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Wednesday, January 5
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Senior Maggie Hennegan had 16 points at Ohio (Nathan Dreimiller photo)
BGSU Opens MAC Play with 66-54 Win at Ohio
January 05, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Falcons increase win streak to 13 games
The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team opened the Mid-American Conference schedule on a victorious note, gutting out a 66-54 win over a hard-working Ohio University squad Wednesday night (Jan. 5). The game was held at the Convocation Center.
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POSTGAME AUDIO: Curt Miller | Maggie Hennegan
With the win, the Falcons improve to 13-1 on the year, and 1-0 in MAC action. BGSU has won 13 consecutive games after a season-opening loss. The Bobcats drop to 4-10 and 0-1, respectively.
Senior Lauren Prochaska led all players with 23 points, while classmate Maggie Hennegan had 16 points, her highest total as a Falcon.
Ohio's Tenishia Benson had 13 points to pace three double-digit scorers for the home team.
The Falcons got off to a slow start, with two missed shots and an offensive foul on the first three possessions of the night. The Bobcats scored four points before Hennegan got herself to the foul line and hit two charity tosses with 2:20 gone in the game.
Ohio responded with a Benson jumper, but senior Tracy Pontius took a pass from Prochaska and knocked down a three-pointer, putting BG within a point of the hosts, 6-5.
The Bobcats, however, countered with a Benson jumper to take a three-point lead. OU went 4-of-4 from the field to start the game.
Prochaska hit a pair of free throws, but Kamille Buckner's layup was followed by a Benson steal and layup. The 'Cats led by a 12-7 score as Falcon coach Curt Miller took a timeout.
The Falcons saw three-straight possessions end in a turnover before Hennegan hit a short jumper. That shot began a 7-0 run for the Brown and Orange, as senior Jen Uhl took a Pontius pass and knocked down a three-pointer from the right corner. Then, sophomore Chrissy Steffen threw a pass inside to senior Chelsea Albert. Albert's one-handed bank shot gave BGSU the lead for the first time, 14-12, at the 10:28 mark.
An Alesia Howard layup tied the score, but Hennegan hit a jumper, and redshirt sophomore Danielle Havel drained a triple. When Hennegan put back her own miss, the Falcons had a 21-14 lead and it was the home team's turn to use a timeout.
The Bobcats got a Tina Fisher jumper and four-straight Shavon Robinson free throws to cut the lead to a single point, but junior Jessica Slagle drained a three-point from the left elbow, giving BGSU a 24-20 lead. Four consecutive points by Prochaska were matched by a 4-0 Ohio run to end the half, with the Falcons on top by a 28-24 score.
Hennegan, who had a team-high eight first-half points, hit a driving layup to begin the second period. Ohio was still within six points when the Falcons got back-to-back transition baskets. First, Prochaska grabbed a defensive rebound, went coast-to-coast and made a sweet move to split two defenders and hit a layup.
Then, Pontius grabbed an Ohio miss, headed downcourt and hit a pull-up jumper. The Falcons had a double-digit lead, 38-28, with four minutes elapsed in the period.
Ashley Fowler's jumper snapped a 6-0 BG run, but Hennegan hit two free throws out of a media timeout to restore the 10-point lead. Howard canned a jumper, but the Falcons then scored seven points in a row to wrest control of the game.
First, Slagle put back a teammate's miss while being fouled. The free-throw did not drop, but BG's lead was 10 points once again.
The teams traded turnovers a few minutes later, with Albert coming up with a steal for the visitors. She got the ball to Pontius, who fired a long pass to Uhl,for an easy layup.
Prochaska then drained a pair of three-point tries, sandwiched around a Buckner jumper. Prochaska's first trey came from the right elbow, and her second was launched from the right corner, giving BGSU a 50-34 lead with 12:37 left in the half.
After a Fowler jumper, Uhl hit the Falcons' third triple in the span of just 1:33. That shot was taken from the same spot as Prochaska's second triple during that stretch -- the corner in front of the BGSU bench -- and found nothing but net to give the Brown and Orange a 53-36 lead.
The Bobcats had a final run left in them, outscoring the Falcons by a 13-4 count over the next five-plus minutes. That run was capped by Robinson's layup with 4:24 left, cutting the Falcons' lead to single digits, 57-49. But, the Falcons would respond.
After Pontius split a pair of free throws, BGSU had a five-point possession. Prochaska knocked down another three-pointer just as Hennegan was fouled away from the ball. After some discussion, the referees ruled that Prochaska's shot counted. The foul was the Bobcats' 10th of the half, giving Hennegan two shots at the stripe, and the Cincinnati native hit both of them for a 63-49 lead with 3:10 left.
In addition to her game-high total of 23 points, Prochaska had six rebounds, two assists and two blocked shots. Hennegan also had a pair of blocks in the win.
Uhl and Pontius scored eight points apiece. Uhl narrowly missed a double-double, tying for game honors with nine rebounds. Pontius had five boards, four assists and four steals, leading all players in the latter two categories.
Howard had 11 points for the 'Cats, while Robinson added 10. Benson led the home team in four categories, adding nine rebounds, three assists and three steals to her 13-point total.
The Falcons shot 38.9 percent from the floor for the game, and BG was 8-of-22 from three-point land. Prochaska had three treys, while Uhl hit a pair. The Bobcats shot 35.6% from the field, and went just 2-of-11 from long distance. Ohio held a 41-35 advantage on the glass.
The Falcons, after playing four of the last five games on the road, return home for the next two contests, beginning Saturday (Jan. 8). BGSU will face Miami University at venerable Anderson Arena in a 2:00 p.m. start.
FALCON NOTES
* Senior Lauren Prochaska had the 104th double-digit scoring game of her career ... the 23-point performance at Ohio also marked the 42nd time she has surpassed 20 points as a Falcon.
* Senior Maggie Hennegan's 16-point total was her highest as a Falcon ... Hennegan scored 22 points in a game while at Saint Louis Univ. ... she played two seasons for SLU before transferring to BGSU.
* Wednesday's game was the 300th since head coach Curt Miller, associate head coach Jennifer Roos and assistant coach Brandi Poole arrived at BGSU ... the Falcons are 219-81 in that time.
* BGSU now leads the overall series with Ohio by a 48-20 count, and the Falcons are 19-13 in road games vs. the Bobcats ... BG has won seven consecutive games at the Convocation Center.
* The Falcons are now 8-2 in MAC openers under Miller, and BGSU has won seven-straight league lidlifters since a 72-70 home loss to Ball State in January of 2004 ... the Falcons have gone 8-2 in conference road openers under MIller, and BG has captured the first MAC road game of the season in each of the last eight years.
* On Tuesday (Jan. 4), the NCAA released the women's basketball RPI rankings for the first time in 2011 ... the Falcons were ranked 46th in the nation in those rankings, which were through games of Sunday (Jan. 2) ... BGSU has posted five wins against teams currently ranked in the top 100 of the RPI this year to date (Vanderbilt - 52; Creighton - 55; UALR - 64; Detroit - 65; Western Kentucky - 90).
* Also on Tuesday, after BGSU's game notes for the Ohio contest were completed, the USA Today ESPN Coaches Poll was released ... BG received 26 points, making the Falcons the third team listed in the 'others receiving votes' category ... 25th-ranked Oklahoma State had 41 points.
* ESPN.com's latest Mid-Major Top 10 was revealed on Tuesday ... BGSU was ranked third behind Xavier and Marist ... the web site also unveiled a Bracketology projection on Tuesday ... the Falcons were listed as one of the 64 schools projected to make the tournament, as a number-nine seed ... the mock bracket had BG facing Northwestern in a first-round game in Storrs, Conn.
* The latest CollegeInsider.com rankings were announced on Tuesday ... the Falcons are again second, trailing only Green Bay ... BG received 741 points and two first-place votes ... Green Bay had 770 total points and 27 first-place votes ... Florida Gulf Coast, listed third, garnered the other two first-place votes.
* In an unofficial Mid-Major poll (LadySwish: Silent Majority Rankings), the Falcons were ranked third this week, behind only Xavier and Marist.
FINAL STATS - HTML
BOXSCORE - PDF
POSTGAME AUDIO: Curt Miller | Maggie Hennegan
With the win, the Falcons improve to 13-1 on the year, and 1-0 in MAC action. BGSU has won 13 consecutive games after a season-opening loss. The Bobcats drop to 4-10 and 0-1, respectively.
Senior Lauren Prochaska led all players with 23 points, while classmate Maggie Hennegan had 16 points, her highest total as a Falcon.
Ohio's Tenishia Benson had 13 points to pace three double-digit scorers for the home team.
The Falcons got off to a slow start, with two missed shots and an offensive foul on the first three possessions of the night. The Bobcats scored four points before Hennegan got herself to the foul line and hit two charity tosses with 2:20 gone in the game.
Ohio responded with a Benson jumper, but senior Tracy Pontius took a pass from Prochaska and knocked down a three-pointer, putting BG within a point of the hosts, 6-5.
The Bobcats, however, countered with a Benson jumper to take a three-point lead. OU went 4-of-4 from the field to start the game.
Prochaska hit a pair of free throws, but Kamille Buckner's layup was followed by a Benson steal and layup. The 'Cats led by a 12-7 score as Falcon coach Curt Miller took a timeout.
The Falcons saw three-straight possessions end in a turnover before Hennegan hit a short jumper. That shot began a 7-0 run for the Brown and Orange, as senior Jen Uhl took a Pontius pass and knocked down a three-pointer from the right corner. Then, sophomore Chrissy Steffen threw a pass inside to senior Chelsea Albert. Albert's one-handed bank shot gave BGSU the lead for the first time, 14-12, at the 10:28 mark.
An Alesia Howard layup tied the score, but Hennegan hit a jumper, and redshirt sophomore Danielle Havel drained a triple. When Hennegan put back her own miss, the Falcons had a 21-14 lead and it was the home team's turn to use a timeout.
The Bobcats got a Tina Fisher jumper and four-straight Shavon Robinson free throws to cut the lead to a single point, but junior Jessica Slagle drained a three-point from the left elbow, giving BGSU a 24-20 lead. Four consecutive points by Prochaska were matched by a 4-0 Ohio run to end the half, with the Falcons on top by a 28-24 score.
Hennegan, who had a team-high eight first-half points, hit a driving layup to begin the second period. Ohio was still within six points when the Falcons got back-to-back transition baskets. First, Prochaska grabbed a defensive rebound, went coast-to-coast and made a sweet move to split two defenders and hit a layup.
Then, Pontius grabbed an Ohio miss, headed downcourt and hit a pull-up jumper. The Falcons had a double-digit lead, 38-28, with four minutes elapsed in the period.
Ashley Fowler's jumper snapped a 6-0 BG run, but Hennegan hit two free throws out of a media timeout to restore the 10-point lead. Howard canned a jumper, but the Falcons then scored seven points in a row to wrest control of the game.
First, Slagle put back a teammate's miss while being fouled. The free-throw did not drop, but BG's lead was 10 points once again.
The teams traded turnovers a few minutes later, with Albert coming up with a steal for the visitors. She got the ball to Pontius, who fired a long pass to Uhl,for an easy layup.
Prochaska then drained a pair of three-point tries, sandwiched around a Buckner jumper. Prochaska's first trey came from the right elbow, and her second was launched from the right corner, giving BGSU a 50-34 lead with 12:37 left in the half.
After a Fowler jumper, Uhl hit the Falcons' third triple in the span of just 1:33. That shot was taken from the same spot as Prochaska's second triple during that stretch -- the corner in front of the BGSU bench -- and found nothing but net to give the Brown and Orange a 53-36 lead.
The Bobcats had a final run left in them, outscoring the Falcons by a 13-4 count over the next five-plus minutes. That run was capped by Robinson's layup with 4:24 left, cutting the Falcons' lead to single digits, 57-49. But, the Falcons would respond.
After Pontius split a pair of free throws, BGSU had a five-point possession. Prochaska knocked down another three-pointer just as Hennegan was fouled away from the ball. After some discussion, the referees ruled that Prochaska's shot counted. The foul was the Bobcats' 10th of the half, giving Hennegan two shots at the stripe, and the Cincinnati native hit both of them for a 63-49 lead with 3:10 left.
In addition to her game-high total of 23 points, Prochaska had six rebounds, two assists and two blocked shots. Hennegan also had a pair of blocks in the win.
Uhl and Pontius scored eight points apiece. Uhl narrowly missed a double-double, tying for game honors with nine rebounds. Pontius had five boards, four assists and four steals, leading all players in the latter two categories.
Howard had 11 points for the 'Cats, while Robinson added 10. Benson led the home team in four categories, adding nine rebounds, three assists and three steals to her 13-point total.
The Falcons shot 38.9 percent from the floor for the game, and BG was 8-of-22 from three-point land. Prochaska had three treys, while Uhl hit a pair. The Bobcats shot 35.6% from the field, and went just 2-of-11 from long distance. Ohio held a 41-35 advantage on the glass.
The Falcons, after playing four of the last five games on the road, return home for the next two contests, beginning Saturday (Jan. 8). BGSU will face Miami University at venerable Anderson Arena in a 2:00 p.m. start.
FALCON NOTES
* Senior Lauren Prochaska had the 104th double-digit scoring game of her career ... the 23-point performance at Ohio also marked the 42nd time she has surpassed 20 points as a Falcon.
* Senior Maggie Hennegan's 16-point total was her highest as a Falcon ... Hennegan scored 22 points in a game while at Saint Louis Univ. ... she played two seasons for SLU before transferring to BGSU.
* Wednesday's game was the 300th since head coach Curt Miller, associate head coach Jennifer Roos and assistant coach Brandi Poole arrived at BGSU ... the Falcons are 219-81 in that time.
* BGSU now leads the overall series with Ohio by a 48-20 count, and the Falcons are 19-13 in road games vs. the Bobcats ... BG has won seven consecutive games at the Convocation Center.
* The Falcons are now 8-2 in MAC openers under Miller, and BGSU has won seven-straight league lidlifters since a 72-70 home loss to Ball State in January of 2004 ... the Falcons have gone 8-2 in conference road openers under MIller, and BG has captured the first MAC road game of the season in each of the last eight years.
* On Tuesday (Jan. 4), the NCAA released the women's basketball RPI rankings for the first time in 2011 ... the Falcons were ranked 46th in the nation in those rankings, which were through games of Sunday (Jan. 2) ... BGSU has posted five wins against teams currently ranked in the top 100 of the RPI this year to date (Vanderbilt - 52; Creighton - 55; UALR - 64; Detroit - 65; Western Kentucky - 90).
* Also on Tuesday, after BGSU's game notes for the Ohio contest were completed, the USA Today ESPN Coaches Poll was released ... BG received 26 points, making the Falcons the third team listed in the 'others receiving votes' category ... 25th-ranked Oklahoma State had 41 points.
* ESPN.com's latest Mid-Major Top 10 was revealed on Tuesday ... BGSU was ranked third behind Xavier and Marist ... the web site also unveiled a Bracketology projection on Tuesday ... the Falcons were listed as one of the 64 schools projected to make the tournament, as a number-nine seed ... the mock bracket had BG facing Northwestern in a first-round game in Storrs, Conn.
* The latest CollegeInsider.com rankings were announced on Tuesday ... the Falcons are again second, trailing only Green Bay ... BG received 741 points and two first-place votes ... Green Bay had 770 total points and 27 first-place votes ... Florida Gulf Coast, listed third, garnered the other two first-place votes.
* In an unofficial Mid-Major poll (LadySwish: Silent Majority Rankings), the Falcons were ranked third this week, behind only Xavier and Marist.
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