Bowling Green State University Athletics
Thursday, February 27
Bowling Green, OH
7:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
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Kent State
Falcons Face KSU as Home Schedule Winds Down
February 25, 2014 | Women's Basketball
BGSU meets the Golden Flashes Thursday night at the Stroh
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FEELING THE LOVE
The Falcons' success this season has not gone unnoticed. A few recent examples ...
• BGSU received 14 votes in Monday's (Feb. 24) Associated Press poll. The Falcons were the fourth team listed under 'others receiving votes.'
• After the Falcons' victories over Central Michigan and Buffalo last week, national writer Graham Hays named BGSU his Team of the Week in his espnW.com 'Weekend Wrap' column.
• Another ESPN.com contributor, Charlie Creme, has moved BGSU into his latest NCAA Tournament Bracketology projections. Creme lists the Falcons as an 11 seed for the national tourney.
• BGSU is ranked 27th in the RPI as of Monday, according to the RealTimeRPI.com listings.
• And, the Falcons are ranked 15th nationally in the UPS® Team Performance Index, a proprietary data index that measures offensive and defensive efficiency, and is designed to identify well-balanced teams that do multiple things well.
SENIOR PRIDE
The Falcons' seniors are looking to join a relatively exclusive – and very impressive – group ... Jillian Halfhill, Alexis Rogers and Jill Stein need one more win to become the ninth class in school history, and the eighth in a row, to be a part of at least 100 career wins at BG ... heading into the KSU game, the Falcons have a record of 99-26 since they arrived on campus in the fall of 2010 (Rogers sat out that 2010-11 season as a transfer from Duke) ... the school mark is held by the one-woman class of Lindsey Goldsberry, who ended her career with 114 wins, the most by any player (male or female) in MAC basketball history. The complete list of 100-win classes can be found in the PDF version of these notes.
PLAY THE D
The Falcons will be looking to continue a recent trend in Thursday's game. In the first four BGSU-KSU games of the Jennifer Roos Head-Coaching Era, the BG defense has held the Flashes' offense to fewer than 40 points three times. In those four meetings – three last season and one in early January of 2014 – the Golden Flashes have averaged 37.5 points per game. The Falcons' defense has not allowed more than 43 points in any of those four contests.
LAST TIME OUT: FALCONS SURGE PAST BUFFALO WITH LATE RUN, 73-63
• Senior Alexis Rogers scored a game-high 25 points, including five-straight points as the Falcons took the lead for good en route to a 73-63 win at Buffalo Saturday afternoon (Feb. 22). Redshirt sophomore Erica Donovan had 24 points as BG improved to 23-3 overall and 13-1 in the MAC.
• BGSU has won nine games in a row, and the Falcons now have captured 20 consecutive meetings with the Bulls. BG leads the all-time series with Buffalo by a 24-5 margin.
• Rogers made 10-of-13 shots from the field in the victory, and was a perfect 3-for-3 from three-point range. In addition to points, she also paced the Falcons with seven rebounds.
• Donovan was 9-of-15 from the floor, setting career bests in points scored, field goals made and attempted and three-point field goals made. She was 4-for-9 from beyond the arc on Saturday, and added six rebounds in the win. Donovan had 18 of her points in the first half alone.
• Saturday's game featured 18 lead changes, the last of which came with just over four minutes remaining. Rogers hit a jumper to give the Falcons a 58-57 lead, and that shot began an 11-0 run for the Brown and Orange.
• The BG defense forced the Bulls to miss a pair of shots on the next possession, as both a three-point try by Alexus Malone and a putback by Christa Baccas would not drop. After a BG three-point attempt was unsuccessful, Rogers came up with the offensive rebound to keep the possession alive.
• Another BG shot was blocked out of bounds with 3:03 on the clock, but after the final media timeout of the game, Rogers received an inbounds pass from senior Jillian Halfhill, took a dribble to her left and knocked down a three-point shot from near dead center. That hoop gave the Falcons a 61-57 lead.
• The Falcons fouled the Bulls' Mackenzie Loesing with 2:32 left, but the UB sophomore missed the front end of a one-and-one opportunity. The Falcons rebounded the ball, but turned it right back over to the hosts. However, Kristen Sharkey missed a jumper, and Halfhill grabbed the rebound and was fouled by Loesing.
• That foul, Loesing's fifth of the game, came with 1:48 left, and began a stretch in which BGSU went 12-of-14 at the free-throw line to end the game. Halfhill hit both of her charity tosses, and after the Bulls missed three shots on the ensuing possession, senior Jill Stein went to the floor to grab the rebound with multiple UB players around her, and the Falcons used a timeout with 1:14 remaining.
• On the ensuing possession, the Falcons used nearly all of the shot clock before junior Jasmine Matthews was fouled with 53.4 seconds to go. Matthews hit both of her free throws, the Falcons had a 65-57 lead, and BG was never headed again.
• The Bulls made a pair of three-pointers in the final 30 seconds, but could draw no closer than seven points. Over the final 1:48, Halfhill and Matthews each went 4-of-4 from the free-throw line, while Donovan was 2-for-2 and Rogers and Stein 1-for-2 apiece.
• Halfhill scored 13 points and handed out a team-leading four assists in the game. The Falcons were 10-of-25 from three-point range, with Donovan making four long-distance shots, Rogers three and Halfhill two.
• Malone led the Bulls with 18 points, while Loesing had 13 points for the home team. Malone, who entered the game having gone 2-for-8 from three-point range on the season, was 3-of-8 from long distance on Saturday. But, the rest of the Bulls combined to go just 1-of-13, as the team shot 19.0 percent (4-of-21) from three-point land.
THE FALCONS AND THE MAC TOURNAMENT
The Falcons' win at Buffalo, combined with other results around the MAC over the weekend, means that BGSU has clinched no worse than the third seed for the MAC Tournament. The Falcons will earn at least a 'double-bye' in the tourney, and will advance to at least the third round on Thursday, March 13. The top-two seeds each will earn a 'triple-bye' and will not play until the semifinal round the following afternoon (Friday, March 14).
QUICK HITS
• BGSU is 23-3 overall and 13-1 in MAC play, and the Falcons have won nine consecutive games heading into the Kent State contest. BG 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.
• BG has topped last year's MAC win total by two, with four regular-season games remaining. The 2012-13 club went 11-5 in league play. The conference returned to an 18-game schedule this season after playing 16 league games last year.
• The current nine-game win streak includes home wins over Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, Miami and CMU, and road victories against Ohio, Toledo, EMU and Buffalo. 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.
• Nineteen of the Falcons' 23 victories this season – including all 11 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, and BG picked up a five-point victory over Eastern Michigan on Feb. 15. The Brown and Orange 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 11-0 at the Stroh Center, having won those 11 games by an average of 22.3 points per contest.
• In addition to the 11 wins at the Stroh, the Falcons have 12 victories away from home, with marks of 9-2 on the road and 3-1 in neutral-site contests. BG has road wins over Iona, Butler, Ohio State, Kent State, Ball State, Ohio, Toledo, EMU and UB, and the Falcons have topped Michigan, Old Dominion and Monmouth at neutral sites. 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 the teams' first 2013-14 meeting.
• In BGSU's 11 home games, the Falcons have averaged 76.8 points. 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 7.9 and 14.3 points per game, and two other players have at least 5.4 ppg to date.
• The Falcons' five starters each have attempted between 164 and 247 shots, meaning that every starter is averaging somewhere between 6.3 and 9.5 field-goal attempts per game.
• BGSU leads the MAC and ranks 12th in the nation in scoring defense, having allowed just 56.5 points per game. The Falcons also lead the MAC in scoring margin (+13.7), rebounding margin (+8.3), three-point field-goal percentage (35.7) and three-point FG pct. defense (25.8), and BG is second in the conference in FG pct. defense (36.6) and free-throw pct. (74.7) and third in FG pct. (42.6) as well as three-pointers made per game (7.6).
• BGSU is 23rd in the country in rebounding margin in the most recent NCAA statistics. The Falcons have been out-rebounded in just two games since Nov. 18, as Ball State had a narrow 31-29 edge in that category on Jan. 15, before Buffalo had a slim 34-32 margin on Saturday (Feb. 22).
• In addition to scoring defense and rebounding margin, the Falcons also rank among the top 40 schools in the nation in three-point FG pct. defense (8th), win-loss percentage (10th), scoring margin (21st), free-throw pct. (29th), three-point FG made per game (33rd), three-point FG pct. (34th) and FG pct. defense (37th).
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 49 of 61 games, including in 23 of the 30 MAC contests. Three of the other games saw the teams tie in that category.
• This year, the Falcons have out-rebounded the foes in 22 of the first 26 games, with double-digit margins in eight of those matchups. BG owns a MAC-best rebounding margin of +8.3 this year to date. BGSU has out-boarded 12 of 14 MAC opponents so far in '13-14, with a league-best +7.2 rebounding margin in conference play.
THREE-MENDOUS!
In MAC games (as well as in the overall stats), the Falcons lead the league in both three-point field-goal percentage and three-point FG pct. defense. BGSU is shooting 37.0 percent from beyond the arc vs. conference foes, while allowing MAC opponents to shoot just 22.9% from long range. In fact, the Falcons are second in the MAC in overall FG pct. defense, at 36.3% in conference games. 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 14 games.
LEAD, FOLLOW OR GET OUT THE WAY
• Through the first 26 games this season, there have been nine contests (Michigan, Niagara, Old Dominion, Monmouth, UMass, Saint Francis, Kent State, Northern Illinois and the first Eastern Michigan meeting) 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 808:26 – 77.4 percent of the time – and trailed for just 178:13 (17.1%). The Falcons and the opponents have been tied for a total of 58:21.
• BGSU has trailed for a total of just 19 minutes and 29 seconds (in 440 minutes of action) in the 11 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 fallen behind later than the 12:40 mark of the first half of a home game until Feb. 5, 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.
THREE FOR ALL
BGSU made 10 three-point field goals in the win at Buffalo on Saturday. The Falcons now have made at least one three-pointer in each of the last 302 games. BG has not been held without a triple in over nine years – 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 14 MAC games to date, and BG has made at least nine treys on six occasions in conference play, including in four of the last six games.
• Over the last five games, BG has made a total of 50 three-pointers and shot 38.8% (50-of-129) from long range during that time. The Falcons hit 12 treys, tying a then-season high, vs Western Michigan, then made 15 triples – just one shy of the school record – in the win over Miami before knocking down seven long-distance shots at EMU, six more against CMU and 10 at Buffalo.
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 nearly 80% from the line, having gone 327-of-416 (78.6%) over the last 19 games.
• On the year, the Falcons are shooting 74.7% from the line (ranking second in the MAC), and a league-leading 78.5% (241-of-307) 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 24-6 in MAC regular-season games. BGSU has won those 23 games by an average of 17.0 points per game, and the Falcons' MAC losses have been by 6.2 ppg. Twenty of the 24 wins have been by double digits, with just two of the six losses coming by 10 points or more.
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 had 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 39-7 in the Stroh Center, including a 22-2 ledger 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 to end that 2011-12 campaign.
• 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 11-0 at home heading into Thursday's game vs. Kent State (Feb. 27). BG has won those 11 games by an average of 22.3 points.
• The 39-7 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 46 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 24 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 Central Michigan game, BG has allowed an average of 53.4 ppg in all games at the Stroh, and just 51.0 ppg against MAC opponents.
• BG has held 36 of 46 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.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons enter the Kent State game with an overall record of 23-3 and a 13-1 MAC ledger. BGSU currently holds a two-game lead over Akron in the MAC's East Division race, with four regular-season games remaining.
• 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 nine-straight wins.
• That nine-game win streak has included home games vs. Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan and Miami, and road contests vs. Ohio, Toledo and EMU. Last week, the Falcons picked up a 67-55 home win over CMU on Wednesday (Feb. 19) in a battle of division leaders, then headed to Western New York and came away with a 73-63 win over Buffalo Saturday afternoon (Feb. 22).
• Eleven of BG's 13 MAC wins – all except the Toledo game and the second win over Eastern – 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 14.3 points per game, while Halfhill has 13.5 ppg and Donovan 11.2 ppg this year to date.
• Sophomore Miriam Justinger has 8.2 points per game, and junior Deborah Hoekstra, a strong candidate for the MAC Sixth Man Award, is coming off the bench to score 7.9 ppg. Senior Jill Stein and junior Jasmine Matthews have scored 6.6 and 5.4 points per contest, respectively.
• Stein leads the team and ranks fifth in the MAC in rebounding, with 8.5 boards per game, while Rogers has pulled down 8.5 rpg (eighth in the league – just two fewer total rebounds than Stein over 26 games) and Donovan 5.5. BGSU has had at least one player with 10 rebounds in 20 of this season's first 26 games.
• Halfhill leads the Falcons with 3.1 assists per outing, with Justinger handing out 2.6 apg to date. Stein ranks third on the team in that category, with 2.3 per game.
• Rogers is shooting 53.3 percent from the floor, ranking second in the MAC in that category, while Donovan is shooting 45.8%. From long range, Halfhill has made a team-leading 52 three-point field goals, while Hoekstra has hit 35 shots from beyond the arc. Four other Falcons have made between 19 and 31 treys apiece.
• Halfhill leads the entire MAC in three-point field-goal percentage, having gone 52-of-118 (44.1%) from long distance to date, while Hoekstra is third in the league on that list (39.8%). Halfhill hit a career-high six triples in the Western Michigan game, and went 4-for-4 from long range vs. Miami before hitting four more treys at EMU.
• Freshmen Rachel Konieczki and Abby Siefker are averaging 1.7 ppg apiece. Konieczki has seen action in all 26 games to date, while Siefker has played in 23. 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 26 games this season to date, with Donovan starting 25. Donovan started the first 12 games, but Matthews took her place in the lineup for the first Buffalo game, as Donovan missed tipoff due to a funeral. Donovan was back in the starting five for the Jan. 9 game at Kent State, 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 26 games, the Falcons are shooting 42.6 percent from the field, 35.7% from three-point range and 74.7% from the foul line. Opponents are shooting 36.6% from the floor, 25.8% from the arc and 68.3% from the stripe. The Falcons have a scoring margin of +13.7, a rebounding margin of +8.3 and a turnover margin of +0.2 on the year.
• In MAC games, BGSU is shooting 43.0% from the field, 37.0% from three-point land and 78.5% from the line. Opponents have shot 36.3% overall, 22.9% from long range and 63.6% from the stripe in MAC play.
THE KENT STATE GOLDEN FLASHES
Kent State enters Thursday's game with an overall record of 6-19, and the Golden Flashes are 3-11 in MAC play. After beginning conference action with eight consecutive losses, KSU is 3-3 over the last six games, with two of those three losses by just eight points. Most recently, the Flashes posted a 16-point home win over Miami, 67-51, on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 23). KSU has also downed Ball State at home, and picked up a road win over Western Michigan. Kent State is 4-10 at home, 1-9 on the road and 1-0 in neutral-site matches this season. In MAC play, the Flashes are 2-6 at the M.A.C. Center and 1-5 in hostile venues. KSU's roster at the start of the season featured seven newcomers, plus an eighth player who sat out last season at the school as a transfer. Individually, junior forward Montia Johnson leads the Flashes in scoring, with 8.9 points per game. She paces a balanced scoring effort, as five players are averaging between 7.4 and 8.9 points. Johnson also leads the Flashes in rebounding, with 7.2 per game. Senior guards Amber Dunlap and Ashley Evans have 8.8 and 8.2 ppg, respectively, while freshman guard Larissa Lurken averages 8.1 ppg and has hit a team-leading 27 three-point field goals. Head coach Danielle O'Banion welcomed back five letterwinners, including two starters, from last year's team. The 2012-13 edition of the Golden Flashes went 3-27 overall and 1-15 in MAC regular-season play.
THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Kent State, 51-28, in the all-time series between the teams, and BGSU has won the last seven meetings and 20 of the last 21 matchups. In this year's first game, the Falcons captured a 58-39 decision in Northeast Ohio (Jan. 9, 2014). Last winter, BG captured three games from the Golden Flashes, including a pair at the Stroh Center. The Falcons captured a 69-33 triumph in the home regular-season meeting (Jan. 10, 2013), then dispatched the Flashes from the MAC Tournament with a 76-35 first-round win at the Stroh two months later (March 9, 2013). BGSU is 24-10 in home games, 20-16 in road contests and 7-2 in neutral-site meetings with Kent/Kent State over the years. Jennifer Roos is 4-0 against the Golden Flashes as a collegiate head coach.
FALCONS VS. THE MAC
The Falcons continue to own the best record in MAC history. Entering the Kent State game, BGSU has an all-time record of 386-153 (.716) 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 (739) and highest overall winning percentage (.654) of any conference school.
THE FALCONS ARE ...
• 23-3 this year to date, after posting a 24-11 overall record last season;
• 13-1 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);
• 305-106 since Jennifer Roos came to BGSU in the summer of 2001;
• 159-47 in MAC games in that time:
• 284-71 over the last 10-plus years, with 2013-14 marking BG's MAC-record 11th-straight season of at least 20 wins;
• a staggering 263-61 in the past nine-plus years, with no fewer than 23 wins in 10-straight seasons now, and a MAC overall regular-season title in seven of the last nine years (2004-10 and again in '12, after winning an East Division crown in '11);
• an eye-popping 240-53 overall, and 124-18 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 212-50 in the last seven-plus years, including a 108-18 league ledger;
• a/an (insert your own adjective here) 181-46 overall, and 93-17 in MAC regular-season games, in the last six-plus seasons, since Monique Rosati came to the BGSU program;
• 155-38 overall and 80-14 in MAC action over the last five-plus winters;
• 126-33, including a 65-13 MAC ledger, in the last four-plus seasons;
• 99-26 overall and 51-11 in the MAC since seniors Jillian Halfhill and Jill Stein ventured to campus;
• 71-21 overall, and 38-8 in MAC action, since senior Alexis Rogers and juniors Deborah Hoekstra and Jasmine Matthews first put on a BGSU uniform;
• 47-14 since senior Katrina Salinas and sophomore Miriam Justinger were added to the Falcons' roster;
• 147-22 in the last 169 games vs. MAC foes (regular-season and tournament);
• A perfect 65-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field since 2001;
• 244-12 when having a better FG percentage than the opposition in that time, including a 116-2 mark in the last five-plus seasons;
• 232-38 when making more free throws than the opponent in the Roos Assistant-Coach/Associate-Head-Coach/Interim-Head-Coach/Head-Coaching Era;
• 197-24 when outrebounding the opponent in that 12-plus-year span;
• 72-7 in MAC home games in the last nine-plus seasons;
• 59-12 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
• 39-7 in the Stroh Center, with five of the 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 26 games, despite playing a difficult schedule, BGSU has allowed 56.5 points per game and permitted the opponents to shoot just 36.6% from the field to date.
TRY TO MAKE MORE THAN THEY TAKE
The 2013-14 Falcons appear to be continuing an impressive trend of getting to the foul line much more often than the other team. BGSU has made a total of 423 free throws this season to date. That total is 16 more than the opponents have attempted (393). BG has made more tosses than the foes have attempted in three of the last five years. The Falcons' total of free throws made has been at least 100 higher than the opponents' FTM total in each of the last eight seasons, and BG is on track to accomplish that feat yet again this year. The 2002-03 campaign was the last time the opposition made, or attempted, more free throws than BG.
UP NEXT
Following the KSU game, the Falcons remain in Northwest Ohio for one final game at the Stroh Center this regular season. BGSU will host Ohio on Sunday (March 2), in a 2:00 p.m. start. The Ohio game will be Senior Day, with the program's three seniors – Jillian Halfhill, Alexis Rogers and Jill Stein – recognized in ceremonies prior to tipoff. The regular season then ends with road trips to face Miami (March 5) and Akron (March 8).
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