2021–22 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team

The 2021–22 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by ninth year head coach Bob Boldon, played their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.[1][2] The Bobcats finished non-conference play at 6–3. During a conference win at Central Michigan on January 15, Cece Hooks passed Caroline Mast as the leading scorer in Ohio basketball history.[3] Two games later, against Bowling Green, she passed Toldeo’s Kim Knuth as the leading scorer in MAC basketball history.[4][5] They finished the regular season 15–13 and 9–10 in the MAC. They were knocked out of the MAC tournament in the quarterfinals by top-seeded Toledo and in the first round of the WNIT by eventual champion South Dakota State.[6][7]

2021–22 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record15–15 (9–10 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tavares Jackson
  • Steph Haas
  • Marwan Miller
Home arenaConvocation Center
2021–22 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Toledo19–1 .95029–6  .829
Buffalo †16–4 .80025–9  .735
Akron13–7 .65017–12  .586
Ball State11–8 .57920–13  .606
Northern Illinois11–9 .55014–15  .483
Kent State10–10 .50019–12  .613
Western Michigan10–10 .50016–14  .533
Bowling Green10–10 .50017–16  .515
Ohio9–10 .47415–15  .500
Miami (OH)4–16 .2008–21  .276
Eastern Michigan4–16 .2007–20  .259
Central Michigan2–18 .1004–25  .138
† 2022 MAC tournament winner

Offseason

Departures
Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason
Deesh Beck 32 F 5'9 Junior Grand Rapids, Michigan Transferred to Wright State

2021 recruiting class
Recruiting Class
Name Number Pos. Height High School Hometown
Yaya Felder 2 G 5'8 Conrad Hartford, Connecticut

Preseason

Prior to the season Ohio was picked first in the MAC preseason poll.[8] Cece Hooks and Erica Johnson were named to the preseason first team all-conference.

Preseason rankings
MAC preseason poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Ohio132 (4)
2Bowling Green124 (3)
3Buffalo123 (3)
4Kent State102
5Eastern Michigan83 (1)
6Central Michigan80
7Northern Illinois79
8Toledo67
9Ball State65 (1)
10Western Michigan31
11Miami27
12Akron23

MAC Tournament Champion: Buffalo (5), Ohio (3), BGSU (2), Ball State (1), EMU (1)

Source[8]

Preseason All-MAC
Preseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
Preseason All-MAC 1st team Cece Hooks G Sr.
Preseason All-MAC 1st team Erica Johnson G R-Jr.

Source[8]

Award watch lists
Award Player Position Year Source
Naismith College Player of the Year Cece Hooks G Sr. [9]
Cheryl Miller Award Erica Johnson G R-Jr. [10]
Becky Hammon Award Cece Hooks G Sr. [11]

Roster

[12]

2021–22 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Cece Hooks 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrThurgood Marshall Dayton, OH
G 4 Erica Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS JrMansfield Senior Mansfield, OH
G 5 Caitlyn Kroll 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS JrBridgeport
Saint Francis (PA)		 Bridgeport, OH
G 13 Kaylee Bambule 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS JrMontini Catholic Plainfield, IL
F 20 Abby Garnett 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS SoGolden Golden, CO
G 25 Hunter Rogan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrUrbana Urbana, OH
F 35 Alexandra Antonova 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS SoTeays Valley Moscow, Russia
F 41 Gabby Burris 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrLiberty Union Baltimore, OH
G 23 Jasmine Hale 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrWest Clemont Cincinnati, OH
F 44 Ella Pope 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS FrTimpview Orem, UT
G 11 Peyton Guice 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoWesterville South Westerville, OH
G 3 Madi Mace 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS FrParkersburg Parkersburg, WV
G 14 Kate Dennis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrGuilford Rockford, IL
G 22 Kendall Hale 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrWest Clemont Cincinnati, OH
G 2 Yaya Felder 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrConrad Hartford, CT
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[13]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 9, 2021*
7:00 pm, ACCNX		 at Notre Dame L 69–105[14]  0–1
 Purcell Pavilion (4553)
Notre Dame, IN
Nov 13, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Liberty L 63–66[15]  0–2
 Liberty Arena (787)
Lynchburg, VA
Nov 16, 2021*
11:00 am, ESPN+		 at Cincinnati W 73–62[16]  1–2
 Fifth Third Arena (1723)
Cincinnati, OH
Nov 20, 2021*
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 Mercyhurst W 90–46[17]  2–2
 Convocation Center (826)
Athens, OH
Nov 29, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Florida A&M W 98–45[18]  3–2
 Convocation Center (618)
Athens, OH
Dec 4, 2021*
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 Richmond W 98–89[19]  4–2
 Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Dec 15, 2021*
8:00 pm, BTN Plus		 at Minnesota L 93–99[20]  4–3
 Williams Arena (2751)
Minneapolis, MN
Dec 20, 2021*
1:00 pm		 vs. UMass Lowell
FIU Holiday Hoops Showdown		 W 74–60[21]  5–3
 Ocean Bank Convocation Center 
Miami, FL
Dec 21, 2021*
11:00 am		 vs. Binghamton
FIU Holiday Hoops Showdown		 W 76–67[22]  6–3
 Ocean Bank Convocation Center (77)
Miami, FL
MAC regular season
Dec 29, 2021
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Miami (OH) postponed[23] Millett Hall 
Oxford, OH
Jan 1, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 Eastern Michigan postponed[24] Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Jan 5, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Akron postponed[25] James A. Rhodes Arena 
Akron, OH
Jan 8, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 Northern Illinois L 68–71[26]  6–4
(0–1)		 Convocation Center (698)
Athens, OH
Jan 12, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Buffalo postponed[27] Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Jan 12, 2022[28]
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Kent State W 70–64[29]  7–4
(1–1)		 Convocation Center (516)
Athens, OH
Jan 15, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Central Michigan W 75–65[30]  8–4
(2–1)		 McGuirk Arena (1326)
Mount Pleasant, MI
Jan 17, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Miami (OH)
Resched. from Dec. 29[31]		 L 60–63[32]  8–5
(2–2)		 Millett Hall (171)
Oxford, OH
Jan 22, 2022
3:30 pm, ESPN+		 Bowling Green W 85–70[33]  9–5
(3–2)		 Convocation Center (1001)
Athens, OH
Jan 24, 2022
TBD, ESPN+		 Buffalo
Resched. from Jan. 12[31]		 W 68–66[34]  10–5
(4–2)		 Convocation Center (378)
Athens, OH
Jan 26, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Toledo W 79–72[35]  11–5
(5–2)		 Savage Arena (3257)
Toledo, OH
Jan 29, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Western Michigan L 64–74[36]  11–6
(5–3)		 University Arena (845)
Kalamazoo, MI
Feb 2, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Ball State L 74–84[37]  11–7
(5–4)		 Convocation Center (623)
Athens, OH
Feb 6, 2022[38]
2:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Northern Illinois L 70–80[39]  11–8
(5–5)		 Convocation Center (256)
DeKalb, IL
Feb 9, 2022
6:30 pm, ESPN3		 at Ball State postponed[40] Worthen Arena 
Muncie, IN
Feb 12, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 Western Michigan L 73–80[41]  11–9
(5–6)		 Convocation Center (491)
Athens, OH
Feb 14, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Eastern Michigan
Resched. from Jan. 1[31]		 W 66–53[42]  12–9
(6–6)		 Convocation Center (304)
Athens, OH
Feb 16, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 Toledo L 73–76[43]  12–10
(6–7)		 Convocation Center (462)
Athens, OH
Feb 19, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Bowling Green W 82–69[44]  13–10
(7–7)		 Stroh Center (1249)
Bowling Green, OH
Feb 21, 2022
5:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Akron
Resched. from Jan. 5[31]		 W 69–66[45]  14–10
(8–7)		 James A. Rhodes Arena (435)
Akron, OH
Feb 23, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Buffalo L 65–79[46]  14–11
(8–8)		 Alumni Arena (1,322)
Amherst, NY
Feb 26, 2022
3:30 pm, ESPN3		 Akron L 77–88[47]  14–12
(8–9)		 Convocation Center (1,004)
Athens, OH
Mar 2, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Miami (OH) W 73–64[48]  15–12
(9–9)		 Convocation Center (843)
Athens, OH
Mar 5, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Kent State L 50–59[49]  15–13
(9–10)		 MAC Center (797)
Kent, OH
MAC Tournament
March 9, 2022
11:00 am, ESPN+		 (8) vs. (1) Toledo
MAC Quarterfinal		 L 67–80[50]  15–14
 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 
Cleveland, OH
National Invitational Tournament
Mar 17, 2022
8:00 pm		 at South Dakota State L 57–87[51]  15–15
 Frost Arena (1,774)
Brookings, SD
*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 player of the week Cece Hooks G December 27 [52]
MAC player of the week Cece Hooks G January 17 [53]
MAC player of the week Cece Hooks G January 24 [54]

All-MAC Awards

After the season Cece Hooks won an unprecedented 4th MAC defensive player of the year.

Postseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
All-MAC 1st team Cece Hooks G Sr.
All-MAC 3rd team Erica Johnson G R-Jr.
All-MAC Honorable Mention Gabby Burris F Sr.
MAC Defensive Player of the Year Cece Hooks G Sr.
All-MAC Defensive team Cece Hooks G Sr.

Source[55]

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