Bowling Green State University
BUCKNELL
Falcons Top Bucknell, 80-60, to Close Non-League Schedule
December 30, 2004 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 30, 2004
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - All 12 healthy players on the roster found the scoring column as the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team posted a 20-point victory, 80-60, over visiting Bucknell University Thursday night (Dec. 30). The non-conference game was held at Anderson Arena.
The victory increases the Falcons' current winning streak to four games, and BGSU closes the non-conference portion of the schedule with a record of 7-4. The Bison drop to 4-7 on the season.
BG finishes the non-league slate with a 7-4 mark for the third consecutive season. The Falcons' total of 21 non-conference, regular-season victories during that time ties the school record for a three-year period. BG's 21-12 non-league slate since the beginning of the 2002-03 season is the best record of any Mid-American Conference school during that time.
The win also evened fourth-year head coach Curt Miller's record at 49-49 since taking the reins. The last time Miller was at the .500 mark was two games into his BG tenure.
The Falcons' top-four scorers on the season were at it again Thursday, as all four hit double figures. Sophomore Liz Honegger led all players with 19 points and 10 rebounds, while classmate Carin Horne had 16 points off the bench. Each player scored a point per minute in the contest.
Soph Ali Mann had 15 points, while freshman Kate Achter had 12 points and a game-high five assists. Lindsey Hollobaugh led the Bison with 15 points, while Kristina Collymore added 12.
The Falcons never trailed in Thursday's contest, although the game was tied at both 2-2 and 4-4. BG led, 6-5, when the Brown and Orange went on a 9-0 run. Achter scored four consecutive points during that run, and a three-point field goal by junior Casey McDowell put the Falcons ahead, 15-5.
A pair of Collymore free throws ended that run, but BG proceeded to go on another run. The Falcons scored the game's next 10 points, capped by a Horne trey. That concluded a 19-2 surge that put the Falcons ahead by a 25-7 count.
Beginning with that triple, Horne scored 12 points in a span of just 3:05.
The Falcons' biggest first half lead came after the last of those 12 points by Horne, as the sophomore hit a pair of charity tosses to make it a 21-point game, 34-13, with 7:22 left before the break. The Falcons took a 17-point lead, 41-24, into the lockerroom.
Two sophs were in double digits at the half, as Horne had 14 points and Honegger 10 (on 4-for-4 shooting). Another classmate, Mann, had seven points at the intermission.
In the second half, BG scored the first seven points to take a 48-24 lead with a minute-and-a-half's time elapsed. The lead ballooned to as many as 31 points on several occasions, before both teams began to substitute liberally. Bucknell closed the game on a 12-2 run over the last four minutes to narrow the gap from 30 to 20 points.
The Falcons had a 40-16 advantage in points in the paint, and BG had 18 points off turnovers to the visitors' four. The Brown and Orange outrebounded the Bison, 47-34, with BG's total including 20 offensive boards.
BGSU now prepares for MAC play, opening with a two-game road stretch. The Falcons will head to Buffalo on Wednesday (Jan. 5), before playing at Western Michigan three days later. BG's next home game is Wednesday, Jan. 12, against Eastern Michigan in a rematch of last year's Kraft MAC Tournament championship game.
