Final Stats

The Basics:
Score: Western Michigan 61 Ohio 51
Location: University Arena - Kalamazoo, Mich.  
The Short Story: The Ohio women's basketball team (10-3, 1-1 MAC) fell, 61-51, to Mid-American Conference West opponent Western Michigan (9-4, 2-0 MAC) Wednesday night.

OHIO STARTERS: #2 Mariah Byard, #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #14 Kat Yelle
WESTERN MICHIGAN STARTERS: #5 A.J. Johnson, #13 Michelle O'Brien, #24 Miracle Woods, #30 Alex Morton, #52 Jessica Jessing

HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Bobcats opened the game the game with a 13-2 run through the first four minutes of play.
- Ohio led 23-22 at the half.
- Black finished the game with 12 points and five rebounds.
- Black shot 4-of-16 from field goal range and 3-of-9 from the three-point range.
- Lampkins was 5-of-14 from the field.
- Lampkins finished the game with 10 points and five boards.
- Baldwin led the Bobcats with seven rebounds.
- The Bobcats registered 32 total rebounds.
- The Bobcat defense forced 19 turnovers.
- Ohio scored 13 points off the turnover.
- The Bobcats registered eight assists, Yelle with four of them.
- Overall, Ohio shot 35.8% from field goal range (19-53).
- From three-point range, the Bobcats shot 37.5% (6-of-16).
- The Bobcats scored 26 points in the paint.
- At one point, Ohio led by as much as 11 points at 16:35 in the first half.
- The Bobcats led the game for 21:10 while WMU led for 13:20.
- The game was tied for 5:30 of the game.
- For Western Michigan, A.J. Johnson and Alex Morton led the Broncos with 15 points each.
- Michelle O'Brien led in rebounds with nine.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- It is the second time this season that the Bobcats failed to score at least 60 points.
- This was the sixth time this season that Baldwin led the Bobcats in rebounds.
- This was the sixth time this season that Black led the team in scoring.
- The Bobcats are now 1-1 in MAC play.
- The loss snapped the Bobcats four-game winning streak.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Bob Boldon on what the team will do next:
"We go back to Athens and we'll practice tomorrow. We play a very good Toledo team in a couple days that's probably better than Western. Hopefully we play a little bit better on Saturday."

COMING UP
Ohio returns to the friendly confines of the Convocation Center when they take on Toledo Saturday, Jan. 10. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.

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