Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Down IU, 68-50, to Win Hampton Inn Classic
November 26, 2005 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 26, 2005
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team put together its most consistent effort of the young season, and the result was the team's biggest win of the year to date. The Falcons posted a 68-50 road win over Indiana University Saturday night (Nov. 26), in the championship game of the Hampton Inn Classic at Assembly Hall.
The win gives the Falcons a 4-0 record for the first time since the 1991-92 team began the year with five consecutive wins. The tournament title is the Falcons' first in an in-season tournament in 16 years.
The Hoosiers drop to 1-3 on the season, with the other losses coming to Notre Dame and defending national champion Baylor.
Junior Carin Horne led four Falcon double-digit scorers with 15 points in the win, while classmate Liz Honegger added 12, all on second-half three-point field goals. Sophomore Kate Achter and junior Ali Mann had 11 and 10 points, respectively.
For the hosts, Cyndi Valentin and Jenny DeMuth combined for 39 of the 50 points, with Valentin scoring a game-high 21.
Honegger, a native of Lafayette, Ind., was named the tournament's MVP, while Horne and Achter earned all-tournament team honors. DeMuth, Valentin and IUPUI's Tanika Mays rounded out the team. IUPUI downed Youngstown State, 53-50, in the tournament's consolation game.
The Falcons are back in action on Wednesday (Nov. 30), heading to the Motor City to face the University of Detroit Mercy. Tipoff is at 7:00 p.m.
