Bowling Green State University Athletics
Tuesday, December 8
Charlottesville, Va.
11:00 AM
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Photo by: Christine Nelson, BGSU Marketing & Communications
Falcons Face Virginia in Tuesday Morning Matchup
December 07, 2015 | Women's Basketball
BGSU meets the Cavaliers on Field Trip Day in Charlottesville
The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team concludes a busy early-December stretch by heading to Charlottesville, Va. The Falcons of head coach Jennifer Roos face the University of Virginia in Tuesday action (Dec. 8), with tipoff set for 11:00 a.m. at John Paul Jones Arena (14,593). Tuesday's game is the Falcons' final contest until Dec. 21.
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GAME NOTES:Â BGSUÂ | UVA
GET TO KNOW...: Roos* | Fleming* | Brooks | Nusseibeh | Rosati
2015-16 Women's Basketball Media Central
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Join the Falcon Club Today!
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FOLLOW THE FALCONS
Fans who can't make it to Charlottesville for Tuesday's game can follow along via audio, video & live stats. A video stream of the game will be available (fee required) via VirginiaSports.com. Additionally, the Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization (BGRSO) is scheduled to broadcast every BGSU women's basketball game again this season. Live stats will also be available, and @BGSUwbb will provide in-game updates on Twitter. All links will be available at BGSUFalcons.com on game day.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
• Bowling Green enters the Virginia game with a record of 4-3. BGSU began the season with a pair of double-digit wins at the Stroh Center, then left Northwest Ohio and played three games that were decided by a total of 10 points.
• Last week, the Falcons split a pair of games, picking up a 74-56 home win over Evansville on Wednesday night (Dec. 2) before being dispatched, 69-48, by Cleveland State on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 5) at Quicken Loans Arena. That came on the heels of a 1-1 weekend in Wilmington, N.C. BGSU dropped a 70-66 decision to Davidson (Nov. 27) before downing Jacksonville, 72-69 in overtime (Nov. 28), in the UNCW Hampton Inn Thanksgiving Classic.
• BGSU began the season with home victories over a pair of Missouri Valley Conference teams, dispatching Illinois State and Bradley in a three-day span, before losing a narrow 54-51 contest at Cincinnati the following weekend.
• Just one Falcon, fifth-year senior Lauren Tibbs, has a double-digit scoring average. Tibbs, in her first season at BGSU after transferring from Marquette, has 11.4 points per game, and also leads the Falcons with 7.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocked shots per game. Tibbs is shooting a BG-best 63.0 percent from the field.
• Freshman Sydney Lambert and senior Miriam Justinger have 9.3 and 9.0 ppg, respectively. Lambert leads BGSU in assists and is third on the team in steals, and she has hit a BG-best 13 three-point field goals to date. Justinger is second on the Falcons in rebounding and tied for third in assists, and has made 10 long-distance shots.
• Redshirt sophomore Kennedy Kirkpatrick and true soph Rachel Myers have 6.9 and 6.7 ppg, respectively, while senior Erica Donovan also has 6.7 ppg. Myers has hit 11 three-pointers to rank second on the team.Â
•  Kirkpatrick scored a game- and career-high 19 points in the win over Jacksonville, and is shooting a team-best 92.3% (12-of-13) from the free-throw line. Donovan is second on the team in assists and third in rebounding.
• Freshman Carly Santoro has 4.6 ppg, while juniors Ashley Tunstall and Rachel Konieczki have 2.9 and 2.4 ppg, respectively. Junior Abby Siefker has 1.6 ppg and 2.7 boards per contest, and is second on the Falcons in blocks.
• Justinger, Lambert, Myers and Tibbs each have started all seven games for the Brown and Orange this season. Donovan started the first six contests of the year, while Tunstall drew her first start at BGSU vs. Cleveland State.
• The Falcons are shooting 41.4% from the field, 33.3% from three-point land and 72.6% from the free-throw line. The opponents are shooting 36.9% from the floor, 30.1% from the arc and 69.2% from the stripe.
• BGSU has a scoring margin of +3.4 and a rebounding margin of +6.6. The Falcons have blocked 2.9 shots per game after averaging 1.5 bpg a year ago.
• Head coach Jennifer Roos and the Falcons returned a total of eight letterwinners, all of whom had started at least five games in their BGSU careers entering the season. That group included seniors Donovan and Justinger, juniors Konieczki and Siefker and sophomores Kirkpatrick, Myers, Sarah Baer and Haley Puk.
• Those eight returnees were joined by five newcomers, including a pair of transfers who were eligible to play immediately. The quintet of new faces includes Tibbs, Tunstall, Lambert, Santoro and Maddie Cole.
• The 2014-15 Falcons went 9-21 overall after four players on the 12-woman preseason roster suffered season- or career-ending injuries, and a fifth missed the bulk of the conference schedule due to injury as well. The returning players entered the season with a combined total of 203 starts in the Brown and Orange.
LAST TIME OUT: THREE-POINT BARRAGE LIFTS CSU PAST FALCONSÂ
• Cleveland State scored early and often, connecting on 11 first-half three-pointers en route to a 69-48 win over the Falcons on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 5) at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland.
• The Vikings made 14 triples in 30 attempts in the game, including an 11-of-20 performance in the opening half. CSU opened up a 47-13 lead at the break and coasted to the victory.
• The Falcons outscored the hosts by a 35-22 count in the second half. BGSU shot 46.2 percent from the field after halftime, while holding CSU to just six field goals and a 25.0% field-goal rate in the final 20 minutes, but it was too little, too late.
• Khayla Livingston led the first-half onslaught for the Vikings. She scored 19 of her game-high 21 points in the opening half, and was 5-of-7 from three-point land vs. the Falcons. Adesuwa Aideyman scored 17 points off the bench for CSU, while Ashanti Abshaw had 16 points. Both players hit three long-range shots, while Olivia Voskuhl knocked down two.
• Three BGSU players scored seven points apiece, while three more Falcons had six points each.
THREE-LIGHTFUL
BGSU will be looking to extend an impressive streak on Tuesday at Virginia. The Falcons have hit at least one three-pointer in each of the last 348 games. BG has not been held without a triple in over 10 years – since Feb. 12, 2005, at Akron, when the Falcons won, 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 this season's seven games to date. BG has hit four or more triples in 39 of the last 40 games, dating to late in the 2013-14 season. The lone exception during that stretch was last year's MAC Tournament first-round game, when BG made three treys at Western Michigan.
SCOUTING VIRGINIA
Virginia enters Tuesday's game with a record of 6-3 on the year. The Cavaliers opened the season with five-straight wins, then suffered losses to Rutgers, Tulane and Iowa. On Saturday evening, the Wahoos snapped that streak with an 81-54 win over NJIT. UVA is 3-1 at home, 2-0 on the road and 1-2 at neutral sites this season to date. Four players are scoring in double digits in the scoring column this season, while a fifth player has over nine points per game. Sophomore guard Mikayla Venson leads the way with 14.0 ppg, with senior guard Faith Randolph averaging 12.9 ppg. Venson paces the team with 2.4 assists per game, while Randolph has dished out 2.0 apg. Sophomore forward Lauren Moses and sophomore guard Aliyah Huland El each have 10.3 ppg, with junior guard Breyana Mason scoring 9.3 points per contest. Moses leads the team in rebounding, with 6.8 per game, and she and Mason are deadlocked for the UVA lead in steals, with 2.0 per contest. Last season, head coach Joanne Boyle and the Cavaliers went 17-14 overall and 7-9 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, and earned an invite to the WNIT. Boyle and her staff welcomed back seven letterwinners, including four starters, from that 2014-15 club.
THE BGSU-UVA SERIES
The Falcons and Virginia are meeting for the first time in women's basketball.
UP NEXT
Following the Virginia game, the Falcons will take a lengthy break as the fall semester wraps up and exam week comes to a close. BGSU's next game will be Monday, Dec. 21, when the Falcons host South Dakota State in a 7:00 p.m. start at the Stroh Center.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
Fans who can't make it to Charlottesville for Tuesday's game can follow along via audio, video & live stats. A video stream of the game will be available (fee required) via VirginiaSports.com. Additionally, the Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization (BGRSO) is scheduled to broadcast every BGSU women's basketball game again this season. Live stats will also be available, and @BGSUwbb will provide in-game updates on Twitter. All links will be available at BGSUFalcons.com on game day.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
• Bowling Green enters the Virginia game with a record of 4-3. BGSU began the season with a pair of double-digit wins at the Stroh Center, then left Northwest Ohio and played three games that were decided by a total of 10 points.
• Last week, the Falcons split a pair of games, picking up a 74-56 home win over Evansville on Wednesday night (Dec. 2) before being dispatched, 69-48, by Cleveland State on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 5) at Quicken Loans Arena. That came on the heels of a 1-1 weekend in Wilmington, N.C. BGSU dropped a 70-66 decision to Davidson (Nov. 27) before downing Jacksonville, 72-69 in overtime (Nov. 28), in the UNCW Hampton Inn Thanksgiving Classic.
• BGSU began the season with home victories over a pair of Missouri Valley Conference teams, dispatching Illinois State and Bradley in a three-day span, before losing a narrow 54-51 contest at Cincinnati the following weekend.
• Just one Falcon, fifth-year senior Lauren Tibbs, has a double-digit scoring average. Tibbs, in her first season at BGSU after transferring from Marquette, has 11.4 points per game, and also leads the Falcons with 7.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocked shots per game. Tibbs is shooting a BG-best 63.0 percent from the field.
• Freshman Sydney Lambert and senior Miriam Justinger have 9.3 and 9.0 ppg, respectively. Lambert leads BGSU in assists and is third on the team in steals, and she has hit a BG-best 13 three-point field goals to date. Justinger is second on the Falcons in rebounding and tied for third in assists, and has made 10 long-distance shots.
• Redshirt sophomore Kennedy Kirkpatrick and true soph Rachel Myers have 6.9 and 6.7 ppg, respectively, while senior Erica Donovan also has 6.7 ppg. Myers has hit 11 three-pointers to rank second on the team.Â
•  Kirkpatrick scored a game- and career-high 19 points in the win over Jacksonville, and is shooting a team-best 92.3% (12-of-13) from the free-throw line. Donovan is second on the team in assists and third in rebounding.
• Freshman Carly Santoro has 4.6 ppg, while juniors Ashley Tunstall and Rachel Konieczki have 2.9 and 2.4 ppg, respectively. Junior Abby Siefker has 1.6 ppg and 2.7 boards per contest, and is second on the Falcons in blocks.
• Justinger, Lambert, Myers and Tibbs each have started all seven games for the Brown and Orange this season. Donovan started the first six contests of the year, while Tunstall drew her first start at BGSU vs. Cleveland State.
• The Falcons are shooting 41.4% from the field, 33.3% from three-point land and 72.6% from the free-throw line. The opponents are shooting 36.9% from the floor, 30.1% from the arc and 69.2% from the stripe.
• BGSU has a scoring margin of +3.4 and a rebounding margin of +6.6. The Falcons have blocked 2.9 shots per game after averaging 1.5 bpg a year ago.
• Head coach Jennifer Roos and the Falcons returned a total of eight letterwinners, all of whom had started at least five games in their BGSU careers entering the season. That group included seniors Donovan and Justinger, juniors Konieczki and Siefker and sophomores Kirkpatrick, Myers, Sarah Baer and Haley Puk.
• Those eight returnees were joined by five newcomers, including a pair of transfers who were eligible to play immediately. The quintet of new faces includes Tibbs, Tunstall, Lambert, Santoro and Maddie Cole.
• The 2014-15 Falcons went 9-21 overall after four players on the 12-woman preseason roster suffered season- or career-ending injuries, and a fifth missed the bulk of the conference schedule due to injury as well. The returning players entered the season with a combined total of 203 starts in the Brown and Orange.
LAST TIME OUT: THREE-POINT BARRAGE LIFTS CSU PAST FALCONSÂ
• Cleveland State scored early and often, connecting on 11 first-half three-pointers en route to a 69-48 win over the Falcons on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 5) at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland.
• The Vikings made 14 triples in 30 attempts in the game, including an 11-of-20 performance in the opening half. CSU opened up a 47-13 lead at the break and coasted to the victory.
• The Falcons outscored the hosts by a 35-22 count in the second half. BGSU shot 46.2 percent from the field after halftime, while holding CSU to just six field goals and a 25.0% field-goal rate in the final 20 minutes, but it was too little, too late.
• Khayla Livingston led the first-half onslaught for the Vikings. She scored 19 of her game-high 21 points in the opening half, and was 5-of-7 from three-point land vs. the Falcons. Adesuwa Aideyman scored 17 points off the bench for CSU, while Ashanti Abshaw had 16 points. Both players hit three long-range shots, while Olivia Voskuhl knocked down two.
• Three BGSU players scored seven points apiece, while three more Falcons had six points each.
THREE-LIGHTFUL
BGSU will be looking to extend an impressive streak on Tuesday at Virginia. The Falcons have hit at least one three-pointer in each of the last 348 games. BG has not been held without a triple in over 10 years – since Feb. 12, 2005, at Akron, when the Falcons won, 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 this season's seven games to date. BG has hit four or more triples in 39 of the last 40 games, dating to late in the 2013-14 season. The lone exception during that stretch was last year's MAC Tournament first-round game, when BG made three treys at Western Michigan.
SCOUTING VIRGINIA
Virginia enters Tuesday's game with a record of 6-3 on the year. The Cavaliers opened the season with five-straight wins, then suffered losses to Rutgers, Tulane and Iowa. On Saturday evening, the Wahoos snapped that streak with an 81-54 win over NJIT. UVA is 3-1 at home, 2-0 on the road and 1-2 at neutral sites this season to date. Four players are scoring in double digits in the scoring column this season, while a fifth player has over nine points per game. Sophomore guard Mikayla Venson leads the way with 14.0 ppg, with senior guard Faith Randolph averaging 12.9 ppg. Venson paces the team with 2.4 assists per game, while Randolph has dished out 2.0 apg. Sophomore forward Lauren Moses and sophomore guard Aliyah Huland El each have 10.3 ppg, with junior guard Breyana Mason scoring 9.3 points per contest. Moses leads the team in rebounding, with 6.8 per game, and she and Mason are deadlocked for the UVA lead in steals, with 2.0 per contest. Last season, head coach Joanne Boyle and the Cavaliers went 17-14 overall and 7-9 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, and earned an invite to the WNIT. Boyle and her staff welcomed back seven letterwinners, including four starters, from that 2014-15 club.
THE BGSU-UVA SERIES
The Falcons and Virginia are meeting for the first time in women's basketball.
UP NEXT
Following the Virginia game, the Falcons will take a lengthy break as the fall semester wraps up and exam week comes to a close. BGSU's next game will be Monday, Dec. 21, when the Falcons host South Dakota State in a 7:00 p.m. start at the Stroh Center.
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