2019–20 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team

2019–20 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record19-11 (11-7 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tavares Jackson
  • Steph Haas
  • Marwan Miller
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2019–20 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Kent State 11 – 7   .611 19 – 11   .633
Ohio 11 – 7   .611 19 – 11   .633
Buffalo 9 – 9   .500 19 – 12   .613
Akron 8 – 10   .444 15 – 15   .500
Miami (OH) 4 – 14   .222 11 – 20   .355
Bowling Green 3 – 15   .167 10 – 21   .323
West
Central Michigan 16 – 2   .889 23 – 7   .767
Ball State 13 – 5   .722 21 – 10   .677
Western Michigan 10 – 8   .556 18 – 13   .581
Eastern Michigan 9 – 9   .500 16 – 15   .516
Toledo 7 – 11   .389 14 – 17   .452
Northern Illinois 7 – 11   .389 11 – 19   .367
† 2020 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by seventh year head coach Bob Boldon, played its home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.[1][2]

They finished the season 19–11, 11–7 in MAC play. They advanced to the semi-final game of the MAC women's tournament before the tournament was cancelled due to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason
Dominique Doseck 10 G 5'8" Senior Athens, Ohio Graduated, Exhausted eligibility
Olivia Bower 13 F 6'1" Senior Bowerston, OH Graduated, Exhausted eligibility
Hannah Thome 21 F 6'1" RS-Junior Chagrin Falls, Ohio Graduated
Kendall Jessing 54 F 6'0" Senior Sylvania, OH Graduated, Exhausted eligibility

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason
Maddie Bazelak 22 G 6'0" Redshirt Senior Kettering, Ohio Transferred from Duquesne (volleyball). Will have one year of eligibility remaining.[3]
Jasmine Hale 23 G 5'8" Sophomore Cincinnati, Ohio Transferred from Wisconsin. Will have three years of eligibility remaining.[4]

2019 recruiting class

Recruiting Class
Name Number Pos. Height High School Hometown
Ella Pope 44 F 5'11" Timpview Orem, UT
Peyton Guice 11 F 5'11" Westerville South Westerville, Ohio
Madi Mace 33 G 5'11" Parkersburg Parkersburg, West Virginia

Preseason

The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 30, 2019. Ohio was unanimously picked to finish first in the MAC East.[5]

Preseason women's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

  1. Ohio (12) 72
  2. Buffalo 56
  3. Kent State 50
  4. Miami 32
  5. Akron 28
  6. Bowling Green 14

West Division

  1. Central Michigan 60 (4)
  2. Northern Illinois 59 (4)
  3. Toledo 50 (2)
  4. Eastern Michigan 35 (1)
  5. Ball State 30 (1)
  6. Western Michigan 18

Tournament Champs

Ohio (10), Buffalo (1), Northern Illinois (1)

Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
Preseason All-MAC East Cece Hooks G Jr.
Preseason All-MAC East Erica Johnson G R-So.

Source[5]

Award watch lists

Preseason award honors
Honors Player Position Year Source
Nancy Lieberman Award Cece Hooks G Jr. [6]

Roster

[7]

2019–20 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Cece Hooks 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Thurgood Marshall Dayton, OH
G 2 Katie Barker 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Cary-Grove Cary, IL
G 3 Amani Burke 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Eastmoor Academy Columbus, OH
G 4 Erica Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Mansfield Senior Mansfield, OH
G 5 Caitlyn Kroll 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Bridgeport
Saint Francis (PA) 		Bridgeport, OH
G 13 Kaylee Bambule 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So Montini Catholic Plainfield, IL
F 20 Abby Garnett 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Golden Golden, CO
G 25 Hunter Rogan (W) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Urbana Urbana, OH
F 32 Deesh Beck 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Grand Rapids Christian Grand Rapids, MI
F 35 Alexandra Antonova 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Teays Valley Moscow, Russia
G 22 Maddie Bazelak 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Teays Valley Kettering, OH
G 23 Jasmine Hale 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So West Clemont Cincinnati, OH
F 41 Gabby Burris 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Liberty Union Baltimore, OH
F 44 Ella Pope 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Timpview Orem, UT
G 11 Peyton Guice 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Westerville South Westerville, OH
G 33 Madi Mace 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Parkersburg Parkersburg, WV
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[8]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 2, 2019*
3:30 pm 		Walsh W 83–77 
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Non-conference regular season
Nov 5, 2019*
8:00 pm, ACCNX 		at No. 21 Syracuse L 54–66  0–1
 Carrier Dome (1,297)
Syracuse, NY
Nov 10, 2019*
1:00 pm 		American W 81–69  1–1
 Convocation Center (451)
Athens, OH
Nov 13, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Marshall W 67-51  2-1
 Convocation Center (552)
Athens, OH
Nov 17, 2019*
2:00 pm 		at Ohio State W 74-68  3-1
 Value City Arena (5,213)
Columbus, OH
Nov 23, 2019*
1:00 pm 		Incarnate Word W 78-42  4-1
 Convocation Center (572)
Athens, OH
Nov 18, 2018*
1:00 pm 		vs. Pittsburgh W 72-50  5-1
 Ocean Center (263)
Daytona Beach, FL
Nov 30, 2019*
11:00 am 		vs. Butler L 55-60  5-2
 Ocean Center (125)
Daytona Beach, FL
Dec 7, 2019*
1:00 pm, HFTV 		IUPUI W 70-64  6-2
 Convocation Center (384)
Athens, OH
Dec 15, 2019*
2:00 pm, HFTV 		at TCU L 72-79  6-3
 Schollmaier Arena (1730)
Fort Worth, TX
Dec 18, 2019*
7:00 pm, LHN 		at Texas L 60-73  6-4
 Frank Erwin Center (3,012)
Austin, TX
Dec 29, 2019*
4:00 pm 		at Chattanooga W 70-58  7-4
 McKenzie Arena (2,350)
Chattanooga, TN
MAC regular season
Jan 4, 2020
1:00 pm 		Northern Illinois W 87-67  8-4
(1-0) 		Convocation Center (448)
Athens, OH
Jan 8, 2020
7:00 pm 		Central Michigan L 71-73  8-5
(1–1) 		Convocation Center (640)
Athens, OH
Jan 11, 2020
2:00 pm 		at Buffalo W 76–65  9-5
(2-1) 		Alumni Arena (2,634)
Amherst, NY
Jan 15, 2020
7:00 pm 		at Western Michigan L 72–73  9-6
(2-2) 		University Arena (650)
Kalamazoo, MI
Jan 18, 2020
1:00 pm 		Ball State W 79-71  10-6
(3-2) 		Convocation Center (541)
Athens, OH
Jan 22, 2020
6:00 pm 		at Northern Illinois W 85-79  11-6
(4-2) 		Convocation Center (350)
DeKalb, IL
Jan 25, 2020
1:00 pm 		Bowling Green W 79-69  12-6
(5-2) 		Convocation Center (980)
Athens, OH
Jan 29, 2020
7:00 pm 		Akron W 70-57  13-6
(6-2) 		Convocation Center (556)
Athens, OH
Feb 1, 2020
1:00 pm 		at Central Michigan L 90-92 OT 13-7
(6-3) 		McGuirk Arena (2,173)
Mount Pleasant, MI
Feb 5, 2020
7:00 pm 		at Eastern Michigan W 75-65  14-7
(7-3) 		Convocation Center (1,013)
Ypsilanti, MI
Feb 8, 2020
1:00 pm 		Kent State W 63-57  15-7
(8-3) 		Convocation Center (1,056)
Athens, OH
Feb 15, 2020
1:00 pm 		at Miami (OH) W 84-70  16-7
(9-3) 		Millett Hall (1,418)
Oxford, OH
Feb 19, 2020
7:00 pm 		Toledo W 86-58  17-7
(10-3) 		Convocation Center (691)
Athens, OH]
Feb 22, 2020
1:00 pm 		at Akron L 76–79  17-8
(10–4) 		James A. Rhodes Arena (1,424)
Akron, OH
Feb 26, 2020
7:00 pm 		at Bowling Green L 68-82  17–9
(10-5) 		Stroh Center (1,047)
Bowling Green, OH
Feb 29, 2020
1:00 pm 		Buffalo L 62-63  17-10
(10-6) 		Convocation Center (943)
Athens, OH
Mar 4, 2020
7:00 pm 		at Kent State L 77–81  17-11
(10-7) 		MAC Center (1,637)
Kent, OH
Mar 7, 2020
1:00 pm 		Miami (OH) W 92–78  18–11
(11-7) 		Convocation Center (699)
Athens, OH
MAC Women's Tournament
Mar 11, 2020
2:30 pm 		(4) vs. (5) Western Michigan
Quarterfinals 		W 84-75  19-11
 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 
Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards and honors

Weekly Awards

Weekly Award Honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Source
MAC East player of the week Erica Johnson G November 12 [9]
MAC East player of the week Amani Burke G December 3 [10]
MAC East player of the week Amani Burke G December 17 [11]
MAC East player of the week Cece Hooks G January 21 [12]
MAC East player of the week Erica Johnson G January 28 [13]
MAC East player of the week Cece Hooks G February 4 [14]
MAC East player of the week Erica Johnson G February 11 [15]
MAC East player of the week Erica Johnson G February 18 [16]
MAC East player of the week Cece Hooks G February 25 [17]

All-MAC Awards

Post-season All-MAC teams
Award Player Position Year
MAC Defensive Player of the year Cece Hooks G Jr.
MAC 1st team Cece Hooks G Jr.
MAC 1st team Erica Johnson G R-So.
MAC Honorable Mention Amani Burke G Sr.

Source[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Bob Boldon". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball Adds Maddie Bazelak for 2019-20 Season". Ohio Bobcats. May 8, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball Welcomes Transfer Jasmine Hale". Ohio Bobcats. August 19, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Bobcats Selected to Capture MAC Title in 2019-20". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  6. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Hooks Named to Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List". Ohio Bobcats. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  7. ^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball". ohiobobcats.com.
  8. ^ "2019-20 Ohio Women's Basketball Schedule - Ohio University". ohiobobcats.com.
  9. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Johnson Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  10. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Burke Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  11. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Burke Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  12. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Hooks Named MAC East Co-Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  13. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Johnson Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  14. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Hooks Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  15. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Johnson Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  16. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Johnson Named MAC East Player of the Week for Second-Straight Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  17. ^ "Ohio Women's Basketball's Hooks Named MAC East Player of the Week". Ohio Bobcats.
  18. ^ "MAC Announces 2020 Women's Basketball Postseason Awards".