Casey McDowell

Lourdes

Dec 14 (Sun)

2 p.m.

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Hudson
Hometown:
Hudson, Ohio
Prev School:
Indiana State Univ.

Casey McDowell defends a Toledo opponent in the Falcons[apos] semifinal win over the Rockets in the 2006 MAC Tournament (photo by Brad Phalin)

2005-06 HONORS:

TEAM TRI-CAPTAIN

2004-05 HONORS:

MAC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

MAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (March 14)

McDOWELL AND THE FALCONS: BGSU averaged 21.0 wins in the four seasons she was on campus ... the Falcons went 72-21 overall, 40-8 in MAC regular-season games and 9-1 in MAC Tournament contests in her three seasons in a BG uniform ... that came after the Falcons went 9-19 the year before she arrived and 12-16 the season she sat out as a transfer from Indiana State ... played in a total of 90 games in the Brown and Orange, with 382 points and a total of 75 three-point field goals made.

2005-06 captains Jill Lause, Ali Mann and Casey McDowell raise the MAC Tournament championship trophy after the Falcons downed KSU, 64-39, in the final (photo by Brad Phalin)

2005-06: A team tri-captain who played in 30 games, starting 11 ... averaged 3.5 points and 1.8 rebounds per game ... ranked second on the team in assists, with 2.0 per contest, and had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.54, best on the squad ... tied for fourth on the Falcons with 1.0 steals per game ... lone game she missed was the Florida International contest, after suffering an injury in the previous game, vs. Duquesne ... exploded for a season-high 14 points, including three three-point field goals in a span of less than two minutes, in the win at Ohio ... was 5-for-7 from the field, including 3-for-5 from long range, in that win ... all three of those treys came during a 15-0 BG first-half run ... had 20 triples on the year ... in MAC games, had 39 assists and only 10 turnovers ... had eight points, including a pair of triples, in 28 minutes vs. UCLA in the NCAA Championships first round ... was the recipient of the inaugural Fran & Marty Voll Award at the team[apos]s postseason banquet.

Casey McDowell shoots one of her school record-tying seven three-point baskets in BG[apos]s 84-68 win over Miami in the 2005 MAC Tournament quarterfinals. (Brad Phalin, BGSU Photo Services)

2004-05: Named the Falcons[apos] Most Improved Player ... averaged 6.8 points per contest in the Falcons[apos] MAC Championship season ... tripled her scoring average from the 2003-04 season (2.2 ppg) ... was named to the Kraft MAC All-Tournament Team after averaging 16.3 points and shooting 60.9 percent from the field (and 68.8% from three-point land) in the Falcons[apos] three wins ... had a monster game in the quarterfinal-round win over Miami, with a career-high 31 points ... tied the BGSU record by making seven three-point field goals in that win ... tied the MAC Tournament single-game and tourney (11) records for made treys ... was 11-for-16 from long range in the tourney ... made a total of 44 treys on the year, ranking her third on the team and quadrupling her total from the previous year ... shot a team-best 37.0% from long range in [apos]04-05 ... ranked fifth in the entire MAC in three-point FG pct., while placing 13th in three-pointers made per game ... came off the bench in the opening game of the season, and was in the starting lineup the rest of the way ... averaged 5.6 points and hit 20 treys in MAC play ... named the MAC[apos]s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week on March 14 ... had three double-digit scoring games, including a 12-point outing in a win over Central Michigan ... scored 11 points in the Falcons[apos] win at Northern Illinois to end the regular season, a win that clinched the outright MAC title ... had a season-high six assists to go along with seven points in win over Western Michigan ... scored nine points in road win over Toledo ... also had nine points vs. both Eastern Michigan and Kent State in the MAC Tournament ... played all 40 minutes in the championship-game win over the Golden Flashes ... scored eight points in the NCAA game vs. Kansas State ... had nine points off the bench in the season opener at nationally-ranked Ohio State.

2003-04: Played in 29 games off the bench ... averaged 2.2 points, 0.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists, ranking third on the team in the latter category ... blocked the first shot of her BGSU career in the second regular-season game vs. Central Michigan ... was a perfect 3-for-3 from the field en route to eight points at Ohio ... also had three rebounds vs. the Bobcats ... had two assists and played a key role in the win over Western Michigan ... saw some time at point guard, and gave BG some valuable minutes with Lindsay Austin on the bench in foul trouble ... two points vs. Buffalo ... had nine points vs. Morehead State ... tied her career high (set while at Indiana State) with seven assists vs. Eastern Kentucky, committing no turnovers in that game ... exploded for 19 points, including four three-point field goals, at Bucknell ... also had three steals in that game ... scored five points vs. both SE Missouri State and IPFW ... four assists against both IPFW and Detroit.

2002-03: Sat out the season per NCAA rules after transferring from Indiana State University.

2001-02 AT ISU: Appeared in all 28 games as a freshman for the Sycamores, making 20 starts ... averaged 4.2 points, 1.9 rebounds and 24.1 minutes per game ... was third on the team with 28 three-point field goals made ... finished second on the squad in steals (37) and third in assists (55) ... scored 10 points in collegiate debut, vs. Xavier ... had seven points vs. both Austin Peay and Southwest Missouri State ... tallied six points and four rebounds vs. Dartmouth ... drained three three-pointers in the first half en route to a career-high 11 points in win over IUPUI ... had five points and five boards vs. Akron ... tied her career high with three first-half treys in first meeting vs. SMS.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters for coach Tony Whitmer at Hudson High School ... named second-team all-state as a senior ... also named first-team all-Northeast Ohio, and was the Western Reserve Conference MVP ... the tri-county (Medina, Summit, Portage) Senior of the Year ... also the Summit County Player of the Year and Akron Beacon Journal Female Winter Athlete of the Year ... graduated as the leading scorer in school history with 1,189 career points ... helped the Explorers to a four-year WRC record of 39-1 and four WRC division titles.

PERSONAL: Casey Ann McDowell was born Aug. 21, 1983, in Wheeling, W.Va. ... daughter of David and Crystal McDowell ... a physical education major who finished with a 3.46 cumulative GPA at BGSU ... the youngest of two children ... brother, Brooks, competed on the men[apos]s golf team at John Carroll University ... Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).