Ball State Gets Past Falcons Wednesday Night in Muncie

Wednesday, January 24

Muncie, IN

7:00 PM ET

Bowling Green State University

10-9, 2-6MAC

Ball State

16-3, 5-3MAC

Bowling Green

Ball State

January 24, 2018 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BGSU now returns home to face Toledo Saturday afternoon

By: MUNCIE, Ind. (BGSU Athletic Communications)

Moriah Monaco scored 15 of her game-high 23 points in the first half, helping host Ball State University build a big early lead, and the Cardinals went on to down the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, 82-41. Wednesday night's (Jan. 24) Mid-American Conference contest was held at John E. Worthen Arena on the BSU campus.

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FINAL STATISTICS: PDF
POSTGAME AUDIO: Coach Roos

QUOTING COACH ROOS
"Ball State was red hot and we were the complete polar opposite. I don't believe we'll play like this again, but unfortunately we did play like this tonight."

Credit Ball for coming out and attacking, and changing some things up defensively. But, we struggled to shoot the ball up and down the entire roster. A lot of people got minutes, but our percentages in this game were not typical of the way we can shoot, and things snowballed in the wrong way for us. We've got to regroup, because we've got a big game coming up on Saturday."

WHAT HAPPENED

The Cardinals took a quick lead, scoring five points over the first two possessions. Carmen Grande hit a layup to begin the game, then fed Moriah Monaco for a three-pointer with just 45 seconds gone.
But, junior Carly Santoro found senior Haley Puk for a right-wing three-pointer, and after several scoreless minutes, redshirt freshman Clare Glowniak blocked a BSU shot attempt, leading to a rebound by Puk. The ensuing possession saw junior Sydney Lambert pull up for a jumper that tied the score.
BSU answered with a pair of and-one layups, splitting the free throws, and the Cards had a 10-6 lead at the 4:33 mark.
The Cardinals pressed, and Lambert broke the press, heading over midcourt and finding a wide-open Santoro for an easy layup.
The hosts responded with a quick 5-0 run, and Aliyah Walker's layup gave BSU a 15-7 lead. Out of a timeout, however, sophomore Andrea Cecil drove the length of the court, was fouled and hit a pair of free throws to cut the Cards' lead to six.
Then, however, the Falcons were held scoreless for over 11 minutes. By the time freshman Madisen Parker drove and hit a layup, just 1:24 remained in the half and the Cardinals had a 41-11 lead. BSU took a 45-13 advantage into the intermission.
It was more of the same in the second half, as BG could not cut into the BSU lead.
Freshman Kennedy Williams took a pass from senior Rachel Myers and knocked down a three-pointer early in the third quarter, and Williams then lobbed the ball inside to classmate Angela Perry for a nifty banker.
With the Falcons running after a Perry defensive rebound, Williams found Myers for a corner three, and Perry then grabbed an offensive rebound and put the ball back up and in.
In the fourth quarter, Williams converted a nice driving layup midway through the period, and freshman Terri Battle corralled an offensive rebound and quickly hit a foul-line jumper out of the media timeout.

Freshman Sierra Thompson prevented a BG turnover, diving to the floor to grab a loose ball and flipping it to Parker, who knocked down a three-point try with just over two minutes to go.

FINAL STATS, ETC.

BGSU shot just 19.7 percent from the floor on the night, a season low, while Ball State shot 41.7% from the field.
The Cardinals, led by Monaco, went 8-for-24 from three-point range. Monaco hit five of her 10 long-distance tries. BG was just 4-of-30 from long distance.
The Falcons did shoot over 81% at the foul line, making 13-of-16 shots. Ball State went just 14-for-29 at the stripe.
The hosts had a 55-45 rebounding advantage on the night.
Monaco led all scorers with 23 points, and had 10 rebounds and four blocked shots.
Grande had 12 points and nine assists for the Cards, while Frannie Frazier scored 10 points and Oshlynn Brown nine. Brown had a game-high 12 rebounds.
A pair of freshmen, Parker and Williams, scored seven points each for the Falcons. For both players, the scoring total represented a career high.
Myers had five points, while Perry had four points and a team-high six rebounds.
Battle had two of the Falcons' six blocked shots. As a team, BG tied a season high in that category.
A total of 13 players saw action, with each of them playing at least seven minutes. Ten of those 13 Falcons played between 13 and 23 minutes.

UP NEXT

The Falcons return to the Stroh Center this weekend, as arch-rival Toledo comes to town for a Saturday (Jan. 27) matchup. That game, which begins at 2:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center, marks National Girls & Women in Sports Day, and it's also an Orange Out, with all fans encouraged to wear orange.
Then, BGSU ends the month of January with a game at Kent State next Wednesday (Jan. 31), before returning home to face Miami on Saturday, Feb. 3.

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