20 WINS...AGAIN!!

Congratulations to Coach Miller and the 2009-2010 Falcons! They have won 20 games in each of the last consecutive SEVEN seasons!

BGSU, as mentioned, has won 20 games for the seventh consecutive season ... that ties the MAC record held by Kent State ... the Golden Flashes put together seven-straight 20-win seasons from 1995-96 to 2001-02.

The Falcons have won 20 games in a season for the 15th time in school history, most of any MAC institution ... Toledo also has won 20 games this year, the Rockets' 14th such season ... KSU has posted 20 or more wins on 11 occasions.

The win gives the Falcons a 12-0 record at venerable Anderson Arena this year to date ... BGSU has won 29 consecutive regular-season games at "The House That Roars" ... the last regular-season home loss for the Falcons came to Western Michigan, 79-73, on Jan. 30, 2008.

Overall, BGSU has won 31 of the last 32 games at Anderson Arena ... 26 of those 31 wins have come by double digits ... the lone loss during that span came to Indiana in the third round of last year's Postseason WNIT.

The victory was the 199th for the Falcons since Curt Miller assumed the helm ... Miller has a 199-79 overall record in his ninth year at BGSU ... if the Falcons win one of their next 13 games, Miller will become the fastest coach to 200 overall wins in MAC history ... only two other MAC women's basketball coaches have reached 200 victories ... former Toledo coach Mark Ehlen reached 200 wins in his 292nd game at the Rocket helm, while KSU's Bob Lindsay reached the milestone in his 308th game.

Congratulations Maggie and Laura!!

Junior Maggie Hennegan
Senior Laura Bugher

Bowling Green State University women's basketball student-athletes Laura Bugher and Maggie Hennegan have been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 4 Team, it was announced Thursday (Feb. 4). Both were named to the second team.

ESPN The Magazine Acad. All-District 4 Team - PDF

The District 4 team is made up of student-athletes from Division I schools in the states of Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. To be nominated, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore, a starter or important reserve, and must carry a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or higher.

Bugher, a senior, and Hennegan, a redshirt junior, each maintain a perfect 4.00 cumulative grade point average. Bugher is an early childhood education major, while Hennegan is a health care administration major with a minor in business at BGSU.

Bugher and Hennegan were the only two Mid-American Conference student-athletes named to any of the eight ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams on Thursday. Bugher is in her fourth season at BGSU, having helped the Falcons to a 104-22 overall record and a 51-6 MAC ledger since her arrival on campus. Hennegan is in her second year at BG, having sat out last season after transferring from Saint Louis University.

Bugher, a native of Greenwood, Ind. (Lutheran H.S.), has played in 17 of BGSU’s 23 games off the bench, including seven of the team’s nine MAC games. She has averaged 1.1 points and 1.3 rebounds per game, and has shot 70 percent from the field, going 7-of-10.

Hennegan, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio (St. Ursula), has played in all 23 games, starting the first eight of the season, and is averaging 5.0 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. She is sixth on the team in scoring and third in rebounding. Hennegan, who also ranks fourth in assists, is shooting 47.6% from the floor, placing her second on the Falcons in that category. Her two double-digit scoring games include a 10-point outing in BG’s most recent game, Tuesday’s (Feb. 2) 85-67 win over Northern Illinois.

A pair of Middle Tennessee State players, Brandi Brown and Alysha Clark, were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 4 First Team. They were joined by Jenna Bartsokas of Lipscomb, Angie Bjorklund of Tennessee and Eastern Kentucky’s Colette Cole. The second team was comprised of Bugher, Hennegan, Dayton’s Kristin Daugherty, Murray State’s Rachael Isom and Oakland’s Melissa Jeltema.

The Falcons of head coach Curt Miller are 18-5 overall and 8-1 in MAC play, heading into a Saturday (Feb. 6) game at Ball State. The game, the MAC TV Game of the Week, is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. and will be televised by Fox Sports Net (FSN Ohio and FSN Indiana).

Congrats to Laura and Maggie! We are very proud of their hard work on and off of the court.

Tradition Never Graduates

We want to say Thank You to all the alumnae who were able to attend our annual Alumnae Day celebration on Saturday, January 23rd. It was a very special day! In front of a loud crowd of 2,800 people, the current Falcons beat the Eagles of Eastern Michigan and the former great Falcons were recognized at halftime. Following the game, we held a reception in their honor so that the current team could meet who came before them and know how special it is to wear a Bowling Green jersey.

This year marked the 5 year anniversary of the 2005 MAC Championship. We also celebrated the 20(ish) year anniversary of the 1988, 1989, and 1990 MAC Championship teams. It was great to have so many former great Falcons come back and share their stories and memories. We look forward to continuing the tradition!

Go Falcons!!