Akron Comes to Town for BG's Pink Game

Wednesday, February 27

Bowling Green, OH

7:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Akron

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Photo by: Scott W. Grau

February 26, 2019 | Women's Basketball

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Falcons wrap up home schedule with 2 games at the Stroh this week

By: BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSU Athletic Communications)

BGSU vs. AKRON
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 • 7:00 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 closes the home portion of the schedule this week, beginning Wednesday (Feb. 27). Head coach Robyn Fralick and the Falcons host the University of Akron in a 7:00 p.m. start at the Stroh Center.

PINK GAME
Wednesday's game is the team's annual Pink Game in support of breast cancer awareness, and fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game.

BGSU's REMAINING HOME GAMES

NEED-TO-KNOW INFORMATION
(These fascinating facts are provided on a need-to-know basis)
• Junior Andrea Cecil has averaged 20.8 points over the last five games. During that time, she has shot 58.5% (38-of-65) from the floor, 50% (7-for-14) from three-point range and 87.5% (21-of-24) from the free-throw line.

• Freshman Morgan McMillen has attempted more three-point field goals in a season than any other Falcon in program history. McMillen has shot 210 times from beyond the arc, breaking the record of 209 set by Tracy Pontius in 2010-11.

• A total of 12 of BGSU's games this season have been decided by seven points or fewer.

CLOSE CALLS
As mentioned, total of 12 of BGSU's 25 games this season have been decided by seven points or fewer.

In fact, 11 of BGSU's first 14 MAC games have been within three points with under 12 minutes remaining. Ten of those 14 contests were within three points at some time in the fourth quarter.

And, no fewer than seven of the Falcons' MAC matchups have been tied or a one-possession game in the final minute.

MCTHRILLEN: MORGAN'S OUT HERE BREAKING RECORDS
Freshman Morgan McMillen is ranked among the national leaders in multiple three-point field-goal related categories. She is already ranked atop one school list, and has a chance to break another long-distance mark by season's end.

McMillen has made 78 long-range shots this year to date, tying her for the second-highest single-season total in BGSU history. McMillen is now just 14 three-pointers away from matching the school record of 92, set by Lauren Prochaska in 2009-10.

THE FALCONS: A QUICK OVERVIEW
BGSU enters the Akron game with a record of 8-17, and the Falcons are 1-13 in MAC play. BG topped Buffalo – an NCAA "Sweet Sixteen" team a year ago – by a 78- 72 score two weeks ago (Feb. 13) at the Stroh Center. As mentioned, seven of BGSU's 13 league losses have come by seven points or fewer.

Eleven of the 14 MAC games have been within three points with under 12 minutes remaining; 10 were three-point games at some point in the fourth quarter; and no fewer than seven were tied or a one-possession game in the final minute of the fourth period.

In BGSU's last outing, the Falcons were within two points of league-leading Miami early in the fourth period, and it was a five-point game with just over four minutes left before the RedHawks pulled away at the free-throw line late.

BGSU is 6-6 at home, 2-10 on the road and 0-1 in neutral-site contests this season.

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.

Four Falcons are scoring in double digits this season. Junior Andrea Cecil leads the way with 15.6 points per contest, and is second on the team with 5.3 rebounds per game. Cecil has had 19 or more points 11 times this year, including a team-high 23 points at Miami on Saturday. The junior is shooting 42.4% from three-point land, good for first in the MAC and 25th in the country. And, Cecil is 18th in the nation in free-throw percentage (88.0%).

Freshman Morgan McMillen is scoring 13.8 ppg, and has scored in double digits in 18 of her first 25 career outings. McMillen tied the school single-game record with eight triples vs. Marshall, in just her second collegiate game. She is currently ranked 20th in the nation in three-pointers made per game, and has a total of 78 on the year, tying her for second in school history.

Senior Sydney Lambert is averaging 11.4 ppg, along with 4.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. She is second on the team in assists, and third in scoring, rebounding and three-pointers made (40).

Lambert started every game in her BGSU career prior to missing the Falcons' game at Northern Illinois on Feb. 6. The point guard did not travel to DeKalb due to injury, but she returned to the lineup and played all 40 minutes in the first Miami matchup three days later. Lambert leads the MAC and is 22nd in the nation in minutes per game (36.98).

Sophomore Angela Perry has 10.5 ppg and is shooting 52.3% from the floor. Perry, who has seen action in 21 games, has nearly tripled her point total for all of last season. She has three 20-point games this year to date.

Freshman Kadie Hempfling and sophomore Madisen Parker have 5.8 and 5.0 ppg, respectively. Hempfling leads the Falcons in both rebounding, with 8.2 per game, and assists, with 4.1 per contest. She has had nine double-digit rebounding totals this season. At Miami on Saturday, Hempfling had a career-high 14 points along with seven boards and five assists.

Parker has gone 31-of-84 (36.9%) from three-point land this year, including a perfect 3-for-3 on three occasions. She made all three of her long-range attempts en route to a career-high 13 points in the first Miami matchup, then was a perfect 9-for-9 from the free-throw line vs. Buffalo, scoring 12 points in the win over the Bulls.

In MAC games only, three Falcons are scoring in double figures. Cecil leads the team with 15.6 ppg, while Lambert has 11.6 ppg, McMillen 11.3 and Perry 9.1. Senior Maddie Cole has 5.6 ppg in conference contests, and is shooting 52.3% (34-of-65) from the floor in the 14 games. Hempfling has 5.4 ppg along with team-best averages of 7.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists.

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 MAC play. A total of 10 different Falcons have made at least one start this season. Cecil is the only player to have started all 25 games.

SEE THE THREE, BE THE THREE
The Falcons are currently ranked 18th in the nation in three-point field goals made per game, having hit 8.9 shots from beyond the arc per contest. And, BGSU is 30th in the land in total three-pointers made (223), 39th in triples attempted (638) and 56th in long-range accuracy (35.0%).

BGSU has made at least three triples in each of the last 68 games.

Individually, freshman Morgan McMillen is 20th in the country in three-pointers made per game (3.12), and she is 27th nationally in total three-pointers made (78) and 28th in long-range shots attempted (a school-record 210). McMillen has made at least four treys in a game 13 times this year.

Junior Andrea Cecil is 25th in the entire nation – and first in the MAC – in three-point percentage, having made 42.4 percent of her long-range tries.

THREE-MARKABLE
Through the years, BGSU rosters typically have been stocked with players who can score from three-point range. As a team, BG has hit at least four triples in 24 of 25 games this season, and the Falcons have made at least eight treys in 15 contests, including a school record-tying 16 vs. Marshall, 14 vs. Valparaiso and 13 on four other occasions.

In fact, BG has knocked down four or more three-pointers in 138 of the last 147 games, dating to late in the 2013-14 season.

BGSU will be looking to extend a mucho-impressive streak in the Akron game. The Falcons have hit at least one three-pointer in each of the last 454 games. BG has not been held without a triple in over 14 years – since Feb. 12, 2005, at Akron, when the Falcons won, 61-52, despite going 0-of-13 from long distance.

EYASSES (IT'S THE PLURAL OF EYAS) (LOOK IT UP)
It's a youthful group that has taken the floor for the Falcons this season. A total of six players have seen action in at least 24 of BGSU's 25 games this year to date. That sextet includes one senior, one junior, one sophomore and three freshmen.

The group that has emerged as the top-nine players in Coach Robyn Fralick's rotation consists of three frosh, three sophomores (including one redshirt soph), one junior and a pair of seniors.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE ZIPS
Akron is 15-10 on the season, and the Zips are 6-8 in MAC play. UA snapped a brief two-game losing streak on Saturday (Feb. 23), with a 70-59 win over Buffalo. The Zips had topped the win total for all of last season by Jan. 9. Akron is 9-3 at home, 2-7 on the road and 4-0 at neutral sites. In league play, UA is 5-2 at the JAR and 1-6 at hostile venues. Megan Sefcik leads the team with 16.8 points per game, and has hit 79 three-pointers this season. Both Shaunay Edmonds and Haliegh Reinoehl have 10.7 ppg, and Reinoehl has a team-leading 7.8 rebounds per game. Melissa Jackson, in her first season as head coach after 10 years as an assistant at UA, welcomed back eight letterwinners, including all five starters, from last year's team that finished 9-21 overall and 3-15 in MAC play.

THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Akron, 55-8, in the all-time series between the teams, but UA won this season's first meeting, a 74-71 thriller at the JAR (Jan. 12) that snapped a four-game BGSU series winning streak. Last year, BG won a 66-64 nail-biter on the road (Jan. 13, 2018) before capturing an 84-63 decision at the Stroh Center on Senior Night (Feb. 28, 2018). The Falcons won the first 26 series matchups, saw Akron take two of the next five games, then won 19 more in a row before a UA win in January of 2013. BGSU is 29-2 in home games, 24-6 in road contests and 2-0 in neutral-site meetings vs. the Zips over the years.

DOWN THE ROAD
Following the Akron game, the Falcons will wrap up the home portion of the schedule, facing Kent State on Saturday (March 2), on Senior Day at the Stroh Center. The KSU kerfuffle is set for a 1:00 p.m. start.

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