MAC Tournament Notes: Falcons Prepare to Face Ohio in Quarterfinals

The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, having won a Mid-American Conference divisional championship for the seventh consecutive season, now heads to Cleveland for the 2011 MAC Tournament ... the Falcons of head coach Curt Miller, the tourney's number-two seed, will face 10th-seeded Ohio University in the quarterfinals on Wednesday afternoon (March 9) ... tipoff is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. at Quicken Loans Arena (20.562) ... the winner will advance to Friday's (March 11) semifinal round, playing in that day's first game (also a noon tipoff) ... Miller and his staff returned 10 letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's team that went 27-7, won MAC regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Championships.

LINKS
BGSU NOTES & STATS (Pages 1-27)
BGSU PLAYER BIOS (Pages 28-57)
BGSU RECAPS & BOXSCORES (pages 58-72)
CURT MILLER'S MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE
MAC TOURNAMENT BRACKET (entering Wednesday's quarterfinal round)
OVERALL & MAC STATS for all eight teams still alive in MAC Tournament
LAUREN PROCHASKA INTERVIEW on Dishin' & Swishin' podcast

THE FALCONS IN THE MAC TOURNAMENT
The Falcons enter the 2011 MAC Tournament with an all-time record of 39-16 in the league tourney ... BGSU's win total is the second highest among MAC teams, and the Falcons' .709 winning percentage is the best in the league ... BG's total of 10 MAC Tournament titles is also the highest of any league institution ... BGSU has a 2-3 tournament record against Ohio ... the Falcons are 18-5 under Curt Miller in conference tourney games, but are 0-2 vs. the Bobcats during that time ... more information on BGSU and the MAC Tournament can be found on pages 26 and 27 of the PDF version of these game notes.

CHAMPIONS AGAIN
For the seventh consecutive year and the 12th time in school history, Bowling Green has captured a regular-season championship ... the Falcons won the East Division, with a 13-3 record against conference competition ... a few more notes ...

• The 2010-11 season marks the first of 12 MAC regular-season championships (most of any conference team, by the way) 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 outright ... in each of the last six seasons (2005 through 2010), Curt Miller's teams not only won a division title, but also had the best overall record among all MAC schools.

• BGSU won league regular-season titles in three consecutive years from 1986-87 to 1988-89 under head coach Fran Voll, and Jaci Clark's teams captured back-to-back crowns in the 1992-93 and '93-94 campaigns ... in 2005, the Falcons had the MAC's best overall record at 13-3, and won the West Division ... and, BG has won the East Division six years running, with MAC marks of 16-0, 15-1, 13-3, 15-1, 14-2 and 13-3.

BGSU AT THE Q
The Falcons enter this year's MAC Tournament with an all-time record of 17-4 at Quicken Loans (formerly Gund) Arena ... in their first-ever appearance, the Falcons, seeded ninth, led top-seeded Toledo at halftime before losing in the quarterfinals of the 2001 tourney ... that was BGSU's final game before the Curt Miller Era began ... six years ago, the Brown and Orange picked up a pair of one-point wins at then-Gund Arena, topping Western Michigan and Miami on buzzer-beating jumpers by Lindsay Austin ... that '04 team fell to Eastern Michigan in the championship game, and BG then proceeded to win 10-straight games at "The Gund"/"The Q" ... that streak included MAC Tournament titles in 2005, 2006 and 2007, and a quarterfinal-round win over Kent State in '08 ... the streak came to an end with a double-overtime loss to Ohio in the 2008 tourney's semifinal round ... two years ago, BGSU downed Central Michigan and UT to advance to the title game, before falling to Ball State, 55-51, in the final ... the 2010 tournament saw the Falcons defeat Miami, Akron and UT en route to a fourth MAC Tournament title in six seasons ... BG has a record of 17-3 at the facility during Miller's head-coaching tenure.

THAT'S A LOT OF WINS!
The Falcons are 25-4 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 ... and, the 2010-11 campaign is the sixth-straight year that BG has won 25 or more games.

THAT'S A LOT OF WINS! PART 2
Over the last eight years (including 2010-11, which still has at least one game 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 210-49 since that time ... that is an average of 26.3 wins – and just 6.1 losses – per year.

FALCONS WIN FINAL(??) GAME IN "THE HOUSE THAT ROARS"
The Falcons downed Buffalo, 92-68, in Wednesday's (March 2) regular-season finale at venerable Anderson Arena ... barring any postseason games in the building, the UB contest was 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 ... last game or not, Anderson provided the Falcons with quite a home-court advantage over the years ... BG won nearly three-quarters of the women's basketball games played in Anderson, with an overall record of 333-116 (74.1%) ... the record was even better in MAC play, as the Falcons had a league regular-season mark of 192-54 – a winning percentage of 78.0% – at Anderson through the years.

A FEW MORE ANDERSON ARENA-RELATED FACTS
If BGSU is indeed finished with home games for the season, the Falcons leave Anderson Arena on a successful note ... want proof? Keep reading ...

• BGSU won 46 of the last 48 games in "The House That Roars" ... the Falcons had home winning streaks of 23 and 19 games during that time ... 41 of BG's 46 wins in that span came by double-digit margins.

• BG posted a record of 103-24 (81.1%) at Anderson Arena during the Curt Miller Era ... the Falcons have gone 83-7 (92.2%) at home over the last seven seasons.

• In MAC play, the Falcons went 63-16 (79.7%) in the Miller Era, including a conference mark of 50-5 (90.9%) at "The House That Roars" over the last seven years ... not coincidentally, BGSU won MAC divisional titles in all seven of those seasons, with outright league championships in six of those years.

• BGSU went 14-1 at Anderson this year, tying the school record for home wins in a season ... the Falcons also went 14-1 at home two years ago (2008-09).

SEVEN-STRAIGHT DIVISION TITLES, BUT ONLY SIX IN THE EAST
The Falcons 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.

LAUREN PROCHASKA: BGSU'S CAREER SCORING LEADER
Senior Lauren Prochaska is the top scorer in BGSU history ... 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 has surpassed the 2,200-point mark, and enters the MAC Tournament with a career total of 2,225 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 17.0 points per game, the second-highest average in BG annals (behind Motycka's 18.1 ppg), in her storied Falcon career.

PROCHASKA HOLDS A LOT OF CAREER RECORDS
As mentioned, Lauren Prochaska is the BGSU career scoring leader, with 2,225 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 third in MAC history in scoring, and is second on the conference list in three-pointers made ... she has started every game since arriving at BG ... 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: 2,225
• Three-Point Field Goals Made: 306
• Free Throws Made: 589
• Free-Throw Percentage: 90.8%
• Games Started: 131
• Consecutive Games Started: 131

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 ... Prochaska now ranks third on the MAC list, having passed former Western Michigan standout Carrie Moore (2,224 points from 2003-07) with her 22-point effort on Wednesday (March 2) vs. Buffalo ... Prochaska likely will end her career in third place on that chart ... the MAC list can be found in the PDF.

THE PROCHASKA 500
After scoring 22 points in the win over Buffalo, Falcon senior Lauren Prochaska now has 526 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.

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 115 of her 131 career games ... she has scored 20 or more points in a game 14 times this season and 47 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.

THREE-MENDOUS: BGSU TIES SCHOOL RECORD VS. BUFFALO
The Falcons tied a school record by making a total of 16 three-point field goals in Wednesday's (March 2) win over Buffalo ... BG originally set the mark with 16 treys in a home win vs. Akron on Jan. 26, 2000, and the Falcons tied that record on Jan. 16, 2008, in a victory at Kent State.

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 (13) have posted 20 or more wins on 10 or more occasions.

ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons will enter the MAC Tournament with an overall record of 25-4, and BGSU finished the regular season with a mark of 13-3 in MAC play ... three of BG's four losses this season have come by a single point.

• BG won the MAC's East Division title, and the Falcons are the number-two seed for the MAC Tournament ... the Falcons are 14-1 at home, 10-3 on the road and 1-0 in neutral-site games to date, and BGSU has won eight consecutive games heading into Wednesday's contest in Cleveland ... most recently, the Falcons downed Buffalo, 92-68, last Wednesday (March 2) at Anderson Arena.

• The win over UB came after 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 (Feb. 22) ... BGSU returned home and downed Kent State, 80-59 (Feb. 26), before closing the regular season with the win over UB at Anderson.

• 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 47th 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 going a perfect 5-0 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 eight-straight wins heading into the MAC tourney.

• Senior Lauren Prochaska, the MAC Player of the Year in each of the last two seasons, is averaging a team-high 18.1 points per game, and also has 5.9 rebounds per contest ... Prochaska has scored 20 or more points in 14 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 first game-winning shot of her career several weeks ago, draining a three-pointer at Akron (Feb. 22) with just 0.2 seconds left ... in addition to rebounding, Prochaska is second on the team in assists, steals and blocked shots ... classmate Tracy Pontius has 11.9 ppg to date, and leads the team with 3.6 assists per outing ... she went off for a season-high 29 points at Miami, part of a five-game stretch in which she averaged 16.0 points to end the regular season.

• Pontius has made 67 three-point field goals this year, while Prochaska has hit 65 shots from long range ... Prochaska and Pontius are shooting 39.4 and 36.6 percent from beyond the arc, respectively ... Prochaska is 167-of-182 (91.8%) from the free-throw line on the year, and is fourth in the nation in that category in the latest NCAA rankings (Monday, March 7) ... she is 36th in the country in scoring and 39th nationally in three-point FG percentage, while Pontius is ranked 43rd in assist/turnover ratio (1.78) in the NCAA listings.

• Head coach Curt Miller's starting lineup for each of the first 29 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 10.3 ppg and has hit 49 three-pointers this year to date ... she leads the Falcons in steals, with 1.8 per game (Steffen has 51 steals, Prochaska 42 and Pontius 35 this year), and is shooting 36.3% from three-point land.

• Uhl and Hennegan are averaging 9.3 and 9.1 ppg, respectively ... Uhl has 270 points to Hennegan's 263 this year to date ... Uhl leads the team with 6.1 rpg, while Hennegan ranks third with 5.4 rpg ... Uhl has led the Falcons in rebounding in seven of the last 11 contests ... Hennegan is shooting a team-best 53.2% from the field, and also leads the Falcons in blocked shots (1.0 bpg).

• In MAC games, the Falcons went 7-1 at home and finished at 6-2 on the road ... BGSU has gone 9-1 vs. East Division foes and 4-2 against the West ... all five starters averaged at least 9.8 points per game in league action ... Prochaska had 16.6 ppg and 5.4 rpg in the 16 conference games ... Steffen, who scored a career-high 22 points in back-to-back home games (Ohio and KSU), had 11.4 ppg in MAC contests, good for second on the team, while Pontius had 10.8 ppg vs. league foes ... Hennegan and Uhl scored 10.2 and 9.8 ppg, respectively, in conference games.

• Steffen had 4.1 rpg, 2.4 apg and 1.8 spg in MAC games, leading the team in steals and ranking third in assists ... Hennegan had 5.0 rpg and shot 57.8% from the field, ranking third in the league in the latter category ... Uhl led BGSU with 7.1 rebounds, while Pontius paced the club with 3.0 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 is sitting out this season after transferring from Duke University ... she will retain three seasons of eligibility.

• Slagle has played in all 29 games off the bench, while Papenfuss has seen action in 28 ... Slagle and Papenfuss have 3.9 and 2.8 ppg, respectively ... Slagle has hit 13 of her 32 three-point attempts this year (40.2%), while Papenfuss has 2.0 rpg, good for seventh on the team in that category.

• Havel has seen action in all 29 games, while Albert has played in 25, Stein 24 and Zuercher 22 ... all 15 players on the active roster have played in at least 13 contests.

• BGSU is shooting 41.8% from the field, 36.5% from three-point land and 80.0% from the free-throw line, leading the nation in the latter category ... BG has allowed opponents to shoot 38.9% from the floor and 27.8% from beyond the arc ... Falcon foes are shooting 67.5% from the stripe ... BGSU has made nearly 200 more free throws than the opponents (489 to 295), and the Falcons have made 52 more free throws than the foes have attempted.

THREE-LIGHTFUL!
The Falcons have had a great deal of success from three-point land this year ... BGSU leads the MAC and ranks fourth in the country in three-pointers made per game (8.4) ... the Falcons tied a school record by making 16 treys in last Wednesday's win over Buffalo, and BG has hit at least seven triples in an amazing 23 of this year's 29 games to date ... the Falcons have hit nine or more treys in a game 13 times 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 306 three-pointers since venturing to Northwest Ohio ... Pontius hit a game-high five triples in BG'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 ... Pontius now has 226 career threes.

PROCHASKA, PONTIUS MOVING UP MAC LIST FOR THREE-POINTERS
In BG's win over Kent State (Feb. 26), 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 now has hit a total of 306 shots from beyond the arc ... senior Tracy Pontius is moving up the MAC list as well, ranking 13th with 226 career treys made heading into the Ohio game.

LAUREN'S TAKEN MORE THAN HER SHARE
Entering the Ohio game, senior Lauren Prochaska has made a school-record 589 free throws in 649 attempts in her career ... that is good for a percentage of 90.8 ... Prochaska is in line to finish among the NCAA's all-time leaders in free-throw pct.

THREE-MENDOUS! MANY FALCONS CONNECTING FROM DOWNTOWN
Seniors Lauren Prochaska and Tracy Pontius have combined to make 132 three-point field goals this year to date, but they are certainly not the only Falcons with the capability to score from beyond the arc ... no fewer than 13 different players have hit at least one three-pointer this season ... and, the only two players on the active roster who have not made a triple – senior Chelsea Albert and freshman Jill Stein – have not attempted one.

FALCONS VS. THE MAC
The Falcons, through the end of the 2010-11 regular season, continue to own the best record in MAC history ... BGSU has an all-time record of 348-145 (.706) in MAC regular-season contests, the most wins and highest winning pct. of all league institutions ... and, BGSU leads the series with all 11 MAC foes, making the Falcons the only team in the league, obviously, with a winning series record against every other school.

TAKE SOME – THEY'RE FREE
As of the latest NCAA rankings (released Monday, March 7), the Falcons were leading the entire nation in free-throw percentage ... BGSU is converting free throws at a rate of 80.0 percent ... individually, senior Lauren Prochaska was fourth in the country in FT pct. as of Monday ... Prochaska has made 167 of her 182 attempts this year to date (92.1%).

ON PACE FOR A SCHOOL – AND A MAC – RECORD
The Falcons, as mentioned, have made free throws at an 80.0 percent clip this year ... should BGSU maintain that pace, it would set new school and MAC records ... many members of the current team helped to set the old records ... the 2008-09 Falcons set school and conference marks with a FT percentage of 79.4%.

"SENIOR DAY" (OR IN THIS CASE, "SENIOR NIGHT")
Wednesday's win over Buffalo marked "Senior Night" for the BGSU women's basketball program, as the team's six seniors – Chelsea Albert, Maggie Hennegan, Tracy Pontius, Lauren Prochaska, Jen Uhl and Kelly Zuercher – were recognized in ceremonies prior to the game ... heading into the Ohio game, the five fourth-year seniors have helped the Falcons to an overall record of 107-24, and guided BG to a MAC regular-season mark of 55-9 ... 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 ... BGSU'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 continued a lengthy streak of success with the win over Buffalo ... the Falcons are now a perfect 10-0 in "Senior Day/Night' games in the Curt Miller Era, and BG is 15-1 in the last 16 such contests ... the lone loss in that time came to Miami in February of 2001.

THANKS, SENIORS
Entering the Ohio game, BGSU's six seniors have combined for 5,289 points, 2,278 rebounds, 900 assists, 627 three-point field goals made, 500 steals and 235 blocked shots during their time in the Brown and Orange.

LAST TIME OUT
On an historic night in venerable Anderson Arena, the Falcons rolled along to a 92-68 win over Buffalo Wednesday (March 2) ... it marked the last-ever regular-season women's game in Anderson, and was "Senior Night" for the BGSU program ... the six Falcon seniors combined for 70 of the team's 92 points, and BG tied a school single-game record by making 16 three-point field goals in the win ... BGSU rolled up season-high totals in points, field goals made (35), three-pointers made and attempted (35) and assists (24) ... the Falcons shot better than 50 percent from the field in each half en route to a 53.8% success rate for the game ... BG had those 24 assists while committing just 10 turnovers, tying a season low in the latter category ... on the final "Senior Night" at The House That Roars, all four senior starters hit double digits in the scoring column ... Lauren Prochaska scored 22 points and dished out a game-high six assists ... Jen Uhl had 18 points, tying a season best, while Maggie Hennegan and Tracy Pontius scored 13 points each ... those four seniors combined to go 25-of-37 (67.6%) from the field, and hit 11 of the Falcons' three-point field goals ... four Falcons – Prochaska, Pontius, Uhl and sophomore Chrissy Steffen – made at least three triples each in the win ... Kourtney Brown led the Bulls with a game-high 32 points, going 14-of-21 from the field ... the Falcons never trailed, and BGSU went on a 10-0 run midway through the first half to take a 29-13 lead ... the Bulls got as close as six points with under four minutes left in the period, but the Falcons closed the half on a 10-3 run, then scored on five of the first six second-half possessions to open up a 22-point advantage ... BGSU went 8-of-9 from the field to open that second period, and when the smoke had cleared, the Falcons led by a 62-38 score ... UB got as close as 16 points before the home team blew the game open with another 10-0 run.

A QUICK LOOK AT OHIO
Ohio will enter Wednesday's game with an overall record of 9-21, and the Bobcats finished with a MAC ledger of 4-12 ... the 'Cats went on the road and picked up a MAC Tournament first-round win over Northern Illinois Sunday night (March 6) ... freshman guard Erin Bailes had a season-high 23 points in a 72-56 win in DeKalb ... she went 5-of-7 from three-point range in the win ... Ohio will enter the BGSU game riding a two-game winning streak, as the Bobcats closed the regular season with a 76-47 blowout of Miami ... individually, junior guard Tenishia Benson leads the team in scoring and rebounding, with 13.6 points and 7.1 boards per game ... freshman guard Shavon Robinson and sophomore forward Alesia Howard have 8.3 and 8.2 ppg, respectively, while sophomore guard Ashley Fowler has 7.4 ppg this year to date ... senior forward Kamille Buckner (5.5 ppg) joins Benson, Fowler, Howard and Robinson in the probable starting lineup for head coach Semeka Randall ... Randall, in her third season with the Bobcats, welcomed back six letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's club ... the 2009-10 team went 8-22 overall and 4-12 in MAC play ... the school's athletics web site is OhioBobcats.com.

THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Ohio, 49-20, in the all-time series between the teams, and BGSU has won six consecutive meetings ... last month, the Falcons picked up a 77-63 home win over the 'Cats at Anderson Arena (Feb. 16, 2011) ... that gave BG a sweep of the season series, after a 66-54 win in Athens in the MAC opener for both teams (Jan. 5, 2011) ... Ohio's last series win was a 68-66, double-overtime decision in the semifinal round of the 2008 MAC Tournament (March 14, 2008) in downtown Cleveland ... Curt Miller has a record of 15-4 against Ohio in his stellar BGSU career.

BGSU VS. OHIO IN THE MAC TOURNAMENT
The Falcons trail Ohio, 3-2, in MAC Tournament meetings ... Ohio is the only MAC team with a winning record against the Falcons in the league tourney ... in league tourney action, the Falcons are 2-0 in home games, 0-2 on the road and 0-1 in neutral-site matches ... the teams have split their two prior quarterfinal meetings, with the Brown and Orange picking up a 91-57 win in 1992, and the Bobcats downing BG, 82-77 in overtime, in '96 ... then, the Falcons and 'Cats met twice in a three-year span, with both meetings coming in the first round ... BG won an 84-70 outcome at Anderson Arena in 2000, but the Bobcats posted a 74-68 victory at "The Convo" in 2002 ... the lone prior meeting at Quicken Loans Arena came three years ago (March 14, 2008), when the Bobcats picked up a 68-66 victory in the semifinals, snapping BGSU's 10-game MAC Tournament winning streak ... the Falcons' current fourth-year seniors were freshmen on that team.

THE FALCONS ARE/WERE ...
• 25-4 this season to date; after finishing with a 27-7 record last season;
• 13-3 in MAC play this season, having won a seventh-straight division title;
• 231-84 since Curt Miller took the BGSU helm in May of 2001;
• 121-39 in MAC games in that time:
• 222-65 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);
• 210-49 over the last seven-plus years, with 2010-11 marking BG's eighth-straight season of at least 20 wins;
• a staggering 189-39 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 166-31 overall, and 86-10 in the MAC regular season, in the last five-plus years, with at least 26 wins each year (25 this year to date, obviously);
• a/an (insert your own adjective here) 138-28 in the last four-plus years, including a 70-10 conference ledger;
• 107-24 overall, and 55-9 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;
• 81-16 overall and 42-6 in MAC action since junior Jessica Slagle and redshirt soph Maribeth Giese ventured to NW Ohio;
• 52-11 overall and 27-5 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.);
• 104-12 in the last 116 games vs. MAC foes (regular-season and tournament);
• A perfect 54-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field in the Miller Era;
• 187-10 when having a better FG pct. than the opposition in Miller's tenure, including a 59-0 mark in the last two-plus seasons;
• 177-29 when making more free throws during Miller's first nine-plus years;
• 138-13 when outrebounding the opponent in the Miller Era;
• 51-5 in MAC home games in the last seven 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 career first on 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.

FALCONS AMONG NCAA LEADERS
BGSU is ranked among the national leaders in numerous categories, according to the latest NCAA statistics, released Monday (March 7) ... 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 (fourth; 8.4) ... additionally, BGSU is 12th in the nation in Charlie Sheen's favorite category, WINNING, with a W-L pct. of 86.2%) ... the Falcons are 14th in turnovers per game (14.1), 15th in scoring margin (+16.0), 19th in three-point field-goal pct. (36.5%), 24th in both assist/turnover ratio (1.0) and three-point FG percentage defense (27.8%), 31st in turnover margin (+3.9), 33rd in scoring offense (73.0) and 50th in the nation in scoring defense (57.0).

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