Final Stats

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The Basics:
Score: Ohio 69, Florida Gulf Coast 57
Location: James A. Rhodes Arena â€" Akron, Ohio
The Short Story: Led by Yamonie Jenkins ’ 18 points and Jasmine Weatherspoon ’s first career double double, the Ohio women’s basketball team defeated Florida Gulf Coast, 69-57, during the first day of the Akron Classic on Friday afternoon (Nov. 20).

OHIO STARTERS: #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #12 Yamonie Jenkins, #15 Jasmine Weatherspoon
FLORIDA GULF COAST STARTERS: #00 Dytiesha Dunson, #2 Kaneisha Atwater, #3 Katie Meador, #12 Stephanie Haas #24 Taylor Gradinjan

How It Happened:
-The Bobcats opened the game with Jasmine Weatherspoon making the first basket for the Bobcats, a layup a minute into the game.
- Ohio trailed the Eagles, 11-8 at the end of the first quarter.
- In the first half, Ohio led by as many as 10 points.
- Tmisht Stinson hit a three-pointer as time expired in the first half, giving Ohio a 32-25 lead at the break.
- At the half, Kiyanna Black led Ohio with eight points and grabbing four boards.
Jasmine Weatherspoon led Ohio in rebounds with eight, while adding five points
- Lexie Baldwin and Yamonie Jenkins each added five points for Ohio.
- In the final two minutes of the game, Jenkins made six-straight free throws.
- The Bobcats largest lead was 16 points.
- At the buzzer, Jenkins led Ohio with 18 points.
- Jenkins was 4-of-7 from the field and 2-of-3 from the three-point line. Jenkins was also a perfect 8-for-8 from the charity stripe.
- Jenkins also added a block, a steal and four assists.
- Kiyanna Black was second in scoring with 13 points in her 29 minutes.
- Black went 5-of-15 from the field, 2-of-10 from beyond the arc and was 1-for-2 from the free throw line.
- Black also registered six rebounds and three steals.
- Weatherspoon wrapped up the game with 11 points and 13 rebounds.
- Weatherspoon went 3-of-10 from the field and 2-of-5 from the three-point line. She also going 3-of-4 from the free throw line
- Baldwin added nine points, while Mariah Harris, Tmisht Stinson and Hannah Boesinger all added five points.
- Ohio made 11-straight free throws in the final six minutes of the game.
- Overall, Ohio was 21-of-56 (37.5%) from the field and 10-of-30 (33.3%) from three-point range.
- Overall, the Bobcats were 17-of-20 (85%) from the free throw line.
- The Bobcats grabbed a total of 37 boards.
- Ohio also had eight steals, 10 assists and four blocks.
- For Florida Gulf Coast, Kaneisha Atwater and Haley Laughter led the Eagles in scoring with 17 points each.
- Atwater led FGCU in rebounds with six.
- The Eagles registered grabbed 37 boards.
- FGCU shot 33.9% (19-of-56) from the field and 26.9% (7-of-26) from three-point range.
- The Eagles were also 12-of-15 (80.0%) from the charity stripe.

Beyond the Boxscore:
- Jasmine Weatherspoon recorded her first career double double.
- Weatherspoon also tied a career high with her 13 rebounds.
- This is the first victory all-time against FGCU.
- Jenkins recorded a career high in points with 18 and a career high in free throws, making all eight.
- Tmisht Stinson tied a career high with five points.
- Black now had 1,211 career points, keeping her seventh all-time in program history.
- The win over FGCU gave Ohio a win over a fellow 2015 NCAA participant.

QUOTABLE

On the Game Overall:
“I thought defensively we did a really good job once we got settled down. I thought we played some pretty good defense today. Obviously, not 40 minutes of it like we’d like too. I thought with all the movement that we do we did a pretty good job of keeping players on players. I thought that’s probably the best thing after this game.” â€" Head coach Bob Boldon

On Their Three-Point Shooting:
“It helps stretch out defenses. I thought Florida Gulf Coast did a terrific job of taking away our drives. We didn’t get to the paint as often as we would have liked. We only had 18 points in the paint. They really force you to beat them from out there, and thankfully we shot well enough to beat them.”  - Head Coach Bob Boldon

COMING UP
Ohio will wrap up play at the Akron Classic on Saturday, Nov. 21 when they take on Winthrop (0-3). Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. inside of James A. Rhodes Arena.

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