Final Stats

The Basics:
Score: Ohio 77, Northern Kentucky 38
Location: The Banks of Kentucky Center â€" Highland Heights, Ky. 
The Short Story: Ohio women’s basketball guard Kiyanna Black scored 21 points and led the Bobcats to a 77-38 victory against Northern Kentucky Tuesday night, giving the Bobcats their first 4-0 start to a season since 2006.

OHIO STARTERS: #2 Mariah Byard, #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #14 Kat Yelle

WOFFORD STARTERS: #0 Shar’Rae Davis, #10 Christine Roush, #22 Kelley Wiegman, #31 Melody Doss, #32 Kaitlyn Gerrety

How It Happened:
-The Bobcats opened the game on a 13-2 run into the 13^th minute of the game to take an early 13-2 lead.
- Black (21), Lexie Baldwin (14), Quiera Lampkins (12) and Kat Yelle (11) all scored in double figured.
-After only scoring five points in the first half, Kiyanna Black scored 16 in the second half to finish with 21 total, her third 20-plus point game of the season.
-Black finished 8-of-19 from field goal range and 5-of-11 from the three-point line.
-The Bobcats closed out the first half with a 36-14 lead.
-Ohio forced 16 turnovers in the first half and finished with 29.
-Ohio scored 31 points off turnovers.  
-The Bobcats shot 45.3% from field goal range.
-Yelle scored a season high 11 points, going five-of-eight from field goal range.
-The Bobcat defense held the Norse to 24 points in the second half.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
-It is the second time this season that the Bobcats held an opponent under 20-points in the first half.
-This is the second time this season that the Bobcats have held an opponent to under 40 points (Wofford, 37).
-The Bobcats have now started the season 4-0 for the first time since 2006.
-The last time the Bobcats won four games in the row was Feb. 17-28 of 2009.
-Black has now scored in double figures in every game this season and it was the 35^th time in her career.
-Black now has 14 career 20-plus point games.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Bob Boldon:
“I’m happy a lot with the defense. I think we had a good defensive effort. The turnovers were a big part of that and allowed us to get some shots off. If I wanted to clean anything up, I would say we fouled too much.”

COMING UP
After the Thanksgiving holiday, the Bobcats return to action against Manhattan College Sunday, Nov. 30 at the Convocation Center. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m.