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Women's Basketball Moves To 3-0 In MAC Play
January 09, 2001 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 9, 2001
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Junior Francine Miller scored 17 points to lead six players in double figures as the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team defeated Central Michigan, 82-63, Tuesday night (Jan. 9). The Mid-American Conference game was held at Anderson Arena.
The Falcons, now 7-7 overall and 3-0 in MAC play, trailed by a 35-33 count at halftime, but opened the second stanza with a 14-4 run to take the lead for good. Miller scored the Falcons' first five points of the half, with her three-pointer at the 19:00 mark giving the Brown and Orange a 38-37 advantage.
Freshman Kelly Kapferer and sophomore Kim Griech each hit baskets to complete a 9-0 BG run and give the hosts a seven-point lead. Laurie Henderson countered with a bucket for CMU (3-11, 0-3 MAC), but a Griech layup was followed by a three-pointer from senior Angie Farmer, giving the home team a double-digit lead with 14:42 left. CMU would get no closer than seven points thereafter. BG slowly pulled away, with the final margin the biggest of the game.
Farmer joined Miller in double digits with 15 points on the night, while senior Afra Smith and junior Dana Western added 13 apiece.
For the second-straight game, Kapferer had 10 points. Kapferer, who set a season scoring high in Saturday's (Jan. 6) win over Ohio, earned her first collegiate start in the CMU game. Griech also had 10 points on the evening, giving the Brown and Orange six double-digit scorers for the first time in nearly three years (since an 88-85 loss at Kent on Jan. 14, 1998).
The Falcons have started conference play for a 3-0 ledger for the first time under third-year coach Dee Knoblauch. The MAC start is the best for the Brown and Orange since the 1997-98 team began at 5-0.
In addition to her team-high scoring total, Miller added six rebounds, six assists and three steals on the night. Western had a team-high eight boards and a pair of blocked shots, while freshman Lindsay Austin had a game-high seven assists, matching her season best. Sophomore Desiree Eidson, a Bowling Green native, had a game-high 18 points for CMU, adding 10 rebounds. Beth Kindel had 11 points off the bench for the visitors.
The game marked the return of Falcon senior Jackie Adlington. Adlington, who had not played since breaking her foot in the season-opening win over Youngstown State (Nov. 18, 2000). She had a blocked shot in her one minute of action vs. the Chippewas.
BGSU shot .483 from the field, and made nine three-point field goals in 23 attempts (.391) on the evening. CMU shot .406 from the floor and .250 (5-of-20) from three-point range.
BG shot .833 from the free-throw line, sinking 15 tosses in 18 attempts. The Falcons had 17 turnovers to the Chippewas' 20.
The Falcons will remain home for a Saturday (Jan. 13) contest vs. the arch-rival University of Toledo. Start time is 1:00 p.m. at Anderson.
