Final Stats

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The Basics:
Score: Ohio 101, Akron 73
Location: James A. Rhodes Arena, Akron, Ohio 
The Short Story: Six Bobcats scored in double figures, as the Ohio women’s basketball team (21-4, 13-1 MAC) downed Mid-American East foe Akron (13-12, 7-7 MAC), 101-73 on Saturday evening in Akron. The Bobcats’ 101 points is the first time Ohio has registered at least 100 points in a conference game since 1991. The Bobcats also clinched the MAC East in the victory.
OHIO STARTERS: #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #12 Yamonie Jenkins, #15 Jasmine Weatherspoon
AKRON STARTERS: #2 Megan Barilla, #15 Anita Brown, #22 Hannah Plybon, #23 DiAndra Gibson, #24 Alex Ricketts

How It Happened:
- The Bobcats opened the game on a 6-0 run through the first three minutes.
- Akron would take a 13-12 lead with 2:23 left in the first quarter.
- Akron would lead Ohio 15013 at the end of the first quarter.
- Ohio would retake the lead at the 8:38 mark in the second quarter on a three-pointer by Kiyanna Black.
- Akron would retake the lead, going up 22021 with 6:01 left in the second quarter.
- The Bobcats would take the lead again seconds later when Kelly Karlis connected on a layup, putting Ohio up 23-22 at the 5:55 mark.
- Ohio would not trail the rest of the game, going up by as many as 16 points and scoring a total of 29 points and holding the Akron offense to 12 in the second quarter.
- At the half, the Bobcats took a 42-27 lead into the locker room.
- That half, the Bobcats were led by Lexie Baldwin who had nine points and was 3-of-4 from the field, 2-of-3 from three-point range and 1-of-2 from the free throw line. She also grabbed six boards.
- Yamonie Jenkins added eight points for Ohio, going 2-of-4 from the field and 4-of-6 from the free throw line.
- Black had seven points, going 2-of-10 from the field and 2-of-8 from three-point range. She also grabbed five rebounds and had two steals.
- In the first half, Ohio was 14-of-32 (43.8%) from the field, 6-of-19 (31.6%) from beyond the arc and 8-of-17 (47.1%) from the free throw line.
- The Bobcats would open the third quarter with a Black three-pointer at the 9:21 mark.
- Ohio led by as many as 29 points at the 2:37 mark in the third quarter.
- Ohio finished the third quarter with a 75-52 lead.
- The Bobcats never let their lead get under 20 points the rest of the game.
- The Bobcats would finish the game with the 101-73 victory.
- Overall, Baldwin led the Bobcats with 17 points, going 5-of-8 from the field, 3-of-5 from three-point range and 4-of-6 from the free throw line. Baldwin also grabbed nine rebounds and had two steals.
- Black added 15 points, going 4-of-13 from the field and 3-of-10 from three-point range. She was also 4-of-6 from the free throw line and grabbed eight rebounds.
- Jenkins finished the game with 11 points, going 3-of-7 from the field, 1-of-3 from beyond the arc and 4-of-6 from the free throw line. Jenkins also dished out a team-high five assists.
- Hannah Boesinger also added 11 points for the Bobcats, going 2-of-6 from the field, 2-of-6 from three-point range and 5-of-6 from the free throw line.
- Dominique Doseck added 10 points for the Bobcats, going 3-of-5 from the field, 2-of-3 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.
- Wrapping up the double figure scoring was Kelly Karlis who also scored 10 points, going 4-of-4 from the field and 2-of-3 from the free throw line.
- Jasmine Weatherspoon added eight points and five board for Ohio while also blocking two shots.
- Overall, Ohio was 30-of-61 (49.2%) from the field, 13-of-34 (38.2%) from three-point range and 28-of-41 (68.3%) from the free throw line.
- Ohio forced Akron to turn the ball over 20 times and scored 15 points off of those turnovers.
- The Bobcats grabbed 41 rebounds and dished out 15 assists while snagging 13 steals.
- The Bobcat bench scored 41 points.
- For Akron, Anita Brown scored 29 points, going 9-of-21 from the field, 1-of-4 from three-point range and 10-of-14 from the free throw line. Brown also grabbed a team-leading seven rebounds.
- Hannah Plybon scored eight points for Akron, going 2-of-11 from the field, 1-of-9 from three-point range and 3-of-5 from the free throw line.
- Overall, Akron was 23-of-62 (37.1%) from the field, 7-of-25 (20.8%) from beyond the arc and 20-of-34 (58.8%) from the free throw line.
- The Zips grabbed 51 rebounds, dished out 13 assists and forced Ohio to turn the ball over 13 times.
- The Akron bench scored 27 points.
- Ohio’s largest lead was 34 with 43 seconds left in the game.

Beyond the Boxscore:
-This is the first time the Bobcats have score at least 100 points in a MAC game since Jan. 19, 1991 when they scored 110 points against Kent State.
- With the win, the Bobcats clinched the MAC East for the second-straight season.
- This gives head coach Bob Boldon 57 wins at Ohio.
- This is the 522nd victory in program history.
- This is the first time the Bobcats have won four-straight against Akron since 2005-06.
- This gives Ohio 13 conference wins for the fifth-time in program history.
- This gave Ohio its four 21-win season in program history.
- Black now had 96 three-pointers this season, five away from setting a new MAC and program record.
- Black set a season high with her eight rebounds.
Quotable:
“I thought our kids showed a lot of toughness tonight. Things didn’t really go our way early with the early four trouble. With 39 minutes left in the game Kiki [Lampkins] had two fouls and KB quickly picked up her second and Kiki had her third before the end of the half. You have to give a lot of credit to those kids who came off the bench. We had our two leading scorer and arguably the two best guards in the MAC sitting on the bench. Those kids came off the bench and really delivered and did a nice job.” Head coach Bob Boldon on how the bench game through.

“You talk about team wins and this was certainly a team win. We needed every body to get this one. We were able to get everyone in and everyone got some shots in so I thought it was a good night for us.” â€" Head coach Bob Boldon on everyone getting involved.

COMING UP
The Bobcats head home to start a three-game home stand on Wednesday, Feb. 24 when Ohio hosts MAC East foe Kent State. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. inside the Convocation Center.

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