Feb. 6, 2016
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The Basics:
Score: Ohio 95, NIU 70
Location: The Convocation Center - Athens, Ohio
The Short Story: Three players scored in double figures to help lead the Ohio women's basketball team (18-4, 10-1 MAC) to its 18th win Saturday (Feb. 6) afternoon, defeating Northern Illinois (9-12, 2-8 MAC), 95-70.
OHIO STARTERS: #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #12 Yamonie Jenkins, #15 Jasmine Weatherspoon
NIU STARTERS: #1 Cassidy Glenn, #4 Courtney Woods, #21 Mikayla Voigt, #25 Kelly Smith, #31 Ally Lehman
How It Happened:
- The Bobcats netted the first points of the game when Jasmine Weatherspoon scored an easy layup off a pass from Lampkins to ignite the Ohio offense.
- Ohio started off hot with three 3-point baskets within the first three minutes earning a 13-4 lead at 6:21.
- Ohio dominated the scoreboard and held a 30-8 lead at the end of the first quarter.
- The Huskies fought back at the start of the second quarter, scoring back-to-back baskets at 5:59.
- NIU’s effort on offense wasn’t enough to stop Ohio from taking the second quarter.
- Ohio led would lead the Huskies 52-23 at halftime.
- NIU could not find their way to the rim as Ohio had five blocks in the first half including two each from Jasmine Weatherspoon and Dominique Dosek.
- In the first half, Ohio shot 55.6% from the field and 35.3% from three-point range.
- Kiyanna Black led all scorers with 13 points in the first half, going 4-of-8 from the field and 3-of-6 from behind the arc. She also added three rebounds, one assist, and one block.
- Lampkins added 10 points going 4-of-10 from the field and 1-of-4 from behind the arc.
- The Huskies would find themselves in foul trouble at the end of the third quarter
- Yamonie Jenkins and Weatherspoon both added six points to the first half scoreboard.
- Ohio maintained their large lead over NIU throughout the third holding a 75-41 advantage heading into the fourth quarter.
- The Huskies could not cut the Bobcat lead to under double digits.
- Ohio would lead by as much as 38 points as that came at 6:52 in the fourth quarter.
- Ohio would win the game by the final of 95-70.
- Overall, Lampkins would lead the Bobcats in scoring, scoring 23 points
- Lampkins also grabbed seven rebounds and dishing seven assists and seven steals.
- Black went 6-of-12 from the field, 5-of-9 from three-point range and dished out one assist and had five rebounds.
- Kelly Karlis scored 13 points, going 4-of-6 from the field and 1-of-2 from beyond the arc. She also hit 4-of-6 free throws.
- Karlis also grabbed a team high eight rebounds.
- Yamonie Jenkins went 3-of-5 from the field adding six points in her nine minutes on the court.
- Lexie Baldwin scored seven points, and also added five rebounds and one block.
- Overall, Ohio shot 46.4% (32-of-69) from the field, 35.3% (12-34) from three-point range and 79.2% (19-of-24) from the charity stripe.
- The Bobcat defense forced 23 turnovers.
- Ohio had seven blocks, dished out 19 assists, 12 steals and turned the ball over 13 times.
- Mikayla Voigt who scored 16 points, going 7-of-16 from the field, 2-of-5 from three-point range, led the Huskies.
- Voigt also grabbed 10 rebounds
- Overall, NIU shot 40.9% (27-of-66) from the field, 39.1% (9-of-23) from three-point range and 63.6% (7-of-11) from the free throw line.
- NIU also dished out 17 assists and had eight steals.
Beyond the Boxscore:
- This is Ohio's 18th win of the season.
- Ohio is now 10-1 in MAC play.
- This is the 519th victory in program history.
- This is head coach Bob Boldon's 54th win at Ohio, placing him fourth all-time in program history in coaching wins.
QUOTABLE
“It’s tough when every single game we play is the other team’s biggest game. I thought our intensity was pretty good and I thought we tried awfully hard. The ball movement was good and the player movement was good and we were taking good shots." Head coach Bob Boldon
“It felt good to see shots go in and be able to move at a faster pace.†Quiera Lampkins
“It was exciting to be back and making plays and get crowd going, my teammates going, and to have energy.†Jasmine Weatherspoon
COMING UP
The Bobcats hit the road on Saturday, Feb. 13 when Ohio travels to Toledo. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. in Toledo, Ohio.
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