MAC Women's Championship Notes
Bowling Green vs. Toledo Championship Postgame Notes
Mar 13, 2010
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No. 1 Bowling Green v. No. 2 Toledo- 1 PM EST
Bowling Green Notes
• Bowling Green is 18-5 under Curt Miller in the MAC Tournament.
• The 2010 Championship game marked the 12th time the Falcons have played for the MAC title.
• The Falcons have won 10 MAC Championships which is the most in MAC history.
• The Falcons are 21-6 this season when they shoot under 50 percent for the game.
• Bowling Green is undefeated when facing Toledo in the MAC Championship. The Falcons are 3-0 in tournament finals against the Rockets.
• This is the sixth consecutive year that Bowling Green has made it to the MAC Tournament final.
• Lauren Prochaska has led Bowling Green in scoring 18 times this season. The Falcons are 15-3 in those games.
• The Falcons are 26-3 when leading at halftime this season
• The game against Toledo marked the first time that Bowling Green has faced a tournament opponent who defeated them in the regular season.
• The game against Toledo marked the 30th time this season that Lauren Prochaska has reached double figures in scoring.
• Bowling Green is undefeated this season when shooting better than their opponent. The Falcons are 19-0 when they have a higher field goal percentage in a game.
• Bowling Green is 27-3 when leading with 5 minutes left.
• Coach Curt Miller has now won 4 championships since taking over as head coach at Bowling Green. The Falcons record in MAC Championships is 4-2 under Miller.
• The Falcons are 21-1 when they out-rebound their opponent this season.
• Bowling Green now leads the all-time series 40-26.
• Coach Curt Miller has never lost to Toledo in the MAC Tournament. He is 4-0 against the Rockets in tournament play.
Toledo Notes
• Toledo is looking to make its first trip to the NCAA Tournament in nearly a decade.
• With today's win, Toledo falls to 7-6 all time in MAC Championship games.
• The Rockets are lead by Sophomore guard and Second-team All-MAC selection Naama Shafir, who is third in the nation with 6.77 assists per game, had 5 assists and 5 points in the first half alone.
• Toledo come s into today's contest 3-7 all-time against Bowling Green in the MAC Tournament, with two of those wins coming in the MAC Championship game.
• Toledo comes into the game 1st in the MAC in defending the three point line, holding opponents to 29.5% shooting, while BGSU entered 1st in 3 pt percentage, shooting 38.8% from behind the arc. The Rockets held BG to just 1-5 shooting from behind the line in the first half.
• All-MAC First-Team selection Tanika Mays, who comes into today's contest leading Toledo in scoring and rebounding (14.7 ppg, 7.3 reb pg) put in 11 of Toledo's 24 first half points.
• Toledo won their last meeting against the Falcons 66-63 as they missed two 3 pointers in the final effort to tie the game
• Toledo smothered the Falcons in the first 9 min, allowing just 5 points. The Falcons were held to just 26 points in the first half, on 10 of 26 shooting from the field. The 38.5% first half shooting was below their season average of 43%
• Forward Mekissa Goodall snatched 7 rebounds in the first half
• Toledo, who made an average of 13.3 free throws a game, did not reach the charity stripe in the first half.










