Late Rally Enables RedHawks to Escape the Stroh with 82-75 Win

Saturday, February 9

Bowling Green, OH

2:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Miami

Photo by: Elsye Jones, BGSU Mkt. & Comm.

February 09, 2019 | Women's Basketball

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Double-doubles for Cecil & Lambert; Parker scores a career-high 13

By: BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSU Athletic Communications)

The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team gave one of the Mid-American Conference's top teams a battle for 40 minutes on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 9), but Lauren Dickerson and Miami University escaped the Stroh Center with an 82-75 win.

Junior Andrea Cecil and senior Sydney Lambert each had a double-double vs. the RedHawks. Cecil had a team-leading 24 points and tied her career high with 11 rebounds. Lambert, who missed BGSU's last game due to injury, played all 40 minutes on Saturday, and had 10 points, a career-high 11 rebounds and a game-high six assists.

Sophomore Madisen Parker had a career-high 13 points, and was a perfect 3-for-3 from three-point range. Fellow soph Angela Perry rounded out BGSU's quartet of double-digit scorers with 10 points.

For the RedHawks (17-4, 8-2 MAC), Dickerson had a game-high 31 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter. Savannah Kluesner scored 16 points before fouling out, and Leah Purvis added 12.

NEXT HOME GAME
• The Brown and Orange will wrap up a brief two-game homestand with a Wednesday (Feb. 13) matchup vs. Buffalo. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh.
• In fact, BGSU's next two home games are against teams that advanced to the Round of 16 in last year's NCAA Championships, as Central Michigan comes to the Stroh on Wednesday, Feb. 20.
• Last season, the Bulls and Chippewas joined the 2006-07 BGSU juggernaut as the only MAC women's basketball teams ever to advance to the "Sweet Sixteen" in the NCAA tourney.

FIRST QUARTER
• Cecil scored 11 first-quarter points, and the junior got BG on the scoreboard nearly two minutes in, with the shot clock winding down. But, Miami scored seven-straight points, taking an early 10-2 lead when Dickerson hit a three-pointer out top.
• Lambert came up with an offensive rebound and hit a slick baseline jumper, and the senior then lobbed the ball inside to Cecil for an easy layup.
• Dickerson answered with a three, but freshman Kadie Hempfling threw the ball inside to Cecil for another layup. MU's Purvis hit a long-distance shot for an eight-point lead, but Cecil knocked down a pair of free throws, and the junior hit a three-ball at the top of the arc to cut the RedHawk lead to 19-15.
• Freshman Morgan McMillen took the ball to the hoop and hit a layup to cut the MU lead in half, but the RedHawks got a late bucket to take a 21-17 advantage after 10 minutes.

SECOND QUARTER
• Hempfling opened the period by taking a McMillen pass and hitting a corner three, and moments later, Lambert grabbed an offensive board and flipped the ball to fellow senior Maddie Cole for a layup and a 23-21 BGSU lead.
• Perry kicked the ball out to Parker for a triple from the left wing, but Dickerson answered with a three of her own, giving MU a 28-26 advantage. Cecil was fouled inside and hit both charity tosses, and the junior then found Perry for a baby hook and a 30-28 lead.
• Cecil grabbed a rebound after a BG stop, then took the ball coast to coast for a layup and a four-point lead. Moments later, Parker's entry pass found Cecil for a layup and a 34-30 lead. When Perry hit a putback, the Falcons were up by six as the RedHawks used a timeout.
• BG got a stop, however, and Cecil laid the ball off to a cutting Lambert for a layup and a 38-30 lead.
• Miami stopped the BG run, but Parker was fouled on a rebound, and the soph hit a pair of free throws to give the Falcons a 42-33 lead at the break.

THIRD QUARTER
• Miami got out to a fast start in the second half. Purvis hit a corner three to cut BG's lead to 42-37, and after Cecil hit two shots from the stripe, Purvis made another trey, then Kluesner's free throws were followed by a Dickerson triple that gave the visitors a 45-44 lead.
• BGSU went over five minutes without hitting a field goal after halftime, but Lambert fed Perry for a layup at the 4:41 mark, then fired a long pass ahead to Cecil for a layup ahead of the pack. When the senior point guard pulled up for a jumper, the Falcons had a 6-0 run and a 50-47 lead.
• And, when Kluesner fouled Lambert out top – Kluesner's fourth foul – the senior hit a pair of free throws. Cecil was tripped near the top of the arc, and hit two tosses of her own, giving BG a 54-51 advantage.
• Kendall McCoy hit a corner three, but Cole – like McCoy a graduate of Sylvania Northview – drew her high-school teammate's fourth foul and knocked down a pair of shots at the stripe with 27.8 seconds remaining in the period. BG got a stop, and the Falcons led, 56-54, after 30 minutes.

FOURTH QUARTER
• Miami scored on the first two possessions of the quarter, as Kenzie Schmitz converted on a putback, and Kristen Levering hit a short-corner jumper. Perry scored inside to tie the game at 58-58, but Dickerson's three-point play gave the visitors the lead once again at the 8:35 mark.
• Parker scored after a baseline drive, and after a Baleigh Reid putback, a triple-teamed Cecil kicked the ball out to Parker for a three-pointer that tied the game, 63-63, with 7:07 to go.
• Perry's layup gave the Falcons the lead, and after the visitors answered, Parker hit another triple, this time from Hempfling's cross-court pass. The Falcons had a 68-65 lead.
• Cole answered a Miami putback with an and-one layup heading into the game's final media timeout. Kluesner fouled out on the play, which gave the Falcons a 70-67 lead.
• But, Dickerson hit a foul-line jumper, then a reverse layup that gave the 'Hawks the lead. After a turnover, the MU guard knocked down another foul-line jumper for a 73-70 RedHawk advantage.
• Dickerson continued her hot shooting, with a three-pointer at the top of the arc. Then, she knocked down another triple moments later to give the visitors a 79-70 lead.
• Hempfling hit a three-pointer after receiving a pass from Cole, and the Falcons took a timeout with 59.4 seconds to go. Then, BG stole the ball in the backcourt, and Lambert's quick layup cut the MU lead to 79-75 with 54.7 seconds remaining.
• BG fouled several times to get to the five-foul mark for the quarter. After the final foul in that sequence, Purvis hit a pair of free-throws with 48.7 seconds left, giving the visitors an 81-75 lead.
• For the Falcons, three-point attempts were off the mark on each of the next two possessions. But, the RedHawks went 0-for-4 at the stripe to keep the door open. However, with just 11.2 seconds to go, Purvis split a pair of shots to cap the scoring.

STATISTICS & NOTES
• The RedHawks shot 41.8 percent from the field for the game, to BG's 39.1%. Miami went 10-of-18 (55.6%) from the floor in the fourth quarter.
• The teams were deadlocked, 43-43, in the rebounding department. As mentioned, Cecil and Lambert each had 11 boards, while Levering matched that total with a team-high 11 for the visitors.
• Miami went 11-of-27 (40.7%) from three-point range, with Dickerson making six triples in 14 attempts. The Falcons were 6-for-20 from downtown, with Parker a perfect 3-for-3 and Hempfling 2-of-4 from the arc.
• BGSU made 19 free throws in 22 tries, for an 86.4% success rate. Cecil was 9-of-10 from the stripe, while McMillen hit all four of her shots from the line.
• Miami was just 15-of-24 (62.5%) from the free-throw line, including a 6-of-11 performance (54.5%) in the fourth quarter.
• The Falcons had advantages of 34-24 in points in the paint, 8-0 in fast-break points and 23-10 in bench scoring. Miami had a slim 16-15 lead in both points off of turnovers and second-chance points.
• Both teams had 13 turnovers and five steals on the afternoon.
• In addition to BG's four double-digit scorers, three players – Cole, Hempfling and McMillen – had six points apiece. Hempfling added four assists, while Cole had seven rebounds. McMillen had four boards and tied Lambert for team honors with a pair of steals.

UP NEXT
• The Brown and Orange will wrap up a brief two-game homestand with a Wednesday (Feb. 13) matchup vs. Buffalo. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh.
• Then, the Falcons will travel to Northeast Ohio for a Saturday (Feb. 16) matchup with Kent State. That game begins at 5:00 p.m.
• Two of BGSU's next three games are against teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament's Round of 16 a year ago, as the Falcons take on Central Michigan on Wednesday, Feb. 20, in a game that was originally scheduled for late January, but was postponed due to weather and travel concerns.

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