BGSU Hosts Buffalo in Final Women's Regular-Season Game at Anderson

The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, having clinched a Mid-American Conference divisional championship for the seventh consecutive season, prepares for what could be the final women's basketball game in the history of venerable Anderson Arena ... the Falcons of head coach Curt Miller will face the University at Buffalo on Wednesday (March 2), with tipoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Anderson (3,500) ... Miller and his staff returned 10 letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's 27-7 team that won the MAC regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Championships.

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ONE FINAL GAME IN "THE HOUSE THAT ROARS"
Wednesday's Buffalo game is the last women's basketball regular-season game in Anderson Arena ... barring any postseason games in the venerable building, the UB contest will be the final game for head coach Curt Miller's team in "The House That Roars" ... BGSU will move into the Stroh Center in time for the 2011-12 season ... Anderson has provided the Falcons with quite a home-court advantage over the years ... BG enters the Buffalo game having won nearly three-quarters of the games played in Anderson, with an overall record of 332-116 (74.1%) ... the record is even better in MAC play, as the Falcons have a league mark of 191-54 (78.0%) at Anderson through the years.

THE FALCONS AND THE MAC TOURNAMENT PICTURE
With one game left in the MAC regular-season race, the Falcons' conference tournament scenarios are pretty darn simple ... BGSU will be the number-two seed for the MAC Tournament, regardless of Wednesday night's outcomes around the league ... the Falcons will receive a first-round bye, and BG will play the winner of the first-round game pitting the #7 seed vs. the #10 seed ... the Falcons' quarterfinal game will be played on Wednesday, March 9, at noon at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland.

ANOTHER TITLE FOR THE FALCONS
Bowling Green, as mentioned, has clinched the MAC's East Division title ... the 2010-11 crown marks the seventh-straight divisional title for Curt Miller's Falcons, and it is the 12th overall regular-season championship of some sort for the Brown and Orange ... a few notes ...

• There still exists the possibility that BGSU could tie Toledo for the overall MAC regular-season championship ... the Falcons would need to defeat Buffalo on Wednesday night, and would need the Rockets to lose to Central Michigan.

• Regardless of those outcomes, 2011 marks the first of BGSU's 12 MAC regular-season championships in which the Falcons will not earn an outright league title ... in each of the Falcons' first five regular-season championships (1987, 1988, 1989, 1993 and 1994), the MAC had just one division, and BGSU had the best overall regular-season record ... in each of the last six seasons (2005 through 2010), Miller's teams not only won a division title, but also had the best overall record among all MAC schools.

THAT'S A LOT OF WINS!
The Falcons are now 24-4 overall on the season ... BGSU has won at least 21 games in each of the last eight seasons, and the Falcons have posted 23 or more wins in each of the last seven years.

THAT'S A LOT OF WINS! PART 2
Over the last eight years (including 2010-11, which still has at least two games left), BGSU has AVERAGED more than 26.0 wins per season ... after posting a combined record of 21-35 in Curt Miller's first two seasons (9-19 in 2001-02, 12-16 in '02-03), the Falcons have gone 209-49 since that time.

FALCONS TAKE FLIGHT IN FEBRUARY
BGSU has had a great deal of success in the month of February over the last few years ... the Falcons finished the February schedule with a perfect 7-0 mark this season, and BG is 60-16 in the second month of the year during the Curt Miller Era ... since the start of the 2004-05 season, the Falcons are 50-3 in February games.

SEVEN-STRAIGHT DIVISION TITLES, BUT ONLY SIX IN THE EAST
The Falcons, as mentioned, have won a division title for the seventh consecutive season ... the last six of those have been outright East Division crowns ... the seven-year run for Curt Miller and his staff began with a West Division title in 2005, before the Falcons were moved from the West back to the East Division prior to the 2005-06 season.

"SENIOR DAY" (OR IN THIS CASE, "SENIOR NIGHT")
Wednesday's game marks "Senior Night" for the BGSU women's basketball progarm, as the team's six seniors – Chelsea Albert, Maggie Hennegan, Tracy Pontius, Lauren Prochaska, Jen Uhl and Kelly Zuercher – will be recognized in ceremonies prior to the game ... the team's two senior managers, Kyle Jefferson and Chris Simler, will be honored as well ... heading into the Buffalo game, the five fourth-year seniors have helped the Falcons to an overall record of 106-24 and a MAC regular-season mark of 54-9 ... Hennegan is in her second playing season with the Brown and Orange after transferring from Saint Louis University.

SENIOR PRIDE
The Falcons' five fourth-year seniors – Chelsea Albert, Tracy Pontius, Lauren Prochaska, Jen Uhl and Kelly Zuercher – have joined a relatively exclusive, and very impressive, group ... that quintet is the sixth class in school history, and the fifth in a row, to be a part of at least 100 career wins at BGSU ... last year's group of fourth-year Falcons (Tara Breske, Laura Bugher and Sarah Clapper) helped the Falcons to 113 wins, the second-highest win total in school and MAC annals ... the record is held by the one-woman class of two seasons ago ... Lindsey Goldsberry ended her career with a total of 114 wins, the most by any player (male or female) in MAC basketball history ... this year's group has 106 wins, the fourth-highest total at BG ... the team's sixth senior in 2010-11, Maggie Hennegan, is in her second playing season after transferring from Saint Louis University.

SENIOR DAY/NIGHT SUCCESS
BGSU enters Wednesday's game looking to continue a streak of success ... the Falcons are a perfect 9-0 in "Senior Day/Night' games in the Curt Miller Era, and BG is 14-1 in the last 15 such contests ... the lone loss in that time came to Miami in February of 2001.

THANKS, SENIORS
Entering the Buffalo game, BGSU's six seniors have combined for 5,219 points, 2,260 rebounds, 883 assists, 616 three-point field goals made, 497 steals and 234 blocked shots during their time in the Brown and Orange.

WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE (THAT ROARS)
BGSU enters the final regular-season game at venerable Anderson Arena on a pretty good run ... the Falcons have won 45 of the last 47 games in "The House That Roars" ... the Falcons saw a 23-game home winning streak snapped with a one-point loss to Toledo on Jan. 26 ... the only other loss in the last 47 home contests came to Indiana in the third round of the 2009 WNIT ... BG had won 19-straight home games before losing to IU, then winning the next 23 games at "The House That Roars" ... 40 of the Falcons' 45 wins in that span have come by double digits.

LAUREN PROCHASKA: BGSU'S CAREER SCORING LEADER
Earlier this month, senior Lauren Prochaska broke the BGSU career scoring record ... Prochaska scored a game-high 21 points in the Falcons' win over Ball State on Feb. 5, including the record-breaking layup early in the second half ... she posted up to take a pass from classmate Maggie Hennegan and hit a shot over her defender with 16:39 left in the game ... Prochaska had an otherworldly performance in the win at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 12), with 37 points ... she had 14 points on Saturday (Feb. 26) vs. Kent State, in the process surpassing the 2,200-point mark for her career ... Prochaska enters the Buffalo contest with a career total of 2,203 points ... the old BGSU scoring record, set by Jackie Motycka (2,122 points from 1985-89), had stood for over two decades ... Prochaska is averaging 16.9 points per game, the second-highest average in BG annals (behind Motycka's 18.1 ppg), in her storied Falcon career.
BGSU LEADERS, CAREER POINTS
Player, Seasons - Points
1. LAUREN PROCHASKA 2007-Present - 2,203
2. Jackie Motycka, 1985-89 - 2,122

START ME UP: PROCHASKA SETS TWO MORE CAREER RECORDS
Senior Lauren Prochaska, who already held four BGSU career records entering the Miami game on Feb. 19, set two more when the ball was tipped at 2:05 p.m. (give or take) that day ... the game marked the 128th start of Prochaska's career, breaking the record of 127 set by Liz Honegger (2003-07) ... additionally, it was Prochaska's 128th consecutive start, topping Honegger's record in that category ... Prochaska has started every game since arriving at BG ... Honegger came off the bench to play in her first collegiate game, in November of 2003, then started each of her final 127 contests ... Prochaska now has started all 130 games in her BG career.

THE PROCHASKA 500
After scoring 14 points in the win over Kent State, Falcon senior Lauren Prochaska now has 504 points this season to date ... she is the first player in BGSU women's basketball history to score over 500 points in each of her four years.

PROCHASKA HOLDS A LOT OF CAREER RECORDS
As mentioned (on multiple occasions now), Lauren Prochaska is the BGSU career scoring leader, with 2,203 career points ... she also is the school's all-time leader in three-point field goals made, free throws made and FT pct. ... Prochaska ranks fourth in MAC history in scoring, and is second on the conference list in three-pointers made ... and, she has a chance to finish her career in the top-five in NCAA Division-I history in free-throw percentage ... let's put together a list, in bullet-point form, shall we
BGSU CAREER RECORDS HELD BY LAUREN PROCHASKA
• Points: 2,203
• Three-Point Field Goals Made: 301
• Free Throws Made: 586
• Free-Throw Percentage: 90.9%
• Games Started: 130
• Consecutive Games Started: 130

PROCHASKA MOVING UP ON MAC LIST
Senior Lauren Prochaska is the leading scorer – male or female – in BGSU history ... she is also moving up the Mid-American Conference list ... with a basket just over eight minutes into the Falcons' Jan. 12 win over Akron, the native of Plain City, Ohio became just the second player in school history, and only the 10th in MAC annals, to reach the 2,000-point milestone ... then, in the Ball State game (Feb. 5), Prochaska moved past Jackie Motycka with a layup early in the second half ... Prochaska now ranks fourth on the MAC list, having passed former Toledo standout Mimi Olson (2,144 points from 1993-97) with a 37-point effort vs. Eastern Michigan (Feb. 12) ... Prochaska's next target on the MAC list is Carrie Moore, who had 2,224 points from 2003-07 at Western Michigan.

FALCONS WIN 20, AGAIN; BGSU SETS A NEW MAC RECORD
BGSU coach Curt Miller has talked about wanting his program to maintain a level of consistency, and avoid being a 'one-hit wonder' ... it is safe to say that mission has been accomplished ... the Falcons' win at Eastern Michigan on Feb. 12 enabled BGSU to reach the 20-victory total ... the Falcons have won at least 20 games in eight consecutive years, extending the school record and setting a new MAC mark ... the old conference record was set by Bob Lindsay's Kent State teams from 1995-96 through 2001-02 ... prior to BG's current run, the longest streak in school history was four-straight seasons, by the Fran Voll-coached teams of the late 1980s.

BGSU WAS ALREADY AT THE TOP OF THIS LIST
The Falcons have won 20 games for the 16th time in school history, the most of any MAC school ... other than BGSU, only Toledo (15) and Kent State (12) have posted 20 or more wins on 10 or more occasions.

ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons will enter the Buffalo game with an overall record of 24-4, and BGSU is 12-3 in MAC play ... BG has clinched the MAC's East Division title, and the Falcons will be the number-two seed for the MAC Tournament ... the Falcons are 13-1 at home, 10-3 on the road and 1-0 in neutral-site games to date, and BG has won seven consecutive games heading into Wednesday's contest ... most recently, the Falcons downed Kent State, 80-59, Saturday afternoon (Feb. 26) at Anderson Arena.

• BGSU went a perfect 7-0 in the month of February ... the Falcons broke a two-game MAC losing streak – the team's first such streak in three years – with a 67-64 win at Northern Illinois (Feb. 1), then returned home to top Ball State four days later ... the Falcons had entered the NIU game having lost three of the previous five games after winning 15 in a row ... following the BSU game and the 'bye' week, BG defeated Eastern Michigan on the road, 60-55 (Feb. 12), posted double-digit victories over Ohio at home (Feb. 16) and Miami on the road (Feb. 19), then ventured to Akron and pulled-out a last-second win, 47-45, last week (Feb. 22).

• The Falcons' 15-game winning streak was one of the longest in the nation at the time it was snapped ... it came to an end with a 44-43 loss in the first KSU meeting, in Northeast Ohio on Jan. 15 ... the Falcons rebounded to win the next two games, before losing to Toledo, 66-65 (Jan. 26) and dropping a 66-55 decision at Western Michigan (Jan. 29).

• BGSU received votes in both major polls – the Associated Press poll and the USA Today ESPN Coaches listings – for much of the year, but the Falcons are not currently garnering votes in either ... the Falcons were ranked 53rd in the nation in the most recent NCAA RPI rankings, and BGSU was fifth in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25.

• The Falcons suffered a 63-62 loss at Evansville in the regular-season opener (Nov. 12), but BG bounced back with the 15-game win streak before losing at KSU ... in non-conference play, BGSU's victims included Creighton, Youngstown State, Oakland, Detroit, #23/23 Vanderbilt, Cal State Fullerton and Canisius at Anderson Arena; Seattle, Western Kentucky, Austin Peay and Butler on the road; and UALR at a neutral site.

• The Brown and Orange went 4-1 in the first round-robin swing through the MAC's East Division, and BGSU finished the cross-divisional phase with a 4-2 mark before winning four games vs. East teams in the second go-around ... the Falcons had opened league play with a win at Ohio (Jan. 5), before returning home and scoring 90 points in back-to-back victories over Miami and Akron ... BG lost at Kent, but the Falcons bounced back with a 72-61 win at Buffalo, then dismantled Central Michigan, 90-62, at "The House That Roars" ... however, UT snapped BGSU's lengthy homecourt winning streak four days later, and the Falcons then lost at Western before reeling off six-straight wins heading into the KSU rematch.

• Senior Lauren Prochaska, the MAC Player of the Year in each of the last two seasons, is averaging a team-high 18.0 points per game, and also paces the Falcons with 6.0 rebounds per contest ... Prochaska has scored 20 or more points in 13 games this year, including three games of more than 30 points ... she had 31 points in the win over nationally-ranked Vanderbilt in December, and exploded for 37 points and 12 rebounds in the victory at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 12) ... Prochaska hit the game-winning three-pointer at Akron with just 0.2 seconds left ... classmate Tracy Pontius has 11.9 ppg to date, and leads the team with 3.5 assists per outing ... she had 17 points, tying her season high in MAC games at the time, in the win over Ohio, then went off for 29 points at Miami.

• Pontius has made 64 three-point field goals this year, while Prochaska has hit 60 shots from long range ... Prochaska and Pontius are shooting 38.2 and 36.2 percent from beyond the arc, respectively ... Prochaska is 164-of-178 (92.1%) from the free-throw line on the year, and is third in the nation in that category in the latest NCAA rankings (Monday, Feb. 28) ... she is 37th in the country in scoring, while Pontius is ranked 45th in assist/turnover ratio (1.78) in the NCAA listings.

• Head coach Curt Miller's starting lineup for each of the first 28 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 10.4 ppg and has hit 46 three-pointers this year to date ... she leads the Falcons in steals, with 1.8 per game (Steffen has 50 steals, Prochaska 40 and Pontius 35 this year), and is shooting 36.2% from three-point land.

• Uhl and Hennegan are averaging 9.0 and 8.9 ppg, respectively ... Uhl has 252 points to Hennegan's 250 this year to date ... Uhl is second on the team with 6.1 rpg, while Hennegan ranks third with 5.4 rpg ... Uhl has led the Falcons in rebounding in six of the last 10 contests ... Hennegan is shooting a team-best 52.2% from the field, and also leads the Falcons in blocked shots (1.1 bpg).

• In MAC games, the Falcons are 6-1 at home and finished at 6-2 on the road ... BGSU has gone 8-1 vs. East Division foes and went 4-2 against the West ... all five starters are averaging at least 9.3 points per game in league action ... Prochaska has 16.3 ppg and 5.6 rpg in the 15 conference games ... Steffen, who has scored a career-high 22 points in each of the last two home games (Ohio and KSU), has 11.6 ppg in MAC contests, good for second on the team, while Pontius has 10.6 ppg vs. league foes ... Hennegan and Uhl have 10.0 and 9.3 ppg, respectively, in conference games.

• Steffen has 4.1 rpg, 2.5 apg and 1.9 spg in MAC games, leading the team in steals and ranking second in assists ... Hennegan has 5.1 rpg and is shooting 56.4% from the field ... Uhl leads BGSU with 7.1 rebounds, while Pontius paces the club with 2.9 apg in MAC matches.

• 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.

• 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.

• The Falcons' lone junior is Jessica Slagle, who played in every game last year ... 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 joined 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 has joined the program, but will sit out this season after transferring from Duke University ... she will retain three seasons of eligibility.

• Slagle has played in all 28 games off the bench, while Papenfuss has seen action in 27 ... Slagle and Papenfuss have 3.9 and 2.8 ppg, respectively ... Slagle has hit 12 of her 31 three-point attempts this year (38.7%), while Papenfuss has 2.0 rpg, tied for sixth on the team in that category.

• Havel has seen action in all 28 games, while Albert has played in 24, Stein 23 and Zuercher 21 ... all 15 players on the active roster have played in at least 12 contests.

• BGSU is shooting 41.3% from the field, 36.0% from three-point land and 80.4% from the free-throw line, leading the nation in the latter category ... BG has allowed opponents to shoot 38.7% from the floor and 27.7% from beyond the arc ... Falcon foes are shooting 67.4% from the stripe ... BGSU has made exactly 200 more free throws than the opponents (483 to 283), and the Falcons have made 63 more free throws than the foes have attempted.

SHE'S A SCORER
Falcon women's basketball followers have gotten used to the consistent scoring prowess displayed by senior Lauren Prochaska over the years ... Prochaska has scored in double digits in 114 of her 130 career games ... she has scored 20 or more points in a game 13 times this season and 46 times in her career ... Prochaska has hit the 30-point plateau three times this year and six times as a Falcon ... her total of six career 30-point games ties the school record set by Jackie Motycka.

LAST TIME OUT
A scorching performance from three-point range enabled BGSU to build a large halftime lead en route to an 80-59 victory over Kent State Saturday (Feb. 26) at Anderson Arena ... the win enabled the Falcons to clinch the MAC's East Division title and the number-two seed for the MAC Tournament ... BG has won a division title for the seventh consecutive season ... the Falcons made 13 three-point field goals on the day, including a 10-of-17 performance from long distance in the opening half ... the hosts opened up a 20-point lead at the intermission, and that margin never fell below 15 in the second period ... sophomore Chrissy Steffen, the lone non-senior among the game's 10 starters, led the Falcons with 22 points, tying her career high ... BGSU had four starters score in double digits, with the fifth starter scoring nine points ... senior Tracy Pontius had 18 points, including a game-high total of five three-point field goals, for the Brown and Orange ... with Kent State hanging around late in the second half, Pontius hit back-to-back triples to put the game away ... seniors Lauren Prochaska and Maggie Hennegan scored 14 and 11 points, respectively, for the Falcons, while another senior, Jen Uhl, had nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds in the win ... KSU's Taisja Jones led all players with 25 points on the afternoon ... Jamilah Humes had 13 points, six assists and four steals for the Flashes ... BGSU went on a 13-2 run to end the half with a 20-point lead, 49-29, and Kent never got closer than 15 points in the second period.

A QUICK LOOK AT BUFFALO
Buffalo will enter Wednesday's game with an overall record of 15-13, and the Bulls are 8-7 in MAC action ... UB will finish third in the East Division, and will host a first-round game in the MAC Tournament on Saturday ... the team's win totals, both overall and conference-only, are more than double the totals from last season ... the Bulls had a four-game winning streak, including road victories over Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan, in late January and early February ... UB then lost the next three games, but bounced back with home wins over Miami (77-74; Feb. 23) and Ohio (70-65; Feb. 26) last week ... the Bulls are 6-7 at home, 7-4 on the road and 2-2 in neutral-site games to date ... in MAC play, UB went 4-4 at Alumni Arena, and the Bulls are 4-3 on the road ... individually, senior forward Kourtney Brown leads the team – and the MAC – in scoring and rebounding, with 21.6 points and 11.9 rebounds per game ... she also leads the entire league in field-goal percentage (58.8%) and blocked shots ... Brown has blocked 93 shots this year, an average of 3.3 per game ... junior guard Brittany Hedderson has 11.3 ppg this year to date, and has hit a team-leading 42 three-point field goals ... senior forward Jessica Fortman has 8.5 ppg and 5.7 rpg, ranking third on the team in scoring and second on the Bulls in boards ... senior point guard Ashley Zuber has 7.2 ppg and a MAC-leading 6.2 assists per contest ... senior forward Bridgette Kendricks (4.7 ppg) joins the aforementioned four players in the probable starting lineup for head coach Linda Hill-MacDonald ... Hill-MacDonald, in her sixth season in Western New York, welcomed back 11 letterwinners, including all five starters, from last year's club ... the 2009-10 team went 7-23 overall and 3-13 in MAC play ... the school's athletics web site is www.buffalobulls.com.

THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Buffalo, 17-5, in the all-time series between the teams, and BGSU has won the last 13 meetings ... last month, the Falcons picked up a 72-61 road win over the Bulls (Jan. 18, 2011) ... last season, the Brown and Orange swept the two meetings, with a 78-60 win in the Bulls' last trip to Anderson Arena (Jan. 13, 2010) and an 81-64 victory in Buffalo (Feb. 24, 2010) ... BGSU is 7-2 in home games vs. the Bulls, and the Falcons have won seven-straight games over UB at Anderson Arena ... Curt Miller has a record of 15-1 against Buffalo in his stellar BGSU career.

THE FALCONS ARE/WERE ...
• 24-4 this season to date; after finishing with a 27-7 record last season;
• 12-3 in MAC play this season, having won a seventh-straight division title;
• 230-84 since Curt Miller took the BGSU helm in May of 2001;
• 120-39 in MAC games in that time:
• 221-65 overall in the nearly nine years 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);
• 209-49 over the last seven-plus years, with 2010-11 marking BG's eighth-straight season of at least 20 wins;
• a staggering 188-39 in the past six-plus years, with no fewer than 23 wins in seven-straight seasons and a MAC regular-season title each year from 2004-10;
• an eye-popping 165-31 overall, and 85-10 in the MAC regular season, in the last five-plus years, with at least 26 wins each year (24 this year to date, obviously);
• a/an (insert your own adjective here) 137-28 in the last four-plus years, including a 69-10 conference ledger;
• 106-24 overall, and 54-9 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;
• 80-16 overall and 41-6 in MAC action since junior Jessica Slagle and redshirt soph Maribeth Giese ventured to NW Ohio;
• 51-11 overall and 26-5 in the MAC 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.);
• 103-12 in the last 115 games vs. MAC foes (regular-season and tournament);
• A perfect 53-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field in the Miller Era;
• 186-10 when having a better FG pct. than the opposition in Miller's tenure, including a 58-0 mark in the last two-plus seasons;
• 177-29 when making more free throws during Miller's first nine-plus years;
• 137-13 when outrebounding the opponent in the Miller Era;
• 50-5 in MAC home games in the last six-plus seasons;
• 42-6 in MAC road games over the last six years;
• 15-2 in the MAC Tournament in the last six years, with four titles (2005, '06, '07 and 2010), a championship-game appearance in '09, and a trip to the semis in '08;
• 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;
• 35-3 in all non-conference home games since the start of the 2003-04 season;
• 31-2 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 PROCHASKAN ASSASSIN: BIG-TIME PLAYER HITS BIG-TIME SHOT
BGSU senior Lauren Prochaska has a long list of accomplishments during her three-plus years in Northwest Ohio ... but, Prochaska achieved a first last Tuesday night (Feb. 22) ... the two-time MAC Player of the Year hit the first buzzer-beater of her career, as her three-pointer with just 0.2 seconds left in the game gave the Falcons a 47-45 win at Akron ... Prochaska stepped up and hit the winning shot despite having missed 11-straight three-point tries prior to the final play ... she had not made a triple since late in the Eastern Michigan game of Feb. 12.

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 have been many events as part of the year-long celebration ... the All-Anderson teams for men's and women's basketball were announced in October ... for the BGSU women, the All-Anderson Team recognition took place prior to the Feb. 5 win over Ball State ... the final women's game inside "The House That Roars" will be Wednesday (March 2) vs. Buffalo ... on Saturday (March 5), the BGSU men's team hosts Buffalo at 1:00 p.m., and the year-long festivities 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 (SOON!) at 419-372-2401 or rlynv@bgsu.edu.

THREE-MENDOUS!
The Falcons have had a great deal of success from three-point land this year ... BGSU leads the MAC and ranks fifth in the country in three-pointers made per game (8.1) ... the Falcons made 13 treys in Saturday's win over Kent State, and BG has made at least seven triples in 22 of this year's 28 games to date ... the Falcons have hit nine or more treys in a game 12 times so far this season.

TREY BIEN: PROCHASKA, PONTIUS RACK UP LONG-DISTANCE FEES
The top-two long-distance shooters in BGSU history reside on the current roster ... seniors Lauren Prochaska and Tracy Pontius rank first and second, respectively, on the BGSU list for three-pointers made ... Prochaska broke the school career record last season, and now has hit 301 three-pointers since venturing to Northwest Ohio ... Pontius hit a game-high five triples in last Saturday's (Feb. 19) win at Miami, in the process moving past Liz Honegger (216 triples from 2003-07) into second place on the BGSU list ... after making five more treys against Kent State, Pontius now has 223 career threes.

PROCHASKA, PONTIUS MOVING UP MAC LIST FOR THREE-POINTERS
In Saturday's (Feb. 26) win over Kent State, Falcon senior Lauren Prochaska became only the second player in Mid-American Conference history to make 300 three-point field goals made in a career ... Prochaska has hit a total of 301 shots from beyond the arc ... senior Tracy Pontius is moving up the MAC list as well, ranking 13th with 223 career treys made heading into the Buffalo game.

TAKE SOME – THEY'RE FREE
As of the latest NCAA rankings (released Monday, Feb. 28), the Falcons were leading the entire nation in free-throw percentage ... BGSU is converting free throws at a rate of 80.4 percent ... individually, senior Lauren Prochaska was third in the country in FT pct. as of Monday ... Prochaska now has made 164 of her 178 attempts this year to date (92.1%).

FALCONS AMONG NCAA LEADERS
BGSU is ranked among the national leaders in numerous categories, according to the last NCAA statistics (released Monday, Feb. 28) ... the Falcons are ranked in the top-50 in no fewer than 11 total categories ... as mentioned, BG leads the entire nation in free-throw percentage ... the Falcons also are ranked in the top-10 in the country in three-point field goals made per game (fifth; 8.1) ... additionally, BGSU is 14th in the nation in winning percentage (85.7%), 16th in scoring margin (+15.7), 17th in turnovers per game (14.3), 24th in three-point FG percentage defense (27.7%), 34th in both assist/turnover ratio (0.97) and turnover margin (+3.89), 28th in scoring offense (72.3) 48th in scoring defense (56.6).

BGSU HOOPS SUCCESS TRANSCENDS GENDER
Whether it be the men's or the women's team, BGSU's basketball programs have enjoyed success in MAC play this season to date ... as of Tuesday morning (March 1), the Falcon men's and women's programs have combined for a 19-10 record in conference games, the second-best mark in the league ... the list is in the PDF version of these here game notes ... it's just a click away.

MILLER MOVES UP
Falcon head coach Curt Miller became the winningest coach in program history long ago ... now, Miller has moved up another notch on the Mid-American Conference list ... BGSU's 73-61 win at Miami (Feb. 19) was the 118th MAC victory of Miller's career, moving him into sole possession of third place on the conference list ... Miller moved past former BG and Central Michigan coach Fran Voll, who had 117 MAC victories in his career ... overall, Miller now has 230 career wins and 120 MAC wins after the Kent State game – both totals are the third highest among MAC coaches ... KSU's Bob Lindsay tops each list, while former Toledo coach Mark Ehlen is second on both the MAC's overall and league-only wins lists.

PONTIUS IS BACK IN A BIG WAY
Senior Tracy Pontius has shot her way out of a minor slump ... after scoring a total of 26 points over the previous five games, Pontius has averaged 16.8 ppg in the last four contests ... she went 6-of-7 from the field and had 17 points in the win over Ohio, on Feb. 16 ... then, she exploded for a game- and season-high 29 points in BG's victory at Miami (Feb. 19) ... Pontius, who had hit only four total field goals in the three previous games, went 15-for-25 in those two contests ... vs. Ohio and Miami, she was a combined 9-of-16 from three-point land, including a 4-of-5 effort vs. the Bobcats and a 5-of-11 performance against the RedHawks ... Pontius added 18 points in Saturday's (Feb. 26) win over Kent State, with five more three-pointers in that game.

STEFFEN CAN SHOOT IT
Sophomore Chrissy Steffen, in her first season as a starter, has given the Falcons another weapon at both ends of the court ... Steffen scored a career-high 22 points in the win over Ohio (Feb. 16), and had 13 more points at Miami three days later ... she matched her career best with 22 more points in Saturday's (Feb. 26) win over Kent State ... Steffen is averaging 10.4 points per game and has made 46 three-point field goals, ranking third on the team in both categories ... she is also third in assists (2.0 apg) this year ... in MAC games only, Steffen has 11.6 ppg and has made 27 shots from three-point land, ranking second in both categories as well as in assists (2.4 apg) ... at the defensive end, Steffen leads the Falcons in steals, both overall (1.8 spg) and in MAC games (1.9 spg).

UHL BE SWELL, UHL BE GREAT
Senior Jen Uhl has stepped up to give Curt Miller and the Falcons another scoring option ... Uhl has averaged 11.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game over the last eight contests, leading the team in boards and ranking second in scoring ... the Wadsworth, Ohio, native had a season-high 18 points in the Falcons' win at Northern Illinois, then posted a double-double, with 14 points and 12 boards in a career-high 39 minutes against Ball State ... she had 15 points at Miami ... Uhl hit a career-high four triples in the NIU game ... she is averaging 9.3 ppg and a team-leading 7.1 rpg in MAC games, and has had 12 rebounds three times over the last eight contests.

HENNEGAN IS STEPPING UP, TOO
Falcon senior Maggie Hennegan, like fellow senior post player Jen Uhl, has stepped up her game in MAC play ... Hennegan is averaging 8.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game this year ... in conference games, she has 10.0 ppg and is shooting over 56 percent from the field ... Hennegan had 16 points, matching her BGSU career best, in the win at NIU ... she nearly had a double-double at Miami (Feb. 19), with nine points and 11 rebounds, and had 11 points and eight boards in the win over Kent State (Feb. 26) ... Hennegan has scored in double digits 10 times this year, including seven in MAC play ... and, she has made six of her 10 attempts from three-point range in MAC games.

UP NEXT
Following the Buffalo game, the Falcons will have a week off before taking the court at Quicken Loans Arena ... BGSU will play a MAC Tournament quarterfinal-round game against an opponent to be determined ... the Falcons' quarterfinal contest is scheduled for Wednesday, March 9, with tipoff at noon in downtown Cleveland ... the semifinals are scheduled for Friday, March 11, with the championship game set for the following day; Saturday, March 12.

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