2013-14 Women's Basketball Roster
Halfhill, Jillian
Jersey Number 11
Jillian Halfhill
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Canfield
- Hometown:
- Canfield, Ohio
Bio
Game-by-Game Stats: 2013-14 | 2012-13 | 2011-12 | 2010-11
2010-11
Played in 18 games off the bench ... saw brief action in the Falcons' NCAA Championships first-round game vs. Georgia Tech ... had a productive seven minutes of action vs. Buffalo, with two points, three offensive rebounds and two assists in the final regular-season game at Anderson Arena ... saw seven minutes of action, her most in MAC play, at Eastern Michigan, then played seven more minutes vs. Ohio in the next game ... had two points and a blocked shot vs. OU ... in the EMU game, a span of four-plus minutes in the second half saw all three freshmen on the court, as BG cut a seven-point deficit to two ... helped jump-start BG's offense with a basket and an assist in the Falcons' go-ahead run vs. Ball State ... hit a three-pointer vs. Miami ... had five points, the highest total of her young career, in the win over Canisius ... also had four rebounds in that game ... scored three points in five minutes off the bench at Austin Peay ... hit a three-pointer just seconds after entering the game ... also had an assist vs. APSU ... saw 11 minutes of action vs. Fullerton, with a pair of rebounds and a steal ... had three points, on a shot from beyond the arc, in the win over Detroit ... had three points and five rebounds in 13 minutes vs. Youngstown State ... had three rebounds and a steal vs. Oakland, playing 14 minutes in that win ... made her collegiate debut against Creighton, with two points and a rebound in five minutes of action.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four letters at Canfield High School ('10) for coach Pat Pavlansky ... finished her high-school career with totals of 1,306 points and 434 assists ... earned All-Ohio Division-I Special Mention as a senior ... averaged 16.7 points, 5.2 assists and 3.1 steals that season, helping the Cardinals to an All-American Conference Red Tier title ... team finished 13-8 overall ... was rated the second-best point guard in the state of Ohio, and one of the top-10 players in the state in the Class of 2010, by the Ohio Girls Basketball Report (OGBR) ... reached the 1,000-point mark for her career in a December 2009 game vs. North Canton Hoover ... helped the Cardinals to a combined record of 55-16 over her first three years, twice qualifying for the Division II regional ... averaged 19.8 ppg and 4.9 apg as a junior, helping CHS to a 16-9 record and earning All-Ohio Division-II Second-Team accolades ... averaged 12.5 ppg and over six assists per game as a sophomore, as the Cardinals went 21-3 and won a second-straight Metro Athletic Conference title ... averaged 9.1 ppg and 5.7 apg as CHS went 18-4 and won a league title her freshman year ... was named to the All-MAC First Team in each of her first three seasons (Canfield joined the All-American Conference, beginning with the 2009-10 academic year) ... also earned one letter each in soccer and softball.
PERSONAL
Jillian Marie Halfhill was born on March 23, 1991, in Canfield, Ohio ... accounting major who graduated with a cumulative GPA of 3.429 ... daughter of Brian and Renee Halfhill ... the youngest of three children ... has a brother and a sister ... sister, Bryanne, played basketball at the Univ. of Chicago ... uncle, Michael Zordich, was an All-American football safety at Penn State Univ. and played 12 seasons in the NFL ... was inducted into the Ohio Xi Chapter of the National College Athlete Honor Society, Chi Alpha Sigma, at the BGSU Athletics Honors Night in April of 2014 ... played AAU ball for Sports City University.
HALFHILL AND THE FALCONS
After playing just 102 minutes and scoring a total of 25 points as a freshman, ended her BGSU career with totals of 932 points, 160 rebounds and 266 assists ... averaged 7.8 points per game in 119 contests as a Falcon ... made 80 career starts ... hit 127 career three-pointers, making 73 of them as a senior.
2013-14
Named to the All-MAC First Team ... also earned all-league first-team honors from the College Sports Madness web site ... named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... named the Falcons' Impact Player of the Year as well as the team's Playmaker of the Year, earning the latter award for the second-straight season ... started all 35 games for the second-straight season ... averaged 13.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game ... led the team in assists and ranked second in scoring ... paced the Falcons with 73 three-point field goals made, and shot 42.4% from three-point range ... led the MAC in three-point field-goal pct., and ranked 15th in the entire nation in that category ... was third in the conference in three-pointers made ... scored in double digits in a team-leading 28 games ... named the MAC Player of the Week twice (Nov. 25 and Feb. 17) by the conference office ... also earned league P-O-W honors from College Sports Madness in those same two weeks, and received that honor from the Hustle Belt web site on Feb. 18 ... earned MAC Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Week accolades on April 2 ... led BG in assists, or tied for the team lead, 17 times on the year ... paced the Falcons in scoring on 10 occasions ... was 14th in the MAC in scoring and 11th in assists ... ranked fourth in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio and eighth in minutes played (32.4 per game) ... in MAC games only, shot over 47% from three-point range to lead the entire conference (47.1%; 40-of-85) ... averaged 14.7 points and 3.0 assists in MAC games... ranked 10th in the MAC in scoring in conference contests, and was third in three-pointers made per game (2.2), fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5), seventh in FT pct. (83.3%), 10th in minutes played (33.1), 11th in assists and 15th in FG pct. (46.3%) ... had a season-high 22 points vs. Western Michigan (Feb. 5), hitting a career-best six three-point field goals in that victory ... scored 21 points two games later, adding 10 rebounds in a road win over Eastern Michigan (Feb. 15) ... that EMU game capped a three-game stretch in which she averaged 20.0 points per game and shot 64.5% (20-of-31) from the field, including a 14-for-23 (60.9%) effort from three-point range ... scored 18 points in each of the Falcons' two wins over Michigan, in the season opener at the Iona Tip-Off Tournament (Nov. 8) and in the third round of the WNIT (March 27) ... played all 40 minutes in the latter game ... had 18 points in BG's home victory over Akron (Jan. 12) as well as in both games vs. Central Michigan ... scored 16 of her 18 points in the second half of the second CMU game, as the Falcons downed the Chippewas by 12 points at the Stroh Center (Feb. 19) ... had a double-double at nationally-ranked Purdue (Dec. 22), with 15 points and 10 boards ... had 13 points and six assists in the Falcons' win at Ohio State (Nov. 24), and dished out a season-high seven assists in BG's next game, vs. Monmouth (Dec. 1) ... in the OSU game, scored seven-straight points after the Buckeyes had cut the BG lead to two points in the second half ... her layup with just 16.8 seconds to go gave the Falcons a 51-50 victory at Iona on Nov. 9 ... also hit the game-winning layup in the final seconds of the Falcons' road win vs. UA (March 8), a victory which helped clinch the MAC's outright regular-season title ... her one-handed three-point shot in the second half of the Rutgers game (March 31) was the number-three play on ESPN SportsCenter's 'Top Plays' segment that night ... hit nearly 79% of her free-throw attempts, going 101-of-128 from the stripe ... was a perfect 9-for-9 from the line in wins at Toledo (Feb. 2) and at home vs. CMU ... was perfect from the field in the home win over Miami (Feb. 9), with her five makes including a 4-of-4 performance from three-point land.
2012-13
Received the team's Playmaker-of-the-Year award ... an Academic All-MAC Team honorable-mention selection ... started all 35 games at the point-guard position ... averaged 8.9 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, ranking third on the team in scoring and second in rebounding ... led the team in both assists (114, 3.3 per game) and minutes played (1086, 31.0 per game) ... was second on the team with 33 three-point field goals made ... finished third on the Falcons in steals (45, 1.3 per game) ... was sixth in the league in assist/turnover ratio (1.4) ... finished 10th in the MAC in free-throw percentage (76.0%; 98-of-129) ... and, the 5-foot-6 point guard was 10th in the league in defensive rebounds ... also ranked 10th in the MAC in assists, and was 27th in the conference in scoring ... in MAC play, averaged 8.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.0 assists per contest, and was second on the team with 16 three-pointers ... finished fifth in the league in assists in MAC games, and was second in the conference in assist/turnover ratio (2.1) ... was 12th in the MAC in free-throw percentage, shooting an even 70.0% (35-for-50) in conference games ... paced the Falcons in assists, or tied for the team lead, in 20 games on the season ... led or tied for BGSU rebounding honors seven times ... led the Falcons in scoring in the three WNIT games, averaging 13.7 points per contest ... shot 50.0% (10-of-20) from the field and 90.5% (19-for-21) from the free-throw line in those three games ... scored in double digits 13 times on the season, including a pair of 23-point games ... had a then career-high 23 points at Miami (Feb. 23), going 7-of-14 from the floor ... hit four three-pointers in that game ... hit a shot from halfcourt at the first-half buzzer, but for reasons unknown, it was ruled by the officials that the shot did not count ... also had 23 points in the Falcons' win over SMU in the WNIT opener (March 21), leading all players in scoring ... went 7-of-10 from the field and 9-for-10 from the line in that game ... had 17 of those points in the second half, going 5-of-7 from the floor and a perfect 7-for-7 from the stripe ... had 15 points in the Falcons' 25-point victory over nationally-ranked Dayton (Dec. 30) ... also had nine rebounds as the Falcons handed the Flyers their first loss of the season ... scored a team-leading 15 points vs. Villanova (Nov. 24), and had 14 against both Niagara (Nov. 15) and Central Michigan (Feb. 3) ... went 10-of-12 from the free-throw line to help the Falcons salt away the win at Niagara ... in addition to the 14 points vs. CMU, also had seven rebounds and five assists ... scored 14 points in the WNIT victory over Duquesne (March 23), including an 8-of-9 effort from the stripe ... had a career-high nine assists, and no turnovers, in just 19 minutes in BG's win over Ball State (Jan. 16) ... pulled down 13 rebounds, the most by a Falcon all season, against Colorado State (Dec. 1) ... had her first career double-double in that game, as she scored 10 points vs. the Rams ... prior to that game, her career rebounding high had been six ... also hit double digits in scoring against Toledo (13 points; Jan. 13), Akron (11 points; Jan. 31), Buffalo (12 points; Feb. 28) and Kent State (10 points; March 9) ... had a career-high six steals at Western Michigan (Feb. 10).
2011-12
Played in all 31 games, making 10 starts ... an honorable-mention selection to the Academic All-MAC Team ... averaged 4.3 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game ... had five points, an assist and a rebound in 11 minutes of action vs. VCU in the WNIT (March 15) ... came off the bench to score six points, adding two boards, two assists and a steal, vs. Central Michigan in the MAC Tournament (March 9) ... had a team-high 17 points, including 15 in the first half, in BGSU's win at Kent State (Feb. 28) ... that victory clinched the MAC regular-season championship ... went 6-of-8 from the field, and hit three of her five three-point tries in that win ... two of those treys came in the last 1:02 of the half, including one just before the buzzer that gave the Falcons a 41-19 lead ... for her efforts in the KSU game, she was named the MAC Player of the Week by the College Sports Madness web site on March 5 ... her point total vs. KSU was the second highest of her career, and was a career best for a MAC game ... her previous standard against a league foe had been four points ... scored seven points in the win over Madonna (Dec. 21), and had five assists without a turnover ... had 10 points and four assists in just 18 minutes vs. Jacksonville (Dec. 11) ... exploded for 22 points, nearly doubling her career high, against Western Kentucky (Nov. 29) ... made seven of her eight shots from the field, including a perfect 5-for-5 performance from three-point land ... that was just one shy of matching the school single-game record for three-point percentage (6-of-6) ... scored a then career-high 12 points in the win at Detroit (Nov. 22) ... had seven points, a career-best five assists and three steals vs. Evansville (Nov. 20) ... five points vs. nationally-ranked Purdue (Nov. 17) ... made her first collegiate start in the season opener at Dayton (Nov. 11) ... tied her career best with five points vs. the Flyers, and set career standards for field goals attempted (eight) and minutes played (27) ... nearly doubled her previous career high of 15 minutes played.After playing just 102 minutes and scoring a total of 25 points as a freshman, ended her BGSU career with totals of 932 points, 160 rebounds and 266 assists ... averaged 7.8 points per game in 119 contests as a Falcon ... made 80 career starts ... hit 127 career three-pointers, making 73 of them as a senior.
2013-14
Named to the All-MAC First Team ... also earned all-league first-team honors from the College Sports Madness web site ... named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... named the Falcons' Impact Player of the Year as well as the team's Playmaker of the Year, earning the latter award for the second-straight season ... started all 35 games for the second-straight season ... averaged 13.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game ... led the team in assists and ranked second in scoring ... paced the Falcons with 73 three-point field goals made, and shot 42.4% from three-point range ... led the MAC in three-point field-goal pct., and ranked 15th in the entire nation in that category ... was third in the conference in three-pointers made ... scored in double digits in a team-leading 28 games ... named the MAC Player of the Week twice (Nov. 25 and Feb. 17) by the conference office ... also earned league P-O-W honors from College Sports Madness in those same two weeks, and received that honor from the Hustle Belt web site on Feb. 18 ... earned MAC Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Week accolades on April 2 ... led BG in assists, or tied for the team lead, 17 times on the year ... paced the Falcons in scoring on 10 occasions ... was 14th in the MAC in scoring and 11th in assists ... ranked fourth in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio and eighth in minutes played (32.4 per game) ... in MAC games only, shot over 47% from three-point range to lead the entire conference (47.1%; 40-of-85) ... averaged 14.7 points and 3.0 assists in MAC games... ranked 10th in the MAC in scoring in conference contests, and was third in three-pointers made per game (2.2), fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5), seventh in FT pct. (83.3%), 10th in minutes played (33.1), 11th in assists and 15th in FG pct. (46.3%) ... had a season-high 22 points vs. Western Michigan (Feb. 5), hitting a career-best six three-point field goals in that victory ... scored 21 points two games later, adding 10 rebounds in a road win over Eastern Michigan (Feb. 15) ... that EMU game capped a three-game stretch in which she averaged 20.0 points per game and shot 64.5% (20-of-31) from the field, including a 14-for-23 (60.9%) effort from three-point range ... scored 18 points in each of the Falcons' two wins over Michigan, in the season opener at the Iona Tip-Off Tournament (Nov. 8) and in the third round of the WNIT (March 27) ... played all 40 minutes in the latter game ... had 18 points in BG's home victory over Akron (Jan. 12) as well as in both games vs. Central Michigan ... scored 16 of her 18 points in the second half of the second CMU game, as the Falcons downed the Chippewas by 12 points at the Stroh Center (Feb. 19) ... had a double-double at nationally-ranked Purdue (Dec. 22), with 15 points and 10 boards ... had 13 points and six assists in the Falcons' win at Ohio State (Nov. 24), and dished out a season-high seven assists in BG's next game, vs. Monmouth (Dec. 1) ... in the OSU game, scored seven-straight points after the Buckeyes had cut the BG lead to two points in the second half ... her layup with just 16.8 seconds to go gave the Falcons a 51-50 victory at Iona on Nov. 9 ... also hit the game-winning layup in the final seconds of the Falcons' road win vs. UA (March 8), a victory which helped clinch the MAC's outright regular-season title ... her one-handed three-point shot in the second half of the Rutgers game (March 31) was the number-three play on ESPN SportsCenter's 'Top Plays' segment that night ... hit nearly 79% of her free-throw attempts, going 101-of-128 from the stripe ... was a perfect 9-for-9 from the line in wins at Toledo (Feb. 2) and at home vs. CMU ... was perfect from the field in the home win over Miami (Feb. 9), with her five makes including a 4-of-4 performance from three-point land.
2012-13
Received the team's Playmaker-of-the-Year award ... an Academic All-MAC Team honorable-mention selection ... started all 35 games at the point-guard position ... averaged 8.9 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, ranking third on the team in scoring and second in rebounding ... led the team in both assists (114, 3.3 per game) and minutes played (1086, 31.0 per game) ... was second on the team with 33 three-point field goals made ... finished third on the Falcons in steals (45, 1.3 per game) ... was sixth in the league in assist/turnover ratio (1.4) ... finished 10th in the MAC in free-throw percentage (76.0%; 98-of-129) ... and, the 5-foot-6 point guard was 10th in the league in defensive rebounds ... also ranked 10th in the MAC in assists, and was 27th in the conference in scoring ... in MAC play, averaged 8.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.0 assists per contest, and was second on the team with 16 three-pointers ... finished fifth in the league in assists in MAC games, and was second in the conference in assist/turnover ratio (2.1) ... was 12th in the MAC in free-throw percentage, shooting an even 70.0% (35-for-50) in conference games ... paced the Falcons in assists, or tied for the team lead, in 20 games on the season ... led or tied for BGSU rebounding honors seven times ... led the Falcons in scoring in the three WNIT games, averaging 13.7 points per contest ... shot 50.0% (10-of-20) from the field and 90.5% (19-for-21) from the free-throw line in those three games ... scored in double digits 13 times on the season, including a pair of 23-point games ... had a then career-high 23 points at Miami (Feb. 23), going 7-of-14 from the floor ... hit four three-pointers in that game ... hit a shot from halfcourt at the first-half buzzer, but for reasons unknown, it was ruled by the officials that the shot did not count ... also had 23 points in the Falcons' win over SMU in the WNIT opener (March 21), leading all players in scoring ... went 7-of-10 from the field and 9-for-10 from the line in that game ... had 17 of those points in the second half, going 5-of-7 from the floor and a perfect 7-for-7 from the stripe ... had 15 points in the Falcons' 25-point victory over nationally-ranked Dayton (Dec. 30) ... also had nine rebounds as the Falcons handed the Flyers their first loss of the season ... scored a team-leading 15 points vs. Villanova (Nov. 24), and had 14 against both Niagara (Nov. 15) and Central Michigan (Feb. 3) ... went 10-of-12 from the free-throw line to help the Falcons salt away the win at Niagara ... in addition to the 14 points vs. CMU, also had seven rebounds and five assists ... scored 14 points in the WNIT victory over Duquesne (March 23), including an 8-of-9 effort from the stripe ... had a career-high nine assists, and no turnovers, in just 19 minutes in BG's win over Ball State (Jan. 16) ... pulled down 13 rebounds, the most by a Falcon all season, against Colorado State (Dec. 1) ... had her first career double-double in that game, as she scored 10 points vs. the Rams ... prior to that game, her career rebounding high had been six ... also hit double digits in scoring against Toledo (13 points; Jan. 13), Akron (11 points; Jan. 31), Buffalo (12 points; Feb. 28) and Kent State (10 points; March 9) ... had a career-high six steals at Western Michigan (Feb. 10).
2011-12
2010-11
Played in 18 games off the bench ... saw brief action in the Falcons' NCAA Championships first-round game vs. Georgia Tech ... had a productive seven minutes of action vs. Buffalo, with two points, three offensive rebounds and two assists in the final regular-season game at Anderson Arena ... saw seven minutes of action, her most in MAC play, at Eastern Michigan, then played seven more minutes vs. Ohio in the next game ... had two points and a blocked shot vs. OU ... in the EMU game, a span of four-plus minutes in the second half saw all three freshmen on the court, as BG cut a seven-point deficit to two ... helped jump-start BG's offense with a basket and an assist in the Falcons' go-ahead run vs. Ball State ... hit a three-pointer vs. Miami ... had five points, the highest total of her young career, in the win over Canisius ... also had four rebounds in that game ... scored three points in five minutes off the bench at Austin Peay ... hit a three-pointer just seconds after entering the game ... also had an assist vs. APSU ... saw 11 minutes of action vs. Fullerton, with a pair of rebounds and a steal ... had three points, on a shot from beyond the arc, in the win over Detroit ... had three points and five rebounds in 13 minutes vs. Youngstown State ... had three rebounds and a steal vs. Oakland, playing 14 minutes in that win ... made her collegiate debut against Creighton, with two points and a rebound in five minutes of action.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four letters at Canfield High School ('10) for coach Pat Pavlansky ... finished her high-school career with totals of 1,306 points and 434 assists ... earned All-Ohio Division-I Special Mention as a senior ... averaged 16.7 points, 5.2 assists and 3.1 steals that season, helping the Cardinals to an All-American Conference Red Tier title ... team finished 13-8 overall ... was rated the second-best point guard in the state of Ohio, and one of the top-10 players in the state in the Class of 2010, by the Ohio Girls Basketball Report (OGBR) ... reached the 1,000-point mark for her career in a December 2009 game vs. North Canton Hoover ... helped the Cardinals to a combined record of 55-16 over her first three years, twice qualifying for the Division II regional ... averaged 19.8 ppg and 4.9 apg as a junior, helping CHS to a 16-9 record and earning All-Ohio Division-II Second-Team accolades ... averaged 12.5 ppg and over six assists per game as a sophomore, as the Cardinals went 21-3 and won a second-straight Metro Athletic Conference title ... averaged 9.1 ppg and 5.7 apg as CHS went 18-4 and won a league title her freshman year ... was named to the All-MAC First Team in each of her first three seasons (Canfield joined the All-American Conference, beginning with the 2009-10 academic year) ... also earned one letter each in soccer and softball.
PERSONAL
Jillian Marie Halfhill was born on March 23, 1991, in Canfield, Ohio ... accounting major who graduated with a cumulative GPA of 3.429 ... daughter of Brian and Renee Halfhill ... the youngest of three children ... has a brother and a sister ... sister, Bryanne, played basketball at the Univ. of Chicago ... uncle, Michael Zordich, was an All-American football safety at Penn State Univ. and played 12 seasons in the NFL ... was inducted into the Ohio Xi Chapter of the National College Athlete Honor Society, Chi Alpha Sigma, at the BGSU Athletics Honors Night in April of 2014 ... played AAU ball for Sports City University.
HALFHILL'S CAREER STATS
Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg 2010-11 18-0 102/5.7 9-32 .281 3-13 .231 4-10 .400 8-14 22 1.2 11-0 6 15 1 2 25/1.4 2011-12 31-10 402/13.0 41-106 .387 18-51 .353 32-50 .640 12-39 51 1.6 21-0 37 36 0 15 132/4.3 2012-13 35-35 1086/31.0 91-251 .363 33-106 .311 98-129 .760 32-147 179 5.1 64-0 114 82 4 45 313/8.9 2013-14 35-35 1133/32.4 144-345 .417 73-172 .424 101-128 .789 12-127 139 4.0 64-1 109 68 6 41 462/13.2 TOTAL 119-80 2723/22.9 285-734 .388 127-342 .371 235-317 .741 64-327 391 3.3 160-1 266 201 11 103 932/7.8
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS: Points: 23, at Miami -- 02/23/13 ; SMU -- 03/21/13 Rebounds: 13, Colorado State -- 12/01/12 Assists: 9, Ball State -- 01/16/13 Steals: 6, at Western Michigan -- 02/10/13 Blocks: 2, at Buffalo -- 02/22/14 ; Buffalo -- 02/28/13 FG made: 8, Western Michigan -- 02/05/14 FG attempts: 17, at #18/21 Purdue -- 12/22/13 3FG made: 6, Western Michigan -- 02/05/14 3FG attempts: 11, vs Ball State -- 03/14/14 FT made: 10, at Niagara -- 11/15/12 FT attempts: 13, Wyoming -- 12/16/12
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