Bowling Green State University Athletics
Sunday, March 3
Bowling Green, OH
1:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
vs
Ohio
Falcons Welcome Ohio to Town for Sunday's Senior-Day Matchup
March 02, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Eli, Havel, Papenfuss & Steffen to be recognized in pregame ceremonies
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SENIOR DAY
Sunday marks 'Senior Day' for the BGSU women's basketball program, as the Falcons' four seniors will be recognized in ceremonies prior to tipoff between BG and Ohio ... that senior class consists of Simone Eli, Danielle Havel, Allison Papenfuss and Chrissy Steffen.
SENIOR DAY/NIGHT SUCCESS
BGSU is looking to continue a lengthy streak of success on Sunday ... the Falcons have won 11 consecutive 'Senior Day/Night' games since Jennifer Roos came to BGSU, and BG is 16-1 in the last 17 such contests ... the lone loss in that time came to Miami in February of 2001.
THE FALCONS AND THE MAC TOURNAMENT RACE
• If the regular season was over, the MAC Tournament seedings would look a little something like this ...
| Seed | School | Record | Remaining Games |
| 1 | Toledo | 13-1 | v EMU, v Ball St |
| 2 | Ball State | 11-3 | v WMU, @Toledo |
| 3 | Central Mich. | 10-4 | @NIU, @EMU |
| 4 | Akron | 10-4 | v Miami, @Buffalo |
| 5 | Miami | 9-5 | @Akron, @Ohio |
| 6 | Bowling Green | 9-5 | v Ohio, @Kent State |
| 7 | Buffalo | 7-7 | v Kent State, v Akron |
| 8 | Eastern Mich. | 6-8 | @Toledo, v CMU |
| 9 | Western Mich. | 5-9 | @Ball St, v NIU |
| 10 | Northern Ill. | 2-12 | v CMU, @EMU |
| 11/12 | Ohio | 1-13 | @BGSU, v Miami |
| 11/12 | Kent State | 1-13 | @Buffalo, v BGSU |
• As it currently stands, the Falcons would be the tournament's sixth seed, and would host the number-11 seed, either Kent State or Ohio, in first-round action on Saturday, March 9.
• Under the MAC Tournament format instituted last season, the top-four seeds receive multiple byes ... the third and fourth seeds each earn a 'double-bye' and are placed into the third round ... seeds one and two earn a 'triple-bye' and will advance directly to the semifinals ... put another way, a team seeded first or second will need to win only two MAC Tournament games to capture the title, while the third or fourth seed would need three wins ... any team seeded fifth through 12th will need to reel off five consecutive wins to capture the tourney crown ... seeding is based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division.
• BGSU could finish as high as the second seed and as low as the seventh ... to finish second, the Falcons would need to win both remaining games (vs. Ohio and at Kent State on Wednesday), and the Falcons would need Ball State to lose twice, Akron to lose twice and Central Michigan and Miami to lose once each.
• To finish as the fourth seed, the Falcons need to win both remaining games, and BG needs two of the following things to happen:
- Akron to defeat Miami ^
- Central Michigan to lose at least one of the remaining two games
- Ball State to lose both remaining games
^ or, if Miami defeats Akron, both MU and UA would need to lose their final game
• In the event of a two-team tie, BG would win a tiebreaker with Ball State, Central Michigan and Buffalo ... the Falcons would lose a two-team tiebreaker with Akron (by virtue of the Zips' better record within the East Division) and Miami ... the MAC tiebreaker procedure can be found on page 18 of the PDF version of these notes.
QUICK HITS
• The Falcons are coming off a 56-43 win over Buffalo on Thursday night (Feb. 28) at the Stroh Center ... all 10 players who saw action scored at least two points for the Brown and Orange, with no player scoring more than 12 ... junior Jillian Halfhill had 12 points, along with seven rebounds, a game-high four assists, three steals and two blocks.
• Senior Chrissy Steffen had her first double-double of the year, with 10 points and a game-high 10 rebounds ... for Steffen, the rebound total represented a season high, and the double-double was the third of her career ... her career rebounding high is 12, which came in last year's game vs. UB at the Stroh (Feb. 15, 2012).
• Junior Jill Stein had a well-rounded stat line, with eight points, eight rebounds, three assists and a game-high three blocked shots vs. the Bulls.
• With the win on Thursday, the Falcons have clinched a winning record in MAC play for the 10th consecutive year, a new school record.
• The Falcons allowed Buffalo to score just 43 points on Thursday night ... on the season, BGSU has held the opponent to fewer than 50 points on 11 occasions, setting a '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 held nine opponents to fewer than 50 points, en route to an appearance in the Sweet Sixteen.
• In 30 games at the Stroh Center, the Falcons have allowed the opponent to reach 70 points just twice ... Akron (61 points in a BG win on Feb. 20) is the only MAC foe to surpass the 60-point mark against the Brown and Orange in 15 games in the building ... BG has allowed an average of 53.2 ppg in all games at the Stroh, and just 51.4 ppg in MAC games.
• BGSU is ranked 35th in the nation in scoring defense this season, having allowed 54.2 points per game ... the Falcons also are among the country's top 50 teams in fewest personal fouls (27th; 13.6 per game) and fewest turnovers committed (44th; 14.4 per game) ... BG is 40th in the nation in three-point field goals made per game (6.7).
• The Falcons' 56 points on Thursday was BGSU's lowest total in a win this season ... BG's last win when scoring 56 points or fewer came in the 2011 MAC Tournament's championship game, a 51-46 triumph over Eastern Michigan at Quicken Loans Arena (March 12, 2011).
• The following few notes illustrate how successful BGSU has been over the last decade ... the Falcons are currently 9-5 in MAC play ... BG has not had more than five losses in conference action since the 2002-03 campaign.
• In fact, BGSU has 122 wins and just 20 losses in MAC games over the last eight-plus years ... no other conference school has fewer than 51 MAC losses in that time.
• The Falcons' 15-point loss to Miami last weekend (Feb. 23) was the team's largest margin of defeat this season ... believe it or not, it also was BGSU's most lopsided loss to a MAC team in over five years, since a 68-47 setback at Ball State on Jan. 26, 2008.
• Miami became the first team to defeat BGSU twice in the same season since Eastern Michigan in the 2004-05 campaign ... the Eagles won both regular-season meetings that year, but the Falcons gained a measure of revenge in the MAC Tournament, earning a 77-57 win in the semifinal round en route to the first of three consecutive conference tourney championships.
• Steffen has moved into the top 20 on the BGSU career scoring list ... she currently has 1,166 career points as a Falcon, ranking 19th ... Steffen moved past Andrea Nordmann (1,164 points from 1989-93) in the Buffalo game, and her next target is 18th-place Jacki Raterman, who scored 1,213 points at BGSU from 1995-99.
• Steffen is now fifth in school history in three-point field goals made, having hit 172 long-distance shots in her career ... Steffen is just one successful three-pointer behind fourth-place Sara Puthoff.
• The Falcons have a record of 10-4 at the Stroh Center this year to date ... BG has posted a double-digit home win total in each of the last eight seasons.
• The Falcons have a record of 17-2 when scoring 60 or more points this year ... after the win over Buffalo, BGSU is now 1-7 when the offense is held under the 60-point plateau.
• The Falcons' conference opponents have averaged just 52.5 points per game over the first 14 league contests.
• All 11 Falcons who have seen action this season have scored in double figures at least once ... nine of those 11 players have hit double digits more than once ... and, no fewer than 10 different players have led BGSU in scoring in at least one game this season.
A WINNING MAC RECORD – AGAIN
With Thursday's win over Buffalo, the Falcons have clinched a winning record in MAC play for the 10th consecutive year, a new school record ... BGSU posted winning league records in nine-straight years from 1985-86 through 1993-94 ... Fran Voll was the head coach for the first six years of that streak, with Jaci Clark at the helm for the latter three.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons enter the Ohio game with an overall record of 18-9 on the season ... BGSU is 9-5 in the MAC, and the Falcons are a game behind Akron in the East Division race ... the Falcons are tied with Miami for second place in the division.
• BGSU has won three of the last four games, including a 56-43 win over Buffalo on Thursday night (Feb. 28) at the Stroh Center ... that came after a 76-61 loss at Miami last weekend (Feb. 23).
• The Falcons finished the month of February with a record of 5-2 ... prior to the Miami game, BG had won four of five contests, including a 74-61 win over Akron on Feb. 20 ... after seeing a two-game winning streak come to an end with a 55-54 loss at Western Michigan (Feb. 10), the Brown and Orange went to the MAC's "West Coast" and came away with a 60-49 win at Northern Illinois (Feb. 16) ... prior to the WMU game, the Falcons had picked up wins at home against then MAC-leading Central Michigan (84-59, Feb. 3) and on the road vs. Buffalo (61-56, Feb. 7).
• BG's eight MAC wins have come by a total of 174 points, an average of 19.3 points per game ... the team's five league losses have been by a combined total of 34 points (6.8 ppg), with three of those setbacks coming by five points or fewer.
• The Falcons are 10-4 at home, 8-4 on the road and 0-1 in neutral-site games this season to date ... BGSU has a scoring margin of +8.4 and a rebounding margin of +4.3 ... in league play, BG is 5-2 at home and 4-3 in hostile venues.
• Individually, senior Chrissy Steffen and redshirt junior Alexis Rogers pace a balanced Falcon scoring attack ... Steffen is averaging 11.6 points per game, with Rogers scoring at a 10.6 ppg clip.
• Steffen leads the Falcons with 17 double-digit scoring games this season ... after being held in single digits for five consecutive games to begin MAC play, she then scored at least 10 points in eight of the last nine contests ... Rogers has hit double figures in scoring 13 times this year.
• Rogers has a team-leading 6.0 rebounds per game, and also tops the Falcons in steals, with 2.0 spg ... she was limited to just six minutes of action in Thursday's Buffalo game, after reinjuring her nose, which had been broken in the first UB game (Feb. 7).
• Steffen averages 4.4 rpg along with 1.5 assists per contest, and she leads the Brown and Orange with 46 successful three-point field goals this season ... Steffen is shooting a team-best 85.9 percent from the free-throw line, and leads the entire MAC in that category ... she has gone 61-of-71 from the stripe.
• Junior Jillian Halfhill has 9.1 ppg along with a team-leading 3.3 assists per contest ... the 5-6 point guard also has 5.0 rebounds per game, good for third on the team ... Halfhill is third in the MAC in assist/turnover ratio (1.6) ... she has led the Falcons in scoring in the last two games, with a career-high 23 points along with seven boards at Miami, and 12 points vs. UB.
• Rogers and Halfhill, like Steffen, each are ranked among the MAC leaders in free-throw percentage ... Rogers is 10th in the league (75.0%), while Halfhill is 13th (71.7%).
• Fifth-year senior Danielle Havel has 7.3 ppg, and is near the top of the team lists in numerous categories ... Havel is second on the Falcons in both rebounds (5.6 rpg) and assists (2.0 apg), and she is also second on the team 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 46.3% from the field.
• Halfhill and Havel have hit 28 and 23 three-pointers, respectively, this year ... Havel is shooting 43.4% from long range.
• Freshman Miriam Justinger averages 5.3 ppg, and is shooting 79.1% from the free-throw line this year, having gone 34-of-43 ... sophomore Jasmine Matthews, who has missed 13 of the 14 MAC games due to injury, has 5.5 ppg ... Justinger has hit 18 three-point field goals and Matthews 17 this season.
• Freshman Bailey Cairnduff has 4.5 points per game and has knocked down 19 three-pointers ... BGSU's two post players off the bench, junior Jill Stein and senior Allison Papenfuss, have 4.3 and 3.6 ppg, respectively.
• Stein has 4.4 rebounds per contest, while Papenfuss has 3.3 rpg ... Stein leads the Falcons with a total of 21 blocked shots, while Havel has 15 and Papenfuss 12.
• Junior Katrina Salinas is averaging 2.7 ppg this season, while sophomore Deborah Hoekstra has 2.5 ppg ... Salinas has made 13 triples and Hoekstra eight.
• 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 27 games ... that list includes Halfhill, Havel, Justinger, Papenfuss, Salinas, Steffen and Stein ... Rogers has played in 26 games, with Cairnduff seeing action in 24, Hoekstra 20 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 27 games this winter, while Rogers has made 26 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 has been among the starting five for each of the Falcons' 14 MAC games.
• In MAC play, BGSU's scoring is quite balanced, as six players are averaging at least 5.7 points per game, but only two Falcons have more than 8.7 ppg ... Steffen leads that scoring list at 10.6 ppg, followed by Rogers (10.0 ppg), Halfhill (8.7 ppg), Havel (7.0 ppg), Justinger (6.0 ppg) and Cairnduff (5.7 ppg) ... each of the other five Falcons are averaging between 3.0 and 4.6 ppg in MAC action (aka #MACtion) ... Halfhill has 3.9 assists per contest and a league-best 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio in MAC play ... Havel has 5.7 rebounds per game and Rogers 5.4 against conference foes, while Stein has 4.9 rpg ... Rogers is shooting 51.8% from the field, with Havel hitting 49.3% of her shots ... Havel is shooting 50.0% (12-of-24) from three-point range, a percentage which would lead the league, but she is just two three-pointers shy of the minimum standard required to qualify for the league rankings ... all 11 players are averaging at least 9.6 minutes played against conference competition.
• Head coach Jennifer Roos welcomed 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, Steffen and Rogers, were selected to the Preseason All-MAC Team in 2012-13.
• The Falcons are shooting 38.5% from the field, and BG is 32.3% from three-point range and 72.2% from the free-throw line through the first 27 games ... the opponents have shot 37.8% from the floor, 28.3% from beyond the arc and 67.9% from the stripe.
• In MAC action, BGSU is shooting 39.0% from the floor, 31.8% from long range and 72.0% from the line ... the opponents have a field-goal pct. of 36.8%, a three-point rate of 27.5% (65-of-236) and a free-throw pct. of 68.1% in league play.
A QUICK LOOK AT OHIO
Ohio has a record of 6-20 on the season, and the Bobcats are 1-13 in MAC action ... the 'Cats are coming off a 98-82 loss at Akron on Thursday night (Feb. 28) ... Ohio's lone MAC win came on the road, a 61-55 decision at Kent State on Feb. 20 ... the Bobcats are 3-10 at home, 3-9 on the road and 0-1 in neutral-site games this year to date ... in MAC play, Ohio is 0-7 at The Convo and 1-6 away from home ... junior guard Erin Bailes leads the 'Cats in scoring, with 11.1 points per game ... she had a career-high 33 points at Akron, and has scored 68 points over the last three games ... freshman guard Kiyanna Black has 10.0 ppg and junior guard Shavon Robinson 9.7 ... senior forward Tina Fisher (5.0 ppg) and senior guard Ashley Fowler (4.4 ppg, 3.7 assists per game) have started all 26 games this year for head coach Semeka Randall ... Fisher and Fowler were joined by Bailes, Robinson and senior guard Symone Lyles (6.5 ppg) in the starting lineup at Akron ... Randall welcomed back nine letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's club ... the 2011-12 Bobcats went 14-18 overall and 6-10 in MAC play.
THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Ohio, 52-21, in the all-time series between the teams, and BGSU won this season's first meeting ... the Brown and Orange picked up a 67-41 decision in this year's initial encounter, in Athens (Jan. 20, 2013) ... late last season, Tenishia Benson scored eight points in the final 2:08 of the game to key the Bobcats' 60-56 win over the Falcons (Feb. 22, 2012) ... that was one of just two MAC losses for BGSU last year, and it also marked the Falcons' first loss in Athens in a decade ... in last year's first matchup, the Falcons came away with a 61-49 win at the Stroh Center (Jan. 12, 2012) ... Ohio's win in the return match snapped an eight-game series winning streak for the Brown and Orange ... BGSU is 29-5 in home games, 20-14 in road contests and 3-2 in neutral-site meetings vs. the 'Cats through the years ... Jennifer Roos has a record of 1-0 vs. Ohio as a collegiate head coach.
UP NEXT
Following the Ohio game, the Falcons will wrap up the regular-season schedule with a Wednesday (March 6) matchup at Kent State ... tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the M.A.C. Center ... then, the MAC Tournament begins with first-round games at campus sites on Saturday, March 9.
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