March 5, 2008

Game Notes

ATHENS, Ohio - The Ohio Bobcats will close out the regular season against the Miami RedHawks tonight at 7 p.m. in Oxford.

Date: March 5
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Oxford, Ohio
Radio: WOUB - Thomas Hodson (play-by-play)
Internet: Livestats available at OhioBobcats.com
Records: Ohio (17-11, 10-5 MAC) Miami (19-10, 11-4 MAC)
Rankings: Neither Ohio nor Miami is nationally ranked
Series: Miami leads the all-time series 44-19
Web Sites: Ohio - OhioBobcats.com Miami - MURedHawks.com

A Win Wednesday Would ...
- make the Bobcats 18-11 overall
- make the Bobcats 11-5 in MAC play
- make Ohio 413-482 all-time
- make Crawley's record 36-23
- make Ohio 20-44 vs. Miami
- make Ohio 7-1 on the road in the MAC this season

A Look at the `Cats
The Ohio Bobcats earned another win during their three-game road stand. The `Cats dropped Northern Illinois, 72-68, in a Monday night contest in DeKalb, Ill. Junior forward Lauren Hmiel led the `Cats to victory by scoring a career-high 19 points. She shot 6-of-8 from the field, 2-of-2 from three-point range and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line.

Lauren Kohn scored 15 points for the Bobcats, shooting 6-of-10 from the field and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line. Kohn also led the Bobcats with nine rebounds, including eight on the defensive side.

Simone Redd and Chandra Myers also reached double digits for the Bobcats scoring 12 and 11 points, respectively. Redd also had two steals, while Myers pulled down seven rebounds. Senior Quintana Ward scored all of her seven points in the second half. She also had a team-high five assists. Ohio shot 48.1 percent (25-of-52) from the floor and Northern Illinois shot 37.9 percent (25-of-66).

Last time vs. Miami
Ohio and Miami last faced off in Athens on Jan. 19. The `Cats powered past the RedHawks in a 74-55 win. Ohio had five players score in double figures, led by center Chandra Myers with her first career double-double of 17 points and 14 rebounds.

Oh Me, Oh My "ers"
Center Chandra Myers leads the Bobcats averaging 6.4 rebounds a game. Myers has two double-doubles on the season and has reached double-digit rebounds in four games, while leading the team in rebounding 14 times.

Coco for Coco Poffs
Sophomore Jenny Poff one of her best offensive games of the season at Kent State. Poff led the `Cats on both rebounding (8) and assists (7). She also posted her 11th double-digit scoring game of the season with 14 points.

Road Warriors
Ohio has a 14-12 overall road record under Head Coach Sylvia Crawley, including a 10-5 away record in MAC games only. This season the `Cats are 6-1 on the road in the MAC, only losing to Bowling Green on Jan. 12.

It's Been a While
For the first time since the 1990-91 season, the Ohio women's basketball team grabbed a win over the Kent State Golden Flashes on their home court. Ohio posted a close 69-68 win over the Flashes Saturday afternoon. Today the `Cats look to repeat. Ohio hasn't won in Oxford since 1998.

New Kid on the Block
Jenny Poff filled up her career stat sheet by grabbing the first block of her career against the Golden Flashes on Saturday.

Welcome to the Club
With four blocks against Kent State on Saturday, freshman Kamille Buckner is now one of Ohio's top-10 all-time blocks leaders. With 28, she passed Latreece Bagley's (2000-04) 27 for eighth place, and is currently sixth on the single-season list.

Roll Call
Ohio's record when starters Quintana Ward, Jenny Poff, Lauren Hmiel, Lauren Kohn and Chandra Myers are starting is 10-2.

Notables
- With 117 three-point field goals made in her career, senior Simone Redd is third all-time in Bobcat history in the category. She started the season ranked seventh with 84. Lauren Kohn is fourth all-time in the category with 104 and Quintana Ward is fifth all-time with 101.
- The 2007-08 Bobcat squad has set a new all-time record with 202 three pointers made this season. The `Cats broke the previous record of 189 set by the 2001-02 squad. The Bobcats have been nationally ranked as one of the top-6 teams in the nation in three-point percentage for the last six weeks.
- Ohio's 17 wins so far this season is in a three-way tie for fourth place in the program's all-time winningest seasons list. It is the first time ever that a squad has put back-to-back seasons on the list. Last year, Ohio's 18 wins ranks third all-time.
- Ohio's 93 blocked shots this season is the best total in ten seasons. The 2006-07 squad is the closest with 69.
- The Bobcats had five players score in double figures for the first time this season against Miami on Jan. 19.
- Jennifer Bushby scored a career-high 23 points at Buffalo this season. She shot 75 percent 6-of-8) from the three point line, tying her third all-time in the Bobcat record book for best three point field goal performance in a single game. It was the best performance from beyond the arc for a Bobcat since Cathy Szall shot 75 percent against Eastern Michigan on March 3, 2001. Szall also made 6-of-8 attempts.
- Seniors Lauren Kohn and Simone Redd both have scored more than 1,000 points in their collegiate careers. Kohn has accumulated 1,363 points, including 931 in her two years as a Bobcat and 432 at Syracuse. In addition, Redd reached the 1,000-point mark with 12 points scored against Kent State on Jan. 9. She now has 1,096 points in her career.
- Quintana Ward is Ohio's second all-time assists leader. She has 444 career assists.
- After tallying a career-high six steals against Ball State, Jenny Poff became one of four Bobcats to ever do that.
- Head Coach Sylvia Crawley grabbed her 20th MAC career win and 35th overall career win against Northern Illinois Monday night.