Falcons Meet Akron on Saturday Afternoon

Saturday, January 13

Akron, OH

4:30 PM ET

Bowling Green State University

Akron

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Jane Uecker v Ball State Jan 6 2018 Isaiah Vazquez photo

Akron native Jane Uecker & the Falcons face the Zips Saturday afternoon

January 12, 2018 | Women's Basketball

It's the second half of a BGSU-UA doubleheader at Rhodes Arena

By: BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSU Athletic Communications)

BGSU at AKRON
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all available audio, stats & video links can be found at BGSUFalcons.com on game day

UP NEXT FOR THE FALCONS...
>> The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team concludes a two-game road swing with a trip to Northeast Ohio this weekend. Head coach Jennifer Roos and the Falcons face the University of Akron for a Saturday (Jan. 13) game, set to begin at approximately 4:30 p.m. at James A. Rhodes Arena.

>> Saturday's game is the second half of a doubleheader at Rhodes Arena. The BGSU men's basketball Falcons take on Akron in a 2:00 p.m. tip.

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FOLLOW THE FALCONS
>> If you can't make it to the arena on game day, fear not – you can still follow the Falcons via your radio- or computer-like devices. Saturday's Akron game will feature a free video stream, as well as live stats and Twitter updates. All links will be available via BGSUFalcons.com.

>> All of BGSU's home games and many road contests – including the game at Akron – will have audio broadcasts, courtesy of the Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization (BGRSO). And, every BGSU home game this season will have a free live stream, with all but one home contest in 2017-18 aired via ESPN3.com. Saturday's UA contest also will be on ESPN3.com.

>> Live stats will also be available for all games, and in-game Twitter updates for every BGSU game can be found at @BGSUwbb.

>> To follow the Falcons, simply log on to BGSUFalcons.com and click the 'calendar' link on the day of the game, or navigate your way to the women's basketball page. Any and all available links to ticket info. and game coverage will be available there.

FALCONS HEAD EAST
BGSU's game at Akron Saturday marks the Falcons' first intradivisional contest of the season. BG opened the MAC schedule with four consecutive games against West Division opponents.

As of Friday morning (Jan. 12), BGSU and Kent State are the only two MAC programs that have yet to play a game against a team from their own division. KSU's first intradivisional contest comes on Wednesday (Jan. 17), when the Golden Flashes come to the Stroh Center to face the Orange and Brown.

DOUBLE(-DOUBLE) TROUBLE
If it's a game day for the women's basketball Falcons, there's a good chance junior Carly Santoro just might record a double-double. Last Saturday (Jan. 6) vs. Ball State, Santoro had 17 points and a game-high 11 rebounds, marking her fourth-straight double-double and her 10th of the season.

Santoro's four-game streak was snapped at Central Michigan. However, as of Thursday morning (Jan. 11), Santoro continued to lead the MAC and was tied for seventh in the nation in double-doubles.

Santoro posted three-straight double-doubles to begin the year, and then put together another three-game streak, with a double-double in each of BG's two wins at the FAU Thanksgiving Tournament and another vs. Valparaiso. And, she put together a four-game streak, with double-doubles vs. Cincinnati, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan and BSU.

Santoro now has a total of 15 career double-doubles.

CARLY SPENDS THE WINTER IN DOUBLE-DOUBLE LAND (we hear it's nice there)
Junior Carly Santoro led the Falcons with five double-doubles a year ago, and had topped that total less than one-third of the way through 2017-18. Now, she has doubled it, with 10 through 15 games this season to date.

Santoro is only the third Falcon to have 10 or more double-doubles in a season in the last 20 years.

The last Falcon to have double-digit double-doubles in a season was Alexis Rogers, who had 10 in the 2011-12 campaign. No Falcon has had more since Charlotta Jones had 15 double-doubles in 1997-98.

DOUBLE(-DOUBLE) TROUBLE, REVISITED
Carly Santoro is not the only Falcon to visit Double-Double Land this year. Sophomore Andrea Cecil had her first career double-double on Dec. 18, with career-best totals of 26 points and 10 rebounds against Ferris State.

The Falcons are 7-4 this season when a player records a double-double, after going 4-6 in such games last winter.

FALCONS WELCOME DEAN TO PROGRAM
On Monday (Jan. 8), BGSU coach Jennifer Roos announced the addition of Alyssa Dean to the program. Dean, a transfer from the University of Memphis, has enrolled at BGSU in time for the Spring 2018 semester.

Dean, a 5-8 guard, is a native of Columbus, Ohio, and a graduate of Centennial High School. She is eligible to practice with the Falcons immediately, and will be eligible to play following the conclusion of the Fall 2018 semester. Dean retains three years of eligibility.

Dean played in seven games, making two starts, for the Tigers this season. She averaged 4.1 points and 1.1 rebounds per game. Dean had season-high totals of 10 points and 37 minutes played in the season opener vs. Tennessee State.

Last year, as a true freshman, Dean sat out the entire season due to injury.

Dean was a three-year letterwinner at Centennial, scoring over 1,200 points in those three seasons. She missed the 2015-16 season, her senior year, with an ACL injury suffered in the summer of '15. As a junior, Dean averaged 21.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.7 steals per game, and was named to the Associated Press All-Ohio Division II Second Team.

She was named to the AP All-Central District First Team as both a sophomore and a junior, and was rated the No. 75 guard in the nation by ESPNW.com.

LAST TIME OUT: FALCONS FALL AT UNBEATEN CMU
Host Central Michigan hit five three-point field goals in the first quarter, taking control of the game en route to a 90-54 win over the Falcons Wednesday night (Jan. 10) at McGuirk Arena.

The Chippewas (12-3, 4-0 MAC) went 5-for-8 from long distance in the first 10 minutes, and shot 45.5 percent from the arc for the game. CMU also took advantage of BGSU turnovers, scoring 24 points off of 15 Falcon miscues on the night.

Reyna Frost paced the hosts, leading all players with 25 points, four steals and 33 minutes played, and she added nine rebounds as well. Presley Hudson's 18 points included a 4-for-6 performance from long distance, while Tinara Moore had 14 points, seven boards and a game-high five blocked shots.

For the Falcons (8-7, 0-4 MAC), no player scored more than seven points, but six players scored at least five. Sophomore Andrea Cecil, junior Carly Santoro and senior Haley Puk each had seven points, with Santoro adding six boards.

Junior Maddie Cole and redshirt freshman Clare Glowniak added six points apiece, while freshman Kennedy Williams had five.

THE FALCONS: A QUICK OVERVIEW
BGSU is 8-7 on the season, and the Falcons are 0-4 in Mid-American Conference play. BG is 4-3 at the Stroh Center, 3-4 in true road games and 1-0 in neutral-site contests this season to date.

The Falcons opened the season with seven games in a 19-day span. BGSU went 6-1 during that time, then began December by downing Xavier before a large School Day crowd at the Stroh. But, BG has dropped six of the last seven games.

After an 82-73 win over Ferris State, BG suffered a loss at Cincinnati to end the non-conference slate, and the Brown and Orange dropped a 67-58 decision at Western Michigan in the (Dec. 30) MAC opener. A tip-in at the buzzer gave Eastern Michigan a 54-52 victory at the Stroh (Jan. 3), and BG then fell to Ball State at home (84-73; Jan. 6) and Central Michigan on the road (90-54; Jan. 10).

Head coach Jennifer Roos and her staff – which is comprised of assistant coaches Jacey Brooks, Nick Moore and Jessie Ivey, director of operations Monique Rosati and video coordinator Amanda Cutcher – welcomed back a total of nine returning players, including three starters, from a year ago. The list of returnees includes two seniors, three juniors and four second-year Falcons.

Rachel Myers and Haley Puk make up the senior class, while Maddie Cole, Sydney Lambert and Carly Santoro each are in their junior year. Sophomores Andrea Cecil, Caterrion Thompson and Jane Uecker also return, as does Clare Glowniak, who is a redshirt freshman in terms of eligibility after missing the bulk of last season due to injury.

The nine returnees are joined by five freshmen, including Terri Battle, Madisen Parker, Angela Perry, Sierra Thompson and Kennedy Williams. Perry made her collegiate debut in the MAC opener at WMU, after missing the entire non-league portion of the schedule due to injury.

Cecil, Lambert, Puk and Santoro each have started all 15 games this season. Uecker started the first 13 contests of the year, while Glowniak has been in the starting five in each of the last two games.

Santoro was named to the Preseason All-MAC Team. She led the Falcons in scoring a year ago, averaging 12.0 points per game. Santoro is the Falcons' top returning rebounder as well, having pulled down 7.4 boards per contest last winter.

This year, through 15 games, two Falcons are scoring in double digits, with two others just shy of that mark. Santoro leads the way with 14.1 ppg, and is averaging a double-double, with a team-leading 10.3 rpg. Cecil has 11.1 ppg, while Puk and Lambert are averaging 9.3 and 8.8 ppg, respectively. Caterrion Thompson (5.7 ppg), Uecker (5.3) and Sierra Thompson (3.9) are ranked fifth through seventh, respectively, on the team in scoring.

Lambert leads the team in assists, with 2.4 per game, while Santoro is right behind with 2.3 helpers per contest. Santoro (2.0) and Lambert (1.6) are ranked 1-2 on the team in steals per game. Lambert has knocked down 26 three-point field goals this year, while Puk has hit 25.

Through four MAC games, Santoro has BG-best averages of 12.5 ppg and 10.3 rpg, while Caterrion Thompson has 11.8 ppg. Thompson is shooting 43.8 percent from the floor, including a 55.0% effort (11-of-20) from three-point range. Cecil (7.3), Puk (6.8) and Glowniak (5.0) round out BG's top-five scorers in MAC play.

THREE-ON THOMPSON
Sophomore Caterrion Thompson had quite a week as the Falcons opened the home portion of the MAC schedule. Thompson shot nearly 65 percent from three-point range and led the Falcons in scoring in both games last week.

Thompson, who entered last week averaging 3.8 points per game on the season, averaged 19.5 points in last week's two contests. She shot 48.0% from the floor, and went 11-for-17 (64.7%) from three-point distance.

She led the Falcons with 18 points, just one shy of her career-high, in the Eastern Michigan game, then scored a career-high 21 points vs. Ball State three days later. Thompson hit five three-pointers against EMU, and tied the Stroh Center record with a career-high six triples against BSU.

Thompson enters the UA game shooting 55.0% from three-point range in MAC games, having gone 11-for-20 from long distance. In conference games, she ranks second in the MAC in three-point accuracy and is tied for third in three-pointers made per game (2.8).

FALCONS VS. THE MAC
The Falcons continue to own the best record in MAC history. Entering Saturday's Akron game, BGSU has an all-time record of 402-199 (.669) in MAC regular-season contests, for the most wins and highest winning percentage of all league institutions.

And, BG 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. BG also has the most overall victories and highest overall winning pct. of any league institution.

THREE-MARKABLE
Through the years, BGSU rosters typically have been stocked with players who can score from three-point range. The Falcons hit 14 triples – just one shy of the Stroh Center record and two away from the school record – against Ball State last Saturday. Six different players hit a triple, with four of those six connecting from long distance multiple times.

THREE-LIGHTFUL
Two years ago, the Falcons made at least four three-point field goals in all 28 contests. Last year, BGSU connected at least four times in 27 of the 31 games, and this year, the Falcons have made four or more treys in 13 of the 15 games.

THREE-POSTEROUS
In fact, BG has knocked down four or more three-pointers in 100 of the last 107 games, dating to late in the 2013-14 season.

THREE-GION OF BOOM
BGSU will be looking to extend a mucho-impressive streak in the Akron game. The Falcons have hit at least one three-pointer in each of the last 415 games. BG has not been held without a triple in close to 13 years – since Feb. 12, 2005, at Akron, when the Falcons won, 61-52, despite going 0-of-13 from long distance.

SCOUTING AKRON
Akron is 6-9 on the season, and the Zips are 0-4 in MAC play to date. UA is looking to snap a five-game losing streak, with the most recent setback a 74-61 loss to visiting Ball State on Wednesday night (Jan. 10). The Zips' previous two losses came by a total of nine points, including a 70-67 overtime loss at Ohio. The Zips are 5-4 at home, 0-4 on the road and 1-1 in neutral-site matchups. Megan Sefcik leads the team with 13.4 points per game, and has hit a team-leading 47 three-point field goals. Shaunay Edmonds has 10.5 ppg and paces the Zips with 4.1 assists per game, while Haliegh Reinoehl has 6.4 ppg and a team-leading 8.2 rebounds per outing. Last year, UA went 9-21 overall and 2-16 in the MAC. Head coach Jodi Kest welcomed back a total of 10 letterwinners, including three starters, from that club.

THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Akron, 53-7, in the all-time series between the teams, and BGSU won each of last year's two meetings. The Brown and Orange posted a 62-58 win in Akron (Jan. 7, 2017), snapping a four-game UA series winning streak. Then, the Falcons exploded for an 86-50 win over the Zips in BG (Feb. 4, 2017). In the latter game, the hosts hit 15 three-pointers to tie the Stroh Center record. BG won the first 26 series meetings, saw Akron capture two of the next five games, then won 19 more in a row before a UA win in January of 2013. BGSU is 28-2 in home games, 23-5 in road contests and 2-0 in neutral-site meetings vs. the Zips over the years.

FRIES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG (A FEW FINAL NOTES)
BGSU has posted the team's three highest bench-scoring totals of the season over the last three gamees. The Falcons got a then season-high 21 points off the bench vs. EMU, then saw bench players combine for 31 points three days later vs. Ball State. And, the Brown and Orange got 27 points off the bench at CMU.

The Falcons have a 4-3 record at the Stroh Center this season to date. With the fourth victory, which came on Dec. 18, the Brown and Orange topped the home win total for all of last year.

Last season, the Falcons won a total of five games away from home. This year, BG captured four games in hostile (three) or lukewarm (one) venues during the month of November alone. Entering Saturday's UA game, the Falcons are 4-4 in all games played away from the Stroh Center this season.

UP NEXT
Following the UA game, the Falcons return home for the next two contests, beginning with a Wednesday (Jan. 17) matchup with Kent State. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center, and the evening's giveaways include BGSU water bottles as well as bobbleheads of former BG great Liz Honegger.