Central Michigan University Athletics
Women's Basketball vs. Bowling Green: Game Notes
2/9/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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MOUNT PLEASANT -- Riding a six-game winning streak at Rose Center the Central Michigan women's basketball team hosts the Bowling Green Falcons to wrap up divisional crossover play on Wednesday. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
The Falcons won both meetings a year ago, including an 82-65 decision in the quarterfinals of the 2009 Mid-American Conference tournament. BGSU has won the last nine contests in the all-time series, dating back to 2003.
Live stats and a live audio stream of WMHW-FM 91.5's local broadcast will be available to all fans. Live video will be available to CMU Sports Zone subscribers.
All-Time Series -- The Chippewas are 12-42 all-time against the Falcons, with BGSU claiming each of the last nine decisions dating back to 2003. CMU is 0-3 against BGSU under Sue Guevara, including a loss in the quarterfinals of last year’s Mid-American Conference tournament.
20-point Prowess -- The Chippewas have had a player score 20-plus points on 57 occasions in head coach Sue Guevara’s three seasons (83 games). CMU had just 14 such scoring outputs in its previous 114 games.
Keys to the Game -- While both BGSU (first, 74.2 ppg) and CMU (fourth, 70.4 ppg) find themselves near the top of the conference in scoring, the Falcons are ranked third in defense (61.1 points allowed) and CMU sits 12th (74.6). The two teams are also the top two clubs in terms of three-pointers per game (BGSU 8.1, CMU 7.5).
Raining Threes -- Shonda Long needed just two seasons to crack CMU’s three-pointer career chart, and has already risen to a tie for third (see the chart in the right margin of page 5.)
Gotta Get to 70 -- Central Michigan is 3-33 when scoring fewer than 70 points under head coach Sue Guevara. CMU was 0-18 when failing to score 70 in Guevara’s first year, 2-5 in 2008-09 and 1-10 this season. The Chippewas are 29-18 when breaking the 70-point mark under Coach G.
• CMU’s three wins when scoring fewer than 70 have all come against MAC schools. The wins came at Western Michigan (64-60, 2009), vs. Akron in the 2009 MAC Tournament (67-59) and vs. Ohio (59-56, 2010).
Keep Them Under 45... –- CMU is 8-30 under Sue Guevara when allowing its opponent to shoot 45 percent or better from the field. The Chippewas went 0-15 in Guevara’s first season in such situations, 6-9 a year ago and are 2-6 this season.
...But We Need to Get to 40 -- The Chippewas were 14-5 in 2008-09 when hitting 40 percent of their shots and are 8-4 this season. CMU was 8-0 a season ago when connecting at 45 percent, a mark that features a 5-2 record this season.
Streakin’ -- The Chippewas have won six in a row at Rose Center. It’s the first time a home winning streak has reached five since the end of the 1996-97 season (three) and start of the 1997-98 campaign (two). CMU has not won at least six home games in a row in the same season since 1990-91, when the Maroon and Gold won seven straight.
