Bowling Green State University Athletics
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Morehead State
Falcons Defeat Morehead State, 65-51
December 30, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 30, 2003
RICHMOND, Ky. - Senior Stefanie Wenzel scored 27 points as the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team downed Morehead State University, 65-51, Tuesday (Dec. 30). The neutral-site game, part of the Comfort Suites Classic hosted by Eastern Kentucky University, was held at McBrayer Arena.
With the victory, the Falcons move to 6-4 on the season, and BGSU finishes the EKU Comfort Suites Classic with a 2-0 record. The Eagles drop to 3-6 on the year.
Wenzel had 21 of her points in the second half, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the Falcons' 33 points in the final 20 minutes. Her game-high eight field goals included a 4-for-6 performance from three-point range.
Wenzel was the only BGSU player in double digits. Freshman Liz Honegger and redshirt sophomore Casey McDowell each had nine points, while senior Lindsay Austin added eight.
Megen Gearhart led MSU with 15 points, while Kandi Brown added 12.
Morehead got out to a quick start. After Honegger opened the scoring with a three-pointer, the Eagles scored the next 11 points, holding the Falcons scoreless for nearly six minutes. With MSU holding a 12-5 lead a moment later, however, it was BG's turn to make a run.
Freshman Carin Horne's second field goal of the game ignited an 8-0 Falcon scoring burst, and McDowell followed a conventional three-point play with a shot from behind the arc, giving BG a 13-12 lead.
Following a Brown triple, the Falcons scored the next 10 points. Another McDowell triple capped the 18-3 run and gave the Brown and Orange a 23-15 lead. BG led by as many as 13 points before taking an 11-point edge into the lockerroom, 32-21.
In the second half, the Eagles narrowed the lead to eight points on three occasions, the last at 42-34 midway through the half. But, a Wenzel triple began a 10-0 BGSU run over the next 3:21. Wenzel scored seven of the Falcons' 10 points during that time.
MSU rallied, as an 8-0 run cut the Falcon lead to nine points, 54-45, with just under five minutes left. But, Wenzel hit a pair of free throws, and the lead never dropped below double digits again. Wenzel made two more treys to provide some insurance.
The Falcons held a 47-35 advantage in rebounding, with Wenzel and freshman Ali Mann each grabbing eight and Honegger seven. DeVonda Williams led the Eagles with eight boards.
Austin and Mann each had four assists to lead the Brown and Orange, while MSU's Brown had a game-high six. Austin led all players with four steals on the night.
The Falcons committed 20 turnovers, but forced 22 by the Eagles. The Falcons went to the free-throw line 31 times, making 22, with Wenzel going 7-for-8. MSU was just 5-for-13 from the stripe.
BGSU closes the non-conference portion of the schedule, and opens the 2004 calendar year, with a Saturday (Jan. 3) home game vs. Cleveland State. That game, the first half of a Falcon basketball doubleheader, is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. at Anderson Arena.
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