Falcons Top Loyola for Third-Straight Win

Tuesday, November 20

Bowling Green, OH

11:00 AM

Bowling Green State University

3-1

Loyola Chicago

2-2

Loyola Chicago

Bowling Green

BGSU - fans - kids - School Day game - Nov 20 2018

Photo by: Brad Phalin, BGSU Marketing and Communications

November 20, 2018 | Women's Basketball

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McMillen & Perry combine for 49 in School Day game at the Stroh

By: BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSU Athletic Communications)

The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team shot better than 64 percent from the field over the final three quarters, posting an 88-74 win over Loyola University Chicago Tuesday (Nov. 20). The School Day game, held before a near-capacity crowd, was held at the Stroh Center.

Freshman Morgan McMillen scored a game-high 25 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter. McMillen went 12-for-13 at the free-throw line on the day, hitting 9-of-10 shots from the stripe over the game's final 10 minutes.

As a team, BGSU (3-1) was 23-for-29 from the line on the day.

Sophomore Angela Perry had 24 points in the contest, going 11-for-14 from the field. Freshman Kadie Hempfling had a double-double, with 12 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, while senior Sydney Lambert just missed a double-double, scoring nine points and pulling down a career-high 10 boards. Lambert also had five assists in the win.

Ellie Rice scored 18 points to pace four double-digit scorers for the Ramblers (2-2).

FIRST-QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
• The Falcons never trailed in the game. Freshman Kadie Hempfling grabbed an offensive rebound, was fouled and knocked down a pair of free throws just 30 seconds into the game, and after the visitors' Ellie Rice answered with two shots from the stripe, freshman Morgan McMillen's three-point play gave BG the lead for good.
• McMillen's layup began a 7-0 run for the Falcons, as Hempfling took a pass from redshirt sophomore Clare Glowniak and hit a turnaround layup, and true soph Angela Perry scored inside for a 9-2 lead.
• Rice knocked down a three-point try to snap the run, but out of the game's first media timeout, Hempfling threw the ball inside to Perry for another layup and an 11-5 lead.
• Then, neither team scored for nearly four minutes, but after Kat Nolan converted a layup for the Ramblers, Glowniak grabbed a teammate's missed shot and flipped the ball to junior Andrea Cecil for a layup in the final seconds of the period, giving BG a 13-7 lead.

SECOND-QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
• Cecil drove and kicked the ball out to Hempfling for a three-pointer and a 16-9 lead, and after Loyola answered with a layup, sophomore Madisen Parker scored in transition for an 18-11 advantage.
• The Ramblers' Abby O'Connor hit from downtown, and Allison Day's layup cut BG's lead to two points, but senior Sydney Lambert knocked down a driving layup in traffic.
• Moments later, Hempfling threw the ball inside to Perry for a layup, and Lambert knocked down a three-ball from the right side for a 25-18 BG lead.
• The visitors looked to rally, but Parker found Perry for layups on back-to-back BG possessions. After Rice hit a layup, however, the visitors got a stop, and O'Connor's jumper with 17 seconds to go cut BG's lead to just two points, 29-27, at the intermission.

THIRD-QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
• Glowniak made a nifty move across the lane and hit a short banker on the opening possession of the period, and Lambert fed McMillen for a jumper and a 33-27 lead.
• Glowniak drove down the lane and scored, and McMillen dribbled around the arc, pulled up and hit a triple to keep BG's lead at six.
• McMillen hit a driving layup, but O'Connor's three-pointer cut the BG lead to just three points. Cecil found Perry for a shot off glass, but Janae Gonzales knocked down a long-range try, and the Falcons' advantage was just 42-40 midway through the quarter.
• Perry went to work, hitting another shot inside, and Lambert drained a pair of free-throw tries out of the media timeout for a 46-40 lead.
• When Lambert made the 'extra pass' to Perry for a straightaway trey, BG's lead was 51-44. The visitors got a jumper from Day, but Cecil's cross-court pass found Lambert in the left corner, and the senior drilled a long-distance attempt to give the Falcons a 54-46 lead after 30 minutes.

FOURTH-QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
• The final quarter saw the teams combine for 62 points. McMillen opened the scoring with a layup, then hit a jumper inside for a 10-point lead, BG's largest of the game to that point.
• Rice hit a three-ball from the left wing, but a steal by Perry led to a transition bucket, as Lambert fired the ball to Cecil for an easy layup and a 60-51 lead.
• That lead reached 11 points on BG's next trip down the floor, as Lambert's lob found sophomore Sierra Thompson for a layup at the 5:38 mark.
• After Nolan hit a layup for the visitors, Perry made an 'and-one' shot, converting the free throw for a 65-53 lead with 5:11 to go.
• The Ramblers looked to cut into the BG lead, but Perry scored inside yet again, Hempfling converted a putbck, and Perry got a nifty baby hook shot to go, giving the Falcons a 71-59 lead with 3:37 remaining.
• Perry lobbed the ball inside to Hempfling for an easy layup and a 73-62 lead with 3:16 left, and most of the remaining time was spent at the free-throw line.
• The visitors cut the BG lead to eight on a Nolan three-point play with 1:16 on the clock, but could draw no closer.
• The final three-plus minutes included 11 fouls by Loyola, and 15 made free throws in 20 attempts by BGSU.

STATISTICS
• The Falcons shot 53.6 percent from the field on the day, and BGSU, as mentioned, had a 64% success rate over the final 30 minutes. BGSU was 25-of-39 (64.1%) from the floor in the final three periods.
• Loyola shot 41.5% from the field for the game.
• The visitors went 8-for-24 from three-point range (33.3%), while BG was 5-of-13 (38.3%) from long distance.
• The Falcons hit 23 free throws in 29 tries, good for a 79.3% conversion rate at the line. The Ramblers went 12-for-13 at the stripe (92.3%).
• Ellie Rice led Loyola with 18 points, while Abby O'Connor added 16, Kat Nolan 14 and Allison Day 10. Only six total players scored for the visitors, but all six had at least seven points.
• Janae Gonzales had nine points, and Tiara Wallace had seven points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Ramblers.
• Freshman Morgan McMillen had a game-high 25 points, while sophomore Angela Perry scored 24.
• Freshman Katie Hempfling had 12 points and a game-best 12 rebounds, while senior Sydney Lambert scored nine points and added 10 boards and five assists.
• Sophomore Sierra Thompson scored six points and had four rebounds in just 11 minutes off the bench. Thompson was a perfect 4-for-4 from the free-throw line.
• BGSU had a 48-30 advantage in points in the paint and a 34-10 lead in bench scoring.

UP NEXT
• The Falcons head to Conway, S.C., to play two games in the Coastal Carolina Tournament. BGSU plays the host school in Friday (Nov. 23), in a 2:30 p.m. start, before meeting Mercer on Sunday (Nov. 25) at 11:30 a.m.

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