyssa Pittman, a transfer from Eastern Michigan, rounds out the team's double-digit scorers with 10.8 ppg, and leads the team with 19 three-point field goals made to date ... Bowen and Hamilton have started all 11 games this year, but a total of nine different players have started at least one game to date ... Claire Freeman (4.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg) and Azjah Bass (1.8 ppg) joined Bowen, Hamilton and Pittman in the starting lineup at South Carolina for head coach Beth Couture ... Couture, in her ninth season at the helm, welcomed back 10 letterwinners, including four starters, from last year's club ... the 2009-10 team went 23-10 overall and 14-4 in Horizon League play en route to a WNIT appearance ... the school's athletics web site is www.butlersports.com.
THE SERIES
The Falcons trail Butler, 3-1, in the all-time series between the teams, and the Bulldogs have won the last three meetings ... all four prior matchups came within a six-year span ... BGSU downed the Bulldogs, 85-67, in neutral-site play at the UCF Turkey Shootout in Orlando, Fla. (Nov. 28, 1997) ... later that same season, the Bulldogs came to venerable Anderson Arena and posted a 95-90 win in the first round of the WNIT (March 13, 1998) ... in the lone meeting at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse, BU pulled out a 78-73 overtime win in Curt Miller's first season at the Falcon helm (Dec. 4, 2001) ... exactly one year later, Butler posted a 61-54 win at "The House That Roars" ... Miller has a record of 0-2 vs. BU in his BGSU career.
TOTALLY MEANINGLESS BGSU-BUTLER SERIES NOTES
• As mentioned, the Falcons trail Butler, 3-1, in the series ... but, BGSU has outscored the Bulldogs, 302-301, in the four games.
• The first meeting, as mentioned, came in the UCF Turkey Shootout in Orlando, Fla., in November of 1997 ... that three-day, eight-team tourney was won by a Syracuse team that featured a young assistant coach named Curt Miller.
UHL BE SWELL, UHL BE GREAT
Senior Jen Uhl had 14 points in the Falcons' win over Canisius, her fifth double-figure scoring total in the last six games ... after scoring a total of 19 points over BG's first six games, Uhl has scored 84 in the last six (an average of 14.0 ppg in that time) ... she has more than doubled her season scoring average, from 3.2 ppg to 8.6 ppg, over that five-game span.
PONTIUS MOVING UP BGSU 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 ... heading into the Butler game, Pontius now has a career total of 323 assists.
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.
THE FALCONS ARE/WERE ...
• 11-1 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;
• 217-81 since Curt Miller took the BGSU helm in May of 2001;
• 108-36 in MAC games in that time:
• 208-62 overall in the eight years (plus 12 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);
• 196-46 over the last seven-plus years, with 2009-10 marking BG's seventh-straight season of at least 20 wins;
• a staggering 175-36 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 152-28 overall and 73-7 in the MAC regular season in the last five-plus years, with at least 26 wins each year;
• an (insert your own adjective here) 124-25 in the last four-plus years, including a 57-7 conference ledger;
• 93-21 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;
• 67-13 since junior Jessica Slagle and redshirt soph Maribeth Giese ventured to NW Ohio;
• 38-8 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.);
• A perfect 50-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field in the Miller Era;
• 179-10 when having a better FG pct. than the opposition in Miller's tenure, including a 51-0 mark in the last two-plus seasons;
• 165-26 when making more free throws during Miller's first nine-plus years;
• 130-12 when outrebounding the opponent in the Miller Era;
• 35-3 in all non-conference home games since the start of the 2003-04 season; and
• 31-2 against non-league foes at Anderson Arena since November of 2004.
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.
UP NEXT
MAC play begins as the Falcons head to Athens, Ohio, for a game vs. Ohio University on Wednesday, Jan. 5.
