March 13, 2008

Game Notes

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Ohio Bobcats will take on the Bowling Green Falcons in the semifinals of the 2008 Kraft MAC Women's Basketball Tournament. The `Cats defeated Central Michigan in the first round and Eastern Michigan in the quarterfinals to advance.

Date: March 14
Time: 2:30 p.m. or 30 minutes following game one.
TV: FSN Ohio - Jeff Phelps and Robin Muller will be calling the action.
Radio: All Ohio games can be heard via ohiobobcats.com. Click the online broadcast link on the sidebar of the women's basketball page. Thomas Hodson will be calling the action.
Internet: The MAC will be providing livestats and online video streaming.
Seedings: Ohio (19-12) is the No. 3 seed in the MAC East Division. Bowling Green (25-6) is the No. 1 seed in the MAC East Division.
Series: Ohio and Bowling Green are 2-2 in their MAC tourney match-ups. The Bobcats took the last win in the first round of the 2002 tourney, defeating the Falcons 74-68. Bowling Green leads the all-time series with a 44-18 record, including winning both MAC contests this season.

A Win Friday Would ...
- make the Bobcats 20-12 overall.
- make Ohio 19-44 all-time vs. BGSU.
- make Ohio 3-2 vs. BGSU in the MAC Tourney.
- make Ohio 13-22 all-time in the MAC tournament.
- make Crawley's record 38-24.
- make Crawley 4-1 in the tourney.

Last Time Out
Four players scored in double figures as the Ohio women's basketball team defeated Eastern Michigan, 76-62, to advance to the semifinals of the MAC Women's Basketball Tournament for the first time since 1998.

Leading Ohio in scoring was junior guard Jenny Poff (St. Johns, Mich.) with 15 points. Poff scored 12 of her 15 in the first half, nailing four three-pointers. She also had four rebounds and a game-high nine assists. Senior guard Lauren Kohn (Adrian, Mich.) and junior forward Lauren Hmiel (York, Pa.) scored 14 points each. Kohn also added six rebounds, three assists and three steals to her stat-line, while Hmiel led the team in rebounding for the second straight game with nine boards. Junior center Chandra Myers (Sugarcreek, Ohio) finished with 13 points, three rebounds and two blocks. Myers was 5-of-8 from the field and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line.

Watch Out
Bobcat senior Lauren Kohn is 13 points away from becoming the first Ohio women's basketball player to ever to reach 1,000 career points in just two years of action. Kohn currently has 1,419 total points in her collegiate career, including 432 at Syracuse and 987 at Ohio. Senior Simone Redd reached the 1,000-point plateau earlier this season, she has scored 1,116 points at Ohio.

Three's a Charm
The 2007-08 Bobcat squad has set a new all-time record with 223 three pointers made this season. Ohio broke the previous record of 189 set by the 2001-02 squad. This also places the `Cats in the MAC record book for 3pt field goals made in a season. The Bobcats have been nationally ranked as one of the top-6 teams in the nation in three-point percentage for the last seven weeks. Senior Simone Redd is third all-time in Bobcat history with 119 three-pointers made her career, while senior Lauren Kohn is fourth all-time in the category with 110 and senior Quintana Ward is fifth all-time with 105.

And Counting
Ohio's 19 wins sets a new third-place record for most wins in a single season. It is the first time ever that a Bobcat squad has reached the all-time wins list in back-to-back seasons. Last season's 18 wins is fourth best.

Making History
Ohio overcame the hump Tuesday night defeating Eastern Michigan to advance to the semifinal round of the MAC Tournament for the first time since 1998. The `Cats had fallen to the Eagles in the second round for the last two years.

Kohn Named First-Team All-MAC and Academic All-America®
Ohio senior Lauren Kohn was named to the All-MAC First Team. Kohn has led Ohio in scoring all season and currently averages a team-best 16.3 points per game. Kohn has scored in double figures in 26 games this season and has scored 20 or more points in eight games. Kohn has been perfect at the free-throw line in 13 games, while being one of the top 10 players in the country in the free throw percentage category.

She was also named to the 2007-08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women's Basketball Second Team. Kohn is only the second Ohio women's basketball player to ever receive an Academic All-America nod. Ohio's all-time leading scorer Caroline Mast (1982-86) earned first-team Academic All-America honors in 1986 and second-team honors in 1985.

Lolly
After scoring a career-high 19 points against Northern Illinois, junior Lauren Hmiel, also known as Lolly, scored in double figures the next three games. Hmiel averages 14.8 points in the last four games, posting 19 against NIU, 13 against Miami and Central Michigan, and 14 against Eastern Michigan. She also has averaged 6.8 rebounds during her streak, including back-to-back career-best performances of nine rebounds against CMU and EMU. Hmiel is also Ohio's second leading scorer during the tourney, averaging 13.5 points a game and shooting a team-best 52.9 percent from the field.

Tourney Time
Four Ohio players are averaging in double figures in the tournament. Senior Lauren Kohn leads all scorers averaging 16 points a contest. Junior Lauren Hmiel averages 13.5 points a game and a team-high nine rebounds. Jenny Poff averages 11 points a game and has dished out a team-high 13 assists. Center Chandra Myers averages 10 points a game, while shooting 50 percent from the floor and 75 percent from the free-throw line.

New Kid on the Block
With 29 blocks in her rookie campaign, Kamille Buckner is already one of Ohio's all-time blocks leaders. She is currently in eighth place on Ohio's career list. She passed Latreece Bagley's (2000-04) 27, and is currently sixth on the single-season list. Ohio's 102 blocked shots this season is the best total in ten seasons. The 2006-07 squad is the closest with 69.

Executive Assistant
Senior Quintana Ward is Ohio's top disher of the 21st century. With 455 careers assists, Ward is Ohio's second all-time assists leader, trailing Marty Heckman (810), who played for Ohio from 1982-86. Ward holds two spots on Ohio's single-season list with 134 in 2006-07 and 120 in 2005-06. Against Ball State earlier this season, Ward dished out a career-best 10 assists.

Koo-Koo for Jenny Poff
This season junior transfer Jenny Poff returned to the hardwood after sitting out a season because of NCAA transfer rules. Poff didn't waste any time getting reacquainted with her game. Poff tallied a career-high six steals against Ball State, becoming one of four Bobcats to ever do that. She also filled up her career stat sheet with her first career block against Kent State on March 1. She is currently third on the team in scoring, averaging eight points per game and has scored in double figures 13 times this season, including a career-high 15 points against Akron and Eastern Michigan. She is one of two Bobcats to reach double digits in assists this season and led the `Cats in assists 12 times.

Bush
Sophomore Jennifer Bushby scored a career-high 23 points at Buffalo this season. She shot 75 percent 6-of-8) from the three-point line, tying her third all-time in the Bobcat record book for best three-point field goal performance in a single game. It was the best performance from beyond the arc for a Bobcat since Cathy Szall shot 75 percent against Eastern Michigan on March 3, 2001. Szall also made 6-of-8 attempts. With a .447 three-point percentage in her career, Bushby currently stands atop the all-time list for Ohio. She has made 63-of-141 attempts.