2011–12 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team

The 2011–12 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fourth year head coach Semeka Randall, played their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 14–18 and 6–10 in MAC play.

2011–12 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	14–18 (6–10 MAC)
Head coach	Semeka Randall (4th season)
Home arena	Convocation Center

2011–12 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bowling Green	14	–	2		.875			24	–	6		.800
Miami (OH)	11	–	5		.688			21	–	9		.700
Akron	7	–	9		.438			14	–	18		.438
Ohio	6	–	10		.375			14	–	18		.438
Kent State	5	–	11		.313			6	–	21		.222
Buffalo	4	–	12		.250			9	–	22		.290
West
Eastern Michigan†	13	–	3		.813			23	–	8		.742
Toledo	13	–	3		.813			21	–	9		.700
Central Michigan	8	–	8		.500			20	–	15		.571
Northern Illinois	6	–	10		.375			14	–	17		.452
Western Michigan	5	–	11		.313			8	–	22		.267
Ball State	4	–	12		.250			9	–	21		.300
† 2012 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Preseason

The preseason poll and league awards were announced by the league office on November 1, 2011. Ohio was picked fifth in the MAC East.

Preseason women's basketball poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

1. Bowling Green
2. Miami
3. Akron
4. Kent State
5. Ohio
6. Buffalo

West Division

1. Toledo
2. Central Michigan
3. Eastern Michigan
4. Northern Illinois
5. Ball State
6. Western Michigan

Tournament champs

Toledo

Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams

Team	Player	Position	Year
Preseason All-MAC East	Tenishia Benson	G	Sr.

Source

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 13, 2011*		at Morehead State	L 57–62	0–1
Nov 19, 2011*		Marshall	W 68–56	1–1
Nov 23, 2011*		Belmont	W 65–51	2–1
Nov 26, 2011*		Chicago State	W 65–37	3–1
Nov 30, 2011*		UNC Wilmington	L 51–56	3–2
Dec 3, 2011*		at Duquesne	L 60–83	3–3
Dec 5, 2011*		at Cleveland State	L 56–66	3–4
Dec 9, 2011*		Youngstown State	L 47–55	3–5
Dec 11, 2011*		San Francisco	W 63–53	4–5
Dec 13, 2011*		Niagara	W 50–40	5–5
Dec 18, 2011*		vs. Oklahoma	L 57–89	5–6
Dec 19, 2011*		vs. Xavier	W 80–75 2OT	6–6
Dec 20, 2011*		vs. Syracuse	L 70–81	6–7
Dec 29, 2011*		George Mason	W 75–59	7–7
MAC regular season
Jan 4, 2012		Buffalo	W 73–64	8–7 (1–0)
Jan 7, 2012		at Kent State	L 65–68	8–8 (1–1)
Jan 12, 2012		at Bowling Green	L 49–61	8–9 (1–2)
Jan 15, 2012		Miami (OH)	L 47–67	8–10 (1–3)
Jan 19, 2012		Akron	W 72–71 OT	9–10 (2–3)
Jan 22, 2012		Toledo	L 33–52	9–11 (2–4)
Jan 25, 2012		at Central Michigan	L 53–67	9–12 (2–5)
Jan 28, 2012		at Western Michigan	W 72–59	10–12 (3–5)
Feb 1, 2012		Eastern Michigan	L 53–63	10–13 (3–6)
Feb 4, 2012		at Northern Illinois	L 46–50	10–14 (3–7)
Feb 11, 2012		Ball State	W 76–57	11–14 (4–7)
Feb 14, 2012		at Akron	L 65–71	11–15 (4–8)
Feb 18, 2012		Kent State	W 51–45	12–15 (5–8)
Feb 22, 2012		Bowling Green	W 60–56	13–15 (6–8)
Feb 25, 2012		at Buffalo	L 56–61	13–16 (6–9)
Feb 28, 2012		at Miami (OH)	L 49–51	13–17 (6–10)
MAC Tournament
Mar 3, 2012		Kent State	W 58–40	14–17
Mar 7, 2012		vs. Central Michigan	L 55–58	14–18
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards and honors

All-MAC Awards

Postseason All-MAC teams

Team	Player	Position	Year
All-MAC 1st team	Tenishia Benson	G	Sr.