Bowling Green State University Athletics
Saturday, February 15
Ypsilanti, MI
4:30 PM
Bowling Green State University
at
Eastern Michigan
Falcons Head North to Face Eastern Saturday
February 13, 2014 | Women's Basketball
BGSU meets the Eagles in a 4:30 p.m. start in Ypsi
Saturday's game is the second half of a hoops doubleheader at EMU, with the Eagles' men's basketball team facing the University of Toledo in a 2:00 p.m. start. The BGSU-EMU women's game will begin shortly after 4:30 p.m., or 30 minutes following the conclusion of the men's game, whichever is later.
LINKS
BGSU Notes | EMU Notes
AUDIO: Coach Roos Previews the EMU game
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FALCONS REACH 20-WIN MARK, AGAIN
For the 11th consecutive season, BGSU has reached the 20-win plateau. The 2013-14 Falcons earned win number 20 on Sunday (Feb. 9), with a 91-45 victory over Miami, extending both the school and MAC records for such sustained success. Prior to BG's epic run, the old conference record of seven-straight 20-win seasons was set by Bob Lindsay's Kent State teams from 1995-96 through 2001-02. Before this current stretch, the longest streak in BG history was four-straight seasons, by Fran Voll's teams of the late 1980s ...
MOST CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS, MAC TEAMS
11 -- BOWLING GREEN -- 2003-04 to 2013-14 (active streak)
7 -- Kent State -- 1995-96 to 2001-02
6 -- Toledo -- 1993-94 to 1998-99
4 -- BOWLING GREEN -- 1986-87 to 1989-90
4 -- Toledo -- 1988-89 to 1991-92; 2009-10 to 2012-13 *
* active streak heading into 2013-14 season
BGSU IS AT THE TOP OF THIS 20-WIN LIST, TOO
The Falcons have won at least 20 games a total of 19 times in school history, the most of any MAC school. Other than BGSU, only Toledo (17) and Kent State (13) have posted 20 or more wins on more than six occasions. The list follows ...
MOST 20-WIN SEASONS, MAC TEAMS (as a member of the MAC)
19 -- BOWLING GREEN -- 1987-88-89-90-92-93-94-98-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13-14
17 -- Toledo -- 1983-89-90-91-92-94-95-96-97-98-99-01-03-10-11-12-13
13 -- Kent State -- 1993-94-96-97-98-99-00-01-02-05-06-10-11
6 -- Central Michigan -- 1983-84-91-11-12-13
6 -- Eastern Michigan -- 2004-05-06-10-11-12
6 -- Miami -- 1982-83-90-04-08-12
4 -- Ball State -- 2002-03-07-09
3 -- Ohio -- 1986-95-08
1 -- Akron -- 2013
1 -- Western Michigan -- 2003
0 -- Buffalo, Northern Illinois
LAST TIME OUT: FALCONS DISMANTLE MIAMI, 91-45
• The Falcons were ruthless in their efficiency at both ends of the floor on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 9), rolling along to a 91-45 win over Miami at the Stroh Center. BGSU recorded season-high totals in points scored, three-point field goals made and attempted, assists and steals – and a season-low total in turnovers – in the win.
• BG spotted the visitors a quick 3-0 lead, as MU's Hannah Robertson hit a three-pointer just nine seconds into the game. But, redshirt sophomore Erica Donovan answered with a triple at the other end, beginning a 21-0 run for the Falcons. After that initial three-ball, Miami did not score for the next 7:05.
• As if that 21-point run was not enough, the Falcons had a 16-0 run later in the opening half to take a commanding 43-9 lead.
• Senior Jillian Halfhill had a game-high 17 points to pace four Falcons in double digits on the day. Donovan had 14 points, while junior Jasmine Matthews scored 13 and sophomore Miriam Justinger 12.
• Both Halfhill and Justinger were perfect on the day, as Halfhill was 5-of-5 from the field, including 4-for-4 from three-point range, while Justinger's 4-for-4 performance included two shots from inside and two from outside the arc.
• The Falcons shot better than 50 percent in each half, and BGSU made 15 three-pointers, just one shy of the school record, in the win.
• All nine Falcons in uniform scored at least four points in the win, and seven of the nine players made at least one three-pointer.
• BGSU shot 52.7 percent from the field for the game. The Falcons went 16-of-32 (50.0%) in the first half, and hit 13-of-23 shots (56.5%) in the second period. BG had 22 assists on 29 baskets, with eight players dishing out at least one helper in the win. Donovan and senior Jill Stein had five assists apiece, while Rogers had four and Halfhill three.
• BG turned the ball over just seven times, and the Falcons forced 20 Miami turnovers, with Justinger coming up with four steals and Halfhill three. As a team, the Brown and Orange had 14 steals, and BGSU had a 34-11 advantage in points off turnovers.
• The Falcons had a 35-29 rebounding advantage, with Rogers pulling down seven rebounds and Matthews five. Each of the nine BG players in uniform played at least 14 minutes, but no more than 28 minutes, in the win.
AN HOUR-LONG DRAMA, MINUS THE DRAMA
The Falcons led Western Michigan by just two points at halftime of the teams' game at the Stroh Center on Feb. 5, before pulling away in the second half for a 72-50 win. Then, BGSU topped Miami by 46 points on Sunday (Feb. 9). During that 60-minute stretch (the second half of the WMU game and the entire Miami contest), BG...
• outscored the opposition, 131-65;
• made 43 field goals, while allowing the opponents to make just 21;
• shot over 50 percent from the floor (50.6%; 43-of-85), and had a field-goal percentage defense of 30.0% (the foes were 21-of-70);
• dished out 30 assists and had just 13 turnovers, while the opponents had 11 assists and 27 turnovers:
• had a 59-43 rebounding advantage; and
• hit 21 three-point field goals to the opponents' seven.
THREE-MENDOUS!
In MAC games, the Falcons lead the league in both three-point field-goal percentage and three-point FG pct. defense. BGSU is shooting 38.6 percent from beyond the arc, while allowing opponents to shoot just 24.2% from long range. In fact, the Falcons are second in the MAC in overall FG pct. defense, at 36.5%. So, to summarize, BGSU has a higher success rate from behind the three-point line than the opponents do from anywhere on the court over the last 11 games.
LEAD, FOLLOW OR GET OUT OF THE WAY
• Through the first 23 games this season, there have been nine contests (Michigan, Niagara, Old Dominion, Monmouth, UMass, Saint Francis, Kent State, Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois) in which BG never trailed, three more (Ohio State, Akron and Miami) in which the Falcons were behind for less than a minute, and a 13th (Milwaukee) that saw BG trail for just over a minute's time.
• This year to date, BGSU has led for 729:29 – 78.9 percent of the time – and trailed for just 145:18 (15.7%). The Falcons and the opponents have been tied for a total of 50:13.
• BGSU has trailed for a total of just 11 minutes and 17 seconds (in 400 minutes of action) in the 10 home games. The Falcons have yet to trail in the second half of any game at the Stroh Center this season. In fact, BG had not trailed later than the 12:40 mark of the first half until the Feb. 5 game, when Western Michigan took the lead in the final minute of the opening half. BG, however, retook the lead for good just 19 seconds later.
A DECADE OF SUCCESS
Saturday's game in Ypsilanti pits two of the most successful teams in the MAC over the last decade. In the last nine-plus seasons, BGSU has a conference record of 134-21 (86.5%), for by far the most wins and highest winning percentage of any school during that time. Eastern Michigan is tied for second with 95 victories, and the Eagles have a 61.3% success rate (95-60) during those nine-plus years.
BATTLE OF THE BOARDS
• The Falcons have enjoyed more than their fair share of success on the glass in the Jennifer Roos head-coaching era. Since the start of the 2012-13 season, BGSU has won the rebounding battle in 47 of 58 games, including in 21 of the 27 MAC contests. Three of the other games saw the teams tie in that category.
• This year, the Falcons have out-rebounded the foes in 20 of the first 23 games, with double-digit margins in seven of those matchups. BG owns a MAC-best rebounding margin of +8.4 this year to date. BGSU has out-boarded 10 of 11 MAC opponents so far in '13-14, with a league-best +7.1 rebounding margin in conference play.
QUICK HITS
• BGSU is 20-3 overall and 10-1 in MAC play, and BGSU has won six consecutive games heading into the EMU contest. The Falcons had won five-straight games to open the conference schedule, before suffering an 82-79 overtime loss on the road against preseason MAC favorite Central Michigan on Jan. 18.
• The current six-game win streak includes last week's victories over Western Michigan (72-50; Feb. 5) and Miami (91-45; Feb. 9) at the Stroh Center. In addition to the current winning streak, BGSU has won five games in a row on two occasions and four-straight games once this year.
• Seventeen of the Falcons' 20 victories this season – including all 10 home games – have come by double figures. The Falcons' 66-59 win at Toledo on Feb. 2 marked BGSU's first single-digit win since Nov. 18. BG posted a one-point win at Iona (Nov. 9) in the second game of the year, and downed Butler by four just over a week later (Nov. 18).
• The Falcons have recorded six wins of 22 points or more, with five of those six coming at home. BGSU is a perfect 10-0 at the Stroh Center, having won those 10 games by an average of 23.3 points per contest.
• In addition to the 10 wins at the Stroh, the Falcons also have 10 victories away from home, with marks of 7-2 on the road and 3-1 in neutral-site contests. BG has road wins over Iona, Butler, Ohio State, Kent State, Ball State, Ohio and Toledo, and the Falcons have topped Michigan, Old Dominion and Monmouth in neutral-site action. The team's losses have come to then #18/21-ranked Purdue on the road, to Marist on a neutral court, and at CMU.
• In BGSU's 10 home games, the Falcons have averaged 77.8 points per game. BG has topped the 80-point plateau six times this season, with all of those totals coming in home contests.
• BGSU has had a balanced scoring attack this season. Five Falcons are averaging between 8.5 and 14.1 points per game, and two other players have at least 5.3 ppg to date.
• The Falcons' five starters each have attempted between 147 and 219 shots, meaning that every starter is averaging somewhere between 6.3 and 9.6 field-goal attempts per game.
• BGSU leads the MAC and ranks 13th in the nation in scoring defense, having allowed just 56.3 points per game. The Falcons also lead the MAC in scoring margin (+14.3), rebounding margin (+8.4), three-point field-goal percentage (36.3) and three-point FG pct. defense (26.9), and BG is second in the conference in field-goal percentage (42.6), FG pct. defense (36.8) and free-throw pct. (75.3), as well as three-pointers made per game (7.6).
• BGSU is 23rd in the nation in rebounding margin in the most recent NCAA statistics. The Falcons have been out-rebounded in just one game since Nov. 18, as Ball State had a narrow 31-29 edge in that category on Jan. 15.
• In addition to scoring defense and rebounding margin, the Falcons also rank among the top 50 schools in the nation in win-loss percentage (11th), three-point FG defense (18th), scoring margin (20th), free-throw pct. (25th), three-point FG pct. (30th), three-point FG made per game (35th) and FG pct. defense (50th).
• The Falcons received votes in the USA Today Sports Top 25 coaches poll in 10-straight weeks, but dropped out after the loss to CMU last month. BGSU has received votes in the last four Associated Press polls, however. The Falcons picked up seven votes last week, but got just five votes this week (Feb. 10) despite two wins by an average of 34 points in the interim. The lesson as always: polls mean absolutely nothing.
THREE FOR ALL
BGSU made 15 three-point field goals in the Miami game. The Falcons now have hit at least one three-pointer in each of the last 299 games. BG has not been held without a trey since Feb. 12, 2005, at Akron, when the Falcons downed the Zips, 61-52, despite going 0-of-13 from long distance.
THREE-MARKABLE
• The Falcons have made at least five three-point field goals in each of the 11 MAC games to date, and BG has made at least nine treys on five occasions in conference play, including in each of the last three games.
• BGSU has made seven or more triples in each of the last five contests – all wins – and the Falcons have shot better than 40 percent from long range in four of those five games.
• Over the last two games, BG has made a total of 27 three-pointers and shot 47.4% (27-of-57) during that time. The Falcons hit 12 treys, tying a season high, vs Western Michigan, then made 15 triples – just one shy of the school record – in the win over Miami.
THAT'S NOT HALF BAD
Senior Jillian Halfhill has led the Falcons' three-point barrage over the last two games. Halfhill hit a career-high six treys in the Western Michigan game, going 6-of-9 from beyond the arc. Then, against Miami, she was a perfect 4-of-4 from long distance. In that two-game span, Halfhill has shot 76.9% from long range. In fact, she has made 14-of-21 triple tries – a 66.7% success rate – over the last five games, all wins.
TAKE SOME, THEY'RE FREE
• BGSU struggled at the free-throw line early in the season, but the Falcons' fortunes have improved as of late. BG made fewer than 60 percent of its tosses three times in the first five games of the year, and the Falcons were shooting just 64.0% (96 of 150) through the end of November.
• Since that time, however, BGSU has shot better than 80% from the line, having gone 289-of-361 (80.1%) over the last 16 games.
• In the last 10 games, the Brown and Orange have made 189 free throws in 234 attempts, good for a success rate of 80.8%. On the year, the Falcons are shooting 75.3% from the line (ranking second in the MAC), and a league-leading 80.6% (185-of-228) from the stripe in conference games.
FALCONS LIKE THEIR #MACTION
Since Jennifer Roos became head coach prior to the 2012-13 season, the Falcons have a record of 21-6 in MAC regular-season games. BGSU has won those 21 games by an average of 18.1 points per game, and the Falcons' MAC losses have been by 6.2 ppg. Eighteen of the 21 wins have been by double digits, with just two of the six losses coming by 10 points or more.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons enter the Eastern Michigan game with an overall record of 20-3 and a 10-1 MAC ledger. BGSU currently holds a two-game lead over Akron and a four-game edge on Buffalo in the MAC's East Division race.
• BGSU's non-conference wins included home games vs. Niagara, Milwaukee, Massachusetts and Saint Francis; road games vs. Iona, Butler and Ohio State; and neutral-site matchups against Michigan, Old Dominion and Monmouth. The Falcons' non-league losses came at the hands of Marist (Nov. 22) in the Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge, and at Purdue on the road (Dec. 22).
• BGSU opened MAC play with four consecutive double-digit wins, downing Buffalo and preseason East Division favorite UA at home, and Kent State and Ball State on the road. In a battle of the last two remaining MAC unbeatens, host Central Michigan picked up an 82-79 overtime decision over the Falcons on Jan. 18, but the Brown and Orange have bounced back with six-straight wins.
• That six-game win streak included home games vs. EMU and Northern Illinois, road contests vs. Ohio and Toledo, and two more home matches vs. Western Michigan and Miami. Nine of BG's 10 MAC wins – all except the Toledo game – have been by double figures.
• Fifth-year senior Alexis Rogers, fourth-year Falcon Jillian Halfhill and redshirt sophomore Erica Donovan lead a balanced scoring attack. Rogers is averaging 14.1 points per game, while Halfhill has 13.0 ppg and Donovan 10.8 ppg this year to date.
• Sophomore Miriam Justinger has 8.7 points per game, and junior Deborah Hoekstra, a strong candidate for the MAC Sixth Man Award, is scoring 8.5 ppg off the bench. Senior Jill Stein and junior Jasmine Matthews have scored 6.6 and 5.3 points per contest, respectively.
• Stein leads the team and ranks sixth in the MAC in rebounding, with 8.8 boards per game, while Rogers has pulled down 8.3 rpg (eighth in the league) and Donovan 5.4. BGSU has had at least one player with 10 rebounds in 18 of this season's first 23 games.
• Halfhill leads the Falcons with 3.1 assists per outing, with Justinger handing out 2.7 apg to date. Justinger has had a career-high five helpers in two of the last three games. Stein tied her career best with five assists vs. Miami, and she is third on the team in that category, with 2.2 per game.
• Rogers is shooting 52.4 percent from the floor, ranking second in the MAC in that category, while Donovan is shooting 44.6%. From long range, Halfhill has made a team-leading 45 three-point field goals, while Hoekstra has hit 33 shots from beyond the arc. Four other Falcons have made between 16 and 26 treys apiece.
• Halfhill ranks second in the entire MAC in three-point field-goal percentage, having gone 45-of-101 (44.6%) from long distance to date, while Hoekstra is fourth in the league in that category (41.3%). Halfhill hit a career-high six triples in the Western Michigan game, and went 4-for-4 from long range vs. Miami.
• Freshmen Rachel Konieczki and Abby Siefker are averaging 2.0 and 1.8 ppg, respectively. Another freshman, Kennedy Kirkpatrick, has seen action in five games off the bench, and classmate Leah Bolton has played in two contests, including the first EMU match on Jan. 23. Bolton made her BGSU debut in the Monmouth game back on Dec. 1. Kirkpatrick has not seen action since the Ohio State game the previous week (Nov. 24).
• Halfhill, Justinger, Rogers and Stein each have started all 23 games this season to date, with Donovan starting 22. Donovan started the first 12 games, but Matthews took her place in the lineup for the Buffalo game, as Donovan missed tipoff due to a funeral. Donovan was back in the starting five for the Kent State game, and has started each game since that time.
• Head coach Jennifer Roos and her staff welcomed back seven letterwinners from a year ago, and the program also has added seven newcomers – five to the roster and two to the coaching staff.
• Through 23 games, the Falcons are shooting 42.6 percent from the field, 36.3% from three-point range and 75.3% from the foul line. Opponents are shooting 36.8% from the floor, 26.9% from the arc and 68.5% from the stripe. The Falcons have a scoring margin of +14.3, a rebounding margin of +8.4 and a turnover margin of +0.7 on the year.
• In MAC games, BGSU is shooting 43.2% from the field, 38.6% from three-point land and 80.6% from the line. Opponents have shot 36.5% overall, 24.2% from long range and 62.9% from the stripe in MAC play.
STROH'ME-COURT ADVANTAGE
• The Falcons have enjoyed a long-standing tradition of success at home. Most of that success came at venerable Anderson Arena, where the Brown and Orange enjoyed an outstanding home-court advantage over the years. But, the BG women's basketball program has begun a new tradition of excellence at a new building. The Falcons now own an overall record of 38-7 in the Stroh Center, including a 21-2 record vs. MAC opponents.
• After losing by just one point to nationally-ranked Purdue in the first-ever women's basketball game in the building in November of 2011, the Falcons reeled off 14-straight wins at the Stroh, before losing another one-point game to VCU in the WNIT.
• Last season, the Falcons again won 14 games at home, including 25-point wins over both nationally-ranked Dayton (the Flyers' only regular-season loss all year) and Central Michigan (the Chippewas entered the game with a 7-0 MAC record).
• This year, the Falcons are 10-0 at home heading into next week's Central Michigan game. BG has won those 10 games by an average of 23.3 points.
• The 38-7 mark at the Stroh comes after the Falcons went 333-116 (74.2%) in Anderson Arena during the team's tenure there. The record was even better during MAC play, as the Falcons had a league mark of 192-54 (78.0%) at "The House That Roars" through the years.
TOUGH TO SCORE AT THE STROH
• In 45 games at the Stroh Center, the Falcons have allowed the opponent to reach 70 points just three times. Akron is the only MAC foe to surpass the 60-point mark against the Brown and Orange in 23 trips to the building by conference foes, and the Zips have done so twice (61 points in a BG win last Feb. 20; 65 points in another Falcon victory this season [Jan. 12]). Through the Miami game, BG has allowed an average of 53.4 ppg in all games at the Stroh, and just 50.8 ppg against MAC opponents.
• BG has held 35 of 45 opponents to fewer than 60 points at the Stroh Center. The Falcons have limited 15 of those foes to less than 50 points, and on three occasions, BGSU has kept the opposition under the 40-point mark.
THE EASTERN MICHIGAN EAGLES
Eastern Michigan enters Saturday's game with an overall record of 14-8, and the Eagles are 4-7 in MAC play. EMU has won the last two games, including a 65-57 home decision vs. Kent State (Feb. 6) and a 68-55 verdict at Ohio (Feb. 9), and the team's other MAC wins have come at KSU and at home against Western Michigan. Eastern is ranked in the top-10 in the nation in both turnover margin (fourth) and steals (sixth), and the Eagles are 30th in the nation in scoring offense, averaging 78.4 points per game. EMU is 7-3 at home, 5-5 on the road and 2-0 in neutral-site matches this season. In MAC play, the Eagles are 2-3 at the Convocation Center and 2-4 in hostile venues. Individually, freshman guards Cha Sweeney and Janay Morton pace four double-digit scorers with 16.0 and 14.7 points per game, respectively. Redshirt junior forward Olivia Fouty has 11.2 ppg and a team-leading 8.6 rebounds per contest, while senior guard Desyree Thomas has 10.6 ppg and leads the team in both assists (4.5 apg) and steals (3.0 spg). Thomas is ninth in the nation in steals and 19th in assist/turnover ratio (2.6). Head coach Tory Verdi welcomed back five letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's team. The 2012-13 edition of the Eagles went 8-22 overall and 6-10 in the MAC.
THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Eastern Michigan, 49-14, in the all-time series between the teams, and BGSU has won the last 12 meetings, including this season's first matchup. Several weeks ago (Jan. 23, 2014), the Brown and Orange picked up a 71-57 decision at the Stroh Center, with Alexis Rogers scoring a game-high 24 points. Last year, in the last meeting in Ypsilanti, BG also won by 14 points, with a 61-47 victory at the Convocation Center (Jan. 27, 2013). BGSU is 27-4 in home games, 19-9 on the road and 3-1 in neutral-site contests vs. the Hurons/Eagles through the years. Jennifer Roos is 2-0 against the Eagles as a collegiate head coach.
FALCONS VS. THE MAC
The Falcons continue to own the best record in MAC history. Entering the EMU game, BGSU has an all-time record of 383-153 (.715) in MAC regular-season contests, for the most wins and highest winning pct. of all league institutions. And, BG 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. BG also has the most overall victories (736) and highest overall winning percentage (.653) of any conference school.
THE FALCONS ARE ...
• 20-3 this year to date, after posting a 24-11 overall record last season;
• 10-1 in MAC play in 2013-14, after going 11-5 in MAC action in '12-13 (last year's team finished in second place in the East Division by a game, snapping a streak of eight-straight division titles);
• 302-106 since Jennifer Roos came to BGSU in the summer of 2001;
• 156-47 in MAC games in that time:
• 281-71 over the last 10-plus years, with 2013-14 marking BG's MAC-record 11th-straight season of at least 20 wins;
• a staggering 260-61 in the past nine-plus years, with no fewer than 23 wins in nine-straight seasons and a MAC overall regular-season title in seven of those nine years (2004-10 and again in '12, after winning an East Division crown in '11);
• an eye-popping 237-53 overall, and 121-18 in the MAC regular season, in the last eight-plus years, with at least 24 wins in each of the last eight seasons;
• a splendiferous 209-50 in the last seven-plus years, including a 105-18 league ledger;
• a/an (insert your own adjective here) 178-46 overall, and 90-17 in MAC regular-season games, in the last six-plus seasons, since Monique Rosati came to the BGSU program;
• 152-38 overall and 77-14 in MAC action over the last five-plus winters;
• 123-33, including a 62-13 MAC ledger, in the last four-plus seasons;
• 96-26 overall and 48-11 in the MAC since seniors Jillian Halfhill and Jill Stein ventured to campus;
• 68-21 overall, and 35-8 in MAC action, since senior Alexis Rogers and juniors Deborah Hoekstra and Jasmine Matthews first put on a BGSU uniform;
• 44-14 since senior Katrina Salinas and sophomore Miriam Justinger were added to the Falcons' roster;
• 144-22 in the last 166 games vs. MAC foes (regular-season and tournament);
• A perfect 65-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field since 2001;
• 241-12 when having a better FG percentage than the opposition in that time, including a 113-2 mark in the last five-plus seasons;
• 230-38 when making more free throws than the opponent in the Roos Assistant-Coach/Associate-Head-Coach/Interim-Head-Coach/Head-Coaching Era;
• 195-24 when outrebounding the opponent in that 12-plus-year span;
• 71-7 in MAC home games in the last nine-plus seasons;
• 57-12 in MAC road games over the last eight-plus years;
• 20-4 in the MAC Tournament in the last nine years, with five titles (2005, '06, '07, '10 and '11), an additional championship-game appearance (2009), and trips to the semis in 2008 and 2012;
• 44-18 overall in the MAC Tournament since it was instituted in 1982;
• 21-6 at Gund/Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the MAC Tournament;
• 50-6 in all non-conference home games since the start of the 2003-04 season;
• 7-16 in 16 national postseason appearances (including a 3-11 record in the NCAA Championships and a 4-5 mark in WNIT trips);
• 6-9 in national postseason action since Roos arrived at BG (including a 2-5 mark in the NCAAs and a 4-4 record in the WNIT); and
• 38-7 in the Stroh Center, with five of the seven losses coming by a combined 11 points.
DEFENSE!
• During her time as an assistant coach at BGSU, Jennifer Roos served as the team's defensive coordinator. The team enjoyed great success at the defensive end of the floor, and that success continued in her first season as head coach. In 2012-13, Roos and assistant Jesse Fleming helped the Falcons set a school record for fewest points allowed per game – 54.3 – breaking the record set the previous year.
• Last year's team also set new school records for fewest points allowed and lowest opponent field-goal percentage allowed in MAC games. In the 16 conference contests, league foes averaged just 51.9 points and shot only 36.1% from the floor.
• Those trends have continued in the 2013-14 season. In the first 23 games, despite playing a difficult schedule, BGSU has allowed 55.8 points per game and permitted the opponents to shoot just 36.5% from the field to date.
UP NEXT
Following the EMU game, the Falcons will return home for a battle of division leaders. BGSU will host Central Michigan on Wednesday (Feb. 19), with tipoff set for 7:00 p.m. It will be Pack the House Night as well as Social Media Night at the Stroh Center.
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