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BGSU Wins at Miami, 64-56, for 30th-Straight Victory vs. MAC Opposition
January 17, 2007 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 17, 2007
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OXFORD, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - In the Mid-American Conference, road wins are hard to come by, and no style points are awarded.
For the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, Tuesday night's (Jan. 16) game against Miami may not have been a thing of beauty, but it was a road win in the MAC, as the Falcons downed the RedHawks, 64-56, at Millett Hall.
With the win, the Falcons improve to 15-2 on the season and a perfect 5-0 in MAC action. The RedHawks dropped to 9-9 and 3-2, respectively.
The victory was BG's 30th in a row against a MAC opponent, extending the school and conference records. The Falcons have won eight-straight games since a loss to Duke on Dec. 19, and BGSU has won 12 consecutive MAC road contests.
Senior Ali Mann scored a game-high 18 points to pace four BG players in double digits. Senior Amber Flynn had 14 points off the bench, while another senior, Liz Honegger, had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Mann added nine boards and Flynn seven.
Junior Kate Achter rounded out BG's double-figure scorers with a 10-point night, while sophomore Lindsey Goldsberry contributed eight points and seven boards in 29 minutes, tying her career bests in each of the latter two categories.
For the RedHawks, Amanda Jackson scored 21 points to lead all players, while Jenna Schone had 18. Eve Pyle grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds as the hosts held a slim 47-45 advantage in that category.
The Falcons did most of their damage inside, with a 40-24 margin in points in the paint. Sixteen of BG's first 17 points on the night came in the lane.
The game featured five ties and six lead changes. Mann and Honegger each were 2-of-2 from the field over the game's first four minutes, as BG took an 8-7 lead into the first media timeout of the night.
For the RedHawks, Jackson had six of the `Hawks' seven points during that span, but the home team was whistled for five fouls in that time.
Mann hit a foul shot - an area in which both teams struggled mightily Tuesday night - to give the Brown and Orange a two-point lead, but a Miami steal and a Jackson transition jumper tied the contest at 9-9.
An offensive rebound and putback by Stephanie Ford was followed by a Laura Markwood layup as she lost her defender. Miami led, 13-9, and the Falcons took a timeout at the 11:53 mark.
That BG timeout was followed by a media timeout at the next deadball. Out of that break, soph Jasmine McCall stole MU's inbounds pass and fed Goldsberry for a layup on a two-on-one break.
Flynn blew by her would-be defender for a layup to tie the score at 13-all midway through the first half.
Schone got to the line and split a pair of charity tosses, but Mann backed her defender down in the lane and hit an uncontested layup when that defender fell to the ground in an attempt to draw an offensive foul.
After Mann's layup, two other seniors teamed up for a basket on BG's next possession. Honegger, working with her back to the basket, saw Flynn alertly cutting to the hoop. Honegger's bounce pass found her classmate for a layup and a 17-14 lead.
Achter hit a layup at the 6:24 mark, then got herself to the line and split a pair of free throws. The Falcons had a 20-14 lead, but the RedHawks erased that in a hurry.
The RedHawks answered BG's 7-0 run with a seven-point run of their own, taking a 21-20 lead in Jaclyn Leininger's layup at the 4:27 mark. But, Mann, with two fouls, returned to the game after several minutes on the bench, and hit a three-pointer on BG's next trip down the floor to give the Falcons the lead once again.
The Falcons held a small lead for the remainder of the first half, with BG closing the scoring on a second-chance layup by Flynn with 24 seconds left to take a 30-27 lead into the lockerroom.
The Falcons shot 40.6 percent in the first half while the RedHawks had a 34.4% field-goal rate. BG had nine turnovers to MU's eight, and the teams combined to go 2-for-18 from three-point range and 7-of-17 from the free-throw line. Most of those trends would continue in the second half.
Honegger hit a pair of jumpers in the first few minutes of the second half, giving the Brown and Orange a 34-30 lead. But, two quick Jackson hoops gave her 16 points and her team a 34-34 deadlock at the initial media timeout of the half.
Flynn worked inside for a layup, and, after a Goldsberry defensive rebound, the next possession saw the sophomore fire a bounce pass to Flynn for another layup and a four-point lead that prompted a Miami timeout.
After Jackson halved the lead with a jumper, the RedHawks got the ball back via a BG turnover. But, Honegger, BGSU's career leader in both blocked shots and three-point field goals, showed her prowess in both categories. The Falcon senior blocked back-to-back MU shot attempts, then came downcourt to take a pass from Achter and hit a trailing three-pointer, giving the Falcons a 41-36 lead.
The teams traded points over the next few minutes, with Mann calling for the ball and hitting a layup off Goldsberry's entry pass. Then, after Ford scored on a putback, Goldsberry drove to the basket, drew a foul on Schone and hit both free throws for a 45-40 lead.
McCall split two free throws, and Flynn drew a charge on Jackson, for Jackson's fourth foul of the game with 9:39 left. A Goldsberry jumper just 14 seconds later gave the Falcons an eight-point advantage, 48-40.
BG took the game's first double-digit lead as a result of a hustle play from Flynn. The senior missed a layup attempt, but got past a Redhawk player to grab the rebound and draw a foul. She hit both free throws to put the Falcons up by a 51-41 count with 6:13 left.
Neither team would score for nearly two minutes, before Mann hit what appeared to be a back-breaking three-pointer. The senior took a pass from Honegger and hit a left-side triple for a 54-41 lead with 4:16 on the clock.
Miami turned the ball over on the next possession, and Honegger and senior Megan Thorburn gave BG a 15-point lead on a give-and-go play. On a two-on-one break, the Miami defender fell down and Thorburn had an uncontested layup. A Jackson three-ball cut the Falcons' lead to 56-44 with 3:36 left.
Out of the game's final media timeout, Achter drove to the hoop as the shot clock wound down, drew contact from defender and hit a layup as the whistle blew. Achter's free throw was no good, but BG held a 58-44 lead.
MU scored the next three points to cut the lead to 11. But, as the RedHawks pressed after a made free throw, Mann fired a pass over everyone's head to a wide-open Achter, and the junior's layup gave BG a 60-47 lead.
Miami, however, was not finished. The RedHawks proceeded to score the game's next nine points. A Schone three-pointer cut BG's lead to 60-50, and the `Hawks took their final timeout with 1:46 left.
The Falcons used all of the shot clock on the next possession, but a jumper would not go down, and MU got the ball back with 1:17 left. Schone split a pair of free throws with 1:01 on the clock, missing the second. BG got the rebound, but a travel call gave the ball back to the hosts with 56.3 seconds remaining.
Schone hit a three-pointer with 50 seconds left, and a Jackson steal on the inbounds pass led to a Pyle layup. Suddenly, BG's lead was only four points, 60-56, with 42 seconds on the clock.
The RedHawks, however, could get no closer. MU fouled on the next possession, and Achter hit two free throws for a 62-56 lead. Over the next 35 seconds, MU missed four shots, but BG missed four consecutive free-throw tries before Goldsberry hit two tosses with 1.2 seconds left to provide the final margin.
For the game, the Falcons shot 39.3%, while holding Miami to just a 32.4% field-goal rate. BGSU was only 3-for-15 from three-point range and 13-for-25 from the foul line, but MU made just 4-of-24 long-distance attempts and 8-of-18 shots from the stripe.
The Falcons return home for a Saturday (Jan. 20) game against Central Michigan University. Tipoff is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at Anderson Arena.
