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East Division Player of the Week

Lauren Prochaska, Bowling Green, So., Forward, Plain City, Ohio (Jonathan Alder)

Prochaska averaged 25.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game as Bowling Green posted a pair of home victories to move to 4-0 in the MAC. She exploded for 32 points, tying her career high (and just three points away from the school record) in the win over Miami and also tied her career best with five 3-point field goals in that game, and was 13-of-14 from the free-throw line. She had a pair of blocked shots in the win over the RedHawks to match that career best and on Saturday, scored a game-high 18 points in the win over Akron. She tied for team honors with seven rebounds and three steals, and was a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line in that win. She shot 55.0 percent (11-for-20) from the field in the two games, including a 7-for-13 (53.8%) week from three-point range and was a stellar 21-of-22 (95.5%) at the free-throw line.

AMAZING

What a week for LP! 50 points on the week!

Let's declare Lauren the all season East MAC Player of the Week and then give someone else a chance!

Falcon Commander wrote:SOMEBODY needs to get the word out on this team and get AA PACKED FOR EVERY GAME.

Teams and Players and Coaches don't come along like this often and when they're gone . . . . . . .

Market, Market, Market . . . Promote, Promote, Promote !!!!!!!!!

If only the University would actually do this for the best program BG has had for the past 5 years.

gmartin wrote:East Division Player of the Week

Lauren Prochaska, Bowling Green, So., Forward, Plain City, Ohio (Jonathan Alder)

Prochaska averaged 25.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game as Bowling Green posted a pair of home victories to move to 4-0 in the MAC. She exploded for 32 points, tying her career high (and just three points away from the school record) in the win over Miami and also tied her career best with five 3-point field goals in that game, and was 13-of-14 from the free-throw line. She had a pair of blocked shots in the win over the RedHawks to match that career best and on Saturday, scored a game-high 18 points in the win over Akron. She tied for team honors with seven rebounds and three steals, and was a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line in that win. She shot 55.0 percent (11-for-20) from the field in the two games, including a 7-for-13 (53.8%) week from three-point range and was a stellar 21-of-22 (95.5%) at the free-throw line.

AMAZING

Yeah, and she's not done yet by a long shot.

Hell . . . now Columbus is trying to claim her !!

This was in today's Deathpatch, I mean Dispatch.

Be sure to read the bottom of the article it's about the OU and Kent Mens BB Game. . . funny stuff.


OHIO COLLEGE INSIDER

— Mark Znidar [email protected]

Prochaska doing it all for Bowling Green

If it were a situation on the basketball court, Lauren Prochaska would have been able to react in a nanosecond and come up with an answer.

This was different, though. Prochaska was asked to talk about the high praise she received from an opposing coach, and the words came hard.

Miami University coach Maria Fantanarosa compared Prochaska, a sophomore guard from Bowling Green by way of Jonathan Alder, to someone with rare ability.

“She’s a sleek player, kind of a stealth-type player,” Fantanarosa told The Blade of Toledo after an 87-79 loss in which Prochaska scored 32 points. “Once you blink, she’s gone. She just finds a way.”

There was silence at the other end of the line as Prochaska tried to explain what she does for a team that has won 15 of 17 games, including 15 straight, and leads the Mid-American Conference East.

“I don’t know how to answer that,” she said. “It’s my second year in college and maybe I just know what to expect. Things are different in your second year. I don’t have an expression when I play and I don’t think people can read me. I wait for my opportunities to come, whether it’s on offense or defense. I read the game and see what’s happening.”

Prochaska leads the team in scoring (17.5), three-point field goal percentage (44.3), free throw percentage (93.2) and rebounding (5.8) despite playing shooting guard.

The astounding statistic is that she averages 34.1 minutes, seven more than the next closest teammate.
Bowling Green coach Curt Miller has spoken about Prochaska’s ability to calmly see the floor like a master chess player.

“I’ve always been a calm person,” Prochaska said. “I get that from my mom. Nothing gets to her. I don’t like to show emotion, especially when I’m upset. I don’t go crazy when I make a big shot. There is excitement from within. If you show it, you might not be able to get back on defense.”

The most difficult transition for Prochaska has been becoming a leader at such a young age.

“That has not been my thing — to step up vocally,” she said. “But I do have the experience and the coaches have asked me to take that role. It has been a hard process.”

Personal foul on O-Zone

The Ohio University student section gave Kent State junior forward Chris Singletary quite a reception during the MAC opener Jan. 11 in Athens.

Singletary has been arrested four times in three years, most recently for DUI on Jan. 26, 2008. He also was arrested for violating a noise ordinance and resisting arrest on March 10 and for driving while under DUI suspension on April 7.

Students in the “O-Zone” section of the Convocation Center held up color sheets of paper with Singletary’s picture on it that read, “Chance. Go to Jail. Move Directly to Jail. Do not pass “Go.” Do not go to college $200.”

Every time Singletary touched the ball, students chanted, “DUI, DUI, DUI.”

Singletary, who is from Chicago, did not react to the cheering section. He scored 13 points but missed a free throw with 34.6 seconds remaining and the Flashes down by two points.

Ohio won 71-65.

Can we invite Chris to a "Drink Off" with The Snakeman at an AZZ Tailgate this Fall?