Ball State Defeats Falcons In Overtime

Wednesday, January 8

Bowling Green, OH

7:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

7-7,0-2MAC

Ball State

10-4,2-0MAC

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Mari Hill v Cleveland State - Nov 6 2019

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

January 08, 2020 | Women's Basketball

Box Score Final Stats Coach Fralick Interview

By: by Jason Knavel, Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications

Bowling Green, Ohio – The Ball State and Bowling Green women's basketball teams battled through 45 minutes Wednesday night but the Cardinals came away with an 86-80 overtime victory in Mid-American Conference basketball action. Neither team led by more than seven points during the entirety of the contest.

Ball State led 18-16 after one period and extended the lead to six at the half, but the Falcons battled back to tie the score at the end of three. Trailing by four with 37 seconds left, BGSU got a banked-in three-pointer from Mari Hill and a traditional three-point play by Madisen Parker with five seconds left to force overtime.

Parker had a team-high 23 points for the Falcons, with 22 of those points coming after halftime. Entering the game as the nation's leader in three-point percentage, she went 5-of-12 from long range, including 5-of-8 after the first 20 minutes.

With the win, Ball State improves to 10-4 overall and 2-0 in conference play. Bowling Green falls to 7-7 overall and 0-2 in league play.

FIRST QUARTER

Bowling Green had six steals on six Ball State turnovers, three from Kadie Hempfling, to overcome a poor shooting quarter and stay within striking distance, down 18-16.
The lead changed five times and there were two ties during the first 10 minutes.
Hempfling led the Falcons with six points in the frame.

SECOND QUARTER

Ball State used a 9-2 run midway through the second quarter to build a 31-24 lead but BGSU answered with an 8-2 run capped off by a Mari Hill jumper.
The swings continued, however, as Ball State scored the next six points and took a 39-33 lead into the break.

THIRD QUARTER

BGSU began to come alive from long range, making 5-of-10 three-pointers to outscore Ball State 21-15 in the period and tie the game.
Down 42-35, the Falcons got three-pointers from Caterrion Thompson and Parker to get back within one.
BGSU took a 49-48 lead on a Hill fastbreak lay-up with 5:08 left in the frame and the lead teetered back and forth until a Parker three-ball tied it at 54-54 headed to the fourth.

FOURTH QUARTER

Bowling Green led 70-69 with 1:46 to play but Ball State got a three-pointer and a lay-up to go ahead 74-70 with 37 seconds left.
The Falcons rushed the ball up the floor and Hill banked home a three-pointer with 31 seconds left.
BGSU fouled Jasmin Samz and she made both free-throws with 21 seconds to play.
With time winding down, Parker drove the line and threw up an off-balanced lay-up while getting fouled. The ball bounced in and she completed the scoring with a free-throw to tie the game.
Samz missed a three-pointer at the buzzer that forced overtime.

OVERTIME

Bowling Green missed its first four shots of the overtime session but neither team scored until Ball State broke the drought with a lay-up with 2:39 to go.
Trailing by four with less than 90 seconds to go, Parker knocked down her fifth three-pointer to bring the Falcons to within one at 81-80 with 1:26 left.
Bowling Green, however, would not score again and Ball State closed the session with five consecutive points to earn the win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

BGSU was outrebounded 12-7 in the quarter but that script got flipped after that point as the Falcons held a commanding 32-13 edge on the boards in the middle two periods.
Hempfling finished the game with 11 points, 16 rebounds, four assists and three steals.
Hill had 17 points, five rebounds, three assists and four steals.
Thompson added 11 points for BGSU.
Bowling Green held a 47-37 lead in rebounding, including a dominant 17-4 edge on the offensive glass.
BGSU turned the ball over 16 times, but forced 20 Ball State turnovers.
With the rebounding and turnover advantage, the Falcons attempted 16 more shots than Ball State. The Cardinals did get to the line eight more times than BGSU but were just 12-of-21.

UP NEXT

Bowling Green will host Akron Saturday at 2:00 pm for Alumnae Day.
Following that contest, the Falcons will head on the road for back-to-back games at Buffalo (Jan. 15) and at rival Toledo (Jan. 18).

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