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November 16, 2018 | Women's Basketball

BGSU's three-game home swing continues as Colonials come to town

By: BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSU Athletic Communications)

BGSU vs. ROBERT MORRIS
Saturday, November 17, 2018 • 2:00 p.m.
Stroh Center • Bowling Green, Ohio

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UP NEXT FOR THE FALCONS...
The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, after posting the program's highest offensive output in 14 years, continues a three-game home swing this weekend. Head coach Robyn Fralick and the Falcons will face Robert Morris University on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 17), with tipoff scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center.

Then, the Brown and Orange will face Loyola University Chicago in a Tuesday morning (Nov. 20) matchup at the Stroh. BGSU Hall of Famer Kate Achter will bring her team to town to face BG in the Falcons' annual School Day game, which will begin at 11:00 a.m.

LAST TIME OUT: FALCONS KICK OFF HOME SCHEDULE WITH A BANG
Freshman Morgan McMillen hit a three-pointer six seconds into her Stroh Center debut, and BGSU never looked back. McMillen and the Falcons tied the school single-game long distance records en route to a 99-76 win over Marshall Tuesday night (Nov. 13).

McMillen scored 32 points and hit a BG record-tying eight three-pointers, and the Falcons were 16-of-28 from downtown in the win, the first of the Robyn Fralick Era. The team total of 16 triples also tied the school record.

Sophomore Angela Perry had a career-high 25 points, while senior Sydney Lambert and junior Andrea Cecil scored 10 points apiece. Cecil had a double-double, with 11 rebounds, while Lambert also had six assists.

Freshman Kadie Hempfling had seven points to go along with game-high totals of 17 rebounds and eight assists.

McMillen was 11-of-14 from the field, including an 8-of-11 performance from the arc, while Perry went 10-for-14 from the floor in the win.

Four different players hit shots in the first two-plus minutes, as BGSU built a 9-0 lead and never trailed.

The Falcons, who scored at least 20 points in every quarter, outrebounded the Thundering Herd by a 50-26 count on the night. Shayna Gore led the visitors with a game-high 34 points, while Kia Sivils and Taylor Porter had 12 and 10, respectively.

A TUESDAY NIGHT THREE-FOR-ALL
The Falcons hit 16 three-pointers, tying the school single-game record. Freshman Morgan McMillen made eight of those treys, equaling the BGSU record for three-pointers made by an individual in a game.
BGSU RECORD BOOK
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, TEAM
16 vs. Akron, 1/26/00
16 vs. Kent State, 1/16/08
16 vs. Buffalo, 3/2/11
16 vs. Kent State 2/28/12
16 vs. Central Michigan, 2/6/16
16 vs. Marshall, 11/13/18

THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE, INDIVIDUAL
8, Whitney Taylor vs. Kent State, 1/16/08
8, Tracy Pontius vs. Toledo, 3/14/09
8, Morgan McMillen vs. Marshall, 11/13/18

STROH-MENDOUS!
Several Stroh Center records fell in Tuesday night's BGSU win over Marshall. The Falcons set new arena records for points (99), assists (27), field goals made (36) and three-pointers made (16) in a game, while Marshall broke the building record for three-pointers attempted, with 38.

Individually, Marshall's Shayna Gore had 34 points to tie the Stroh single-game record. BGSU freshman Morgan McMillen – in her second collegiate game and first-ever contest at the Stroh – missed that mark by two points, but she tied the arena record with eight three-point field goals made. McMillen's triple total, as mentioned earlier, tied the school record as well.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE
BGSU's team total of 99 points was the program's highest in nearly 14 years, since a 115-84 win at IPFW on Nov. 19, 2004. The Falcons' 27 assists vs. Marshall was the team's highest total since that same IPFW game. BG dished out 32 helpers vs. the Mastodons on that 2004 evening.

And, BGSU's total of 36 field goals made was the most since the Brown and Orange hit 36 shots against Miami, in a 91-58 win at Quicken Loans Arena in March of 2010. BG has not made more than 36 buckets since a win at Western Michigan on Jan. 24, 2007, when the Falcons hit 37 shots from the floor. Interestingly (depending upon your level of interest in random facts), Robyn Fralick – then Robyn Flewelling – was the director of operations for the Broncos in that 2006-07 season.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE, PART II
Freshman Morgan McMillen had 32 points and sophomore Angela Perry 25 for the Falcons vs. Marshall. BGSU had a pair of 20-point scorers for the first time in just under a year, since Andrea Cecil (26) and Sydney Lambert (20) each reached that plateau in a win over Ferris State last Dec. 18.

The Marshall game marked the first time BGSU had a pair of players reach 25 points in nearly 10 years, since Feb. 21, 2009. On that date, Tracy Pontius scored 26 points and Lauren Prochaska had 25 in an 81-70 win at Akron.

Freshman Kadie Hempfling dished out eight assists vs. the Herd, the highest total by a Falcon since Jillian Halfhill had nine assists in a win at Ball State in January of 2013. Like McMillen, Hempfling was playing in her second-ever game for BGSU.

IT'S BEEN FOREVER
Granted, the 2018-19 season is only the fourth year that NCAA women's basketball has utilized four 10-minute quarters, rather than two 20-minute halves. Nevertheless, the win over Marshall marked the first time in BGSU history that the Falcons scored 20 or more points in all four quarters.

PARTY IN THE POST FOR PERRY
Numerous Falcons posted career-best numbers in Tuesday's win over Marshall, including sophomore Angela Perry, who set standards in a veritable plethora of categories. Perry had nine points on two occasions in her freshman campaign, but she nearly tripled that total on Tuesday, with 25 points vs. the Herd.

Perry more than doubled her previous career best for field goals made (four), hitting 10 shots in Tuesday's win. And, she set new BG bests in free throws made (four), assists (two) and steals (two). Perry, who missed the season opener at Michigan State due to injury, amassed the aforementioned totals in just 23 minutes vs. Marshall.

CAREER NIGHTS ALL AROUND
Angela Perry was not the only Falcon to post career numbers in the Marshall matchup. Junior Andrea Cecil pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds, while senior Sydney Lambert tied her career best with six assists.

Sophomore Madisen Parker scored a career-high nine points in the win. Parker was a perfect 3-for-3 from three-point range vs. the Herd, obviously setting a new mark for successful triples as well. She also had a career-high three assists, matching her total for all of last season.

WELCOME TO BG! FRESHMEN FLOURISH IN FIRST FORAY UNDER FRALICK
There are four freshmen on the 2018-19 roster, and all four have seen action in each of the first two games of the year.

One of those newcomers, Morgan McMillen, was in the starting lineup in her first collegiate game, at Michigan State, while 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 McMillen 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 MSU game, including 15 of the Falcons' 25 first-half points.

In the Marshall game, Hempfling joined McMillen in the starting five, and the four Falcon frosh combined for 41 points, 25 rebounds and 13 assists. McMillen had an otherworldly total of 32 points, including a school-record tying eight three-point field goals. Hempfling pulled down a game-high 17 rebounds. to go along with seven points and eight assists.

EYASSES
In both the Michigan State and Marshall games, a total of 11 players saw action for the Falcons. And, in both cases, that group 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. to 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.

THE FALCONS: A QUICK OVERVIEW
BGSU enters the Robert Morris game with a record of 1-1 on the young season. The Falcons, after dropping a 99-69 decision at Michigan State in the season opener, picked up a 99-76 win over Marshall in the home opener.

BGSU 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. The Falcons 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.

Two games into the schedule, a pair of Falcons are averaging over 24 points per contest. Sophomore Angela Perry, who missed the MSU game due to injury, has 25.0 points per game after obliterating her previous career scoring high in the Marshall game. Freshman Morgan McMillen has 24.5 points per game, and is shooting 52.4 percent from three-point range, having gone 11-for-21 from the arc.

Junior Andrea Cecil (14.5 ppg) and senior Sydney Lambert (12.0 ppg) also are scoring in double figures for the Falcons. Cecil is second on the team with 8.5 rebounds per game, while Lambert is tied for the BG assists lead (5.5 apg).

Sophomore Madisen Parker has 6.0 ppg and is a perfect 4-for-4 from three-point land this year. Freshman Kadie Hempfling has 5.5 ppg to go along with 10.0 rpg and 5.5 apg. She tops BG in rebounding and is tied for the team assists lead.

The 2018-19 roster includes two seniors, three juniors, two redshirt sophomores, four true sophs and four freshmen. Lambert and Maddie Cole comprise the senior class.

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 Parker, Perry, Terri Battle and Sierra Thompson, while Hempfling, McMillen, Molly Dever and Sydney Palermo make up the freshman class.

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-pointers 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.

SYD-THREE LAMBERT
As last season wound down, Sydney Lambert rapidly moved up the BGSU list for career three-point field goals made. Entering the Robert Morris game, Lambert now has hit 190 long-distance shots in her career, and is ranked fourth in school 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 and a school record-tying 16 against Marshall.

THREE-LIGHTFUL
In fact, BG has knocked down four or more three-pointers in 116 of the last 124 games, dating to late in the 2013-14 season.

THREE-POSTEROUS
BGSU will be looking to extend a mucho-impressive streak in the RMU game. The Falcons have hit at least one three-pointer in each of the last 432 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 ROBERT MORRIS
Robert Morris is 1-2 on the young season, with narrow losses to Youngstown State and Rhode Island, and a 67-39 win over La Salle. Honoka Ikematsu has 10.3 points per game and is shooting 52.6% (10-of-19) from long distance, while five of her teammates have between 6.0 and 73 ppg to date.

A year ago, Head coach Charlie Buscaglia's team went 25-8 overall and tied for the Northeast Conference regular-season title with a 16-2 league ledger. The Colonials returned nine letterwinners, including two starters, from that club.

THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Robert Morris, 3-0, in the all-time series. The first meeting saw BG rally from an 11-point second-half deficit for a 66-51 win in December of 2004. The Falcons then posted a 92-81 win at venerable Anderson Arena on New Year's Eve, 2006. Last season, BG built a 19-point lead, then withstood a furious RMU comeback to post a 64-62 overtime win over the Colonials.

UP NEXT
Following the RMU matchup, the Falcons will prepare for Tuesday's (Nov. 20) School Day game vs. Loyola Chicago, which will begin at 11:00 a.m.

Then, the Falcons will spend the Thanksgiving holiday in Conway, S.C., playing a pair of games in the Coastal Carolina Tournament. BG will meet the host school (Nov. 23) as well as Mercer (Nov. 25) in that tourney.

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