Falcons Face First-Place Ohio Saturday at the Stroh

Saturday, January 26

Bowling Green, OH

2:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Ohio

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January 25, 2019 | Women's Basketball

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BGSU ends January with a pair of home contests against MAC powers

By: BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSU Athletic Communications)

BGSU vs. OHIO
Saturday, January 26, 2018 • 2:00 p.m.
Stroh Center • Bowling Green, Ohio

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UP NEXT FOR THE FALCONS...
The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team returns home for a two-game homestand against two of the top teams in the Mid-American Conference, beginning Saturday (Jan. 26) afternoon. Robyn Fralick and the Falcons face MAC East Division co-leader Ohio University in a 2:00 p.m. tip at the Stroh Center.

NEED-TO-KNOW INFORMATION
(We provide these three fascinating facts only on a need-to-know basis – If you don't know, now you know. Keep reading for more info. re: these fascinating facts)
>> Junior Andrea Cecil had a career-high 33 points, one of the top-scoring efforts in program history, on Wednesday night at Eastern Michigan.

>> Freshman Kadie Hempfling had one of the top rebounding performances by a Falcon in the last two-plus decades, as her 16 rebounds at EMU included 10 offensive boards.

>> All six of BGSU's MAC games to date have been within three points with under 12 minutes remaining. Five of those six contests have been three-point games into the fourth quarter, and no fewer than four have been one-possession games in the final minute.

CECIL'S CAREER NIGHT
With 33 points at EMU on Wednesday night, junior Andrea Cecil set a new career high, and posted the 11th-highest single-game scoring total in program history. It was the sixth-highest point total in a road game in BG annals.

Cecil scored the most points by a Falcon in almost eight years, since Lauren Prochaska had 37 points on Feb. 12, 2011. Prochaska's 37-point performance also came against the Eagles at the Convocation Center.

Cecil had 30 points vs. Detroit Mercy earlier this season (Dec. 17, 2018). She becomes the first Falcon to score 30 or more points twice in a season since Prochaska had three such games in 2010-11.
BGSU RECORD BOOK – MOST POINTS, GAME
1. 43 Lauren Prochaska vs. Central Michigan, 2/15/09
2. 37 Lauren Prochaska at Eastern Michigan, 2/12/11
3. 35 Francine Miller vs. Marshall, 2/17/01
   35 Francine Miller at Kent, 1/17/00
   35 Jacki Raterman vs. Ball State, 2/9/99
   35 Jackie Motycka at Washington State, 12/12/87
7. 34 Carin Horne vs. Ball State, 1/7/04
   34 Jacki Raterman at Ball State, 1/6/99
   34 Lori Albers vs. Kent, 3/13/93
   34 Jackie Motycka at Central Michigan, 2/25/89
11. 33 Andrea Cecil at Eastern Mich.igan, 1/23/19

HEMPFLING'S OFFENSIVE ONSLAUGHT
Freshman Kadie Hempfling had a game-high 16 rebounds, including 10 at the offensive end of the floor, on Wednesday at Eastern Michigan. She is only the third BGSU player since 1995 to post a double-digit offensive-rebounding total in a game.

Hempfling's total of 10 offensive boards is the highest by a BG player in over five years, since Alexis Rogers also pulled down 10 offensive rebounds against Buffalo on Jan. 4, 2014.

No BG player has had more than 10 offensive rebounds since the legendary Charlotta Jones had 12 offensive boards against Miami on Jan. 31, 1996. Jones had totals of 20 points and 22 rebounds in that game at venerable Anderson Arena.
DOUBLE-DIGIT OFFENSIVE-REBOUNDING TOTALS (since 1995)
1. 12  Charlotta Jones vs. Miami, 1/31/96 (20 pts, 22 rebs in 88-76 loss)
2. 10 Alexis Rogers vs. Buffalo, 1/4/14 (22 pts 17 rebs in 62-50 win)
10 Kadie Hempfling at Eastern Michigan, 1/23/19 (9 pts, 16 rebs, 5 asts)

CECIL IN ELITE COMPANY AS WELL
Junior Andrea Cecil, as mentioned, has had at least 30 points in two games this season, with 30 vs. Detroit Mercy (Dec. 17, 2018) and 33 at EMU on Wednesday night. She is the first Falcon to score 30 or more points twice in a season in eight years.

In fact, Cecil is one of just 10 different Falcons to post at least two 30-point games in a season. Michelle Shade (1994-95) and Jacki Raterman (1998-99) each had a season with four 30-point games, while Angie Bonner (1989-90) and Lauren Prochaska (both 2008-09 and 2010-11) had three 30-point outings.

Cecil joins Lori Albers, Charlotta Jones, Jackie Motycka (twice), Tracy Pontius and Sara Puthoff with a pair of 30-point games in a single season.

THE FALCONS: A QUICK OVERVIEW
BGSU enters the Ohio game with a record of 7-10, and the Falcons are 0-6 in MAC play, having lost the first three of those conference games by a total of just 12 points.

BG saw a four-game winning streak snapped with a narrow 84-82 loss to Western Michigan in the league opener at the Stroh Center, and the Falcons have also fallen to Northern Illinois and Toledo at home and Ball State, Akron and Eastern Michigan on the road.

Most recently, BG dropped an 81-74 decision to the Eagles on Wednesday.

BGSU was a perfect 4-0 in the month of December, marking the Falcons' second winning streak of three or more games this season. After falling in the season opener at Michigan State, BG bounced back with wins over Marshall, Robert Morris and Loyola Chicago, 88-74, at the Stroh. The Falcons dropped the next three games before putting together the aforementioned four-game win streak.

The Falcons are 5-3 at home, 2-6 on the road and 0-1 in neutral-site contests.

Head coach Robyn Fralick is in her first season on the BGSU bench. Her staff includes associate head coach Kim Cameron, assistant coach/recruiting coordinator Karmen Graham, assistant coach Joel Whymer, director of operations Monique Rosati and video coordinator Amanda Cutcher.

Four Falcons are averaging over 11 points per game. Freshman Morgan McMillen leads the way with 15.2 points per contest, and has scored in double digits in 14 of her first 17 career outings.

McMillen tied the school single-game record with eight triples vs. Marshall (in her second collegiate game). She is ranked 10th in the nation in three-pointers made per game, and has a total of 59 on the year.

Junior Andrea Cecil has 14.8 ppg to date, and is second on the Falcons in rebounding as well as scoring, with 4.9 boards per game. Cecil has had 19 or more points eight times this season, and is coming off of an epic 33-point, 10-rebound outing at EMU. The junior is shooting 41.9% from three-point land.

Sophomore Angela Perry has 13.1 ppg and is shooting 55.1% from the floor, good for 38th in the nation in field-goal pct. Perry, who has seen action in 14 games, has already more than doubled her point total for all of last season. She had 24 points, including 20 in the second half, vs. Akron, and has three 20-point games this year to date.

Senior Sydney Lambert is averaging 11.4 ppg and leads the team with 4.2 assists per game. She has hit 32 treys, good for third on the team, and also has 4.0 boards per outing.

Freshman Kadie Hempfling and sophomore Madisen Parker have 5.8 and 4.9 ppg, respectively. Hempfling averages a BG-best 9.3 rebounds per game, and she also has dished out 4.2 assists per game to rank second on the Falcons in that category (71 total assists to Lambert's 72).

Hempfling has had nine double-digit rebounding totals in her first 17 games, including a 16-rebound contest at EMU. In that game, she had 10 offensive rebounds, becoming only the third Falcon since 1995 to reach that total.

Parker has gone 23-of-56 (41.1%) from three-point range this year, including a perfect 3-for-3 in each of two Falcon wins and 2-for-2 at Akron.

In MAC games only, Cecil leads the team with 13.5 ppg, while Perry has 13.3 ppg. Perry has 5.5 boards and Cecil 4.8. Lambert and McMillen are scoring 12.0 and 11.8 ppg, respectively, in conference contests, while Hempfling and senior Maddie Cole each have 5.0 ppg. Hempfling has a team-high 9.5 rpg, while Cole is 13-for-20 (65.0%) from the floor in the six games. Five different players have between 10 and 22 assists in MAC matchups.

BGSU returned a total of 10 letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's team that finished with an 11-19 overall record and a 3-15 mark in MAC play.

A total of eight different Falcons have made at least one start this season. Cecil and Lambert are the only two players to have started all 17 games.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE BOBCATS
Ohio is 16-1 this season, and the Bobcats are off to a 5-1 start in the MAC, good for a tie at the top of the East Division. The 'Cats will enter the Stroh Center riding a four-game winning streak, including a 69-53 win at Northern Illinois on Wednesday night. Ohio's lone loss this season came to Central Michigan on Jan. 9. The Bobcats are 8-1 at home, a perfect 6-0 on the road and 2-0 in neutral-site games this season to date. No fewer than five players are averaging at least 12.5 points per game, led by Cierra Hooks at 16.2 ppg. Head coach Bob Boldon welcomed back seven letterwinners, including four starters, from last year's team that finished 16-25 overall and 9-9 in the MAC.

THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Ohio, 55-29, in the all-time series between the teams, but the Bobcats have won each of the last eight meetings after BG had taken the previous four games. Last season, the 'Cats picked up a 70-63 win at the Stroh Center (Jan. 20, 2018) and a 69-58 decision in Athens (Feb. 17, 2018). BGSU's last win in the series was a 63-39 victory on March 2, 2014. BG is 31-9 in home games, 21-18 in road contests and 3-2 in neutral-site games vs. Ohio over the years.

DOWN THE ROAD
Following the Ohio game, the Falcons will end the month of January with a home game vs. reigning MAC champion Central Michigan. That Wednesday (Jan. 30) contest will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center.

Then, February begins with trips to Toledo (Feb. 2) and Northern Illinois (Feb. 6) for rematches with the Rockets & Huskies.

The game with NIU is BGSU's final cross-divisional contest of the year, as the Falcons end the regular season with eight-straight matchups with MAC East Division foes.

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