FALCON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NOTES FEBRUARY 4, 2012 SEVEN-TIME DEFENDING MAC CHAMPIONS NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN

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1 FALCON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NOTES FEBRUARY 4, 2012 BOWLING GREEN SEVEN-TIME DEFENDING MAC CHAMPIONS NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS MIKE CIHON (asst. director w.basketball) Game 23 BGSU vs. WESTERN MICHIGAN Saturday, February 4, :00 p.m. ET Stroh Center (4,347) Bowling Green, Ohio BOWLING GREEN FALCONS Record: 19-3 Mid-American Conf.: Records: 28-5, 13-3 Rankings (AP/USA): -/- Head Coach: Curt Miller * (Baldwin-Wallace, '90) At BGSU: in 11th year Career: Same MAC Games: STATISTICAL LEADERS Points: Chrissy Steffen (14.1) : Alexis Rogers (8.0) Assists: Jessica Slagle (2.2) Blocks: Danielle Havel (0.8) Steals: Chrissy Steffen (2.1) * has taken a leave of absence associate head coach Jennifer Roos is serving as acting head coach GAME INFORMATION Date: Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 Tip-Off: 2:00 p.m. Location: Bowling Green, Ohio Venue: Stroh Center (4,347) SERIES Overall: BGSU leads, Streak: WMU - 1 Last Meeting: at WMU 66, BGSU 55 (Jan. 29, 2011) Curt Miller vs. WMU: 8-4 WESTERN MICHIGAN BRONCOS Record: 6-16 Mid-American Conf.: Records: 9-21, 5-11 Rankings (AP/USA): -/- Head Coach: Tasha McDowell (St. Ambrose, '97) At WMU: in fourth year Career: Same MAC Games: STATISTICAL LEADERS Points: Maria Iaquaniello (13.4) : Corie Buchanan (5.0) Assists: Corie Buchanan (3.4) Blocks: Rachel Adaline (0.9) Steals: Corie Buchanan (2.0) MULTIMEDIA Television: None Radio: WBGU-FM 88.1 Audio Streaming: BGSUFalcons.com (WBGU broadcast) Video Streaming: B2/America One (through BGSUFalcons.com subscription fee required) Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com BGSU PROJECTED STARTERS (based on last game's starters) F 32 Alexis Rogers 6-1 R-So. West Chester, Ohio 11.5 ppg, 8.0 rpg F 42 Danielle Havel 6-2 R-Jr. Carmel, Ind. 6.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg G 1 Jasmine Matthews 5-9 Fr. Matteson, Ill. 6.6 ppg, 1.2 rpg G 14 Jessica Slagle 5-9 Sr. Sidney, Ohio 11.7 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.2 apg G 21 Chrissy Steffen 6-0 Jr. Carmel, Ind ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.0 apg OFF THE BGSU BENCH (in numerical order) G 3 Deborah Hoekstra 5-10 Fr. East Lansing, Mich. 1.3 ppg, 0.7 rpg G 11 Jillian Halfhill 5-6 So. Canfield, Ohio 4.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 1.4 apg G 13 Noelle Yoder 5-6 So. Millersburg, Ohio 3.4 ppg, 0.7 rpg F 20 Allison Papenfuss 6-0 Jr. Whitehouse, Ohio 2.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg G 22 Simone Eli 5-9 Jr. Genoa, Ohio 2.3 ppg, 0.0 rpg G 24 Logan Pastor 5-9 Fr. Uniontown, Ohio 2.1 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 1.2 apg C 40 Jill Stein 6-2 So. Clyde, Ohio 2.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg F 45 Shanique Ogle 6-0 Fr. Lorain, Ohio 2.1 ppg, 1.9 rpg full rosters & pronunciation guide on page SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER 1 FINDLAY (Exhib.) (BCSN) W, at Dayton L, #16/20 PURDUE (BCSN) L, EVANSVILLE W, at Detroit W, WESTERN KENTUCKY (BCSN) W, DECEMBER 3 BUTLER W, at Youngstown State W, AUSTIN PEAY W, JACKSONVILLE W, at Creighton L, MADONNA W, at Wyoming W, at Colorado State W, JANUARY 4 KENT STATE (BCSN) * W, AKRON (STO) * W, OHIO (BCSN) * W, at Buffalo * W, at Miami * W, EASTERN MICHIGAN (STO) * W, at Ball State * W, at Central Michigan * W, (OT) FEBRUARY 1 NORTHERN ILLINOIS (BCSN) * W, WESTERN MICHIGAN * 2:00 11 at Toledo (STO) * 12:00 15 BUFFALO * 7:00 18 at Akron * 2:00 22 at Ohio * 7:00 25 MIAMI (BCSN) * 1:00 28 at Kent State * 7:00 MARCH 3 MAC Tournament First Round ^ 7 MAC Tournament Second Round $ 8 MAC Tournament Quarterfinals $ 9 MAC Tournament Semifinals $ 10 MAC Tournament Championship $ HOME games at the Stroh Center All times p.m. and Eastern unless noted * Mid-American Conference game ^ at campus sites $ at Quicken Loans Arena; Cleveland, Ohio FOLLOW THE FALCONS For more ways to follow the BGSU women's basketball Falcons, see page 5 of these notes

2 BGSU ROSTERS & PRONUNCIATIONS ALPHABETICAL No. Name (pronunciation) Ht. Cl./El. Pos. Hometown (Previous School) 22 Simone Eli ** 5-9 Jr./Jr. G Genoa, Ohio (Genoa) 33 Maribeth Giese (GEE-zee) ** 6-2 Sr./Sr. F Cincinnati, Ohio (Mother of Mercy) 11 Jillian Halfhill * 5-6 So./So. G Canfield, Ohio (Canfield) 42 Danielle Havel (HAY-vull) *# 6-2 Sr./Jr. F Carmel, Ind. (Carmel) (DePaul Univ.) 3 Deborah Hoekstra (HOKE-struh) 5-10 Fr./Fr. G East Lansing, Mich. (East Lansing) 15 Kaila Hulls 5-11 Fr./Fr. G/F Bloomington, Ind. (South) 1 Jasmine Matthews 5-9 Fr./Fr. G Matteson, Ill. (Marian Catholic) 45 Shanique Ogle 6-0 Fr./Fr. F Lorain, Ohio (Lorain) (shuh-nee-kwuh OH-gull) 20 Allison Papenfuss (PAP-en-foos) ** 6-0 Jr./Jr. F Whitehouse, Ohio (Anthony Wayne) 24 Logan Pastor 5-9 Fr./Fr. G Uniontown, Ohio (Green) 32 Alexis Rogers ^ 6-1 Jr./So. F West Chester, Ohio (Lakota West) (Duke Univ.) 14 Jessica Slagle (SLAY-gull) ***# 5-9 Sr./Sr. G Sidney, Ohio (Lehman Catholic) 21 Chrissy Steffen **# 6-0 Jr./Jr. G Carmel, Ind. (Carmel) 40 Jill Stein (STYNE) * 6-2 So./So. F Clyde, Ohio (Tiffin Columbian) 13 Noelle Yoder * 5-6 So./So. G Millersburg, Ohio (Berlin Hiland) Head Coach: Curt Miller (Baldwin-Wallace, 1990) 11th season Associate Head Coach: Jennifer Roos (Davidson, 1993) 11th season Assistant Coaches: Brandi Poole (Univ. of the South, 1997) 11th season Kevin Eckert (Ohio, 1996) 10th season Director of Operations: Monique Rosati (Syracuse, 1997) fifth season Student Managers: Nick Fine, Lauren Downey * letters earned # tri-captains NUMERICAL No. Name (pronunciation) Ht. Cl./El. Pos. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Jasmine Matthews 5-9 Fr./Fr. G Matteson, Ill. (Marian Catholic) 3 Deborah Hoekstra (HOKE-struh) 5-10 Fr./Fr. G East Lansing, Mich. (East Lansing) 11 Jillian Halfhill * 5-6 So./So. G Canfield, Ohio (Canfield) 13 Noelle Yoder * 5-6 So./So. G Millersburg, Ohio (Berlin Hiland) 14 Jessica Slagle (SLAY-gull) ***# 5-9 Sr./Sr. G Sidney, Ohio (Lehman Catholic) 15 Kaila Hulls 5-11 Fr./Fr. G/F Bloomington, Ind. (South) 20 Allison Papenfuss (PAP-en-foos) ** 6-0 Jr./Jr. F Whitehouse, Ohio (Anthony Wayne) 21 Chrissy Steffen **# 6-0 Jr./Jr. G Carmel, Ind. (Carmel) 22 Simone Eli ** 5-9 Jr./Jr. G Genoa, Ohio (Genoa) 24 Logan Pastor 5-9 Fr./Fr. G Uniontown, Ohio (Green) 32 Alexis Rogers ^ 6-1 Jr./So. F West Chester, Ohio (Lakota West) (Duke Univ.) 33 Maribeth Giese (GEE-zee) ** 6-2 Sr./Sr. F Cincinnati, Ohio (Mother of Mercy) 40 Jill Stein (STYNE) * 6-2 So./So. F Clyde, Ohio (Tiffin Columbian) 42 Danielle Havel (HAY-vull) *# 6-2 Sr./Jr. F Carmel, Ind. (Carmel) (DePaul Univ.) 45 Shanique Ogle 6-0 Fr./Fr. F Lorain, Ohio (Lorain) (shuh-nee-kwuh OH-gull) DID YOU KNOW... Every BGSU player who has played for Curt Miller for four years has won at least one MAC title, has advanced to the NCAA Championships at least once, and has earned her degree. Page 2 Game 23 Falcons vs. Western Michigan February 4, 2012

3 THE OPENING TIP The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, sitting atop the Mid- American Conference standings early in the second half of the league schedule, concludes a brief, two-game homestand with a Saturday (Feb. 4) contest... the Falcons of head coach Curt Miller, looking to extend several winning streaks and reverse a losing streak (if one game can be considered a 'streak'), face Western Michigan University, with tipoff scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at the brand-new Stroh Center. STATEMENT RE: BGSU HEAD COACH CURT MILLER BGSU women's basketball coach Curt Miller did not travel with the team to Central Michigan after it was determined by doctors Thursday afternoon, Jan. 26, that he suffered a mild stroke late in his team's win over Eastern Michigan on Sunday, Jan. 22. This has been a wake-up call for me and I have already begun the process of finding a healthier balance, Miller said. I am passionate about coaching and I look forward to my return soon. I, along with the rest of our coaches and players, would like to thank the community for its ongoing support of our program. It has not been determined when Miller will return to the sidelines. The BGSU Department of Athletics asks all members of the media to please respect Miller's privacy as he recuperates. Our first priority is Curt s health, Director of Athletics Greg Christopher said. Although he has been cleared to continue coaching, we all felt it was best to take a step back right now. We fully expect Curt to return to the bench soon. Until then, everyone involved with our department and the women s basketball program will support Curt and our student-athletes. Associate Head Coach Jennifer Roos is leading the program in his absence, and served as acting head coach in the Central Michigan (Jan. 28) and Northern Illinois (Feb. 1) games. QUICK HITS The Falcons are coming off a win over Northern Illinois on Wednesday night (Feb. 1) at the Stroh Center... senior Jessica Slagle led the Falcons in scoring for the third consecutive game, with 14 points, while freshman Logan Pastor had 12 points, the highest total of her young career. BGSU is looking to extend a number of impressive winning streaks... the Falcons have won 12 consecutive games, including all nine MAC games this season to date... additionally, BG has won 11 games in a row at the Stroh Center... but, the Brown and Orange lost the last time the team faced Western Michigan. BGSU has won 17 consecutive MAC regular-season games, and the Falcons have captured 20-straight games against conference foes, including regular-season and tournament contests... BG won the first three MAC games last season, lost three of the next five matches, then won eight-straight games to end the regular season, following that up with three more victories in downtown Cleveland en route to the MAC Tournament title. MAC STANDINGS (as of Saturday morning, Feb. 4) East Division (Overall) MAC Bowling Green (19-3) 9-0 Miami (17-5) 7-2 Kent State (5-14) 4-5 Akron (9-14) 3-6 Ohio (10-13) 3-6 Buffalo (6-17) 1-8 West Division (Overall) MAC Eastern Michigan (15-7) 7-2 Toledo (14-7) 7-2 Central Michigan (12-11) 4-5 Ball State (8-14) 3-6 Northern Illinois (9-12) 3-6 Western Michigan (6-16) 3-6 MAC SCHEDULE/RESULTS Saturday, January 28 Bowling Green 77, at Central Mich. 72 (ot) * at Eastern Michigan 91, Akron 46 * at Miami 72, Ball State 61 * Toledo 77, at Buffalo 75 * at Northern Illinois 66, Kent State 55 * Ohio 72, at Western Michigan 59 * Wednesday, February 1 at Bowling Green 57, Northern Illinois 47 * at Toledo 71, Akron 60 * Ball State 75, at Kent State 56 * Miami 79, at Central Michigan 57 * Eastern Michigan 63, at Ohio 53 * Thursday, February 2 at Western Michigan 102, Buffalo 92 * Saturday, February 4 Western Michigan at Bowling Green * Central Michigan at Akron * Buffalo at Ball State * Miami at Eastern Michigan * Toledo at Kent State * Ohio at Northern Illinois * Saturday, February 11 Bowling Green at Toledo * Western Michigan at Akron * Ball State at Ohio * Central Michigan at Buffalo * Kent State at Eastern Michigan * Northern Illinois at Miami * Tuesday, February 14 Ohio at Akron * Western Michigan is the last MAC team to defeat the Falcons, just over a year ago... the Broncos, trailing by a halftime score, came roaring back to post a win in Kalamazoo (Jan. 29, 2011)... WMU was the only team to defeat BG by more than one point in the regular season. Wednesday, February 15 Buffalo at Bowling Green * Toledo at Central Michigan * Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan * Game 23 Falcons vs. Western Michigan February 4, 2012 Page 3

4 BGSU QUICK FACTS TEAM INFORMATION Records 19-3 (9-0 MAC) Records 28-5 (13-3 MAC) MAC Finish FIRST, East Division 2011 MAC Tournament CHAMPIONS Letterwinners Returning/Lost 9 / 6 Starters Returning/Lost 1 / 4 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Curt Miller Alma Mater Baldwin-Wallace, 1990 Record at BGSU (11th season) MAC Record Career Record (11th season) Assoc. Head Coach Jennifer Roos Assistant Coach Brandi Poole Assistant Coach Kevin Eckert Dir. of Operations Monique Rosati Basketball Office HISTORY First Year as Varsity Sport All-Time Varsity Record (.648) All-Time MAC Record (.711) MAC Regular-Season Titles 12 ( *) MAC Tournament Titles 11 ( ) MAC Tournament Record (.724) NCAA Championships Appearances 11 ( ) NCAA Championships Record 3-11 Postseason WNIT Appearances 3 ( ) Postseason WNIT Record 2-3 * 2011 title is East Division (BGSU had the best overall record in the MAC in each of the other 11 seasons listed) ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Assistant A.D./Director Jason Knavel Assistant Director # Mike Cihon Office Phone Office Fax mjcihon@bgsu.edu Assistant Director Dave Meyer Intern John Enright Intern Matt Daley Student Intern Scott Swegan Address 247 Perry Stadium East Bowling Green, Ohio Overnight Address 1610 Stadium Drive Bowling Green, Ohio University Website Athletics Website BGSUFalcons.com # women's basketball contact Slagle, as mentioned, has led the Falcons in scoring in each of the last three games... her career scoring high entering the Ball State game (Jan. 25) was 18 points, but she topped that total against both BSU and Central Michigan (Jan. 28)... the Sidney, Ohio, native scored 22 points in Muncie and 18 more in Mount Pleasant... after scoring a team-leading 14 points vs. Northern Illinois on Wednesday, Slagle is averaging 18.0 points per game in the last three contests. Slagle is the reigning MAC Player of the Week, having earned the honor on Monday afternoon (Jan. 30)... it marks the third consecutive week, the fourth time in the last five weeks and the fifth time this season that a BGSU player has garnered MAC P-O-W honors. BG, after beginning the season with a pair of losses, has won 19 of the last 20 games... the Falcons reeled off a seven-game win streak, suffered a two-point loss at Creighton (Dec. 18), and have won 12 consecutive contests since that setback. The Falcons' current win streak is BGSU's seventh of 10 games or more since the beginning of the season... the other MAC teams have combined for three such streaks in during that time... Ball State had two of those double-digit win streaks... Miami had the third, with a 10-game streak that was snapped by the Falcons on Jan. 19. Overall, the current streak is the Falcons' 11th double-digit win streak in school history... the complete list can be found later in these notes. The Falcons need one more win to reach 20 for the season... BGSU has won 20 games 16 times in program history, the most of any MAC program... and, the season was the eighth consecutive year that BG posted 20 or more wins, also a MAC record for consecutive seasons of such sustained success. BGSU finished the month of January with a perfect 8-0 record... it is the third time in the last two years, and the eighth time since the beginning of the season, that the Falcons have gone undefeated over an entire month. Under the new MAC Tournament format, the top-four seeds will receive multiple byes in the third and fourth seeds will earn berths in the quarterfinals, with seeds one and two being placed directly into the semifinal round... currently, BGSU sits atop the MAC... three teams Eastern Michigan, Miami and Toledo are two games back with 7-2 records... Kent State and Central Michigan, currently sitting in the fifth and sixth spots, respectively, are five games back... both the Golden Flashes and the Chippewas are 4-5 in league action heading into Saturday's games. The campaign marks the third season in a row that the Falcons have had two win streaks of at least seven games... last season, BG had a 15-game win streak as well as an 11-game streak... two years ago, the Falcons had a pair of eight-game streaks... BGSU had only one such streak in but, that streak lasted a school-record 25 games from late November into early March. The Stroh Center will host the first and second rounds of the 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship... the first-round games are set for Sunday, March 18, with the second-round contest scheduled for Tuesday, March for much more information, or to order tickets, log on to the web at BGSUFalcons.com. Page 4 Game 23 Falcons vs. Western Michigan February 4, 2012

5 PROMOTIONS OUT THE WAZOO There are a number of promotions and events surrounding Saturday's game at the Stroh Center... don't believe us? Read the list below... Season Ticket Holder Appreciation Lunch 12:00 p.m. Dance Marathon Day featuring Line Dance performance during Halftime I Love College Hoops Foam Finger Giveaway First 500 BGSU students Alumni Day - $16 package good for both games and includes a food voucher # The National Anthem will be performed by Voices of Harmony Chorus # The BGSU men's basketball team hosts Northern Illinois Saturday at 6:00 p.m. WAYS TO FOLLOW BGSU-WMU The best way to follow BGSU women's basketball, of course, is to be at the Stroh Center on Saturday afternoon when the Falcons host Western Michigan... but, fans who can't make it to a BG game can follow the Falcons all year long in a variety of ways... RADIO/AUDIO STREAM: The WMU game like every game on the schedule can be heard on the radio at WBGU-FM 88.1, and the audio stream will be available, free of charge, at BGSUFalcons.com. TELEVISION: Seven of the Falcons' home games but not the WMU game, so why are we even telling you this information? are scheduled to be televised in the Toledo area on BCSN... two additional games at the Stroh Center, along with one road contest, will be aired as the MAC Game of the Week by SportsTime Ohio... the televised games can be found in the schedule on page 1 of these notes. VIDEO STREAMING: All home games will be available via live video stream, through B2/America One, for a small fee... fans can watch the action on their computers by visiting BGSUFalcons.com and clicking on the America One logo on the right-hand side of the page... a number of the Falcons' road games also will have live video, at the jurisdiction of the host school, and the link(s) will be available at BGSUFalcons.com... the video production for home games is courtesy of the campus television station, WBGU-TV. LIVE STATS: Links are also available at BGSUFalcons.com for live stats for all home games (and all road games in which the host team provides live stats [which should be all road games]). The links to the audio, video and stats can be found at BGSUFalcons.com, in the 'schedule' section on the home page, or by accessing the women's basketball schedule and choosing that day's game. FOLLOW THE FALCONS... ON THE WEB BGSUFalcons.com (official site of Falcon athletics) Togetherweattack.blogspot.com (BGSU women's basketball blog) TWITTER (you're gonna want to follow these tweeple) CurtMillerBGWbb (Curt Miller) BGSUHoops (Jennifer Roos) BGCoachBrandi (Brandi Poole) ricosuavek (Kevin Eckert) BGathletics (Falcon athletic dept.) MikeCihon (Mike Cihon, BGSU women's basketball SID if you can put up with his inane ramblings on non-game days, he usually tweets in-game Falcon women's basketball updates) SENIOR PRIDE The Falcons' two seniors Jessica Slagle and Maribeth Giese have joined a relatively exclusive, and very impressive, group... they comprise the seventh class in school history, and the sixth in a row, to be a part of at least 100 career wins at BGSU... after the win over Northern Illinois, the Falcons have 103 victories since Giese and Slagle arrived on campus in the fall of the school record is held by the one-woman class of Lindsey Goldsberry, who ended her career with a total of 114 wins, the most by any player (male or female) in MAC basketball history. 100-WIN CLASSES AT BGSU Wins Class of... Fourth-Year Seniors Lindsey Goldsberry Tara Breske, Laura Bugher, Sarah Clapper Chelsea Albert, Tracy Pontius, Lauren Prochaska, Jen Uhl, Kelly Zuercher Kate Achter, Whitney Taylor Amber Flynn, Julie Gompers, Liz Honegger, Carin Horne, Ali Mann, Megan Thorburn Maribeth Giese, Jessica Slagle Angie Bonner, Tecca Thompson FACEBOOK (go to these pages and click 'like') BGSU Falcons Bowling Green State University women's basketball YOUTUBE FalconAthletics (contains a veritable plethora of interviews with Falcons of all sports) Game 23 Falcons vs. Western Michigan February 4, 2012 Page 5

6 BGSU vs. WESTERN MICH. Series BGSU leads, BGSU record at home BGSU record on road BGSU record at neutral site 2-1 BGSU record in MAC Tournament 3-2 BGSU record at Gund/Quicken Loans 1-0 Curt Miller's record vs. WMU 8-4 Streak WMU - 1 Last Mtg. at WMU 66, BG 55 (Jan. 29, 2011) Last BGSU win (Jan. 27, 2010) Last WMU win (Jan. 29, 2011) First Meeting L (Jan. 21, 1977) Largest BGSU win 33, (Jan. 3, 1998) Largest WMU win 24, 2x THE BGSU-WMU SERIES (BGSU leads, recent meetings) 1/28/87 BGSU 80, at WMU 76 2/25/87 at BGSU 86, WMU 63 1/20/88 WMU 72, at BGSU 70 2/17/88 BGSU 75, at WMU 65 3/12/88 BGSU 70, WMU 1/21/89 at BGSU 78, WMU 57 2/18/89 BGSU 85, at WMU 56 1/13/90 BGSU 76, at WMU 74 2/10/90 at BGSU 77, WMU 59 1/5/91 at BGSU 72, WMU 69 2/2/91 at WMU 85, BGSU 75 2/5/92 BGSU 84, at WMU 73 3/4/92 at BGSU 97, WMU 69 1/27/93 at BGSU 84, WMU 59 2/24/93 BGSU 91, at WMU 64 1/19/94 BGSU 79, at WMU 67 2/16/94 at BGSU 71, WMU 64 1/4/95 at WMU 60, BGSU 57 3/4/95 at WMU 86, BGSU 68 3/7/95 at WMU 67, BGSU 64 $ 1/3/96 at BGSU 69, WMU 68 3/2/96 BGSU 56, at WMU 51 1/8/97 at BGSU 67, WMU 57 2/1/97 BGSU 68, at WMU 44 1/3/98 at BGSU 102, WMU 69 12/13/98 WMU 66, at BGSU 63 2/13/99 at WMU 67, BGSU 56 1/20/00 WMU 88, at BGSU 67 3/2/00 WMU 87, BGSU 63 ^ 1/31/01 at WMU 86, BGSU 70 3/3/01 BGSU 78, at WMU 75 # 2/14/02 WMU 67, at BGSU 58 1/29/03 at WMU 75, BGSU 51 2/7/04 at BGSU 69, WMU 67 3/10/04 BGSU 63, WMU 62 % 1/8/05 BGSU 80, at WMU 67 1/22/05 at BGSU 80, WMU 58 1/28/06 at BGSU 77, WMU 69 1/24/07 BGSU 90, at WMU 62 1/30/08 WMU 79, at BGSU 73 2/7/09 BGSU 79, at WMU 77 (ot) 1/27/10 at BGSU 74, WMU 56 1/29/11 at WMU 66, BGSU 55 # MAC Tournament First Round $ MAC Tournament QF ^ MAC Tourn. QF (Public Hall; Cleveland) % MAC Tourn. QF (Gund Arena; MAC Tournament Champ. (Toledo, Ohio) STREAKY FALCONS BGSU enters the Western Michigan game riding a 12-game winning streak... the Falcons now have had a total of 11 double-digit winning streaks in program history, including seven in the last seven seasons. A LITTLE MORE INFO ABOUT THOSE DOUBLE-DIGIT STREAKS As mentioned, the Falcons are riding a 12-game winning streak... last season, for the first time in program history, BGSU had a pair of double-digit streaks in the same year... Curt Miller's teams had a double-figure win streak in each of fourstraight years, including a school-record 25-game winning streak after an 0-2 start three years ago... two seasons ago, BG did not have a streak reach double digits, but the Falcons had a pair of eight-game win streaks. BGSU'S LONGEST WINNING STREAKS Streak Season Notes BG lost first 2 games of season, didn't lose again until March Falcons, at 6-2, did not lose again until NCAA Tournament Final win of streak came vs. Cincinnati in NCAA first round Falcons lost MAC opener, then won out until NCAAs Included 16-0 league record and three MAC tourney wins Part of 24-1 run that took BG all the way to 'Sweet Sixteen' BGSU, 8-4, won 14-straight MAC games, 3 more in MAC Ty Bookended by 1-pt. losses on Nov. 12 and Jan Falcons last lost at Creighton on Dec. 18; face WMU Saturday Came after BG lost 3 of 5 games midway through MAC slate Streak spanned all of February and half of March ABOUT THE FALCONS The Falcons enter the Western Michigan game with a record of 19-3 on the season, and BGSU is off to a 9-0 start in MAC play... the Falcons have won the last 12 games, and have captured 19 of 20 contests after an 0-2 start to the season... since a loss at Dayton in the season opener on Nov. 11, the Falcons have outscored the opponents by 14.4 points per game... most recently, the Brown and Orange picked up a win over Northern Illinois at the Stroh Center on Wednesday night (Feb. 1). BGSU opened MAC action with a win over Kent State at the Stroh (Jan. 4), then picked up a come-from-behind, victory over Akron (Jan. 7)... the Brown and Orange concluded a three-game homestand with a victory over Ohio (Jan. 12), and the Falcons then hit the road for the first time in league play and downed Buffalo, (Jan. 15). Following the UB game, the Falcons picked up a pair of wins in key back-to-back contests... BG came away with a win at Miami in a battle of MAC unbeatens (Jan. 19), before downing Eastern Michigan, 70-54, in a matchup of conference divisional leaders at the Stroh (Jan. 22)... last week, the Falcons captured a win at Ball State (Jan. 25) before heading to Central Michigan and coming away with a victory in overtime (Jan. 28). The nine MAC wins came after the Falcons headed westward and twice triumphed over Mountain West Conference foes to conclude non-conference play... BGSU wrangled Wyoming, 60-53, on Dec. 29 in Laramie, then headed to Fort Collins and posted a win over Colorado State two days later (Dec. 31). BGSU opened the Stroh Center Era by very nearly knocking off nationally-ranked Purdue (Nov. 17)... the then-#16/20 Boilermakers escaped with a win... since that time, the Falcons have posted 11 consecutive wins at the Stroh. Page 6 Game 23 Falcons vs. Western Michigan February 4, 2012

7 The Falcons got into the win column with a home victory over Evansville (Nov. 20), and BG also notched victories over Detroit, Western Kentucky, Butler, Youngstown State, Austin Peay and Jacksonville, for a seven-game winning streak. Creighton snapped that streak with a victory over the Brown and Orange (Dec. 18), but the Falcons have proceeded to reel off 12 more wins since that time... BG returned home from Omaha and recorded a victory over Madonna (Dec. 21) before defeating UW and CSU... BGSU is 11-1 in home games and 8-2 in road contests this season to date. Junior Chrissy Steffen leads the Falcons in scoring with 14.1 points per game, and she also has 4.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.1 steals per contest... Steffen tops the team in steals, and she is second in assists and third in rebounding... she has a team-leading 16 double-digit scoring games this season, and has hit a BG-best 38 three-point field goals. Senior Jessica Slagle has 11.6 ppg to rank second on the team... after scoring in double digits five times over her first three seasons, she has 13 double-figure games this year, including nine in the last 12 games... Slagle had a career-high 22-point outburst at Ball State, and added a team-high 19 points at Central Michigan, earning MAC Player-of-the-Week honors... she had a team-leading 14 points vs. Northern Illinois... Slagle is averaging 14.4 points and 5.2 boards in MAC games, and leads the team in both assists (3.0 apg) and steals (2.1 spg - tied for team lead) in conference games... overall, she has 2.2 assists and 1.7 steals per game this year, leading BG in the former and ranking third in the latter... Slagle leads the team in free throws made and attempted and FT percentage (.743, 81-of-109). Redshirt sophomore Alexis Rogers has 11.5 ppg to round out BGSU's doublefigure scorers, and she leads the Falcons with 8.0 rpg... Rogers has recorded five double-doubles this year, including four in MAC play... she is averaging 15.3 ppg and 8.9 rpg in conference play... Rogers was the MAC Player of the Week two weeks running, including the day after she exploded for a career-high 30 points in the win over EMU... she has 1.7 steals per game, and also has 74 offensive rebounds to lead the team in that category by a wide margin. Freshman Jasmine Matthews is averaging 6.6 ppg, and is second on the team with 34 three-pointers made... she leads BG in three-point FG percentage, shooting 36.2% from long range... Matthews, who tied her career high with 14 points at CMU, has averaged 9.0 ppg over the last 10 contests... since moving into the starting lineup 12 games ago, Matthews has 8.6 ppg and has hit a team-leading 26 triples in that span... she has averaged 35.0 minutes per game over the last seven contests. Redshirt junior Danielle Havel has 6.5 ppg and is second on the Falcons in rebounding, with 6.8 per game... Havel, Steffen's high-school teammate, leads the Falcons in blocked shots (0.8 bpg) and is second in steals (1.9 spg)... Havel, like Rogers, Steffen and Slagle, has started all 22 games this season to date... she was one point and one rebound away from a double-double at BSU, and also had five assists and five steals vs. the Cardinals... then, Havel posted her first career doubledouble at CMU, with 10 points and 12 boards. Sophomore Jillian Halfhill has 4.5 ppg and 1.4 assists per outing, ranking fourth on the team in the latter category... Halfhill is third on the Falcons with 14 threepoint field goals made. YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS SEASON OVERALL MAC Sue Hager (38-13 overall) (.750) (.750) (.733) Nora Liu (11-17 overall) (.462) (.333) Kathy Bole (71-81 overall, MAC) (.316) (.320) (.429) (.600) 4-5 (.444) (.583) 10-8 (.556) (.500) 9-9 (.500) Fran Voll ( overall, MAC) (.480) 9-9 (.500) (.643) 13-5 (.722) (.900) 16-0 (1.000) (.800) 14-2 (.875) (.871) 16-0 (1.000) (.710) 12-4 (.750) (.483) 9-7 (.563) Jaci Clark ( overall, MAC) (.828) 14-2 (.875) (.833) 17-1 (.944) (.867) 17-1 (.944) (.333) 7-11 (.389) (.555) 11-7 (.611) (.536) 11-7 (.611) (.724) 15-3 (.833) Dee Knoblauch (35-49 overall, MAC) (.481) 9-7 (.563) (.393) 8-8 (.500) (.379) 6-10 (.375) Curt Miller ( overall, MAC) (.321) 6-10 (.375) (.429) 5-11 (.313) (.677) 11-5 (.688) (.742) 13-3 (.813) (.903) 16-0 (1.000) (.886) 15-1 (.938) (.765) 13-3 (.813) (.853) 15-1 (.938) (.794) 14-2 (.875) (.848) 13-3 (.813) (.864) 9-0 (1.000) Game 23 Falcons vs. Western Michigan February 4, 2012 Page 7

8 COLLEGEINSIDER.COM MID-MAJOR TOP 25 (as of Jan. 31, 2012) School Record Pts. LW 1. Green Bay (29) Delaware (1) Florida Gulf Coast Gonzaga (1) Princeton BYU Middle Tennessee Bowling Green Appalachian State Hampton James Madison McNeese State Hofstra Missouri State Central Arkansas Eastern Illinois Northern Iowa Sacred Heart Toledo Marist Stetson Oral Roberts Wichita State Chattanooga Idaho State NR Others Receiving Votes: Saint Mary's 67, Boston University 58, South Dakota State 38, High Point 30, Stephen F. Austin 28, San Diego 28, Miami 26, American 24, Quinnipiac 17, Fairfield 13, Long Island 6, Illinois State 5, UC Davis 4, Albany 4, Denver 3, Liberty 3, Hartford 1. Note: The Mid-Major Poll, in its second season, is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Great West, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast.. The poll is the result of voting by a panel of 31 head coaches at mid-major schools. Sophomore Noelle Yoder has 3.4 ppg, while junior Allison Papenfuss and junior Jill Stein have 2.7 and 2.6 ppg, respectively... Yoder has hit 12 three-pointers, while Papenfuss is averaging 3.7 rebounds and Stein 3.0 rpg this year to date. BGSU returned nine letterwinners, but only one starter, from last year's team that won 28 games, captured the MAC East Division and conference tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Championships... BGSU finished the season with an overall mark of 28-5, and went 13-3 in MAC play, en route to that NCAA appearance the team's fifth in seven years... BG went 14-1 at home (at venerable Anderson Arena), 10-3 on the road and 4-1 in neutral-site games. The Falcons lost the services of six seniors Chelsea Albert, Maggie Hennegan, Tracy Pontius, Lauren Prochaska, Jen Uhl and Kelly Zuercher from a year ago... the five fourth-year players were part of 110 wins, and the sextet combined for nearly 5,500 points, 2,400 rebounds and 1,000 assists during their time at BG. The Falcons' starting lineup remained unchanged during all of last season... fourfifths of that lineup, however, were part of the departed senior class... the season opener at Dayton saw BG's lineup feature four players who were making their first collegiate start... Steffen is the only player on the team who had ever started a game in college prior to the campaign. Head coach Curt Miller and his staff have just one senior, Slagle, on the active roster this year... Steffen and Havel, both natives of Carmel, Ind., join Slagle as tri-captains. The roster includes four juniors: Steffen, Havel, Papenfuss and Simone Eli... Miller's four sophomores include Halfhill, Stein and Yoder... additionally, Rogers suits up this season after sitting out last year per NCAA transfer regulations... Rogers, who transferred from Duke University, retains three seasons of eligibility... Eli did not suit up for the first five games of the season due to injury... she rejoined the active roster for practices on Nov. 16, and has seen action in four games to date. The freshman class includes Deborah Hoekstra (East Lansing, Mich.), Kaila Hulls (Bloomington, Ind.), Matthews (Matteson, Ill.), Shanique Ogle (Lorain, Ohio) and Logan Pastor (Uniontown, Ohio)... Hulls suffered an injury in preseason practice, however, and likely will miss the entire season... Ogle was slowed by injury in the early going, but Matthews and Pastor each have seen action in all 22 games... Hoekstra has played in 13 games, while Ogle has made seven appearances. Through 22 games this year, the Falcons are shooting.399 from the field,.306 from three-point range and.670 from the free-throw line... the BG defense has limited opponents to.365 from the floor and.264 from beyond the arc, and foes have shot.652 from the stripe... BG has forced the opposition into 18.6 turnovers per contest... the Falcons have averaged 10.4 steals per game this winter, and BGSU has a turnover margin of +3.8 and a rebounding margin of the Falcons' rebounding margin is +5.1 in MAC games. The Falcons are ranked among the nation's top 100 teams in 10 of the 18 categories kept by the NCAA, including top-40 rankings in win-loss percentage (16th), three-point FG defense (25th), scoring margin (35th), turnovers per game (36th) and scoring defense (40th). Page 8 Game 23 Falcons vs. Western Michigan February 4, 2012

9 FALCONS LOOKING FOR WIN NUMBER 20, AGAIN BGSU enters the Western Michigan game with a total of 19 wins this season to date... even a radio-television-film major can do the math and figure out that the Falcons are just one win away from the Falcons have set school and MAC records by winning at least 20 games in eight consecutive years... the old conference record was set by Bob Lindsay's Kent State teams from through prior to BG's current run, the longest streak in school history was four-straight seasons, by the Fran Voll-coached teams of the late 1980s... MOST CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS, MAC TEAMS 8 BOWLING GREEN to (active streak) 7 Kent State to Toledo to BOWLING GREEN to Toledo to BGSU IS AT THE TOP OF THIS 20-WIN LIST The Falcons have won at least 20 games a total of 16 times in school history, the most of any MAC school... other than BGSU, only Toledo (15) and Kent State (13) have posted 20 or more wins on 10 or more occasions... the list follows... MOST 20-WIN SEASONS, MAC TEAMS (as a member of the MAC) 16 BOWLING GREEN Toledo Kent State Eastern Michigan Miami Ball State Central Michigan Ohio Western Michigan Akron, Buffalo, Northern Illinois LUCKY SEVEN (AND THEN SOME) BGSU's loss at Creighton snapped a seven-game winning streak... but, the Falcons now have reeled off 12 wins in a row, heading into the WMU game... the current streak is the Falcons' 12th of seven or more wins since the beginning of the season... six of those 12 streaks have been of 10 games or more... the other 11 Mid-American Conference schools have combined for a total of eight winning streaks of seven games or more in that span... and, BGSU now has had seven double-digit winning streaks in that time, while the rest of the MAC has combined for just three... Ball State had two of those three streaks, and the third was Miami's 10-game streak, which BGSU snapped on Jan. 19. WINNING STREAKS, MAC TEAMS SINCE START OF SEASON Winning Streaks of... BGSU All Other Schools Combined... seven games or more games or more 7 3 FALCON FACTS ( / Career totals) GAMES STARTED Chrissy Steffen 22 / 55 Danielle Havel # 22 / 22 Alexis Rogers # 22 / 22 Jessica Slagle 22 / 22 Jasmine Matthews 12 / 12 Jillian Halfhill 10 / 10 DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES Chrissy Steffen 16 / 36 Jessica Slagle 13 / 18 Alexis Rogers # 11 / 13 Danielle Havel # 4 / 4 Jasmine Matthews 4 / 4 Noelle Yoder 4 / 4 Jillian Halfhill 3 / 3 Allison Papenfuss 0 / 2 Logan Pastor 1 / 1 Jill Stein 1 / 1 20-POINT GAMES Chrissy Steffen 5 / 7 Alexis Rogers # 3 / 3 Jillian Halfhill 1 / 1 Jessica Slagle 1 / 1 30-POINT GAMES Alexis Rogers 1 / 1 DOUBLE-DIGIT REBOUNDS Alexis Rogers # 7 / 7 Danielle Havel # 3 / 3 Chrissy Steffen 1 / 1 Jill Stein 1 / 1 DOUBLE-DOUBLES Alexis Rogers # 5 / 5 Danielle Havel 1 / 1 Chrissy Steffen 1 / 1 # includes totals at prior school MILLER VS. THE MAC (Includes both regular-season and MAC Tournament games) Team Record Streak Akron 18-0 W18 Ball State 9-6 W3 Buffalo 17-1 W15 Central Mich W3 Eastern Mich W10 Kent State 15-6 W2 Miami 15-5 W6 Northern Ill W10 Ohio 17-4 W8 Toledo 13-4 L1 Western Mich. 8-4 L1 Marshall * 3-2 W2 * Marshall left the MAC in 2005 Game 23 Falcons vs. Western Michigan February 4, 2012 Page 9

10 BGSU'S 20-WIN SEASONS (31-4 /.886) (29-5 /.853) (28-3 /.903) (28-5 /.848) (27-3 /.900) (27-4 /.871) (27-7 /.764) (26-4 /.867) (26-8 /.765) (25-5 /.833) (24-5 /.828) (24-6 /.800) (23-8 /.742) (22-9 /.710) (21-8 /.724) (21-10 /.677) BOLD denotes Curt Miller-coached teams MAC RECORD BOOK Most Wins, Season 31 - Bowling Green, (31-4) 29 - Bowling Green, (29-5) 29 - Toledo, (29-8) 28 - Bowling Green, (28-3) 28 - Bowling Green, (28-5) 27 - Bowling Green, (27-7) 27 - Central Michigan, (27-3) 27 - Bowling Green, (27-3) 27 - Bowling Green, (27-4) 27 - Toledo, (27-4) BOLD denotes Curt Miller-coached teams MAC'S BEST RECORDS (Conference games only) 18-0 (1.000) Central Michigan, (1.000) Kent State, (1.000) Bowling Green, (1.000) Bowling Green, (1.000) Bowling Green, (.944) Bowling Green, (.944) Bowling Green, (.944) Miami, (.938) Bowling Green, (.938) Bowling Green, (.938) Miami, (.938) Toledo, (.938) Kent State, (.938) Toledo, (.938) Eastern Michigan, (.917) Miami, GOOD START BGSU is off to a 9-0 start in MAC play, marking the fourth time in the last seven years the Falcons have begun conference action with nine or more victories... BG went a perfect 16-0 in MAC play in , and won the first 14 league contests in both and ' BGSU'S STARTS IN MAC PLAY, LAST NINE SEASONS Season Start Notes Falcons host Western Michigan Saturday (Feb. 4) A loss at Kent St. snapped a 15-game overall win streak BG then lost twice in 4-game span before winning 8 in a row School-record 25-game win streak ended March 4 at Miami BG then lost three-straight games before winning 10 in a row 'Sweet Sixteen' team's lone MAC loss came to Ohio, Falcons went unbeaten in MAC play, then won league tourney BGSU lost to Eastern Michigan, but finished 13-3 in MAC BG, picked last in West Div., went 11-5 and tied for second FALCONS VS. THE MAC The Falcons, nine games into the conference schedule, continue to own the best record in MAC history... BGSU has an all-time record of (.711) in MAC regular-season contests, for the most wins and highest winning pct. of all league institutions... and, BGSU leads the series with all 11 MAC foes, making the Falcons the only team in the league, obviously, with a winning series record against every other school. BGSU AT THE STROH The Falcons have a record of 11-1 in games played at the Stroh Center... the firstever regular-season game in the state-of-the-art facility was a narrow, loss to nationally-ranked Purdue on Nov the Boilermakers scored with 13.5 seconds left, and a last-second three-point try by BG bounced off the iron... since then, however, the Falcons have posted 11-straight home victories, by an average of 22.6 points per game... currently, BGSU is averaging 71.1 points per game at home, and the Falcons have forced no fewer than 246 opponent turnovers (20.5 per game)... BG has a turnover margin of +5.8 at home... more information about the Falcons' games in the Stroh Center can be found on page 32 of these notes. HOME IS (USUALLY) WHERE THE WINS ARE The Falcons enjoyed an incredible home-court advantage at venerable Anderson Arena, but Curt Miller's club appears to be beginning a new tradition of success at the Stroh Center... the win over Northern Illinois (Feb. 1) gives BG an 11-1 home record this year... after losing by just one point to nationally-ranked Purdue in the home opener, BGSU has reeled off 11-straight wins at the Stroh. The 11-1 mark at the new building comes after the Falcons went (74.2%) in Anderson Arena during the team's tenure there... the record was even better during MAC play, as the Falcons had a league mark of (78.0%) at "The House That Roars" through the years. WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE (LIKE WE PROTECTED THE OLD ONE) BGSU ended the Anderson Arena Era on a pretty good run... the Falcons won 46 of the final 48 games played in "The House That Roars"... BGSU saw a 23-game home winning streak snapped with a one-point loss to Toledo last January 26, then won the final four games in the building by an average of 18.5 points per game... the Falcons' only other loss in the final 48 contests in the old barn came to Indiana in the third round of the 2009 WNIT... BG had won 19-straight home games before Page 10 Game 23 Falcons vs. Western Michigan February 4, 2012

11 losing to IU, then starting the 23-game home streak of the Falcons' 46 wins in that overall span came by double digits. ANDERSON + STROH = SUCCESS BG has enjoyed a great deal of success in home games over the last few years, as evidenced by the three previous notes... when combining the Anderson Arena Era with the inaugural year of the Stroh Center, the Falcons have won 57 of the last 60 home games of those 57 victories, including 10 of this year's 11 home wins, have come by double-digit margins. THE MAC SCHEDULE The season is the seventh utilizing the current MAC scheduling format for women's basketball... each of the 12 schools opens conference action with five intra-divisional games, followed by six cross-divisional games and five more intra-divisional contests to close the regular season... so, BGSU plays five games vs. East Division schools to begin and end the MAC season, with six games vs. the West Division teams in the middle of the league schedule. MILLER ON MAC LISTS (BGSU's head coach keeps moving up the conference charts) MOST COACHING WINS, ALL GAMES (through games of Thursday, Feb. 2) Name, School (Years) Wins 1. Bob Lindsay, KSU (1990-SA) CURT MILLER, BGSU (2001-SA) Mark Ehlen, Toledo ( ) M. Fantanarosa, Miami (1999-SA) Fran Voll, BGSU/CMU Donita Davenport, CMU ( ) Bill Fennelly, Toledo ( ) Ron Stewart, WMU ( ) Suzy Merchant, EMU ( ) Marsha Reall, Ball State/Ohio Jaci Clark, BGSU ( ) 135 Over the first seven years of that scheduling format, the Falcons have finished the first swing through the East with a perfect 5-0 record five times, and BGSU has gone 4-1 on two occasions ( and last season)... the Falcons are a combined 33-2 against East Division foes during the first round-robin phase in that seven-year span... BG is 34-6 against the West since the MAC went to the current scheduling format, and 28-2 in the second swing through the East during that time. BG VS. THE MAC, PHASE BY PHASE, SINCE START OF SEASON Year East 1 West East 2 Total Totals THE FALCONS ARE/WERE on the season, after finishing with a 28-5 record last year; 9-0 in MAC play in , after going 13-3 in the league last season en route to a seventh-straight division title; since Curt Miller took the BGSU helm in May of 2001; in MAC games in that time: overall in the nine-plus years since Miller's assistant coaches have all been in place (associate head coach Jennifer Roos and assistant coach Brandi Poole have been on Miller's staff since his first year; assistant Kevin Eckert joined the staff one year later); over the last eight-plus years, with marking BG's eighth-straight season of at least 20 wins; a staggering in the past seven-plus years, with no fewer than 23 wins in seven-straight seasons and a MAC overall regular-season title each year from (also, an East Division crown in 2011); an eye-popping overall, and in the MAC regular season, in the last six-plus years, with at least 26 wins in each of those six years; a/an (insert your own adjective here) in the last five-plus years, including a conference ledger; overall, and 64-9 in MAC regular-season games, in the last four-plus years; MOST COACHING WINS, MAC GAMES ONLY Name, School (Years) Wins 1. Bob Lindsay, KSU (1990-SA) Mark Ehlen, Toledo ( ) CURT MILLER, BGSU (2001-SA) Fran Voll, BGSU/CMU M. Fantanarosa, Miami (1999-SA) Donita Davenport, CMU ( ) Ron Stewart, WMU ( ) Bill Fennelly, Toledo ( ) Marsha Reall, Ball State/Ohio Jaci Clark, BGSU ( ) 92 FASTEST TO 100 MAC WINS Name Reached 100 in Mark Ehlen, Toledo 123rd career game 2. CURT MILLER 134th 3. Fran Voll, BGSU/CMU 143rd 4. Bob Lindsay, KSU 150th 5. Donita Davenport, CMU 164th 6. Ron Stewart, WMU 173rd 7. Maria Fantanarosa, Miami 179th FASTEST TO 200 OVERALL WINS Name Reached 200 in CURT MILLER 279th career game 2. Mark Ehlen, Toledo 292nd 3. Bob Lindsay, KSU 308th 4. Maria Fantanarosa, Miami 390th FASTEST TO 250 OVERALL WINS Name Reached 200 in CURT MILLER 338th career game 2. Bob Lindsay, KSU 375th Game 23 Falcons vs. Western Michigan February 4, 2012 Page 11

12 BGSU'S NON-CONF. RECORDS (The Falcons' non-league records for each year since the beginning of MAC play, with that season's final overall record [does not include post-season games])... SEASON NC OVERALL (28-5) (27-7) (29-5) (26-8) * (31-4) (28-3) (23-8) (21-10) (12-16) (9-19) (11-18) (11-17) (13-14) (21-8) (15-13) (15-12) * (9-18) (26-4) (25-5) (24-5) (14-15) (22-9) (27-4) (24-6) (27-3) (18-10) (12-13) (13-13) (14-10) $ (18-12) * includes one non-league game after MAC play had begun... in , BG was 2-5, then played two league games before another non-conference loss on Jan. 9, in , BG won at Chicago State on Jan. 30, 2007, midway through the MAC schedule $ BGSU's record through December of the Falcons played a total of 19 non-league games that season, with many in January and February, and went overall and 51-6 in MAC action since seniors Jessica Slagle and Maribeth Giese ventured to Northwest Ohio; 74-15, including a 36-5 MAC ledger, in the BGSU playing careers of juniors Simone Eli, Allison Papenfuss and Chrissy Steffen; 47-8 overall and 22-3 in the MAC since redshirt junior Danielle Havel and sophs Jillian Halfhill, Jill Stein and Noelle Yoder first suited up for the Falcons; in the last 128 games vs. MAC foes (regular-season and tournament); A perfect 57-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field in the Miller Era; when having a better FG pct. than the opposition in Miller's tenure, including a 75-0 mark in the last three-plus seasons; when making more free throws during Miller's first 10-plus years; when outrebounding the opponent in the Miller Era; 56-5 in MAC home games in the last seven-plus seasons; 46-6 in MAC road games over the last six-plus years; 18-2 in the MAC Tournament in the last seven years, with five titles (2005, '06, '07, '10 and '11), an additional championship-game appearance (2009), and a trip to the semis in 2008; overall in the MAC Tournament since it was instituted in 1982; in MAC Tournament contests played at a neutral site; 20-4 at Gund/Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the MAC Tournament; 21-5 in MAC Tournament games in the Miller Era; 20-3 at "The Gund"/"The Q" under Miller; 40-4 in all non-conference home games since the start of the season; 5-14 in 14 national postseason appearances (including a 3-11 record in the NCAA Championships and a 2-3 mark in WNIT trips); 4-7 in national postseason action under Miller (including a 2-5 mark in the NCAAs and a 2-2 record in the WNIT); and 11-1 in the Stroh Center, with the loss coming by one point to a top-20 opponent. A QUICK LOOK AT WESTERN MICHIGAN Western Michigan enters Saturday's game with an overall record of 6-16, and the Broncos are 3-6 in MAC play... WMU snapped a six-game losing streak in a big way Thursday night (Feb. 2), with a win over Buffalo... Western is 5-7 at home, 0-9 on the road and 1-0 in neutral-site games... in the league, WMU is 3-3 in Kalamazoo and 0-3 away from home... fifth-year senior guard Maria Iaquaniello leads the team in scoring, with 13.4 points per game, while four of her teammates average from 7.0 to 8.2 ppg... Iaquaniello has started all 22 games, and was joined in the lineup for the UB game by freshman guards Julia Henson (8.2 ppg, 55 threepoint field goals made) and A.J. Johnson (3.1 ppg), junior guard Aurielle Anderson (7.0 ppg) and sophomore center Rachel Adaline (3.1 ppg)... Iaquaniello and Henson each scored 21 points, while Anderson had 19 vs. Buffalo... head coach Tasha McDowell welcomed back seven letterwinners, including two starters, from a year ago... last year's edition of the Broncos went 9-21 overall and 5-11 in the MAC... the school's athletics web site is THE SERIES The Falcons lead Western Michigan, 32-22, in the all-time series between the teams, but the Broncos captured last year's meeting... BGSU led by a double-digit margin at the half, only to see WMU begin the second period on a 25-4 run and surge past BG en route to a win (Jan. 29)... in the last meeting in Northwest Ohio, the Falcons picked up a win at Anderson Arena two years ago (Jan. 27, 2010)... BGSU is in home games, in road contests and 2-1 in neutralsite meetings vs. the Broncos through the years. # BGSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL # Page 12 Game 23 Falcons vs. Western Michigan February 4, 2012

13 HEAD COACH CURT MILLER 11th Season at BGSU THE MILLER FILE NAME Curt Miller BIRTHDATE October 6, 1968 HOMETOWN Girard, Pa. COLLEGE Baldwin-Wallace, 1990 DATE HIRED May 8, 2001 RECORD (11th Season) MAC RECORD COACHING HONORS MAC COACH OF THE YEAR 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 RUSSELL ATHLETIC WBCA REGION 4 COACH OF THE YEAR 2006, 2007, 2009 OHIO COACH OF THE YEAR 2007 CHAMPIONSHIPS MAC West Division MAC Regular Season MAC Tournament MAC East Division MAC Regular Season MAC Tournament MAC East Division MAC Regular Season MAC Tournament MAC East Division MAC Regular Season MAC East Division MAC Regular Season MAC East Division MAC Regular Season MAC Tournament MAC East Division MAC Tournament POSTSEASON APPEARANCES NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 WNIT 2008, 2009 FIVE-TIME MAC COACH OF THE YEAR BGSU is very fortunate to have one of the finest coaches in the country at the helm. Curt Miller is in his 11th season in Northwest Ohio, having restored the Falcons as a perennial league and regional power. Miller's career head-coaching record all at BGSU currently stands at , and he has led the Brown and Orange to an unprecedented seven-straight MAC regularseason titles, including an East crown in '11. Over the past eight-plus years, Miller and the Falcons are overall, in MAC regular-season play and in all games vs. league foes during that span (21-3 in MAC Tournament play). Miller is the third-winningest coach in MAC women's basketball history in league games, and now ranks second in MAC annals in overall games. He became the fastest MAC coach to 200 overall wins and the secondfastest coach in league annals to reach 100 MAC wins. Miller led BGSU to MAC East Division and tournament titles in , guiding the Falcons to a fifth NCAA Championships berth in seven years. The Falcons went 28-5, becoming the eighth-straight BG team to post at least 20 victories. In , Miller led the Falcons to the NCAAs, as BG posted a 27-7 record. The previous year, Miller guided the Falcons to a 29-5 mark, the second-highest win total in school history, and a trip to the WNIT's third round. He became the first-ever coach to be named MAC Coach of the Year in five consecutive seasons. Additionally, Miller was named the Russell Athletic/WBCA Region 4 Coach of the Year three times in a four-year span. He earned that honor in after receiving the award in both the and '06-07 seasons, and he picked up the Ohio Coachof-the-Year honor in the latter campaign. Miller's '07-08 team went 26-8, advancing to the second round of the WNIT. The club was 31-4, posting the most wins in a season by a MAC basketball team, male or female. That was the first MAC women's team to advance to the NCAA's "Sweet Sixteen," downing Oklahoma State and Vanderbilt in the first and second rounds. In , the Falcons went 28-3 overall and a perfect 16-0 in MAC regular-season play. BGSU went on to win the league tourney crown and advance to the NCAAs. The '04-05 squad finished 23-8 overall, becoming the first MAC Championship team in Miller's tenure. That group won the regular-season and tourney titles and became BG's first NCAA-bound team in 11 years. That came on the heels of the team's success. Picked to finish sixth (i.e., last) in the West Division, the Falcons finished just a game out of first, and advanced all the way to the championship game of the league tourney. A native of Girard, Pa., Miller began his collegiate coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Kent State, and was an assistant at Cleveland State and Syracuse. He was the associate head coach at Colorado State under Tom Collen (a BGSU graduate and currently the head coach at Arkansas), helping the Rams to a combined mark in his three years there. The CSU team went 33-3 and advanced to the "Sweet Sixteen." Miller received his Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education and business administration from Baldwin-Wallace in He has taken courses toward a Master of Arts degree in sports administration at Kent State. CURT MILLER'S HEAD-COACHING RECORD (all at BGSU) Season Overall (Pct.) MAC (Pct.) Finish MAC Tournament (.321) 6-10 (.375) 4th in East Lost in 1st Rd (.429) 5-11 (.313) T-6th in West Lost in 1st Rd (.677) 11-5 (.688) T-2nd in West Lost in Championship (.742) 13-3 (.813) FIRST in West* CHAMPIONS (.903) 16-0 (1.000) FIRST in East* CHAMPIONS (.886) 15-1 (.938) FIRST in East* CHAMPIONS (.765) 13-3 (.813) FIRST in East* Lost in Semifinals (.853) 15-1 (.938) FIRST in East* Lost in Championship (.794) 14-2 (.875) FIRST in East* CHAMPIONS (.848) 13-3 (.813) FIRST in East CHAMPIONS (.864) 9-0 (1.000) TOTALS (.742) (.769) 7 R-S Titles 5 Tournament Titles * best overall regular-season record in MAC Game 23 Falcons vs. Western Michigan February 4, 2012 Page 13