Tuesday, November 13
Bowling Green, OH
7:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
vs
Marshall
Photo by: Scott W. Grau
Marshall Comes to Town as BGSU Kicks Off the Home Schedule
November 12, 2018 | Women's Basketball
Fralick, Falcons play the first of three-straight games at the Stroh
BGSU vs. MARSHALL
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 • 7:00 p.m.
Stroh Center • Bowling Green, Ohio
TELEVISION / VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: www.BGSUFalcons.com
TWITTER: @BGSUwbb
NOTES: BGSUÂ | MU
all audio, stats & video links can be found at BGSUFalcons.com on game day
UP NEXT FOR THE FALCONS...Â
The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team begins the home portion of the 2018-19 schedule this week. Head coach Robyn Fralick and the Falcons will face Marshall University on Tuesday evening (Nov. 13), with tipoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center.
The Marshall contest begins a three-game homestand for the Brown and Orange, as BGSU will meet Robert Morris on Saturday (Nov. 17) and Loyola Chicago the following Tuesday (Nov. 20). The latter matchup is the team's annual School Day game, and will begin at 11:00 a.m.
THE FRALICK ERA BEGINS ...
For the BGSU women's basketball program, Tuesday night's game marks the first home contest of the Robyn Fralick Era. Fralick is in her first season with the Falcons after a wildly-successful 10-year stint at Ashland. She spent the first seven of those years on the staff of coaching legend Sue Ramsey before assuming the head-coaching job.
During her three years as head coach, Fralick compiled an eye-popping record of  104-3. The Eagles won the NCAA Division II national championship in 2017 and returned to the national championship game in '17-18 before falling. That loss snapped a 73-game winning streak, the fifth-longest streak in men's or women's college basketball history at any level.
Fralick was named BGSU's head coach on April 3, 2018, and her introductory press conference was held the following afternoon.
LAST TIME OUT: SPARTANS PULL AWAY LATE TO DOWN FALCONS
BGSU mounted a fourth-quarter comeback, but host Michigan State answered that run, pulling away for a 99-69 win on Tuesday night (Nov. 6), in the season opener for both teams at the Breslin Center.
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Junior Andrea Cecil had a game-high 19 points to pace three double-digit scorers for the Falcons. Cecil was 4-for-6 from three-point range on the night.
In her collegiate debut, freshman Morgan McMillen had 17 points, and senior Sydney Lambert scored 14 points and dished out a team-leading five assists.
Tuesday's contest in East Lansing was the BGSU debut for head coach Robyn Fralick, a native of nearby Okemos, Mich.
Jenna Allen had 17 points to pace five double-figure scorers for the Spartans, and she had a double-double, with a game-high 15 rebounds. Taryn McCutcheon had 16 points and 12 assists for the hosts.
The Falcons trailed by 16 points at the half, but the Spartans went on a 12-0 run to take a 30-point lead, 61-31, midway through the third quarter. MSU's lead was still 30 points several minutes later, but BG slowly started chipping away.
Lambert's three-pointer with 25 seconds left in the quarter cut the MSU lead to 70-46, and the Falcons then came out running to begin the fourth quarter. Lambert and freshman Molly Dever sandwiched fast-break buckets around a McMillen triple, and Cecil hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc. When McMillen hit a driving reverse layup, the Falcons had scored the first 12 points of the quarter, and the MSU lead was down to 12, at 70-58.
But, Shay Colley snapped a 15-0 BG run with a three-pointer, and Nia Clouden's three-point play gave the Spartans an 18-point lead as the home team began to pull away.
Dever had seven points in her BGSU debut, while fellow freshman Kadie Hempfling had four points and three assists.
WELCOME TO BG!
There are four freshmen on the 2018-19 roster, and all four saw action at Michigan State.
One of those newcomers, Morgan McMillen, was in the starting lineup in her first collegiate game, and classmate Sydney Palermo was BGSU's first sub off the bench.
Another freshman, Kadie Hempfling, made her debut before the first quarter came to an end, and Molly Dever entered the contest early in the second period.
Dever joined McMiller in the lineup when the Falcons took the floor to begin the third quarter. And, when Palermo checked into the game with approximately 5:55 remaining in that third quarter, all four Falcon frosh were on the floor at the same time, for the first time.
The freshmen combined for 28 of BGSU's 69 points in the game, including 15 of the Falcons' 25 first-half points.
EYASSES
The 11 players who saw action for the Falcons on at Michigan State included one senior, two juniors, four sophomores and four true freshmen.
McMILLEN MAKES HER MARK AT MSU
Freshman Morgan McMillen began her collegiate career on a successful note. toÂ
say the least. McMillen played a game-high 38 minutes in the Falcons' contest at Michigan State, scoring 17 points.
McMillen was the first Falcon freshman to post a double-digit scoring total in the season opener in three years, since Sydney Lambert had 13 points in her debut, a win over Illinois State on Nov. 13, 2015.
McMillen's point total was the highest for a BG freshman in her debut in 11 years, since a youngster named Lauren Prochaska had 19 points against Valparaiso on Nov. 9, 2007, inside venerable Anderson Arena.
ANDREA THREE-CIL
Junior Andrea Cecil scored a game-high 19 points in the Michigan State contest, hitting a career-high four three-point field goals in the process. Cecil went 4-for-6 from the arc.
RUNNIN' WITH THE FALCONS
BGSU scored a total of 25 fast-break points at Michigan State. Last year, the Falcons' highest single-game total was 16 fast-break points, and BG's highest total against a Division-I program was 14.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
If you can't make it to the arena on game day, there are multiple ways to follow the Falcons. Tuesday's Marshall game will be streamed via ESPN+, and fans can also follow along with live stats and Twitter updates. All links will be available via BGSUFalcons.com.
All of BGSU's home games, and many road contests, will have audio broadcasts, courtesy of the Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization (BGRSO). And, every BGSU home game this season will have a free live stream, with all but one home contest in 2018-19 aired via ESPN3 or ESPN+. Additionally, all of BG's conference road games are scheduled to be streamed via ESPN3 or ESPN+.
Live stats are also available for all games, and in-game Twitter updates for every BGSU game can be found at @BGSUwbb.
To follow the Falcons, simply log on to BGSUFalcons.com and click the 'calendar' link on the day of the game, or navigate your way to the women's basketball page. Any and all available links to ticket info. and game coverage will be available there.Â
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THE FALCONS: A QUICK OVERVIEW
BGSU enters the Marshall game with a record of 0-1 on the young season, after a 99-69 loss at Michigan State. The Falcons returned a total of 10 letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's team that finished with an 11-19 overall record and a 3-15 mark in Mid-American Conference play. BG went 6-8 at the Stroh Center, 4-11 in road games and 1-0 in neutral-site contests a year ago.
Head coach Robyn Fralick is in her first season on the BGSU bench. Her staff includes associate head coach Kim Cameron, assistant coach/recruiting coordinator Karmen Graham, assistant coach Joel Whymer, director of operations Monique Rosati and video coordinator Amanda Cutcher.
The 2018-19 roster includes two seniors, three juniors, two redshirt sophomores, four true sophs and four freshmen. Maddie Cole and Sydney Lambert comprise the senior class.
Andrea Cecil, Caterrion Thompson and Jane Uecker each enter their junior season, while Alyssa Dean and Clare Glowniak are the redshirt sophs. Dean, a transfer from Memphis, will be eligible following the conclusion of the fall semester.
The sophomore class includes Terri Battle, Madisen Parker, Angela Perry and Sierra Thompson.
Lambert is the Falcons' top returning scorer, having averaged 9.9 points per game last winter. She also leads the returnees in assists (1.9 apg) and steals (1.5 spg), and ranks second in rebounding (3.6 rpg) among that group. The guard averaged 32.1 minutes per game and hit a team-high 60 three-pointer in 2017-18.
Cecil averaged 8.8 points and 5.0 boards last year, while Caterrion Thompson had 6.3 ppg and knocked down 34 three-pointers. Cecil is the top returning rebounder, while Thompson led the Falcons in three-point accuracy (41.5%) a year ago.
Lambert started all 30 contests last year, while Cecil and Uecker made 24 and 13 starts, respectively. Perry started nine games, Glowniak eight and Caterrion Thompson six.
The freshman class includes Molly Dever, Kadie Hempfling, Morgan McMillen and Sydney Palermo.
SYD-THREE LAMBERT
As last season wound down, Sydney Lambert rapidly moved up the BGSU list for career three-point field goals made. Entering her senior season, Lambert now has hit 188 long-distance shots in her career, and is ranked fourth in sshool history.
Lambert's next target on that list is third-place Liz Honegger (216 from 2003-07). Lambert is on pace to finish her career ranked second all-time in three-pointers made at BGSU.
THREE-MARKABLE
Through the years, BGSU rosters typically have been stocked with players who can score from three-point range. Last year, for the third-straight season, a total of 12 different Falcons hit at least one three-pointer.
THREE-MENDOUS
Three years ago, the Falcons made at least four three-point field goals in all 28 contests. Two seasons ago, BGSU connected at least four times in 27 of the 31 games, and last year, the Falcons made four or more treys in 27 of the 30 games. BG hit nine triples at Michigan State.
THREE-LIGHTFUL
In fact, BG has knocked down four or more three-pointers in 115 of the last 123 games, dating to late in the 2013-14 season.
THREE-POSTEROUS
BGSU will be looking to extend a mucho-impressive streak in the MU game. The Falcons have hit at least one three-pointer in each of the last 431 games. BG has not been held without a triple in over 13 years – since Feb. 12, 2005, at Akron, when the Falcons won, 61-52, despite going 0-of-13 from long distance.
A QUICK LOOK AT MARSHALL
Marshall, like BGSU, is 0-1 on the young season. The Thundering Herd dropped a 62-53 decision to visiting Indiana State on Wednesday (Nov. 7). Khadaijia Brooks had a double-double, with a game-high 16 points along with a team-best 11 rebounds.
A year ago, the Herd went 9-20 overall and 3-13 in Conference USA. Head coach Tony Kemper returned 10 letterwinners, including three starters, from that club.
THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Marshall, 10-3, in the all-time series, and BGSU has won the last two meetings. Tuesday's matchup marks the teams' first meeting since February of 2005, when BG posted a 73-62 win at Anderson Arena. BG and MU met three times in the late 1970's, and 10 times from 1998-2005, while Marshall was a member of the MAC. The  Falcons are 6-1 at home, 3-2 on the road and 1-0 at neutral sites vs. the Thundering Herd through the years.
UP NEXT
Following the MU matchup, the Falcons will continue a three-game home swing with a Saturday (Nov. 17) contest vs. Robert Morris, beginning at 2:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center. BG then faces Loyola Chicago (Tue., Nov. 20) in Falcons' annual School Day game, with that game starting at 11:00 a.m.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018 • 7:00 p.m.
Stroh Center • Bowling Green, Ohio
TELEVISION / VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: www.BGSUFalcons.com
TWITTER: @BGSUwbb
NOTES: BGSUÂ | MU
all audio, stats & video links can be found at BGSUFalcons.com on game day
UP NEXT FOR THE FALCONS...Â
The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team begins the home portion of the 2018-19 schedule this week. Head coach Robyn Fralick and the Falcons will face Marshall University on Tuesday evening (Nov. 13), with tipoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center.
The Marshall contest begins a three-game homestand for the Brown and Orange, as BGSU will meet Robert Morris on Saturday (Nov. 17) and Loyola Chicago the following Tuesday (Nov. 20). The latter matchup is the team's annual School Day game, and will begin at 11:00 a.m.
THE FRALICK ERA BEGINS ...
For the BGSU women's basketball program, Tuesday night's game marks the first home contest of the Robyn Fralick Era. Fralick is in her first season with the Falcons after a wildly-successful 10-year stint at Ashland. She spent the first seven of those years on the staff of coaching legend Sue Ramsey before assuming the head-coaching job.
During her three years as head coach, Fralick compiled an eye-popping record of  104-3. The Eagles won the NCAA Division II national championship in 2017 and returned to the national championship game in '17-18 before falling. That loss snapped a 73-game winning streak, the fifth-longest streak in men's or women's college basketball history at any level.
Fralick was named BGSU's head coach on April 3, 2018, and her introductory press conference was held the following afternoon.
LAST TIME OUT: SPARTANS PULL AWAY LATE TO DOWN FALCONS
BGSU mounted a fourth-quarter comeback, but host Michigan State answered that run, pulling away for a 99-69 win on Tuesday night (Nov. 6), in the season opener for both teams at the Breslin Center.
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Junior Andrea Cecil had a game-high 19 points to pace three double-digit scorers for the Falcons. Cecil was 4-for-6 from three-point range on the night.
In her collegiate debut, freshman Morgan McMillen had 17 points, and senior Sydney Lambert scored 14 points and dished out a team-leading five assists.
Tuesday's contest in East Lansing was the BGSU debut for head coach Robyn Fralick, a native of nearby Okemos, Mich.
Jenna Allen had 17 points to pace five double-figure scorers for the Spartans, and she had a double-double, with a game-high 15 rebounds. Taryn McCutcheon had 16 points and 12 assists for the hosts.
The Falcons trailed by 16 points at the half, but the Spartans went on a 12-0 run to take a 30-point lead, 61-31, midway through the third quarter. MSU's lead was still 30 points several minutes later, but BG slowly started chipping away.
Lambert's three-pointer with 25 seconds left in the quarter cut the MSU lead to 70-46, and the Falcons then came out running to begin the fourth quarter. Lambert and freshman Molly Dever sandwiched fast-break buckets around a McMillen triple, and Cecil hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc. When McMillen hit a driving reverse layup, the Falcons had scored the first 12 points of the quarter, and the MSU lead was down to 12, at 70-58.
But, Shay Colley snapped a 15-0 BG run with a three-pointer, and Nia Clouden's three-point play gave the Spartans an 18-point lead as the home team began to pull away.
Dever had seven points in her BGSU debut, while fellow freshman Kadie Hempfling had four points and three assists.
WELCOME TO BG!
There are four freshmen on the 2018-19 roster, and all four saw action at Michigan State.
One of those newcomers, Morgan McMillen, was in the starting lineup in her first collegiate game, and classmate Sydney Palermo was BGSU's first sub off the bench.
Another freshman, Kadie Hempfling, made her debut before the first quarter came to an end, and Molly Dever entered the contest early in the second period.
Dever joined McMiller in the lineup when the Falcons took the floor to begin the third quarter. And, when Palermo checked into the game with approximately 5:55 remaining in that third quarter, all four Falcon frosh were on the floor at the same time, for the first time.
The freshmen combined for 28 of BGSU's 69 points in the game, including 15 of the Falcons' 25 first-half points.
EYASSES
The 11 players who saw action for the Falcons on at Michigan State included one senior, two juniors, four sophomores and four true freshmen.
McMILLEN MAKES HER MARK AT MSU
Freshman Morgan McMillen began her collegiate career on a successful note. toÂ
say the least. McMillen played a game-high 38 minutes in the Falcons' contest at Michigan State, scoring 17 points.
McMillen was the first Falcon freshman to post a double-digit scoring total in the season opener in three years, since Sydney Lambert had 13 points in her debut, a win over Illinois State on Nov. 13, 2015.
McMillen's point total was the highest for a BG freshman in her debut in 11 years, since a youngster named Lauren Prochaska had 19 points against Valparaiso on Nov. 9, 2007, inside venerable Anderson Arena.
ANDREA THREE-CIL
Junior Andrea Cecil scored a game-high 19 points in the Michigan State contest, hitting a career-high four three-point field goals in the process. Cecil went 4-for-6 from the arc.
RUNNIN' WITH THE FALCONS
BGSU scored a total of 25 fast-break points at Michigan State. Last year, the Falcons' highest single-game total was 16 fast-break points, and BG's highest total against a Division-I program was 14.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
If you can't make it to the arena on game day, there are multiple ways to follow the Falcons. Tuesday's Marshall game will be streamed via ESPN+, and fans can also follow along with live stats and Twitter updates. All links will be available via BGSUFalcons.com.
All of BGSU's home games, and many road contests, will have audio broadcasts, courtesy of the Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization (BGRSO). And, every BGSU home game this season will have a free live stream, with all but one home contest in 2018-19 aired via ESPN3 or ESPN+. Additionally, all of BG's conference road games are scheduled to be streamed via ESPN3 or ESPN+.
Live stats are also available for all games, and in-game Twitter updates for every BGSU game can be found at @BGSUwbb.
To follow the Falcons, simply log on to BGSUFalcons.com and click the 'calendar' link on the day of the game, or navigate your way to the women's basketball page. Any and all available links to ticket info. and game coverage will be available there.Â
AND SPEAKING OF ESPN+ ...
ESPN+ is the premium multi-sport, direct-to-consumer video service from The Walt Disney Company's Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) segment in conjunction with ESPN. It offers fans thousands of additional live events, on-demand content and original programming not available on ESPN's linear TV or digital networks.
Fans subscribe to ESPN+ for just $4.99 a month (or $49.99 per year) through the ESPN App or ESPN.com.  The ESPN App also provides fans separate access to all of ESPN's "TV Everywhere" streaming of its linear television networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, etc.) and ESPN3 to fans with a pay TV subscription. ESPN+ and ESPN's authenticated streaming is also available on ESPN.com, and fans can watch anywhere – mobile, desktop and TV-connected devices such as Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, Android TV, and Chromecast.
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THE FALCONS: A QUICK OVERVIEW
BGSU enters the Marshall game with a record of 0-1 on the young season, after a 99-69 loss at Michigan State. The Falcons returned a total of 10 letterwinners, including three starters, from last year's team that finished with an 11-19 overall record and a 3-15 mark in Mid-American Conference play. BG went 6-8 at the Stroh Center, 4-11 in road games and 1-0 in neutral-site contests a year ago.
Head coach Robyn Fralick is in her first season on the BGSU bench. Her staff includes associate head coach Kim Cameron, assistant coach/recruiting coordinator Karmen Graham, assistant coach Joel Whymer, director of operations Monique Rosati and video coordinator Amanda Cutcher.
The 2018-19 roster includes two seniors, three juniors, two redshirt sophomores, four true sophs and four freshmen. Maddie Cole and Sydney Lambert comprise the senior class.
Andrea Cecil, Caterrion Thompson and Jane Uecker each enter their junior season, while Alyssa Dean and Clare Glowniak are the redshirt sophs. Dean, a transfer from Memphis, will be eligible following the conclusion of the fall semester.
The sophomore class includes Terri Battle, Madisen Parker, Angela Perry and Sierra Thompson.
Lambert is the Falcons' top returning scorer, having averaged 9.9 points per game last winter. She also leads the returnees in assists (1.9 apg) and steals (1.5 spg), and ranks second in rebounding (3.6 rpg) among that group. The guard averaged 32.1 minutes per game and hit a team-high 60 three-pointer in 2017-18.
Cecil averaged 8.8 points and 5.0 boards last year, while Caterrion Thompson had 6.3 ppg and knocked down 34 three-pointers. Cecil is the top returning rebounder, while Thompson led the Falcons in three-point accuracy (41.5%) a year ago.
Lambert started all 30 contests last year, while Cecil and Uecker made 24 and 13 starts, respectively. Perry started nine games, Glowniak eight and Caterrion Thompson six.
The freshman class includes Molly Dever, Kadie Hempfling, Morgan McMillen and Sydney Palermo.
SYD-THREE LAMBERT
As last season wound down, Sydney Lambert rapidly moved up the BGSU list for career three-point field goals made. Entering her senior season, Lambert now has hit 188 long-distance shots in her career, and is ranked fourth in sshool history.
Lambert's next target on that list is third-place Liz Honegger (216 from 2003-07). Lambert is on pace to finish her career ranked second all-time in three-pointers made at BGSU.
THREE-MARKABLE
Through the years, BGSU rosters typically have been stocked with players who can score from three-point range. Last year, for the third-straight season, a total of 12 different Falcons hit at least one three-pointer.
THREE-MENDOUS
Three years ago, the Falcons made at least four three-point field goals in all 28 contests. Two seasons ago, BGSU connected at least four times in 27 of the 31 games, and last year, the Falcons made four or more treys in 27 of the 30 games. BG hit nine triples at Michigan State.
THREE-LIGHTFUL
In fact, BG has knocked down four or more three-pointers in 115 of the last 123 games, dating to late in the 2013-14 season.
THREE-POSTEROUS
BGSU will be looking to extend a mucho-impressive streak in the MU game. The Falcons have hit at least one three-pointer in each of the last 431 games. BG has not been held without a triple in over 13 years – since Feb. 12, 2005, at Akron, when the Falcons won, 61-52, despite going 0-of-13 from long distance.
A QUICK LOOK AT MARSHALL
Marshall, like BGSU, is 0-1 on the young season. The Thundering Herd dropped a 62-53 decision to visiting Indiana State on Wednesday (Nov. 7). Khadaijia Brooks had a double-double, with a game-high 16 points along with a team-best 11 rebounds.
A year ago, the Herd went 9-20 overall and 3-13 in Conference USA. Head coach Tony Kemper returned 10 letterwinners, including three starters, from that club.
THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Marshall, 10-3, in the all-time series, and BGSU has won the last two meetings. Tuesday's matchup marks the teams' first meeting since February of 2005, when BG posted a 73-62 win at Anderson Arena. BG and MU met three times in the late 1970's, and 10 times from 1998-2005, while Marshall was a member of the MAC. The  Falcons are 6-1 at home, 3-2 on the road and 1-0 at neutral sites vs. the Thundering Herd through the years.
UP NEXT
Following the MU matchup, the Falcons will continue a three-game home swing with a Saturday (Nov. 17) contest vs. Robert Morris, beginning at 2:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center. BG then faces Loyola Chicago (Tue., Nov. 20) in Falcons' annual School Day game, with that game starting at 11:00 a.m.
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