Jan. 2, 2016
Final Stats
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Score: Ohio 73, Western Michigan 63
Location: The Convocation Center (Athens, Ohio)
Short Story: Led by Quiera Lampkins' career-high 33 points, the Ohio women's basketball team (9-3, 1-0 MAC) used a strong second half to rally past Western Michigan (8-5, 0-1 MAC), defeating the Broncos, 73-63, in its Mid-American Conference opener Saturday afternoon.
OHIO STARTERS: #1 Mariah Harris #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #15 Jasmine Weatherspoon
WESTERN MICHIGAN STARTERS: #1 Meredith Shipman, #3 Deborah Meeks, #24 Miracle Woods, #30 Alex Morton, #52 Jessica Jessing
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Western Michigan jumped out strong, going up 7-1 at the first media timeout.
- The Bobcats missed their first 12 shots.
- Athens native Dominique Doseck got the ball rolling for the Bobcats, nailing a wide open three at the 3:11 mark in the first quarter to make the score 9-4.
- Doseck hit another three with 1:20 left in the first quarter to pull Ohio within three points.
- Ohio would trail 22-12 at the end of the first quarter.
- Ohio continued to battle in the second quarter, and out outscore Western Michigan 18-13 to enter the half trailing 35-30.
- In the first half, Doseck led Ohio with 11 points, going 4-of-6 from the field and 3-of-4 from beyond the arc.
- Quiera Lampkins added eight points, going 2-of-7 from the field and hitting 4-of-6 free throw attempts.
- In the first half, Jasmine Weatherspoon and Hannah Boesinger led the Bobcats with four rebounds each.
- Ohio shot 31.4% from the field and 23.5% from three-point range in the first half.
- Ohio came out firing in the second half, tying the game at 34-35 at 6:42 in the third quarter when Lexie Baldwin connected on a layup.
- Kelly Karlis gave the Bobcats their first lead of the game at 4:02 left in the third with a made layup.
- Lampkins then caught fire, scoring 10-straight points the final 3:25 of the third quarter, giving Ohio a 51-46 lead entering the final frame of action.
- In the third quarter along, Lampkins scored 14 points, going 5-of-7 from the field and 4-of-5 from the charity stripe.
- Ohio outscored the Broncos 21-11 in the third quarter.
- Lampkins continued her streak to start the fourth quarter, scoring four straight points for the Bobcats.
- Western Michigan would close the gap, tying the game at 57-57 with 6:15 left in the game. However, that is as close as they would get to taking over the lead.
- Ohio would start to pull away at the 6:05 mark when Lampkins drained a wide open three-pointer, giving Ohio a 60-57 lead.
- Western Michigan would close it to within three points at go on a 7-0 run the final 1:20 to come away with the 73-63 victory.
- Overall, Lampkins led the way, scoring a career-high 33 points, 25 of them in the second half.
- Lampkins went 12-of-22 from the field and 1-of-2 from three-point range. She also went 8-of-11 from the free throw line. Lampkins also added four rebounds, two assists and six steals to her stat line.
- Doseck was second on the team in scoring, finishing with 11 points, going 4-of-seven from the field and 3-of-5 from three-point range. She also had one rebound and one assist.
- Kiyanna Black scored eight points for Ohio, going 2-of-14 from the field and 2-of-11 from three-point range. Black also hit both of her free throws late in the game.
- Weatherspoon led Ohio on the boards, grabbing 10 rebounds.
- Overall, Ohio shot 38.8% (26-of-67) from the field and 20.0% (6-of-30) from three-point range. The Bobcats were also 15-of-21 (71.4%) from the charity stripe.
- Ohio scored 21 points off the bench and 22 points off of turnovers. Ohio also added 16 second-chance points.
- The Bobcats forced Western Michigan to turn the ball over 23 times.
- Ohio only turned the ball over 11 times and grabbed 39 rebounds.
- The Bobcats also dished out eight assists and had five blocks all while grabbing 17 steals.
- Ohio led for only 13:35 minutes and trailed for 24:59.
- For Western Michigan, Jessica Jessing led the Broncos with 19 points, going 8-of-11 from the field and 2-of-3 from three-point range. She was also 1-of-2 from the free throw line.
- Jessing also grabbed 12 rebounds, dished out two assists and had three steals.
- Meredith Shipman scored 17 for the Broncos, going 5-of-10 from the field and 4-of-8 from beyond the arc. She was also 3-of-4 from the charity stripe.
- Miracle Woods also scored in double-figures for the Broncos, scoring 16 points and going 6-of-11 from the field and 4-of-6 from the free throw line.
- Woods and Deborah Meeks led WMU in rebounds, each grabbing five.
- Overall, Western Michigan shot 45.3% (24-53) from the field, 7-of-16 (43.8%) from three-point range and 66.7% (8-of-12) from the free throw line.
- The Broncos grabbed 36 rebounds, dished out 15 assists, had one block and had nine steals.
- WMU scored 12 points off of turnovers and did not score any bench points.
- The Broncos also added 10 second-chance points.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- Starting point guard Yamonie Jenkins did not start because of illness. Jekins played three minutes and scored three points and has two assists.
- Ohio freshman Kendall Jessing's older sister Jessica Jessing is a starter for the Broncos.
- This is Ohio's fourth-straight win.
- Ohio has now won eight-straight conference games dating back to last season.
- This was the 29th all-time victory against Western Michigan.
- This was head coach Bob Boldon's 45th all-time win at Ohio.
- This is the 510th win in program history.
- This was Ohio's seventh-straight victory at the convo dating back to last season.
- Lampkins' 33 points was a career high for the junior.
- Lampkins also made a career-high 12 field goals and attempted a career-high 22 field goals.
- Lampkins also recorded a career-high six steals.
- This was Lampkins eighth-straight double-figure scoring game.
- This was the 47th time in her career that Lampkins has recorded a double-figure scoring game.
- Doseck played a career-high 15 minutes for the Bobcats.
- This is only the second time this season that Black did not score in double figures.
QUOTABLE:
"Tonight is wasn't necessary guarding a star player, but it was playing within the framework of our defense. She had six steals and was a presence at that end of the floor. As she matures that's our goal, to try and make all of our players the best they can be come graduation. I think over the last two and a half years her offense has been significantly ahead of her defense. I think her defense is starting to catch up. Obviously what she did offensively tonight was spectacular, but I'm sure what she did on the defensive end had a lot to do with us winning." - Head coach Bob Boldon on Quiera Lampkins' performance
"She was tremendous and what a touch thing to do for a freshman. She came in after watching us miss our first 12 shots and took one with a lot of confidence and it went in. She's a kid who has worked hard and minutes had come and gone. Especially when you're playing behind Lampkins and Black, it's hard to take those two off the floor. She's had games where she's played maybe one or two minutes and tonight she comes in and played 15 for us and played a little bit of back up point guard. That speaks a lot to her maturity and to do that as a freshman is pretty impressive." Head coach Bob Boldon on Dominque Doseck's performance
"I've never gotten 30 points before. I've always tried but when I'd hit 27 I'd be done. It feels good to be able to make shots, because in the first quarter I was struggling so it felt good to see the ball go in." - Quiera Lampkins on scoring 33 points.
WHAT'S NEXT:
Ohio concludes its four-game home stand when they host MAC West foe Ball State (9-3, 1-0 MAC) on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. inside the Convocation Center.
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