Bowling Green State University First Round Post-Game Notes
* Bowling Green State University lost to Michigan State, 72-62. The Falcons now trail the series 4-8 all-time against the Spartans.
* With today's loss to Michigan State, Bowling Green has lost its last two straight games against the Spartans. Both games have been in postseason play with the last game played at the 2008 WNIT, where the Spartans won 74-66.
* Today marked the 10th NCAA appearance in school history for the Falcons and the fourth during Head Coach Curt Miller's tenure. Bowling Green is 3-10 all-time in NCAA Tournament games after today's loss against the Michigan State Spartans.
* With Miller at the helm, Bowling Green is 2-4 in NCAA Tournament games, including a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2007.
* The score of 36-36 at halftime was the first game this season Bowling Green was tied at halftime. Under Coach Miller, the Falcons are now 3-1 with the score tied at halftime after the loss today.
* Bowling Green's seeding of #12 this tournament marks the third time the Falcons have been a 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Bowling Green is 0-3 all-time as the 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
* Junior Lauren Prochaska led the Falcons with 19 points and six rebounds. This marks the 19th time this season that Prochaska has led Bowling Green in scoring in a game.
* Junior Tracy Pontius was the other Falcon to score in double figures with 15 points in the game. Pontius is now just two points shy of 1,000 for her career.
* Senior Tamika Nurse tied her career-high in rebounds, pulling down a team-high eight rebounds in the game. She also finished with a team-high seven assists.
* The Falcons entered the game ranked ninth in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage and 3-point field goals made. They finished the game shooting 50.0 percent from beyond the arc, knocking down 11-22.
Michigan State First Round Post Game Notes
* With today's 72-62 victory, Michigan State will advance to play the winner of the Kentucky/Liberty game on Monday night. It marks the second straight season Michigan State has made it past the first round.
* Today marked the 10th appearance in the NCAA Tournament for Michigan State. Michigan State returns to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year after advancing to the Regional Semifinal last season as a nine seed, before falling to four seed Iowa State by one point. This is their seventh appearance in the past eight years.
* Michigan State has won six straight first round games dating back to 2004 and improved to 8-1 all-time in the first round.
* Michigan State overcame 11 three-pointers by Bowling Green State University. Overall, Bowling Green shot 37-percent from the field, becoming the 17th Spartan opponent in the past 18 games to shoot below 40-percent from the field.
* The last time Michigan State was a five seed in the NCAA Tournament was in 2007, a year in which the Spartans made it to the second round before falling short to Rutgers.
* Today marked the 16th time Michigan State has appeared on television and their third on ESPN2. These 16 games are in addition to their ten that were streamed online..
* Aisha Jefferson made her ninth appearance in an NCAA Tournament game, the most on the Spartans' squad. She became the sixth Spartan to score 100 NCAA Tournament points. She is now third all-time in Michigan State history in the NCAA Tournament. Her nine rebounds matched her season high, which was accomplished against Ohio State on January 9th. Jefferson also tied her season high with three assists, a feat which she has now accomplished in four separate games.
* Head Coach Suzy Merchant became the first coach is MSU history to take the Spartans to the NCAA Tournament in two of her first three seasons.
* Michigan State improved to 11-1 on the season when Aisha Jefferson, Lykendra Johnson, Allyssa DeHaan, Jasmine Thomas and Brittney Thomas are the five starters.
* Senior center Allyssa DeHaan blocked 1 shot today giving her 503 in her prestigious career.
* Today marked the first time on the season the Michigan State found the score tied at halftime (36-36). The Spartans had been ahead at the half in their previous eight games.
* Michigan State made six layups in the first half, led by Lykendra Johnson's two.
* Allyssa DeHaan collected 11 rebounds, marking the fifth time this season that she has reached the double digit figure in rebounds. It marked the first time in 11 games that DeHaan reached the double digit rebound plateau.
* Michigan State dished out 16 assists today, marking the 14th time this season that the Spartans have recorded at least 16 assists. Michigan State has recorded more assists than their opponents in 18 of the previous 19 games.
* Today marked the seventh straight game in which the Spartan defense has finished the game with seven or more steals. The Spartans had eight today, with five coming in second half.
* Michigan State finished the game with 16 bench points, led by Lauren Aitch's 10. The 16 bench points are down from their bench average of 28.2 points per game.
