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The Basics:
Score: Ohio 72, Miami 44
Location: The Convocation Center - Athens, Ohio 
The Short Story: The Ohio women’s basketball team (20-4, 12-1 MAC) recorded 22 steals and forced 36 Miami turnovers as it defeated Mid-American Conference archrival Miami (9-15, 3-10 MAC), 72-44 at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio. 
OHIO STARTERS: #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #12 Yamonie Jenkins, #15 Jasmine Weatherspoon
MIAMI STARTERS: #11 Ana Richter, #21 Leah Purvis, #22 Jazz Smith, #25 Molly McDonagh, #40 Kendall McCoy

How It Happened:
- Junior guard Quiera Lampkins started things off for Ohio with a pair of layups to provide the Bobcats with a 4-2 lead at the 6:21 mark of the first quarter.
- After a basket at the 5:41 mark to tie the game at 4, the Bobcats held Miami scoreless until the RedHawks made a layup with three seconds left in the quarter.
- Lampkins led Ohio with nine points in the first quarter.
- Ohio held a 16-6 lead after the first quarter, racking up eight steals and forcing 12 Miami turnovers.
- After the RedHawks opened the second quarter with a triple, the Bobcats went on a 13-0 run to extend their lead to 29-9 with 7:12 left in the first half.
- Senior forward led Ohio with seven points in the second quarter.
- The Bobcats led Miami 41-18 at the half.
- Lampkins led all scorers with 17 points at the break.
- Ohio shot 16-of-34 (47.1 percent) in the first half.
- The Bobcats had 17 steals in the first half and forced 25 Miami turnovers.
- In the third quarter, the Bobcats tallied five three-point field goals and three two-point field goals.
- Senior guard Kiyanna Black converted three triples in the third quarter.
- After three quarters, Ohio maintained a 63-32 lead.
- Ohio limited Miami to three field goals in the fourth quarter en route to a 72-44 victory.
- Ohio shot 27-of-64 (42.2 percent) from the field and 10-of-30 (33.3 percent) from behind the arc.
- The Bobcats recorded a season-high 22 steals and forced 36 Miami turnovers.
- Lampkins led all scorers with 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting while grabbing four rebounds, four assists, five steals and two blocks.
- Black scored 18 points, shooting 6-of-10 from behind the arc, tallied four assists and three steals in 21 minutes.
- Baldwin tallied 12 points on 5-of-11 shooting and grabbed four steals in 19 minutes.
- Lampkins, junior forward Jasmine Weatherspoon and redshirt freshman forward Kelly Karlis tied for the team lead with four rebounds
- Miami was 14-49 (28.6 percent) from the field and 4-of-18 from behind the arc.
- Kendall McCoy and Leah Purvis led the RedHawks with 12 points each. McCoy shot 4-of-10 from the field and grabbed seven rebounds while Purvis shot 3-of-14 with five rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Beyond the Boxscore:
- Black made at least five three-pointers for the ninth time this season.
- Lampkins scored at least 20 points for the seventh time this season.
- This was head coach Bob Boldon’s 56^th win at Ohio. 
- This is the 521^st victory in program history.
- This game Ohio back-to-back wins against the RedHawks for the first time since 2010-11.
- This is the fifth time in program history that Ohio has had at least 11 wins in conference play. 
- The win gave Ohio its fifth 20-win season in program history.
- Ohio finished with 22 steals, which is one steal shy of setting the program record of 23 set in 2005 against Western Michigan.

Quotable:
Third-year head coach Bob Boldon on Ohio’s defensive effort:
“Obviously we didn’t get off to a real good start. They scored four quick points, but then they scored two the rest of the first quarter. I thought we got locked in and did a nice job disrupting what they were trying to do.”

Senior guard Kiyanna Black on back-to-back 20-win seasons:
“It feels good, especially being here my freshman year and we barely got four wins. It’s just nice to see our team progress and get better every year.”

COMING UP
Ohio hits the road as they travel to northeast Ohio to take on Akron at James A. Rhodes Arena at 4 p.m. on Saturday (Feb. 20). The game can be viewed on Time Warner Sports Network and ESPN3. 

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