Final Stats

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The Basics:
Score: Ohio 72, Northern Illinois 47
Location: The NIU Convocation Center - DeKalb, Ill.
The Short Story: Four players scored in double figures and Lexie Baldwin recorded a double-double to help lead the Ohio women's basketball team (15-3, 7-0 MAC) to its 10^th-straight win Saturday (Jan. 23) afternoon, defeating Northern Illinois (8-10, 1-6 MAC), 72-47. 
OHIO STARTERS: #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #12 Yamonie Jenkins, #15 Jasmine Weatherspoon
NORTHERN ILLINOIS STARTERS: #13 Amber Gray, #21 Mikayla Voigt, #24 Lacia Gorman, #25 Kelly Smith, #31 Ally Lehman

How It Happened:
- The Bobcat scoring started one minute into the game with Lexie Baldwin connecting on a layup.
- NIU would tie the game at 4-4 at the 7:14 mark and then take as much as a three-point lead with 4:48 left in the first quarter.
- Ohio would retake the lead at the 1:29 mark on a made three pointer by Quiera Lampkins.
- The Bobcats held the Huskies to 13 points in the first quarter, finishing the first stanza leading 17-13.
- The Bobcat defense held NIU to 12 points in the second quarter, entering the half leading 36-25.
- In the first half, Quiera Lampkins led Ohio with 10 points, going 3-of-4 from the field, 1-of-1 from three-point range and 3-of-3 from the free throw line.
- Lexie Baldwin added nine points, going 4-of-8 from the field and 1-of-3 from beyond the arc.
- Baldwin also added nine first half rebounds.
- In the first half, Ohio shot 39.4% from the field and 26.7% from three-point range.
- Ohio entered the third quarter on a 6-0 run through the first three minutes of action.
- Ohio's defense would hold NIU to five points in the third quarter.
- Ohio wouldn't let up in the fourth quarter, scoring 25 points.
- Ohio would lead by as much as 29 points with 1:48 left in the game.
- Ohio would win the game by the final of 72-47.
- Overall, Baldwin would lead the Bobcats in scoring for the second-straight game, scoring 16 points and grabbing 12 rebounds.
- Baldwin went 7-of-15 from the field, 2-of-6 from three-point range and dished out one assist and had two steals.
- Lampkins scored 15 points, going 5-of-10 from the field and 2-of-3 from beyond the arc. She also hit all three of her free throws.
- Lampkins also had three assists and three steals.
- Kiyanna Black scored 4 points, going 6-of-15 form the field and 2-of-10 from three-point range. She also added three assists and three steals.
- Yamonie Jenkins rounded out the double figure scoring, adding 10 points while going 3-of-6 from the field, 2-of-4 from three point range and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.
- Jenkins also dished out a team-high four assists.
- Jasmine Weatherspoon grabbed nine boards, had two assists, blocked three shots and snagged four steals.
- Overall, Ohio shot 43.3% (26-of-60) from the field, 34.5% (10-29) from three-point range and 76.9% (10-of-13) from the charity stripe.
- The Bobcat defense forced 23 turnovers and scored 19 points off of the turnovers.
- Ohio had 14 steals, dished out 15 assists, blocked five shots and turned the ball over 14 times.
- The Huskies were led by Kelly Smith who scored 12 points, going 4-of-9 from the field, 1-of-3 from three-point range and 3-of-4 from the free throw line.
- Ally Lehman grabbed 11 rebounds and scored seven points for NIU.
- Overall, NIU shot 31.5% (17-of-54) from the field, 11.1% (2-of-18) from three-point range and 68.8% (11-of-16) from the free throw line.
- NIU also dished out seven assists and had five steals.

Beyond the Boxscore:
- This is Ohio's 10^th straight win.
- Ohio is now 7-0 in MAC play for the first time in program history.
- This is the 516^th victory in program history.
- This is the 14^th-straight conference win dating back to last season.
- This is head coach Bob Boldon's 51st win at Ohio, placing him fourth all-time in program history in coaching wins.
- Lexie Baldwin recorded her third double-double of the season.
- Baldwin also tied her season high in rebounds with 12.

QUOTABLE
"I was really happy with us defensively. I thought they did a tremendous job locking in The second and third quarter defense was pretty good. The first quarter started a little slow but we got it figured out into the second quarter. We gave up some looks late, but on a night where I didn't think we shot it particularly well and seemed out of sync at times, I thought our defense really stepped up." Head coach Bob Boldon on today's defense

COMING UP
The Bobcats return home on Wednesday, Jan. 27 when Ohio hosts Akron for a MAC East matchup. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. inside the Convocation Center. The game will be shown on the American Sports Network and ESPN3.

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