Falcons Meet Miami on Youth Sports Day, Robyn Fralick Bobblehead Day

Saturday, February 9

Bowling Green, OH

2:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Miami

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Falcons Meet Miami on Youth Sports Day, Robyn Fralick Bobblehead Day

February 08, 2019 | Women's Basketball

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BGSU begins brief two-game homestand by facing RedHawks Saturday afternoon

By: BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSU Athletic Communications)

BGSU vs. MIAMI
Saturday, February 9, 2019 • 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 returns home for the next two games, beginning with a tough test on Saturday (Feb. 9). Head coach Robyn Fralick and the Falcons face Miami University in a 2:00 p.m. tipoff at the Stroh Center.

NEED-TO-KNOW INFORMATION
>> Freshman Molly Dever made the first start of her young collegiate career on Wednesday night (Feb. 6) at Northern Illinois, giving BGSU three freshmen in the starting five for the first time in over 11 years.

>> The Falcons are ranked eighth in the nation in defensive rebounds per game.

>> Only two-thirds of the way through the season, freshman Morgan McMillen has entered the top-10 on the single-season lists for both three-point field goals made and attempted. She is on pace to shatter the school records in both categories.

PROMOTIONS/EVENTS/ETC.
Saturday's game will be preceded by the final Chalk Talk of the season. Associate head coach Kim Cameron will speak at 1:00 p.m. in the Hall of Fame area of the Stroh Center, and the Chalk Talk is open to all Falcon fans.

Saturday will be Youth Sports Day at the Stroh, and it will also be Robyn Fralick Bobblehead Day, with the first 500 fans through the gates receiving a bobblehead of the first-year Falcon head coach.

EASTBOUND AND DOWN
For the Falcons, Saturday's game vs. Miami – due to a postponement – now marks the beginning of the second half of the Mid-American Conference schedule.

The Falcons have played only two games vs. fellow East Division schools to date. The original schedule called for BGSU to close the regular season with eight consecutive games vs. East Division opponents. But, due to that postponed game, BGSU will play three intra-divisional games before meeting Central Michigan in a game rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 20.

Then, the Brown and Orange will wrap up regular-season play with five more games vs. the East.

YOUNG GUNS
Freshman Molly Dever was in the starting lineup for the first time as a Falcon when BG took the floor at NIU on Wednesday night (Feb. 6). Dever was joined by two other frosh, Kadie Hempfling and Morgan McMillen, in the starting five.

It marked the first time BG had three freshmen in the lineup in over 11 years. The Falcons had seven frosh on the 2007-08 roster, and two of them – Crystal Murdaugh and Lauren Prochaska – started all 34 games. Chelsea Albert started the first six games of that season, with the sixth start coming on Dec. 1, 2007, at Cornell.

MCTHRILLEN: MORGAN'S ON PACE TO SHATTER SEVERAL THREE-POINT MARKS
Freshman Morgan McMillen is ranked among the national leaders in multiple three-point field-goal related categories. And, she has a chance to be ranked atop several school lists by season's end.

McMillen has made 70 long-range shots this year to date, tying her for ninth on that BGSU single-season list. McMillen is just five successful triples away from moving into fifth on that list, and she is eight made treys shy of second place.

McMillen is 22 three-pointers away from matching the school record of 92, which was set by Lauren Prochaska in 2009-10.

McMillen has attempted 183 long-range shots this season, just 26 shy of the school single-season record of 209. That mark is currently held by Tracy Pontius (2010-11).

SEE THE THREE, BE THE THREE
The Falcons made seven three-point field goals on Wednesday at NIU. BGSU is currently ranked 11th in the nation in three-point field goals made per game, having hit 9.6 per contest.

The Falcons are 21st in the land in total three-pointers made (192) and 25th in triples attempted (551).

BGSU has made at least three triples in each of the last 63 games.

Individually, freshman Morgan McMillen is sixth in the country – and first in the MAC – in three-pointers made per game (3.50), and she is 12th nationally in total three-pointers made (70) and 16th in long-range shots attempted (183). McMillen has made at least four treys in a game 12 times this year.

Junior Andrea Cecil is 44th in the entire nation in three-point percentage, having made 41.3 percent of her long-range tries.

GET A STOP!
BGSU is ranked among the nation's top-10 teams in defensive rebounding. The Falcons are eighth in the entire country in that category, with exactly 30.0 boards per game at the defensive end. Freshman Kadie Hempfling, who leads BG and ranks third in the MAC with 9.0 total rebounds per game, is second in the conference with 6.2 defensive caroms per contest.

THE FALCONS: A QUICK OVERVIEW
BGSU enters the Miami game with a record of 7-13, and the Falcons are 0-9 in MAC play, having lost five of those conference games by seven points or fewer.

The Falcons' first seven MAC games were within three points with under 12 minutes remaining. Six of those seven contests were three-point games at some point in the fourth quarter, and no fewer than five were one-possession games in the final minute.

BGSU actually led Northern Illinois late in the first half of Wednesday's (Feb. 6) in DeKalb, and the Falcons were within two points with nearly half of the third quarter gone. But, it all went off the rails in the final 16 minutes, and when the smoke had cleared, the Huskies had an 88-47 win.

The Falcons are 5-4 at home, 2-8 on the road and 0-1 in neutral-site contests.

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. Freshman Morgan McMillen leads the way with 15.2 points per contest, and has scored in double digits in 16 of her first 20 career outings.

McMillen tied the school single-game record with eight triples vs. Marshall (in her second collegiate game). She is ranked sixth in the nation in three-pointers made per game, and has a total of 70 on the year.

Junior Andrea Cecil has 14.3 ppg and is second on the Falcons in rebounding as well as scoring, with 4.9 boards per game. Cecil has had 19 or more points eight times this year, including an epic 33-point, 10-rebound outing at Eastern Michigan. The junior is shooting 41.3% from three-point land, good for 44th in the country.

Sophomore Angela Perry has 12.1 ppg and is shooting 53.7% from the floor. Perry, who has seen action in 16 games, has already more than doubled her point total for all of last season. She had 24 points, including 20 in the second half, at Akron (Jan. 12), and has three 20-point games this year to date.

Senior Sydney Lambert is averaging 11.9 ppg, along with 4.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. She is second on the team in assists, and is third in both boards and three-pointers made (36). Lambert had her first career double-double against Ohio on Jan. 26, with 23 points and 10 rebounds.

Lambert started every game in her BGSU career prior to missing Wednesday's NIU contest. The point guard, who has made 108 starts as a Falcon, did not travel to DeKalb due to injury.

Freshman Kadie Hempfling and sophomore Madisen Parker have 5.3 and 4.5 ppg, respectively. Hempfling averages a BG-best 9.0 rebounds per game, and she also has dished out 4.2 assists per game to lead the Falcons in that category as well.

Hempfling has had nine double-digit rebounding totals in her first 20 games, including a 16-rebound contest at EMU. In that game, she had 10 offensive rebounds, becoming only the third Falcon since 1995 to reach that total.

Parker has gone 25-of-69 (36.2%) from three-point range this year, including a perfect 3-for-3 in each of two Falcon wins and 2-for-2 at Akron.

In MAC games only, four Falcons are averaging at least 11 points per game. Lambert leads the team with 13.1 ppg, while Cecil and McMillen each have 12.8 ppg and Perry 11.4. Senior Maddie Cole has 5.6 ppg in conference contests, and is shooting 59.5% (22-of-37) from the floor in the nine games. Hempfling has 4.1 ppg and team-leading averages of 8.7 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 20 games.

THREE-MARKABLE
Through the years, BGSU rosters typically have been stocked with players who can score from three-point range. In 2017-18, for the third-straight season, a total of 12 different Falcons hit at least one three-pointer.

As a team, BG has hit at least four triples in 19 of 20 games this season, and the Falcons have made at least eight treys in 13 contests, including a school record-tying 16 vs. Marshall, 14 vs. Valpo and 13 on four other occasions.

In fact, BG has knocked down four or more three-pointers in 133 of the last 142 games, dating to late in the 2013-14 season.

BGSU will be looking to extend a mucho-impressive streak in the Miami game. The Falcons have hit at least one three-pointer in each of the last 450 games. BG has not been held without a triple in just under 14 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 THE REDHAWKS
Miami is off to a 16-4 start, and the RedHawks are 7-2 in MAC play after a 63-58 win over Eastern Michigan on Wednesday. MU has won six-straight games after starting the MAC with a 1-2 mark. Those six wins include road victories over Central Michigan and Ohio. The 'Hawks are 8-1 at home and 8-3 on the road this season to date. Lauren Dickerson has 15.8 points per game to lead four double-figure scorers, and she also has dished out 5.8 assists per outing. Savannah Kluesner has 14.5 ppg and a team-leading 7.9 rebounds per game. Second-year head coach Megan Duffy's team went 21-11 overall and 12-6 in the MAC a year ago.

THE SERIES
The Falcons lead Miami, 51-31, in the all-time series between the teams, and BG has won six of the last 10 meetings, but the RedHawks have captured the last three matchups. MU won a narrow 66-62 decision at the Stroh Center (Feb. 3, 2018) just over a year ago, then picked up a 92-64 win in Oxford three weeks later (Feb. 24, 2018). BG is 24-14 in home games, 21-16 in road contests and 6-1 in neutral-site games vs. the Redskins/RedHawks over the years.

IT'S ALL RELATIVE
A pair of Miami assistant coaches have relatives with deep BGSU ties. Frank Goldsberry is the father of former Falcon Lindsey Goldsberry. The younger Goldsberry, who played for her father at Dayton's Chaminade-Julienne H.S., left BGSU as the winningest player in MAC basketball history. The Falcons won 114 games, an average of 28.5 victories per season, during her four years.

Miami assistant Justine Raterman is the younger sister of Jacki Raterman, who earned four letters for the Falcons in the late 1990s. Jacki, who coached her sister at Versailles H.S., still holds the BGSU single-season scoring record, with 20.8 points per game during her senior season of 1998-99.

DOWN THE ROAD
Following the Miami game, the Falcons will host Buffalo on Wednesday night (Feb. 13), with tipoff at 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center.

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