Bowling Green State University Athletics
Sunday, February 10
Kalamazoo, MI
2:00 PM
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Western Michigan
BG Battles Broncos Sunday in Kalamazoo
February 09, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Falcons head to WMU as road swing continues
BGSU NOTES & STATS
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QUICK HITS
• The Falcons picked up a 61-56 win at Buffalo Thursday night (Feb. 7), in the process moving into a tie for first place in the MAC's East Division ... BGSU, 6-3 in the MAC, is tied with Akron and Miami ... UB is just a game back of the leaders, with a 5-4 league ledger.
• Senior Chrissy Steffen led the Falcons with 14 points in the win at UB, while five other Falcons scored between seven and nine points for the Brown and Orange.
• Steffen hit her only free-throw attempt of the night ... she leads the MAC in free-throw percentage, both overall (86.3%) and in MAC games ... Steffen is a perfect 19-of-19 from the line in conference contests, and she has hit 26 consecutive free throws ... her last miss came on Dec. 16.
• Steffen has moved into the top-20 on the BGSU career scoring list ... she now has 1,111 career points at BG ... Steffen moved past Stefanie Wenzel (1,099 points from 2000-04) into 20th place on that school list ... her next target is 19th-place Andrea Nordman, who scored 1,164 points at BGSU from 1989-93.
• Steffen hit three three-point field goals vs. the Bulls, and now has made 162 in her career ... that total is good for eighth in BGSU history ... Steffen passed Angie Farmer (160 treys from 1997-2001), and is six triples behind seventh-place Kim Griech (168 from 1999-2003) ... she is just 11 successful three-pointers away from fourth place.
BGSU CAREER RECORDS, THREE-POINT FG MADE
1. Lauren Prochaska (2007-11) 310
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4. Sara Puthoff (1994-98) 173
5. Francine Miller (1998-2003) 171
6. Carin Horne (2003-07) 170
7. Kim Griech (1999-2003) 168
8. CHRISSY STEFFEN 162
• The Falcons had a season-high 15 steals in the win at Buffalo, with redshirt junior Alexis Rogers leading the way with five and true junior Jillian Halfhill coming up with three.
• Halfhill's steal total tied her career best ... the point guard had a well-rounded stat line on Thursday night, with seven points, nine rebounds and six assists in addition to those three steals ... Halfhill led the Falcons and tied for game honors in both rebounds and assists.
• Halfhill was one of three Falcons to pull down eight or more rebounds ... Rogers and fifth-year senior Danielle Havel each had eight boards as BGSU held a 39-36 lead in that category.
• Through 22 games this season, the Falcons have held the opponent to fewer than 50 points on nine occasions, tying the 'modern-day' record ... the school record is 12 such games, amassed by the 1973-74 team ... the '74-75 club kept 11 opponents under the 50-point mark ... the 2006-07 BG team also held nine opponents to fewer than 50 points, en route to an appearance in the Sweet Sixteen.
• The 60-point mark has been a pretty good barometer in determining BGSU's success this season ... the Falcons have a record of 15-1 when scoring 60 or more points this year ... BG is 0-6 when the offense is held under the 60-point plateau.
• The Falcons have been outrebounded just twice in the last 16 games, and only four times all season.
• Western Michigan's University Arena has not exactly provided the Falcons with many fond memories over the last few years ... four years ago (Feb. 7, 2009), the Broncos nearly knocked off the Brown and Orange before BG pulled out a 79-77 overtime win ... in that game, the hosts had three shots bounce off the rim in the final seconds of regulation.
• Two years ago, BG's last visit to Kalamazoo resulted in a double-digit defeat, as Western posted a 66-55 win (Jan. 29, 2011) ... the Broncos, who entered the game with a 5-15 record, trailed by double digits at the half, but began the second period on a 25-4 run to take the lead for good ... WMU shot over 59 percent from the field in the second half, while BG shot just 22.2%.
• The 2012-13 Falcons have displayed impressive balance during the conference portion of the schedule ... this balance is evident in a glance at the MAC-only statistics ... only two players are averaging more than eight points per game in league games (Rogers and Steffen, at 10.6 and 10.4 ppg, respectively), but eight BG players are averaging at least 4.2 ppg ... all 11 BG players who have seen action have 3.0 ppg or more in conference play.
• The Falcons' conference opponents have averaged just 50.1 points per game and shot only 34.8 percent from the field over the first nine games.
• All 11 Falcons who have seen action this season have scored in double figures at least once ... no fewer than 10 different players have led BGSU in scoring in at least one game this season.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons enter the Western Michigan game with an overall record of 15-7 on the season ... BGSU is 6-3 in the MAC, good for a tie for first place in the East Division ... the Falcons have won two-straight games, having topped then MAC-leading Central Michigan, 84-59, at the Stroh Center last Sunday (Feb. 3), then going to Buffalo and coming away with a 61-56 victory Thursday night (Feb. 7).
• BG's six MAC wins have come by a total of 137 points, an average of 22.8 points per game ... the UB game marked the Falcons' first MAC win by fewer than 14 points ... the team's three league losses have been by a combined total of 18 points (6.0 ppg).
• In addition to CMU and UB, the Falcons' other MAC wins have come against Kent State, Ball State, Ohio and Eastern Michigan ... BSU is currently 8-1 in league play, with the lone loss coming to the Falcons ... Central is now 7-2 in the MAC, having lost at BSU Thursday night after falling to BG four days earlier.
• BG's MAC losses have come to Toledo, Miami and Akron ... BG fell to UA, 68-63, on Jan. 31, for just the Zips' third victory over the Falcons in 51 series meetings.
• After going undefeated in the month of December, the Falcons finished January with a 4-4 record... BG lost, 59-56, to UCF in the final non-conference game (Jan. 4), before opening MAC play with a 69-33 win vs. KSU (Jan. 10) ... BG then dropped a 48-38 decision to UT (Jan. 13) but bounced back with wins over BSU and Ohio by a combined 57 points ... then, however, BG lost two of the next three games, falling to MU and UA, before defeating CMU and UB to begin February.
• The Falcons are 8-4 at home, 7-2 on the road and 0-1 in neutral-site games this season to date ... BGSU has a scoring margin of +9.4 and a rebounding margin of +4.6 ... in league play, BG is 3-2 at home and 3-1 in hostile venues.
• Individually, senior Chrissy Steffen and redshirt junior Alexis Rogers pace a balanced Falcon scoring attack ... Steffen is averaging 11.7 points per game, with Rogers scoring at a 11.0 ppg clip.
• Rogers has a team-leading 6.3 rebounds per game, and also tops the Falcons in steals, with 2.1 spg ... Steffen averages 4.0 rpg along with 1.6 assists per contest, and she leads the Brown and Orange with 36 successful three-point field goals this season ... Steffen is shooting a MAC-best 86.3 percent from the free-throw line, having gone 44-of-51 from the stripe.
• Junior Jillian Halfhill has 8.8 ppg along with a team-leading 3.1 assists per contest ... the 5-6 point guard also has 4.8 rebounds per game, good for third on the team ... Halfhill is third in the MAC in assist/turnover ratio (1.5).
• Fifth-year senior Danielle Havel has 6.8 ppg, and is near the top of the team lists in numerous categories ... Havel is second on the Falcons in both rebounds (5.4 rpg) and assists (2.2 apg), and she is tied for the team lead in blocked shots ... Havel has a BG-best four games with 10 or more rebounds this season to date ... she is shooting a team-best 46.8% from the field.
• Freshman Miriam Justinger has 5.8 ppg and sophomore Jasmine Matthews 5.5 ... Justinger is 34-of-43 (79.1%) from the free-throw line this year to date ... Matthews, who has missed eight of the nine MAC games, still is tied for third on the Falcons in three-pointers, having hit 17 long-range attempts on the season.
• Freshman Bailey Cairnduff has 4.8 points per game and is tied with Matthews with 17 three-pointers made ... BGSU's two post players off the bench, senior Allison Papenfuss and junior Jill Stein, have 4.1 and 3.6 ppg, respectively.
• Stein has 4.3 rebounds per contest, while Papenfuss has 3.6 rpg ... Stein has 13 blocked shots, tying her with Havel for the team lead, while Papenfuss has 12.
• Junior Katrina Salinas is averaging 2.9 ppg this season, while sophomore Deborah Hoekstra has 2.1 ppg ... Salinas has made 11 triples and Hoekstra seven this season.
• Each of the aforementioned 11 players has scored in double digits at least once this season, and 10 of the 11 have led BGSU in the scoring column in at least one game in 2012-13.
• Seven players have seen action in all 22 games ... that list includes Halfhill, Havel, Justinger, Papenfuss, Salinas, Steffen and Stein ... Rogers has played in 21 games, with Cairnduff seeing action in 19, Hoekstra 15 and Matthews 13 ... senior Simone Eli has been sidelined due to injury and has yet to see game action this season.
• Halfhill, Havel and Steffen each have started all 22 games to date, while Rogers has made 21 starts ... Cairnduff started the first four games of the season, while Matthews was in the starting lineup for each of the next nine contests ... Justinger made her first collegiate start in the KSU game, and has been in the starting five for each of the Falcons' nine MAC games.
• In MAC play, BGSU's scoring is quite balanced, as eight players are averaging at least 4.2 points per game, but only two Falcons have more than 7.8 ppg ... Rogers leads that scoring list at 10.6 ppg, followed by Steffen (10.4 ppg), Halfhill (7.8 ppg), Justinger (7.6 ppg) and Cairnduff (7.0 ppg) ... Halfhill has 3.9 assists per contest and a league-best 2.5 assist-to-turnover ratio in MAC play ... Havel has 5.8 ppg in MAC action, with Papenfuss at 4.3 ppg and Salinas 4.2 ... Rogers leads the Falcons with 5.9 rebounds per game against conference foes, while Havel and Stein have 5.4 and 5.0 rpg, respectively ... Havel is shooting 54.1% from the field, with Rogers hitting 52.1% of her shots ... Cairnduff is fourth in the entire conference with a three-point field-goal percentage of 45.5% in league play ... she has gone 10-of-22 from long range vs. MAC foes ... all 11 players are averaging at least 10.1 minutes played, with no Falcon above 29.4 mpg in MAC matches.
• Head coach Jennifer Roos welcomed back nine letterwinners, including four starters, from a year ago ... the Falcons are shooting 39.1% from the field, and BG is 32.7% from three-point range and 73.0% from the free-throw line through the first 22 games ... the opponents have shot 37.2% from the floor, 26.8% from beyond the arc and 67.3% from the stripe.
• In MAC action, BGSU is shooting 40.9% from the floor, 32.4% from long range and 74.0% from the line ... the opponents have a field-goal pct. of just 34.8%, a three-point rate of only 23.3% (34-of-146) and a free-throw pct. of 66.9% in league play.
A QUICK LOOK AT WESTERN MICHIGAN
Western Michigan has a record of 7-15 on the season, and the Broncos are 3-6 in MAC action ... Western snapped a three-game losing streak with a 58-40 win on the road against Kent State Thursday night (Feb. 7) ... the Broncos' other MAC wins came at home against Akron and on the road vs. Northern Illinois ... WMU is 4-4 at home, 3-10 on the road and 0-1 in neutral-site action ... in MAC play, Western is 1-3 at University Arena and 2-3 away from home ... individually, five players are averaging between 7.5 and 8.3 points per game for the Broncos ... freshman forward Miracle Woods leads the team in both scoring and rebounding, with 8.3 ppg and 5.4 rpg ... sophomore forward Marquisha Harris has 8.1 ppg and 5.1 rpg, while sophomore guard A.J. Johnson has 8.0 ppg ... seven different players have started at least 11 games for the Broncos this year to date ... sophomore forward Michelle O'Brien (4.0 ppg) and freshman guard Alex Morton (3.4 ppg) joined Harris, Johnson and Woods in the starting lineup at KSU on Thursday ... first-year WMU head coach Shane Clipfell inherited nine returning letterwinners, including four starters, from last year's club ... the 2011-12 Broncos went 8-22 overall and 5-11 in MAC play.
THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Western Michigan, 33-22, in the all-time series between the teams, and BGSU won last season's meeting ... last year, Alexis Rogers had a double-double, with 22 points and 13 rebounds as the Falcons won a 67-56 decision at the Stroh Center (Feb. 4, 2012) ... the last meeting in Kalamazoo saw Western rally from a double-digit halftime deficit for a 66-55 win (Jan. 29, 2011) ... BGSU is 17-10 in home games, 14-11 in road contests and 2-1 in neutral-site meetings vs. the Broncos over the years ... Jennifer Roos is meeting Buffalo for the first time as a collegiate head coach.
UP NEXT
The Falcons are in the midst of a stretch which sees the team play five road games in a six-game span ... following the Western Michigan game, BGSU will prepare for a trip to the MAC's "West Coast" for a game against Northern Illinois on Saturday, Feb. 16 ... then, the Brown and Orange will return home to face Akron on Wednesday, Feb. 20.
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