2019–20 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team

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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[edit]

Departures[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division[edit]

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

West Division[edit]

  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[edit]

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

Preseason All-MAC[edit]

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[edit]

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

Roster[edit]

[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[edit]

[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[edit]

Weekly Awards[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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".
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