After Wednesday’s 90-85 loss to Ball State, women’s basketball coach Curt Miller said his team is feeling confident. He said after the loss, the team needs to come back with a strong game.
“Now, the challenge is to bounce back,” Miller said.
To emphasize the point, each member of the team was given a tennis ball with their name on it.
Miller said he hoped that BG could turn its road record around. The Falcons are still winless in Mid-American Conference road games.
“We feel like we’ve proven that we can win on the road,” Miller said. “Now we have to go do that in conference play.”
Bowling Green is 3-1 in non-conference road games. In Akron, they face a team that is 2-21 overall and 1-11 in the MAC. Miller has said that in order to win games, the Falcons need to contain their opponents’ top player. Miller said that Akron’s biggest threat is center Cassandra Martin.
“She arguably is one of the best low-post centers in the league,” Miller said. “We’re going to have to show her different defenses and give our post players help. She clearly is our toughest matchup problem.”
The Falcons will look for continued production on offense from Francine Miller. A player who is never completely healthy, Francine has put together a string of strong games, scoring 21 against Ball State.
Miller said that Francine realizes this her last season and is looking to finish strong.
“I think Francine, like most seniors at this time of the year, has a sense of urgency,” Miller said. “It’s their last go-round, it’s their last few games…I feel an urgency and energy from the seniors that you always get at this time of the year.”
Scoring 85 points against the Cardinals on Wednesday, Miller said he feels the offense is starting to play well, and hopes they can continue that type of scoring against the Zips, who Miller said will used a zone defense.
“I think our kids are really comfortable playing against man-to-man defense,” Miller said. “The challenge for us is to find that comfort zone against zone [defense]. I expect a lot of zone play out of Akron.”
