Falcons to Play a Pair at Coastal Carolina Tourney

BGSU at COASTAL CAROLINA
Friday, November 23, 2018 • 2:00 p.m.

BGSU vs. MERCER
Sunday, November 25, 2018 • 11:30 a.m.
HTC Center • Conway, S.C.

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NOTES: BGSU | CCU | Mercer
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UP NEXT FOR THE FALCONS...
The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team hits the road for the Thanksgiving holiday, heading to Conway, S.C., for a pair of games this weekend. Head coach Robyn Fralick and the Falcons will face Coastal Carolina University on Friday (Nov. 23), with tipoff set for 2:00 p.m. at the HTC Center.

The BGSU-CCU matchup is part of opening-day action at the Coastal Carolina Tournament. The Falcons will return to the HTC Center on Sunday (Nov. 25), meeting Mercer University in an 11:30 a.m. start.

SETTING THE SCENE...
The Falcons are 3-1 on the young season. After dropping the opener at Michigan State, BGSU has won three-straight games, all at home. The Falcons have averaged 82.7 points per game in those three wins.

The Falcons' two weekend opponents won a combined 47 games last season. Coastal Carolina went 17-14 overall a year ago, and the Chanticleers returned 11 of 12 student-athletes from that team.

Mercer posted a 30-3 overall record last season, winning the Southern Conference regular-season and tournament titles and advancing to the NCAA Tournament.

TWEETABLES
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Freshman Morgan McMillen has scored in double digits in each of the first four games of her collegiate career. McMillen is the first Falcon to do so in eight years, since both Tracy Pontius and Lauren Prochaska hit double figures in the first four games of the 2010-11 seasons.

McMillen is the first freshman to score in double digits in the first four games of the season in at least 25 years.*

Fellow freshman Kadie Hempfling has posted double-digit rebound totals in each of the last three games, all wins. Hempfling is averaging 11.3 boards per game on the year, and has 14.0 rpg over those three contests.

Sophomore Angela Perry scored a total of 75 points in 18 games last season, an average of 4.2 points per outing. This season, after missing the opener due to injury, Perry has 51 points – 17.0 ppg – over the last three games.

Last year, the Falcons averaged 9.2 assists per game. This season, BGSU has dished out at least 12 assists in every game, and the Falcons have 18.0 apg.

BGSU scored 59 points in the second half, including 34 in the fourth quarter, of Tuesday's (Nov. 20) win over Loyola Chicago. The 59 points represented the Falcons' highest total in a half in nearly eight years, since BG scored 60 in the first half of an 86-62 win over Western Kentucky on Nov. 29, 2011.

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 34-point fourth quarter vs. Loyola Chicago is a new school record for the Falcons.

* no Falcon freshman has scored in double digits in each of the first four games since at least the 1993-94 season

LAST TIME OUT: FALCONS TOP LOYOLA FOR THIRD-STRAIGHT WIN
The Falcons shot better than 64 percent from the field over the final three quarters, posting an 88-74 win over Loyola Chicago Tuesday (Nov. 20). The School Day game was held before a near-capacity crowd 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 of her own, 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). 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.

For the Falcons, 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.

The fourth quarter saw the teams combine for 62 points. The final three-plus minutes included 11 fouls by Loyola, and 15 made free throws in 20 attempts by BGSU.

MY BABY TAKES THE MORNING TRAIN
For the Falcons, Tuesday's game was the first of four morning tipoffs this season, including three in a four-game span. The Falcons' game on Sunday (Nov. 25), vs. Mercer in BG's second contest in the Coastal Carolina Tournament, is scheduled for an 11:30 a.m. start.

Then, BGSU heads to Cincinnati to face Xavier in another 11:30 a.m. start on Thursday, Nov. 29. Additionally, the Falcons' Jan. 9 contest at Ball State has been moved to an 11:00 a.m. tipoff.

EYASSES (IT'S THE PLURAL OF EYAS) (LOOK IT UP)
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.

Then, on Saturday vs. Robert Morris, 10 different players saw action, and that group included the four frosh, four sophs, one junior and one senior.

And, in the Loyola game, a total of nine players saw action in the game's first 39 minutes and 46 seconds. Seven of those nine are either freshmen or sophomores.

THE FALCONS: A QUICK OVERVIEW
BGSU enters the CCU Tournament with a record of 3-1 on the young season, and the Falcons have won three-straight games. BG, 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, then captured a 61-60 last-second victory against Robert Morris before downing Loyola Chicago, 88-74.

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.

The Falcons are 3-0 at home and 0-1 on the road this season to date.

Four games into the schedule, three Falcons are scoring in double digits. Freshman Morgan McMillen has 21.8 points per game, and is shooting 50.9 percent from the field. McMillen tied the school single-game record with eight triples vs. Marshall (in her second collegiate game), and she is shooting 42.9% from the arc, having gone 15-for-35 from long range.

Sophomore Angela Perry, who missed the MSU game due to injury, has 17.0 points per game and is shooting 71.0% from the floor. Perry obliterated her previous career scoring high in the Marshall game, with 25 points, then scored 24 vs. Loyola.

Junior Andrea Cecil has 13.3 ppg to date, and she is third on the Falcons in rebounding, with 5.5 boards per game. Cecil, who had game-high totals of 19 points at Michigan State and 20 vs. Marshall, is shooting 52.9% from three-point land, having hit 9-of-17 long-distance attempts.

Senior Sydney Lambert is averaging 9.5 ppg and leads the team with 5.0 assists per contest. Lambert, who had a career-high 10 rebounds vs. Loyola, is third on the Falcons with 4.3 boards per outing.

Freshman Kadie Hempfling and sophomore Madisen Parker have 7.3 and 5.0 ppg, respectively. Hempfling has a BG-best 11.3 rebounds per game, and she is also averaging 3.8 assists per game to rank second on the Falcons in that category. Parker has hit 5-of-10 shots from three-point range.

Hempfling has averaged 14.0 rpg over the last three contests, with 17 boards against Marshall, 13 more vs. Robert Morris and 12 against Loyola.

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.

Cecil, Lambert and McMillen have started all four games this year, while Glowniak and Hempfling each have made three starts and Perry and Uecker one apiece.

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.

Then, just two games later, Cecil matched her career best from long range, again going 4-for-6 from three-point land in the win over Robert Morris. She had a game-high 20 points vs. the Colonials.

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 CCU game, Lambert now has hit 193 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.

A QUICK LOOK AT COASTAL CAROLINA
Coastal Carolina is 2-1 on the young season. The Chanticleers have defeated Western Carolina and South Carolina State and lost to UC Riverside. DJ Williams, after missing the first two games, scored 18 points in the UCR contest, while Caitlin Roche has 9.7 points per game and no fewer than five other players have at least 6.0 ppg. A year ago, head coach Jaida Williams and the Chants went 17-14 overall and 10-8 in the Sun Belt Conference. CCU was picked to finish eighth in the league in '18-19.

CHECKING IN WITH MERCER
Mercer is 2-2 heading into a Friday matchup with Memphis. The Bears have defeated Georgia Southern and Florida and lost to Wake Forest and UCF. KeKe Calloway is second in the Southern Conference with 22.5 points per game. Last season, head coach Susie Gardner's team went 30-3 and claimed the SoCon regular-season and tourney titles.

THE SERIES
The Falcons have never met Coastal Carolina or Mercer in women's basketball.

DOWN THE ROAD
Following the CCU tourney, The Falcons will return to the road to face Xavier on Thursday (Nov. 29), with tipoff scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at the Cintas Center.

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