Falcons Head to Vegas for Holiday Hoops Classic

BGSU vs. OAKLAND
Sunday, December 19, 2021 • 5:30 p.m. ET
South Point Arena • Las Vegas, Nev.
Video: FloHoops • Audio: None
Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com • Twitter: @BGSUwbb

~~BGSU vs. CAMPBELL~~ (Canceled)

BGSU vs. UT MARTIN
Tuesday, December 21, 2021 • 8:00 p.m. ET
South Point Arena • Las Vegas, Nev.
Video: FloHoops • Audio: BG Falcon Media
Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com • Twitter: @BGSUwbb

• The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team heads to Nevada for a pair of games in the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic. Head coach Robyn Fralick and the Falcons, the defending Mid-American Conference regular-season champions, will face Oakland University on Sunday (Dec. 19), with tipoff set for 2:30 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. ET) at South Point Arena. (NOTE: This is a change from the original schedule.)

• Then, on Tuesday (Dec. 21), the Orange and Brown will meet the University of Tennessee at Martin, with tipoff scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Vegas time (8:00 p.m. ET).

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• There are multiple ways to keep up with the Falcons this season...

• TV/VIDEO: All but one of BGSU's home games, as well as many road contests, will be streamed via ESPN3 or ESPN+. The Falcons' two games in Vegas are slated to be aired on FloHoops.
• RADIO/AUDIO: All BGSU home games and selected road games – including the UT Martin contest – are tentatively scheduled to have an audio stream thanks to the Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization (BGRSO).
• LIVE STATS: Live stats are scheduled to be available for all BGSU games in 2021-22.
• TWITTER: In-game updates, along with key graphics and information, can be found on the BGSU women's basketball twitter account, @BGSUwbb.

Links to any and all ways to follow the Falcons will be available on the schedule page at BGSUFalcons.com on game day.

THE OPENING TIP
• The Falcons are 3-4 on the young season, including marks of 3-1 inside the Stroh Center, 0-1 in true road games and 0-2 in neutral-site contests. After losing a pair of games by a combined six points in the Navy Classic (Nov. 27-28), the Orange and Brown returned home to beat Valparaiso (69-53; Dec. 5) and Notre Dame College (100-48; Dec. 12) on back-to-back Sundays.

• The Falcons posted a 32-point win over East Tennessee State in the season opener, before dropping a 71-60 decision against Horizon League favorite IUPUI and a 94-63 result on the road against then-#21/25 Ohio State. Then, BGSU fell in a pair of narrow contests at the Navy Classic, against George Mason (77-75 in overtime; Nov. 27) and Liberty (76-72; Nov. 28) prior to returning to Ohio and winning those back-to-back Sunday matchups at the Stroh.

• Head coach Robyn Fralick, in her fourth season at the helm of the Falcons, returned 10 players off of last year's BGSU roster.

CENTURY MARK
• The Falcons hit the century mark for the first time in over 17 years, downing Notre Dame College, 100-48, on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 12) at the Stroh Center.

• It marked the Falcons' first triple-digit point total since BG racked up 115 points in a win at IPFW (now Purdue Fort Wayne) on Nov. 19, 2004.

• The Falcons set a new Stroh Center record for points in a game. BGSU had scored 99 points in a win over Marshall on Nov. 13, 2018. That Marshall matchup marked Robyn Fralick's first home contest as head coach of the Orange and Brown.

• BGSU reached the century mark in a home game for the first time since a 102-69 win over Western Michigan. That victory came on Jan. 3, 2008, inside venerable Anderson Arena.

• The Falcons now have scored 100 or more points a total of 25 times in the history of the program.

PROLIFIC POINT TOTALS
• In addition to reaching the 100-point plateau, the Falcons posted a few other notable point totals in the win over Notre Dame College.

• The Falcons set a school record for most points in a quarter on Sunday, with 38 points in the second period vs. NDC. The previous record was 34 points, set against Loyola Chicago on Nov. 20, 2018.

• BGSU scored 61 points in the first half, the third-highest total in school history and the highest output in a half since January of 1992. The only higher-scoring halves in program history came against Kent (Jan. 11, 1989) and Valparaiso (Jan. 5, 1992), with BG scoring 66 points in each case.

• BGSU's 52-point margin of victory was the Falcons' largest in 40 years (plus one week), and tied for the second-largest in program history. BG posted a 58-point win over Taylor just over four decades ago (94-36; Dec. 5, 1981), and the Falcons also won by 52 points in a 1975 home game against Ohio Northern (77-25; Feb. 11, 1975).

SHARPS-SHOOTING FALCON
• Morgan Sharps went 5-of-7 from three-point range in the win over Valparaiso, tying for game honors with 17 points, and she was 3-for-6 from the arc against Notre Dame College. Sharps is averaging 3.29 successful three-pointers per game, tying her for second in the MAC and 14th in the nation.

• Sharps, a transfer from Xavier, is shooting 51.1% from long distance on the year, ranking second in the conference and 15th in the country in long-range accuracy.

YOU CAN'T SPELL "HAMPTON AMONG THE NATION'S LEADERS" WITHOUT "HAMPTON"
• Nyla Hampton had 56 steals in 24 games last season, finishing third on the team in overall steals and second on the Falcons in steals per game (2.3).

• Through seven games this season, Hampton has 28 steals, an average of 4.00 per game. She leads the MAC in both categories.

• Hampton currently ranks fourth in the entire nation in steals per game, while ranking 25th in total steals. The sophomore has had three games with five steals or more this season.

• For her career, Hampton is averaging 2.7 steals per game, with 84 in 31 career contests in the Orange and Brown.

VELASCO HEATS UP
• Freshman Amy Velasco scored a game-high 19 points – all in the first half – in the win over NDC. She went 7-for-8 from the field vs. the (NDC) Falcons.

• That came one game after she tied for game honors with 17 points against Valparaiso. In those two contests, Velasco shot a combined 15-of-19 from the floor, including a perfect 12-for-12 from two-point range. She had 36 points in 46 minutes of action.

WELCOME!
• Each of BGSU's four 2021-22 newcomers have made an immediate impact on the court. Freshmen. Zoe Miller and Amy Velasco were in the starting lineup for the season opener, and have started five games apiece. Classmate Jocelyn Tate and sophomore Morgan Sharps have been two of the Falcons' top players off the bench.

• Currently, Sharps and Miller rank 1-2 on the team in scoring. Sharps has 13.6 points per outing, with Miller at 11.1 ppg.

GREETINGS!
• BGSU's four newcomers combined for 40 points and 23 rebounds in the season opener vs. ETSU. and 42 points and 14 boards three days later against IUPUI.

• In the latter game, the quartet combined for 42 of the Falcons' 60 points. And, that group had a combined 41 of BG's 63 points at Ohio State and a total of 52 points against Notre Dame College.

• In fact, through seven games, BGSU's four newcomers have combined to average 40.1 points per game. The quartet has combined to score at least 32 points in each of the seven contests.

• Sharps has scored in double digits a team-leading six times this season, while Miller has five double-figure games to date. Velasco had a then career-high 17 points to tie Sharps for game honors in the win over Valpo, and Velasco set a new career best with 19 points vs. NDC.

• The four newcomers have combined for 16 of the Falcons' 23 individual double-figure outputs this season to date.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE GOLDEN GRIZZLIES
• Oakland is 4-5 on the season, and the Golden Grizzlies are coming off of a dominant 79-58 win at Central Michigan on Dec. 7. OU is 3-4 at home and 1-1 on the road this season to date, and Sunday will be the Grizzlies' first neutral-site game of the 2021-22 campaign.

• Kahlaijah Dean leads the team with 18.6 points per game, including a 34-point effort in the win at CMU, while Olivia Sims and Lamariyee Williams have 8.0 and 7.7 ppg, respectively. Head coach Jeff Tungate and the Golden Grizzlies went 12-12 overall and 12-8 in Horizon League play in 2020-21. Tungate is taking a medical leave of absence, and associate head coach Ke'Sha Blanton is serving as acting head coach.

THE SERIES
• The Falcons lead Oakland, 5-3, in the all-time series, and BGSU has won the last four meetings. The teams will be meeting for the first time since 2010. That '10 meeting saw BG pick up an 80-46 victory at venerable Anderson Arena (Nov. 20, 2010). The Falcons are 2-2 at home and 3-1 on the road vs. the Golden Grizzlies, and Sunday will mark the first-ever neutral-site meeting between the teams.

SCOUTING THE SKYHAWKS
• UT Martin has a 3-7 record heading into a Monday matchup vs. Akron. The Skyhawks are looking to snap a five-game losing streak, including a 69-54 setback vs. Southern Illinois on Wednesday.

• Paige Pipkin has 12.0 ppg, while Holly Forbes has 10.1 ppg and a team-leading 6.1 rpg. The Skyhawks are 1-3 at home, 0-2 on the road and 2-2 in neutral-site contests heading into the Akron game. Head coach Kevin McMillan returned eight players, including two starters, from the 2020-21 team that went 22-6 overall and 17-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Skyhawks won the OVC regular-season title and advanced to the WNIT.

THE SERIES
• BGSU leads UT Martin, 1-0, in the all-time series. The lone prior meeting was a 78-36 Falcon win nearly 14 years ago (Dec. 30, 2007), in the Cyclone Shootout in Ames, Iowa.

DOWN THE ROAD
• Following the two games in Vegas and a break for the holidays, the Orange and Brown will open Mid-American Conference play on Dec. 29 at Eastern Michigan. The home portion of the MAC schedule commences on New Year's Day, when BG battles Ball State at the Stroh.

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