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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Women's Basketball Falls At Akron
February 10, 2001 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 10, 2001
AKRON, Ohio - The University of Akron used a 14-0 run early in the second half to erase a five-point deficit and post an 88-63 win over the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team. The Mid-American Conference game was held Saturday (Feb. 10) at UA's James A. Rhodes Arena.
The Falcons were led by senior Angie Farmer's 19 points, while junior Francine Miller and freshman Lindsay Austin had 13 apiece. Austin had a season-high nine assists.
Akron's Jamie Krivak had a game-high 24 points, setting a career best, while Julie McDivitt had a season-high 19. The Zips improve to 5-17 overall and 3-8 in MAC play, while BG drops to 9-13 and 5-6, respectively.
The Falcons took an early lead, making seven of the team's first eight shots on the day, and BG led for much of the first half. Despite shooting .515 from the field in that half, found themselves up by just two points, 41-39, at the break. Akron's leading scorer, Cheryl Bowles, was held to an 0-of-6 performance from the field and just two points in the half, but the Zips hung tough with the Falcons largely on the strength of a 6-for-8 performance from three-point land in the opening 20 minutes.
BGSU opened the second half with a Farmer three-pointer, one of the senior's five on the day, to take a 44-39 lead with just 24 seconds elapsed. But, UA would score the next 14 points of the game, with Bowles getting six and Krivak five during that time, to take a nine-point lead at the 15:28 mark.
The Falcons quickly rallied to within three points as Miller and Farmer both hit treys, but a 7-0 Zip run gave the hosts a 10-point lead with 11:57 remaining, and the Falcons never got closer than 12 points the rest of the way.
UA scored 20 of the game's last 27 points, with 10 of those 20 markers coming at the free-throw line. The Falcons were whistled for 27 fouls to the Zips' nine, and Akron held a 38-7 advantage in free-throw attempts.
For the game, BG shot .366, while Akron's .474 effort included a .556 (15-of-37) performance in the second half. The Zips made nine treys in 16 attempts (.563), while BG was 8-of-27 from beyond the arc.
Senior Jackie Adlington led the Falcons in rebounding for the eighth-straight game, tying her BG career-best with 11. Bowles, who finished with 16 points, had nine rebounds for the Zips to tie teammate Sandy Martin.
The Falcons will return to the road for a Monday (Feb. 12) game at Miami University. Start time is 7:00 p.m. at Millett Hall in Oxford.
