Final Stats

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The Basics:
Score: Temple 75, Ohio 61
Location: McGonigle Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Short Story: The Ohio women's basketball team (26-7) suffered a tough 75-61 third-round Women’s National Invitation Tournament loss to Temple on Thursday night (March 24). The Bobcats finished the season with a 26-7 record.

OHIO STARTERS: #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #12 Yamonie Jenkins, #15 Jasmine Weatherspoon

TEMPLE STARTERS: #00 Aliya Butts, #1 Erica Covile, #2 Feyonda Fitzgerald, #22 Tanaya Atkinson, #32 Donnaizha Fountain

How It Happened:
- Ohio would win the tip but Temple would score the first basket on two baskets from behind the charity stripe. 
- The Bobcats’ first bucket came on a three-point basket from Yamonie Jenkins at the 9:03 mark.
- At the first media timeout Ohio would trail Temple 11-6 at the 4:44 mark.
- Kiyanna Black would find herself in foul trouble in the first period of the game, racking up her third foul at the 2:03 mark.
- Temple would take the first quarter 27-11.  
- The second period would start with a Jenkins knocking down a triple right away to ignite the Bobcat offense but Ohio would struggle to hinder the Temple offense.
- Back-to-back Kelly Karlis baskets on assists from Jenkins, would allow Ohio to bring the game within 12 but the Owl’s maintained a 32-22 lead at the 5:28 mark.
- Two baskets from Jenkins at the free-throw line would bring the game within five at 29-34 at the 2:20 mark.
- At the half, Ohio would trail Temple 29-39.
- Quiera Lampkins and Jenkins would lead Ohio in the first half with 10 points. Lampkins would go 4-for-7 from the field while also tallying two assists. Jenkins was 3-for-7 from the field and 2-for-4 from behind the arc while also recording three rebounds and three assists.
- Weatherspoon would score the first basket of the second half for Ohio from behind the free-throw line at the 8:37 mark.
- At the first media timeout of the second half, The Bobcats would trail Temple 41-51 at the 3:52 mark.
- The Owls would go on a 7-0 run to gain their largest lead at 60-44 at the 1:10 mark.
- Temple would lead 60-45 at the close of the third period.
- Back-to-back layups from both Weatherspoon and Lampkins sparked the Ohio offense and made it a 64-53 game with 6:51 remaining. 
- Lampkins would sink a free throw to cut the Temple lead to 10 with 3:46 to-play. 
- The Owls had an offensive force that Ohio struggled to stop. 
- Temple would take the victory, 75-61. 
- Ohio shot 41.1 percent (23-of-56) from the field, 14.3 percent (3-of-21) from three-point range and 63.2 percent (12-of-19) from the charity stripe.
- Lampkins led the Bobcats with 20 points on 8-of-16 from the field, and 4-of-7 from the free-throw line while adding three rebounds, and four assists
- Jenkins scored 12 points, going 4-of-11 from the field and 2-for-5 from behind the arc with three rebounds and two steals in 40 minutes.
- Weatherspoon added six points to Ohio’s score along with two blocks and one steal.
- Hannah Boesinger tallied nine points
- Weatherspoon scored eight points and hauled in 11 boards to lead both teams in rebounding. 
- Temple shot 42.9 percent (27-of-63) from the field, 27.8 percent (5-of-18) from behind the arc and 66.7 percent (16-of-24) from the free throw line.
- Feyonda Fitzgerald led all scorers with 22 points on 9-of-21 shooting while dishing out six assists.
- Owl’s guard Alliya Butts scored 18 points for Temple.
- Both Tanaya Atkinson and Donnaizha Fountain scored 13 points for the Owls.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- This game marks as the third WNIT appearance for the Bobcats.
- Bob Boldon finishes this season with 62 wins at Ohio.
- The Bobcats have recorded 527 victories in program history to date.
- This is Ohio’s third 26-win season in program history. 
- Black finished her career with 126 three-pointers for a MAC and program record for threes made in a season.

QUOTABLE 
“It’s unbelievable. I am so proud of these kids. To win the MAC in regular season with the pressure that they were under to compete every night, it took everybody’s best effort time in and time out...We played Big Ten schools and ACC schools and never once did we see our kids not compete….I’m not sure that I could be more proud of a team to handle everything that they had to handle and the expectations they had to handle from the very first day…these kids stayed focused and worked.” Head Coach Bob Boldon on the season as a whole.

“This is a very good team and a very difficult place to play.” Head Coach Bob Boldon on Temple.

“I think that the upperclassmen on this team have done a tremendous job of moving the program forward. They’ve raised the expectations, which is a good thing. There are different obstacles that come with raised expectations.” Head Coach Bob Boldon on the progress of the program.

“She is awesome. We’ll miss her on both ends of the floor. She’s one of the most competitive players I have ever coached in my life and one of the most caring players, even though she might be very tough on the outside, she cares very much about her teammates.” Head Coach Bob Boldon on Kiyanna Black’s career.

“KB’s career and what happened and transpired over the last two years in this program and putting that into perspective, I think people are going to be pretty impressed with what these young ladies have been able to do. It obviously hurts a little bit now, but the fact that people thought that we would come into Temple and win is tremendous because people wouldn’t have thought that in the past and would never have given us a chance in the past. These kids pioneered a new avenue and we have a bunch of young players who have seen that and have raised the expectations. As a coach, I am excited to move forward with this team and see what’s next.” Head Coach Bob Boldon on the progress he expects to continue to see.

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