Jill Lause

Miami (OH)

Jan 17 (Sat)

4 p.m.

Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
High School:
Coffman
Hometown:
Dublin, Ohio

LAUSE AND THE FALCONS: Was the first student-athlete to commit to the BGSU program after Curt Miller became head coach ... Falcons averaged 21.0 wins per season during her four years ... that came after BG had gone 9-19 the year before she arrived ... played in 93 games, making a pair of starts ... had a total of 166 points (1.8 ppg) and 135 rebounds (1.5 rpg).

2005-06: Played in 24 games off the bench, including all three games in the Kraft MAC Tournament and the Falcons[apos] NCAA Championships first-round contest vs. UCLA ... a team tri-captain ... averaged 0.8 points and 1.5 rebounds ... scored the final basket in the Falcons[apos] MAC Tournament championship-game win over Kent State ... also hit a bucket in the UCLA game, in the NCAA Championships ... was 1-for-2 with an offensive rebound vs. the Bruins ... went 3-for-4 from the floor en route to a season-high eight points in the win at Akron ... also set season standards for field goals made and minutes played (13) in that game ... had a season-best five rebounds in the win over Saint Francis.

2004-05: Saw action in 25 games off the bench ... averaged 1.0 points and 1.1 rebounds ... had 1.2 points per game in the MAC ... scored a season-high five points, including a 2-for-2 performance from the field, in televised home win over Ohio ... had a pair of five-rebound games, including in the first win over Northern Illinois ... also had five boards vs. Bucknell, playing a season-high 17 minutes ... had four points and four caroms at IPFW, going 2-for-3 from the field.

Captains Jill Lause, Ali Mann and Casey McDowell raise the MAC Championship trophy after BGSU downed Kent State, 64-39, to capture the 2006 title (photo by Brad Phalin)

2003-04: Played in 17 games off the bench ... averaged 1.4 points and 1.2 rebounds ... had a pair of rebounds in four minutes of action in league tourney opener vs. Central Michigan ... two points and two boards in six minutes at BSU ... had eight points on 4-of-6 shooting at CMU, adding five rebounds in 13 minutes ... set season bests in scoring, rebounding, field goals made and attempted and minutes in that game, tying her career marks in rebounds and FGA ... had two points, two rebounds and an assist in just four minutes at Eastern Michigan ... had a solid game vs. Akron, with seven points in 11 minutes ... had three rebounds, and went 3-for-4 from the field vs. the Zips, connecting on her lone three-point attempt ... scored three points and grabbed three rebounds in 10 minutes of action vs. Cleveland State ... had two points and an assist at Youngstown State ... two rebounds at Bucknell.

2002-03: Played in 27 contests, starting two ... named the Falcons[apos] Most Improved Player ... averaged 3.6 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.67 blocked shots per game ... shot .519 from the field, best on the team ... made 31 of her last 52 field-goal attempts (.596) ... had four points in eight minutes in home game vs. EMU ... had her second double-digit game of the year, with 10 points (5-of-6 from the floor) in just 13 minutes vs. Marshall ... made her first collegiate start vs. NIU (Feb. 1), and also started vs. Toledo (Feb. 8) ... made nine-straight FG in a three-game stretch ending with the Ohio game ... had six points, going 3-of-3 from the floor, at CMU ... scored four points and tied her season best with five rebounds vs. NIU ... went 6-for-6 from the field en route to a career-high 14 points vs. IUPUI, setting a career mark for the second consecutive contest ... tied her season best with five rebounds in that game, and set standards for assists (two), steals (one) and minutes played (26) ... had set a season best in the previous game, with eight points vs. Savannah State ... after scoring a total of 19 points in her first seven collegiate games, totaled 22 points in those two contests.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner for coach Mary Ann Grimes (former Univ. of Akron head coach) at Coffman High School ... was the 58th-ranked post player in the nation, and third in Ohio, by Mike White[apos]s All-Star Girls Basketball Report ... also listed as one of the top centers in the state by Ohio Girls[apos] Basketball Magazine ... averaged 14 points, six rebounds and two blocks per game as the Shamrocks shared the Ohio Capital Conference Central Division crown her senior year ... was the OCC Division Player of the Year that season, earning all-state honorable mention ... set the school record with 33 points in a game ... two-time team MVP ... holds the school[apos]s career record for blocks ... also earned a pair of volleyball letters as a middle hitter ... academic honor roll.

PERSONAL: Jill Ilene Lause was born Apr. 2, 1984, in Jacksonville, Ill. ... a human resource management major who finished with a 3.00 cumulative GPA ... daughter of Anthony and Theresa Lause ... has two older brothers, Brian and Patrick ... member of BGSU[apos]s Student-Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... also member of LeaderShape program ... played club ball for the Dayton Lady Hoopstars Black team ... team won the 2001-02 state title and finished sixth at nationals ... also has played for Circle Express in Columbus.