Friday, November 14
Bowling Green, OH
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Photo by: Bianca Garza, BGSU Marketing and Communications
Bucknell Edges BGSU, 53-52, in Season Opener
November 14, 2014 | Women's Basketball
Hoekstra leads the way with 17 points for the hosts
Visiting Bucknell University escaped the Stroh Center with a victory, downing the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team by a 53-52 count Friday night (Nov. 14). The game was the regular-season opener for both teams.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Bianca Garza, BGSU Mkt. & Comm.
Senior Deborah Hoekstra had 17 points to lead three double-digit scorers for the Falcons. Junior Miriam Justinger scored 12 points, while sophomore Rachel Konieczki had 11. Another sophomore, Abby Siefker, scored nine points and grabbed a team-high six rebounds for the Brown and Orange.
The other six Falcons who saw action in the game, however, combined for only three points. Freshman Rachel Myers scored two points and classmate Haley Puk one.
Bucknell got 16 points from Claire Maree O'Bryan and 10 from Carly Richardson in the road win.
After Justinger hit a jumper 29 seconds into the game, neither would score for over two minutes. Siefker's layup at the 17:21 mark gave the hosts a 4-0 lead, but the Bison then went on a 7-0 run. Audrey Dotson got the visitors on the board with a layup three-and-a-half minutes in, and Tyler Craig scored five-straight points, with a layup followed by a three-pointer for a 7-4 BU lead with five minutes gone. Siefker took a pass from senior Jasmine Matthews and hit a jumper, but a trey by Richardson gave the visitors a 10-6 lead. After turning the ball over, the Falcons called a timeout with just over six minutes elapsed.
Following that timeout, the Falcons got a stop, then proceeded to go on an 8-0 run, making three consecutive shots in three trips down the floor. Myers took a Matthews pass and hit a layup, and Hoekstra got free for back-to-back three-pointers just 31 seconds apart, with Justinger assisting on both. The Falcons had a 14-10 lead.
Bucknell responded with five-straight points, beginning with O'Bryan's trey, but Hoekstra's jumper midway through the period gave her eight points and her team a 16-15 edge. She hit double figures at the 7:39 mark, knocking down a pair of free throws for a 19-16 BG lead.
Megan McGurk drained a triple try with just over six minutes left in the period, but Konieczki answered with a long-range shot of her own just 15 seconds later, and the Falcons were up by a point, 22-21. Hoekstra's third three-ball of the half increased the lead to four points, but Bucknell's second extended run of the half erased that lead.
That run began with an O'Bryan jumper with five minutes left before halftime, and she made it a 7-0 run with another jumper just over a minute later. The run reached 10-0 at the 2:12 mark, with O'Bryan making a three. She had seven of her team's points during that 10-0 stretch. Three free throws from Justinger cut BG's six-point deficit in half, but Micki Impellizeri split two tosses with 22 seconds to go, and the Bison took a 32-28 lead into the intermission.
Konieczki hit a three-pointer just 12 seconds into the second half, and a Justinger layup gave the Falcons the lead, but two free throws and a Craig layup put the visitors ahead by three. The free throws came after redshirt junior Erica Donovan was called for her third foul with 18:09 left in the game.
Justinger hit two free throws, and a Hoekstra layup gave the Falcons a 37-36 lead with 15 minutes to go. A pair of layups by Shearira Jones began a 6-0 run for BU, but Siefker converted a three-point play around a media timeout, and Justinger's long range shot, off an assist by Puk, gave the Brown and Orange a 43-42 lead with 10:23 left. Siefker's layup a minute later made it an 8-0 BG run, and the Bison used a timeout with 9:24 to go.
O'Bryan hit a pair of layups, and when Claire DeBoer scored inside with 7:03 left, BU's lead was three points once again, 48-45. Konieczki got herself to the line and made both tries, but Richardson drained a three with 4:43 left, then canned a jumper less than a minute later, and Bucknell was ahead by a 53-47 score with just over four minutes remaining. The Bison, though, would not score again.
A three-point play by Konieczki with 2:52 left cut the Bucknell lead to three points, and BG forced a Bucknell turnover. But, Koniezcki was called for a charge with 2:16 to go. Again, however, the Falcon defense got a stop, and after Hoekstra grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled, the senior made a pair of free throws with 1:34 remaining.
Matthews came up with a steal with 1:08 left, but BG turned the ball right back over. The Bison used most of the shot clock on the ensuing possession, but a DeBoer shot would not drop, and Hoekstra grabbed the rebound. The final possession of the game, however, saw a Hoekstra last-second three-point attempt go in and out, and the visitors had held on for the win.
The Falcons will conclude a brief two-game homestand with a Tuesday (Nov. 18) game vs. Iona. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh.
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POSTGAME AUDIO: Hoekstra | Roos
POSTGAME VIDEO: Highlights | Hoekstra | Roos
PHOTO GALLERY: Bianca Garza, BGSU Mkt. & Comm.
Senior Deborah Hoekstra had 17 points to lead three double-digit scorers for the Falcons. Junior Miriam Justinger scored 12 points, while sophomore Rachel Konieczki had 11. Another sophomore, Abby Siefker, scored nine points and grabbed a team-high six rebounds for the Brown and Orange.
The other six Falcons who saw action in the game, however, combined for only three points. Freshman Rachel Myers scored two points and classmate Haley Puk one.
Bucknell got 16 points from Claire Maree O'Bryan and 10 from Carly Richardson in the road win.
After Justinger hit a jumper 29 seconds into the game, neither would score for over two minutes. Siefker's layup at the 17:21 mark gave the hosts a 4-0 lead, but the Bison then went on a 7-0 run. Audrey Dotson got the visitors on the board with a layup three-and-a-half minutes in, and Tyler Craig scored five-straight points, with a layup followed by a three-pointer for a 7-4 BU lead with five minutes gone. Siefker took a pass from senior Jasmine Matthews and hit a jumper, but a trey by Richardson gave the visitors a 10-6 lead. After turning the ball over, the Falcons called a timeout with just over six minutes elapsed.
Following that timeout, the Falcons got a stop, then proceeded to go on an 8-0 run, making three consecutive shots in three trips down the floor. Myers took a Matthews pass and hit a layup, and Hoekstra got free for back-to-back three-pointers just 31 seconds apart, with Justinger assisting on both. The Falcons had a 14-10 lead.
Bucknell responded with five-straight points, beginning with O'Bryan's trey, but Hoekstra's jumper midway through the period gave her eight points and her team a 16-15 edge. She hit double figures at the 7:39 mark, knocking down a pair of free throws for a 19-16 BG lead.
Megan McGurk drained a triple try with just over six minutes left in the period, but Konieczki answered with a long-range shot of her own just 15 seconds later, and the Falcons were up by a point, 22-21. Hoekstra's third three-ball of the half increased the lead to four points, but Bucknell's second extended run of the half erased that lead.
That run began with an O'Bryan jumper with five minutes left before halftime, and she made it a 7-0 run with another jumper just over a minute later. The run reached 10-0 at the 2:12 mark, with O'Bryan making a three. She had seven of her team's points during that 10-0 stretch. Three free throws from Justinger cut BG's six-point deficit in half, but Micki Impellizeri split two tosses with 22 seconds to go, and the Bison took a 32-28 lead into the intermission.
Konieczki hit a three-pointer just 12 seconds into the second half, and a Justinger layup gave the Falcons the lead, but two free throws and a Craig layup put the visitors ahead by three. The free throws came after redshirt junior Erica Donovan was called for her third foul with 18:09 left in the game.
Justinger hit two free throws, and a Hoekstra layup gave the Falcons a 37-36 lead with 15 minutes to go. A pair of layups by Shearira Jones began a 6-0 run for BU, but Siefker converted a three-point play around a media timeout, and Justinger's long range shot, off an assist by Puk, gave the Brown and Orange a 43-42 lead with 10:23 left. Siefker's layup a minute later made it an 8-0 BG run, and the Bison used a timeout with 9:24 to go.
O'Bryan hit a pair of layups, and when Claire DeBoer scored inside with 7:03 left, BU's lead was three points once again, 48-45. Konieczki got herself to the line and made both tries, but Richardson drained a three with 4:43 left, then canned a jumper less than a minute later, and Bucknell was ahead by a 53-47 score with just over four minutes remaining. The Bison, though, would not score again.
A three-point play by Konieczki with 2:52 left cut the Bucknell lead to three points, and BG forced a Bucknell turnover. But, Koniezcki was called for a charge with 2:16 to go. Again, however, the Falcon defense got a stop, and after Hoekstra grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled, the senior made a pair of free throws with 1:34 remaining.
Matthews came up with a steal with 1:08 left, but BG turned the ball right back over. The Bison used most of the shot clock on the ensuing possession, but a DeBoer shot would not drop, and Hoekstra grabbed the rebound. The final possession of the game, however, saw a Hoekstra last-second three-point attempt go in and out, and the visitors had held on for the win.
The Falcons will conclude a brief two-game homestand with a Tuesday (Nov. 18) game vs. Iona. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh.
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Team Stats
BUCKNELL
BGSU
FG%
.392
.296
3FG%
.286
.231
FT%
.636
.778
RB
41
35
TO
18
14
STL
6
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Pts
12
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
5
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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