Bowling Green State University Athletics
Thursday, November 15
Niagara Falls, NY
7:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
at
Niagara
BGSU Begins Four-Game Road Swing with Trip to Niagara
November 13, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Falcons face Purple Eagles Thursday night
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QUICK HITS
• BGSU began the regular-season schedule with a 68-57 win over Madonna Saturday afternoon (Nov. 10) at the Stroh Center ... four BGSU starters scored in double digits in the win, which was the first official victory of the Jennifer Roos Era ... Roos was hired as the Falcons' head coach on April 16, 2012.
• Roos, of course, has been on the BGSU staff for over a decade, having been Curt Miller's first hire when he took the job in 2001 ... Roos spent three seasons as an assistant coach, and served as Miller's associate head coach for the last eight years ... BGSU captured Mid-American Conference divisional titles in each of those eight years, winning the MAC regular-season title outright in seven of those seasons.
• BGSU has gone 259-92 overall and 135-41 in MAC play since Roos arrived at BG ... those numbers represent a success rate of nearly 74 percent overall and a winning percentage of almost 77% in conference action.
• Over the last nine-plus years, the numbers are even more staggering ... the Falcons are 238-57 (80.7%) overall, 124-20 (86.1%) in MAC regular-season play and 145-24 (85.7%) in all games vs. league foes during that time ... BGSU has won more than 20 games in each of the last nine seasons, a MAC record.
• Although Saturday's Madonna game marked the 'official' head-coaching debut for Roos, as well as her first 'official' win, it was not her first regular-season contest in charge of the Falcons ... when Miller suffered a mild stroke in January of 2012, Roos assumed interim head-coaching duties and led BGSU to a 2-0 record, with wins on the road against Central Michigan and at home vs. Northern Illinois prior to Miller's return to the bench in early February.
• On Saturday, the Falcons led Madonna by just two points at the half, but shot 50 percent from the floor in the second half to hold off the Crusaders ... senior Allison Papenfuss led a balanced scoring attack which saw six different players score between seven and 13 points apiece.
• Papenfuss had 13 points, seven rebounds and a game-high three blocked shots in the win, shooting 6-of-11 from the field ... freshman Bailey Cairnduff scored 12 points, while seniors Danielle Havel and Chrissy Steffen had 11 points apiece ... Havel had a double-double, tying her career high with 12 rebounds, and she also tied for game honors with four steals ... Steffen just missed a double-double of her own, with nine boards, and had a game-high four assists.
• In addition to the quartet of double-digit scorers, junior Jillian Halfhill scored eight points for the Brown and Orange, while freshman Miriam Justinger added seven ... the Falcons had a 41-27 rebounding advantage in the game, and five different BGSU players had at least two assists apiece ... seven of the eight Falcons who saw action in the game dished out at least one assist.
WAYS TO FOLLOW THE FALCONS
BGSU women's basketball enthusiasts who can't make it to the game can follow the Falcons all year long in a variety of ways ... links to any available audio, video and stats can be found at BGSUFalcons.com, in the 'schedule' section on the home page, or by accessing the women's basketball schedule and choosing that day's game.
• RADIO/AUDIO STREAM: Again in 2012-13, all BGSU women's basketball games are scheduled to be broadcast by the Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization (BGRSO) ... games can be heard on the radio in the Bowling Green area on WBGU-FM 88.1, and the audio stream will be available, free of charge, at BGSUFalcons.com.
• VIDEO STREAM: All home games will be available via live video stream, through B2/America One, for a small fee ... fans can watch the action on their computers by visiting BGSUFalcons.com and clicking on the America One logo on the right-hand side of the page ... a number of the Falcons' road games also will have live video, at the jurisdiction of the host school, and the link(s) will be available at BGSUFalcons.com ... the video production for home games is courtesy of the campus television station, WBGU-TV.
• LIVE STATS: Links are also available at BGSUFalcons.com for live stats for all home games, as well as all road games in which the host team provides live stats.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons enter the Niagara game with a record of 1-0 on the young season ... BGSU opened the 2012-13 campaign with a 68-57 win over Madonna at the Stroh Center (Nov. 10) ... four players scored in double digits, with a total of six Falcons scoring between seven and 13 points apiece ... the game marked the first 'official' victory for head coach Jennifer Roos.
• Roos welcomes back nine letterwinners, including four starters, from a year ago ... the Brown and Orange went 24-7 overall and 14-2 in the MAC in 2011-12 ... two of those starters, senior Chrissy Steffen and redshirt junior Alexis Rogers, were selected to the Preseason All-MAC Team in 2012-13 ... Steffen led the Falcons in scoring last season, with 13.2 points per game, and also averaged 5.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.8 steals ... she paced BG with 22 double-digit scoring games, including a team-high six games of 20 points or more.
• Rogers averaged 12.3 points and a team-leading 8.7 rebounds per game, and was named to the All-MAC First Team in her first playing season with the Falcons (Steffen earned All-MAC Second-Team honors last year) ... Rogers also was a WBCA Coaches' All-America Team honorable-mention selection in '11-12.
• Rogers was a 2012-13 Preseason All-MAC First-Team selection by the College Sports Madness web site, while Steffen was a preseason all-league third-team choice.
• In addition to Rogers and Steffen, fifth-year senior Danielle Havel returns after starting all 31 games a year ago ... Havel averaged 6.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.6 steals and a team-high 0.7 blocked shots ... sophomore Jasmine Matthews is back after making 21 starts as a freshman ... Matthews, who averaged 7.0 points per game a year ago, hit 51 three-point field goals, the second-highest total on the team last winter.
• Junior Jillian Halfhill returns after playing in all 31 games last year, starting the first 10 ... she averaged 4.3 ppg a year ago ... the other returnees include seniors Papenfuss and Simone Eli, junior Jill Stein and sophomore Deborah Hoekstra.
• Four newcomers join the roster this season ... one of those four, Erica Donovan, will sit out the season after transferring from North Carolina State Univ. ... she played in all 35 games for the Wolfpack a year ago, averaging 4.9 points and 2.5 rebounds per game ... Donovan, who graduated from John Jay H.S. in Northside, Texas, attended Notre Dame Academy in Toledo as a freshman.
• Another transfer joins the Falcons, as Katrina Salinas comes to BGSU after two years at Central Arizona College ... Salinas averaged 10.3 points and 4.1 assists last year, and helped the Vaqueras to a 20-0 league record and a 10th consecutive appearance in the NJCAA national tournament.
• Freshmen Bailey Cairnduff (Morley, Mich.) and Miriam Justinger (Sylvania, Ohio) join the Falcons this season after each earned first-team all-state honors last year ... Cairnduff finished her career at Morley Stanwood H.S. as the school's all-time leading scorer, helping the Mohawks to state titles in both volleyball and basketball last year ... Justinger helped Northview H.S. to a 21-2 record last season, averaging 19.6 points per game to lead the Northern Lakes League in scoring.
• The Falcons shot .434 from the field, .250 from three-point range and .667 from the free-throw line in the win over Madonna ... the BG defense limited the Crusaders to .404 from the floor and .296 from beyond the arc, and MU shot .600 from the stripe ... the Falcons had a rebounding margin of +14 in the opener.
THE CAPTAINS
Fifth-year senior Danielle Havel, senior Chrissy Steffen and junior Jill Stein are the tri-captains of the 2012-13 Falcons ... Havel and Steffen each are captains for the second consecutive year ... the three were selected in a vote of team members as well as the coaching staff.
ON THE BG BENCH
Jennifer Roos moved one office down the hall and one seat down the bench this year, taking over the head-coaching job ... Roos, who begins her 12th overall season with the Falcons, and director of operations Monique Rosati (now in her sixth season with the program) are the lone holdovers from last year's staff ... they are joined by three newcomers ...
• Jesse Fleming came to BGSU from Stony Brook, where he spent the 2011-12 season ... prior to that, Fleming was on the coaching staff at his alma mater, Saint Bonaventure, for six years ... he was associate head coach during his final season (2010-11) with the Bonnies.
• Ali Mann, one of the greatest players in program history, returns to the program after spending the 2011-12 season as an assistant coach at Colgate ... her collegiate coaching experience also includes over two years as an assistant at IPFW ... additionally, she played professionally in Luxembourg and Portugal, and also coached her club's U19 team in Portugal.
• Emily London joined the BGSU staff after spending the previous five years at Samford University, the first four as a player ... she is the school's all-time scoring leader, and also set program records for games started, three-point field goals made and free throws made ... London worked in the SU athletics department last season.
A QUICK LOOK AT NIAGARA
Niagara is 1-1 on the season, having played a pair of close games ... the Purple Eagles began the season with a 63-59 win at Robert Morris on Friday (Nov. 9), then dropped a 51-49 decision to Saint Bonaventure in Monday's (Nov. 12) home opener ... junior guard Kayla Stroman was named to the Preseason All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First Team, while classmate Lauren Gatto, a center, was a Preseason All-MAAC Second-Team selection ... last season, coach Kendra Faustin's team was one of the most improved teams in the country ... the Purple Eagles went 13-19 overall and 9-9 in MAC play a year ago, after finishing 1-29 and 0-18, respectively, in the 2010-11 season ... Stroman and Gatto ranked 1-2 on the team in scoring last year, with 10.8 and 10.3 points per game, respectively ... this season, senior forward Jessica Flamm has a team-leading 11.0 ppg off the bench to date, with Strohman averaging 9.5 ppg and Gatto 9.0 ppg and a team-best 9.0 rebounds per contest ... sophomore guards Meghan McGuinness (8.5 ppg) and Kelly Van Leeuwen (6.5 ppg) and junior foward Shy Britton (4.0 ppg) have joined Strohman and Gatto in the starting lineup in each of the first two games.
THE SERIES
Thursday's game will mark the first-ever meeting between BGSU and Niagara in women's basketball ... the Falcons have a combined record of 5-2 over members of the MAAC, having gone 2-0 vs. both Canisius and Iona, 1-1 vs. Siena and 0-1 against Marist ... in addition to Niagara, the Falcons have never met Fairfield, Loyola (Md.), Manhattan, Rider or Saint Peter's in women's hoops.
YOU ARE NOW FREE TO MOVE ABOUT THE COUNTRY
If travel is a good way to foster team bonding, the Falcons should be pretty well bonded in about two weeks ... beginning with Wednesday's bus trip to Niagara, the Falcons will log over 5,000 miles of travel (5,080, to be exact) in a 12-day span ... in addition to the NU trip, the Falcons also head to Purdue for a Monday (Nov. 19) game, then fly to Las Vegas, Nev., on Thanksgiving for a pair of contests in the Lady Rebel Round-Up ... that mileage total doesn't include trips to and from the hotel(s) to the arena(s), bus trips to and from the airport for the Vegas trip, or numerous coffee runs for the seniors as well as the elder members of the travel party.
PAPENFUSS, FALCONS POUND THE ROCK
The Falcons scored early and often in the team's lone exhibition, rolling along to a 105-39 win over Slippery Rock at the Stroh Center (Nov. 3) ... senior Allison Papenfuss scored 29 points in just 24 minutes, pacing four double-figure scorers for the Brown and Orange ... Papenfuss also had eight rebounds, three blocked shots and a pair of steals ... BG led by a 55-14 score at the half, with first-half runs of 16-0 and 19-0.
WELCOME!
BGSU's newcomers certainly enjoyed their share of success in the Falcons' win over Madonna ... freshman Bailey Cairnduff was in the starting lineup for her first collegiate game, and responded with 12 points in 30 minutes ... she led the team with three three-point field goals made ... the Falcons' other freshman, Miriam Justinger, came off the bench to score seven points in 17 minutes ... the third newcomer on the active roster, Katrina Salinas, also made her BGSU debut on Saturday ... Salina had three points, an assist and a steal in 11 minutes off the bench.
THESE NEW KIDS ARE THREE-MENDOUS
Freshman Bailey Cairnduff hit a game-high three three-point field goals in her collegiate debut vs. Madonna ... freshman, Miriam Justinger and junior Katrina Salinas each hit a three off the bench in Saturday's game, meaning that newcomers accounted for five of the Falcons' six three-pointers made.
ANDERSON + STROH = SUCCESS
• BGSU ended the Anderson Arena Era on a pretty good run, to say the least ... the Falcons won 46 of the final 48 games played in "The House That Roars" ... BGSU saw a 23-game home winning streak snapped with a one-point loss to Toledo (Jan. 26, 2011), then won the final four games in the building by an average of 18.5 points per game.
• The Falcons' only other loss in the final 48 contests in the old barn came at the hands of Indiana in the third round of the 2009 WNIT ... BG had won 19-straight home games before losing to IU, then starting the 23-game home streak ... 41 of the Falcons' 46 wins in that overall span came by double digits.
• When combining the Anderson Arena Era with the inaugural year-plus of the Stroh Center, the Falcons have won 61 of the last 65 home games ... 54 of those 61 victories, including 13 of the 15 wins at the Stroh, have come by double-digit margins.
THE FALCONS ARE/WERE ...
• 1-0 on the young season, after finishing with a 24-7 record last year;
• 14-2 in MAC play in 2011-12, having earned an eighth-straight division title;
• 259-92 since Jennifer Roos came to BGSU in the summer of 2001;
• 135-41 in MAC games in that time:
• 238-57 over the last nine-plus years, with 2011-12 marking BG's ninth-straight season of at least 20 wins;
• a staggering 217-47 in the past eight-plus years, with no fewer than 23 wins in eight-straight seasons and a MAC overall regular-season title in seven of those eight years (2004-10 and again in '12, after winning an East Division crown in 2011);
• an eye-popping 194-39 overall, and 100-12 in the MAC regular season, in the last seven-plus years, with at least 24 wins in each of the last seven years;
• a splendiferous 166-36 in the last six-plus years, including an 84-12 league ledger;
• a/an (insert your own adjective here) 135-32 overall, and 69-11 in MAC regular-season games, in the last five-plus seasons, since Monique Rosati came to the BGSU program;
• 109-24 overall and 56-8 in MAC action over the last four-plus winters;
• 80-19, including a 41-7 MAC ledger, since seniors Simone Eli, Allison Papenfuss and Chrissy Steffen ventured to BGSU;
• 53-12 overall and 27-5 in the MAC in the BG playing careers of senior Danielle Havel and juniors Jillian Halfhill and Jill Stein;
• 25-7 overall, and 14-2 in MAC action, since junior Alexis Rogers and sophomores Deborah Hoekstra and Jasmine Matthews first put on a BGSU uniform;
• 121-15 in the last 136 games vs. MAC foes (regular-season and tournament);
• A perfect 58-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field since 2001;
• 207-10 when having a better FG pct. than the opposition in that time, including a 79-0 mark in the last four-plus seasons;
• 198-34 when making more free throws than the opponent in the Roos Assistant-Coach/Associate-Head-Coach/Interim-Head-Coach/Head-Coaching Era;
• 158-15 when outrebounding the opponent in that 11-plus-year span; and
• 15-2 in the Stroh Center, with each of the two losses coming by a single point.
UP NEXT
Following the Niagara game, the Falcons will prepare for a Monday (Nov. 19) game at Purdue ... the Boilermakers were ranked No. 14 in the nation in the latest USA Today Sports Top 25 Coaches poll ... tipoff for that game is 7:30 p.m. at Mackey Arena, and it is scheduled to be televised by the Big Ten Network ... BGSU then jets to Las Vegas, Nev., for the Lady Rebel Round-Up (Nov. 24-25) ... the Brown and Orange will face Villanova and either Montana or UNLV in that tournament ... BGSU closes the month with a Nov. 28 game vs. Temple at the Stroh Center.
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