Jan. 9, 2016
Final Stats
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The Basics:
Score: Ohio 72, Bowling Green 57
Location: Stroh Center - Bowling Green, Ohio.
The Short Story: Kiyanna Black led all scorers with 18 points and the Ohio Women's basketball team (11-3, 3-0 MAC) defeated Bowling Green (5-7, 1-2 MAC) 72-57 on Saturday evening inside the Stroh Center. Ohio remains the only undefeated team in Mid-American Conference play.
OHIO STARTERS: #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #12 Yamonie Jenkins, #15 Jasmine Weatherspoon
BOWLING GREEN STARTERS: #11 Rachel Myers, #13 Sydney Lambert, #30 Miriam Justinger, #32 Lauren Tibbs, #34 Ashley Tunstall
How It Happened:
- The Bobcats opened the game on a 9-0 run the first two minutes of the game.
- Bowling Green got on the board at the 7:32 mark on a made three-pointer.
- Bowling Green started chipping away, making the score 21-20 at the end of the first quarter.
- The Bobcats opened the second quarter with a made three-pointer by Dominique Doseck to make the score 24-21.
- The rest of the second quarter would remain close, Ohio unable to get a lead larger than seven points.
- Ohio entered the half leading 37-36.
- Kiyanna Black led Ohio in scoring with 10 points, going 4-of-7 form the field and 2-of-4 from three-point range.
- Lexie Baldwin added seven points and seven rebounds for the Bobcats, going 3-of-5 from the field and 1-of-3 from three-point range.
- Overall, Ohio shot 39.5% (15-of-38) from the field and 35.3% (6-of-17) from beyond the arc.
- Ohio entered the third quarter and would take a three-point lead at the 7:27 mark on a made layup by Black.
- Bowling Green would tie the game at 39 when Sydney Lambert hit a three pointer at the 7:10 mark.
- Black would give Ohio the lead back at the 6:54 mark on a made three pointer by Black.
- Bowling Green would tie it back up and take a 43-42 lead when the Falcons made two free throws at the 5:57 mark in the third.
- Hannah Boesinger would make a layup with 5:20 left in the third quarter to give the Bobcats a 44-43 lead.
- The Bobcats would go on a 13-0 run the final 5:20 of the third quarter to go ahead 56-43.
- Ohio held Bowling Green to seven points in the third quarter.
- Ohio would run away with the game in the fourth quarter, extending their run to 18-0 thanks to made layup from Jasmine Weatherspoon, giving Ohio a 60-43 lead with 9:14 left in the game.
- Ohio would lead as much as 19 points at two occasions in the fourth quarter.
- The Bobcats would win by the final of 72-57.
- Black would finish the game with 18 points to lead all scorers, going 7-of-17 from the field and 4-of-11 from beyond the arc.
- Black also three rebounds, two assists and three steals.
- Boesinger added a season-high 13 points and seven rebounds for Ohio, going 5-of-8 from the field and 2-of-2 from three-point range.
- Baldwin also scored 13 points and grabbed seven boards, going 5-of-8 from the field and 3-of-5 from the beyond the arc.
- Quiera Lampkins scored eight points and led the team with five assists.
- Overall, Ohio shot 39.1% (27-of-69) from the field and 36.4% (12-of-33) from beyond the arc. Ohio also shot 60% (6-of-10) from the free throw line.
- The Bobcats had 42 rebounds and dished out 15 assists, had nine blocks and snagged 10 steals.
- Ohio only turned the ball over nine times and forced Bowling Green to turn the ball over 17 times.
- The Bobcats scored 26 points in the paint and scored 27 points off of the BGSU turnovers.
- The Bobcats also got 22 points off of second chances and the Ohio bench scored 19.
- For Bowling Green, Lambert led the Falcons with 17 points, going 5-of-13 from the field and 4-of-8 from three-point range.
- Lauren Tibbs added 15 points and grabbed six boards, going 7-of-10 from the field.
- Myers scored 10 points for BGSU, going 3-of-9 from the field and 2-of-4 from beyond the arc.
- Overall, The Falcons were 20-of-54 (37.0%) from the field, 7-of-18 (38.9%) from three-point range and 10-of-11 (90.9%) from the free throw line.
- Bowling Green had 37 rebounds, dished out nine assists, had three blocks and three steals.
- The Falcons scored seven points off of turnovers and four second chance points.
Beyond the Boxscore:
- Boesinger's 13 points was a season-high for the junior.
- Ohio has now won six in a row and 10 straight MAC games dating back to last season.
- This is the 24th all-time win against Bowling Green.
- This is head coach Bob Boldon's 47th win at Ohio and his 145th career win.
- Ohio has now started MAC play 3-0 for the third time in program history.
- This is the 512 win in program history.
- Ohio has now recorded three-straight wins against Bowling Green fro the first time since Jan. 1995-Jan. 1996.
- This is the 12th time this season Black has scored in double figures and the 69th time in her career.
- Ohio has scored 70 - plus points for the fourth-straight game.
QUOTABLE
" I think it was the difference between winning and losing today. I thought our kids really showed a lot of effort and toughness. To be on the road is tough and to be losing and on the road is even tougher. The arena kind of came alive a little bit and I was really proud of the way our kids responded at that moment. It really locked them down the last seven minutes of the third quarter. I was really happy with that." Head coach Bob Boldon on the third quarter.
COMING UP
The Bobcats stay on the road when they head to Ypsilanti, Mich. on Wednesday, Jan. 13 to face MAC West foe Eastern Michigan in a rematch of the 2015 MAC Tournament Championship game. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
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