The University of Akron Athletics
Zips to Host Bowling Green On Senior Night Wednesday
March 04 | Women's Basketball
AKRON ZIPS (7-22, 2-13 MAC) vs. BOWLING GREEN FALCONS (23-6, 12-3 MAC)
Rhodes Arena (5,500) • Akron, Ohio
Wed., Mar. 5, 2008 • 7 p.m. (EST)
TELEVISION
None.
ON THE DIAL
WARF (Sports Radio 1350 AM) will carry the broadcast
locally in Akron. Bill Morgan, who is in his
second season with the Zips, will have the call.
ON THE WEB
The broadcast will also be available on the Internet via
streaming audio on www.GoZips.com.
SERIES BREAKDOWN
Series: Akron trails 2-37 since 1979.
UA Series Streak: L9
Last 10 Meetings: 1-9
Last Meeting: L, 56-88 at BGSU on 1/19/08
Notes: Akron is 2-16 all-time versus Bowling Green at
Rhodes Arena ... the Zips last defeated the Falcons on Feb. 10,
2001 (88-63) ... UA's other lone win against BGSU came in the first
round of the MAC Tournament on Feb. 26, 1999. The Zips defeated the
Falcons in that game at Rhodes Arena, 74-56 ... UA is 0-3 in
overtime games versus BGSU.
COACHES
• Jodi Kest (Slippery Rock, '84) is in her second
season at Akron and owns a career record of 243-194 (.556) spanning
16 seasons. The Zips were 10-19 overall and 3-13 in the MAC in
Kest's inaugural campaign.
• Curt Miller (Baldwin-Wallace, '90) is in
his seventh season at Bowling Green where he owns a career record
of 147-66 (.690).
THE OPENING TIP
The University of Akron women's basketball team will play
its final game of the regular season when it hosts Bowling Green
Wednesday night at 7 p.m. EST. The contest will mark the final home
games for seniors Jessica Deville and Kristina
Rosén, who will be honored prior to the start of the
game.
ABOUT BOWLING GREEN
The Falcons (23-6, 12-3) bring an eight-game winning
streak to Rhodes Arena after having defeated Buffalo, 74-47, at
Anderson Arena last weekend. BGSU features three double-figure
scorers in freshman Lauren Prochaska (15.2 ppg), preseason
all-conference selection Kate Achter (14.5) and sophomore Tara
Breske (10.5). Bowling Green's only three league losses came in
succession against Miami (63-60), at Ball State (68-47) and against
Western Michigan (79-73) late last month.
The Falcons are 14-3 in away and neutral games this year and have
won the last four meetings with the Zips at Rhodes Arena dating
back to the 2003 season. Bowling Green enters play with a full-game
lead over Miami for first place in the East Division after being
picked to finish second in the preseason poll.
PLAYOFF PICTURE
The Zips will be the No. 6 seed in the East Division and
will play No. 3 seed Western Michigan (12-17, 9-6 MAC) from the
West in the second game at Quicken Loans Arena on Sunday, Mar. 9
beginning approximately at 9:30 p.m. EST.
The winner of that match-up will face the winner of Wednesday
night's Ohio at Miami contest in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, Mar.
11, at 12:30 p.m.
TEAM NOTES
• Wednesday's game will feature three of the top
scoring freshmen in the country in Lauren Prochaska (15.2 ppg), Kara
Murphy (14.3) and Keyla Snowden (14.3). BGSU's Prochaska
enters play tied for sixth while the Zips' duo of Murphy and
Snowden are tied for ninth overall.
Akron is the only school to have two players represented in the top
10. UCONN's Maya Moore leads all first-year players with an average
of 18.3 points per game.
• Wednesday's game will also feature two of the top three
scoring tandems in the league in Bowling Green's tag team of
Prochaska and Kate Achter (29.7) and Akron's duo of Murphy and
Snowden (28.6). Only Miami's combo of Amanda Jackson and Jenna
Schone (36.3)
• Along those lines, Akron has been led in scoring by a
freshman 21 times in 29 games, or 72.4 percent of the time. Snowden
has been the Zips' top scorer 11 times, followed by Murphy (9) and
Amanda Sedlack (1).
• Moreover, Akron has been led in scoring by an underclassman
in all 29 games this year. Injured sophomore guard Sarah
Tokodi had that honor five times while sophomore center Riana
Miller has accomplished the task on three occasions.
• UA currently leads the MAC in blocked shots (3.55/game)
despite having just two players on the roster at 6-feet or taller
and averaging more than 15 minutes per game.
• The Zips are also ranked third in the league with a
collective free throw percentage of .726. Three Akron players are
ranked in the top 15 from the charity stripe, led by Keyla
Snowden (2nd/.887), Riana Miller (10th/.787) and Kara
Murphy (13th/.757).
• UA is on pace to set a school record for free throw
efficiency. The 2006-07 team currently owns the top mark after
shooting .716 (405-for-566) in 29 games a year ago.
• Akron starters have produced 166 of 195 (85.1 percent) of
the team's total points in the past three games. For the season, UA
starters have been responsible for 75.7 percent (1,377 of 1,819
total points) of the team's scoring.
PLAYER NOTES
• With a career-high 31 points against the RedHawks
Saturday, Kara Murphy posted the fifth-highest scoring performance
in school history and the third-highest scoring game by an Akron
freshman. Murphy was 6-for-13 from the floor, 4-for-6 from
three-point range and 15-for-16 from the free throw line. The
forward also finished with a team-high eight rebounds in 33
minutes.
• Murphy has posted a team-high 23 double-figure scoring games
this year. Snowden, who also reached a personal best with 26 points
against MU, follows closely behind with 22.
• Freshman Keyla Snowden, who broke the school record for
most 3-point field goals in a single season at Ball State on Feb.
9, enters play as the MAC's leader with 85 threes in 29 games and
is ranked sixth in the nation with an average of 2.9 triples per
game.
• Snowden, who is also ranked 49th in the country with a 3-pt.
field goal percentage of .386 (85-for-220), is in the midst of one
of the most prolific three-point scoring seasons in league history.
With five triples against Miami Saturday, the first-year player
moved into sole possession of 4th place on the MAC's single season
record list.
• Murphy is the only Akron player to have started all 29 games
this year.
• Sophomore Riana Miller, who is second in the league with an
average of 1.55 rejections per game, moved into solo possession of
third place on UA's single-season blocks list with a deflection
against Miami.
