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Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics
Falcons Stifle the Norse in 63-49 Road Win
December 03, 2020 | Women's Basketball
Lewis has nine steals, BGSU enjoys 30-5 lead in points off turnovers
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Freshman Kenzie Lewis and her teammates used a stout defensive effort to pick up a road win on Thursday afternoon (Dec. 3), as the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team downed Northern Kentucky University, 63-49. The non-conference matchup was held at BB&T Arena.
Lewis, in just the second game of her collegiate career, had nine steals – just one shy of the school record. Classmate Lexi Fleming, a native of nearby Cincinnati, had three steals of her own as the Falcons forced the Norse into 23 turnovers.
NOTE OF THE DAY: TURN 'EM OVER & MAKE 'EM PAY
• The Falcons, as mentioned, forced NKU to commit 23 turnovers on the afternoon, with Lewis and Fleming combining for 12 of BGSU's 15 steals in the win.
• BGSU had a points-off-turnovers advantage of 30-5 in the game, including a 19-0 lead in that category in the first half.
BGSU outscored NKU in every quarter but the fourth. The Falcons built a 50-30 lead after three periods, and extended the margin to a game-high 27 points early in the fourth quarter before the Norse made a late run.
Junior Kadie Hempfling scored 14 points to lead a balanced offensive effort, while Lewis and Fleming had 12 and 11, respectively, and senior Madisen Parker 10.
Lewis had a well-rounded afternoon, as in addition to her 12 points and nine steals, she had six rebounds, four assists and a blocked shot. Lewis led the Falcons in boards, assists, steals and blocks.
Carissa Garcia and Lindsey Duvall had 10 points apiece for the hosts, and Duvall had a game-high 14 rebounds. NKU had a 40-26 advantage on the glass, but the Norse committed those 23 turnovers compared to just 11 for the Falcons.
QUOTING COACH FRALICK
"I am really proud of our team to get a road win against a good and experienced team. Our ability to guard the ball was excellent, and I loved our toughness and effort. We need to continue to grow and put together a complete 40 minutes as team."
FIRST QUARTER
• Neither team shot the ball well in the opening quarter. BGSU went scoreless on the first three possessions of the game, before junior Kadie Hempfling stepped out and hit a right-wing three-pointer.
• After the Norse answered with a bucket at the other end, senior Angela Perry banked a shot off glass and in while drawing a foul. Perry's free-throw gave the Falcons a 6-4 lead. BG never trailed again.
• The game was tied, 6-6, when Hempfling drove the paint and hit a short jumper at the 5:53 mark. Freshman Kenzie Lewis came up with a steal, her third in a two-minute span, and fed fellow freshman Lexi Fleming for a layup and a 10-6 advantage.
• The Norse got back within a single point at the free-throw line, but Hempfling found Perry for another three-point play that restored BGSU's four-point lead after 10 minutes.
• The Falcons shot just 33.3 percent (5-of-15) in the opening quarter, but NKU went just 3-for-15 (20%) from the field, including 0-for-7 from three-point range.
SECOND QUARTER
• In a familiar theme on the day, another Lewis steal in the opening minute of the quarter led to a BG bucket, as Lewis fed Fleming for an open layup and a 15-9 lead.
• A layup by Carissa Garcia broke a scoring drought of nearly six minutes (and a field-goal drought of more than 10) for the hosts, but Perry answered with a nifty turnaround jumper.
• Two Lewis free throws were followed by a three-pointer by senior Madisen Parker, giving the Falcons a nine-point lead, and that lead reached double digits for the first time when senior Clare Glowniak hit a baby hook shot in the paint. The run was 7-0 and the lead was 24-13 with four minutes left in the half.
• Lewis converted a few more charity tosses, then came up with yet another steal, and BG ran the floor, with sophomore Olivia Trice finding Parker for a transition layup and a 28-17 advantage.
• Trice hit a free throw, then knocked down a three-point try off of a pass by classmate Elissa Brett in the final minute of the half. The Falcons got a stop, and Lewis made a driving layup in the waning seconds of the quarter, giving BG a14-point lead, 34-20, at the intermission.
• The Falcons shot 50% from the floor in the second quarter, going 7-for-14 overall and 2-of-4 from the arc. NKU shot 3-for-9 from the field in the quarter and 6-for-24 (25%) in the first half. The Norse missed all nine first-half three-point attempts.
THIRD QUARTER
• BG forced NKU into a shot-clock violation, the second of the day, early in the third period. Emmy Souder scored on a putback on the hosts' next possession, but Lewis drew the third foul of the day on Ally Niece, a Preseason All-Horizon League Team selection. Moments later, Lewis converted a driving layup.
• Garcia and the Norse, however, answered with a 5-0 run, with Garcia hitting a pull-up jumper, then a foul-line J, to cut BG's lead to single digits. But, Brett got to the line and knocked own a pair of shots, and moments later, the soph fed Parker for a three-ball and a 41-28 lead.
• Hempfling answered an NKU bucket by muscling her way in for a short jumper, and after a lengthy scoreless spell by both teams, the junior made a spin move and hit another bucket in the paint.
• The Norse used a timeout, but immediately out of the break, Fleming's steal and layup gave BG a17-point advantage, and after a defensive stop, a Lewis cross-court pass resulted in a Fleming three-pointer and a 50-30 lead after 30 minutes.
• BGSU ended the quarter on a 9-0 run.
FOURTH QUARTER
• Grayson Rose's layup opened the fourth-period scoring, but Hempfling knocked down her second three-pointer of the game, and Fleming hit a pair of free throws.
• Then, after an intentional foul call against the home team, Parker made two shots from the strip, and a Lewis layup gave the Falcons a 59-32 lead with just over seven minutes to go. That bucket capped BGSU's second 9-0 run in less than a quarter of action.
• The Norse then made a run. After the hosts missed 10 consecutive three-point tries to begin the game, Kennedy Igo knocked down a long-range shot with 6:43 to go. That began a quick 10-0 run for the hosts, and that run reached 13 on Lindsey Duvall's second-straight layup, with the latter shot beginning a three-point play.
• Duvall's free throw made it a 14-point game with 3:55 to go, but the next possession saw Hempfling drive the baseline and hit a sweet reverse layup. After a free throw by NKU, a Lewis offensive rebound and putback gave BG a 63-46 with just over two minutes left. Brett then took a charge against Duvall, giving the ball back to the Falcons and allowing the visitors to run some clock.
STATS
• The Falcons shot 37.3 percent from the field, compared to 36.4% for the Norse. NKU went 6-for-10 from the floor in the fourth quarter after just a 10-of-34 (29.4%) effort over the first three.
• BGSU was 6-of-16 (37.5%) from three-point range, while NKU went just 2-for-14 (14.3%) from the arc.
• The Norse had a 40-26 rebounding advantage, but turned the ball over 23 times to just 11 for the Falcons. BGSU had a whopping 30-5 lead in points off turnovers.
• Sophomore Elissa Brett led all players with a plus/minus rating of +29 in the win.
NOTES / INSIDE THE NUMBERS
• BGSU is 2-0 on the year, and those two wins have come against teams (Valparaiso and NKU) who won a combined 37 games a year ago.
• NKU went 20-12 last season, marking the program's first 20-win campaign in the Division-I Era, and the Norse have been picked to finish fourth in the 12-team Horizon League this season.
• Freshman Lexi Fleming had 11 points in the second game of her collegiate career, after scoring 24 in her BGSU debut (the win over Valpo). Fleming is a native of nearby Cincinnati, and both of her parents played basketball at NKU.
• Another freshman, Kenzie Lewis, had a well-rounded stat line in the second game of her BGSU career. Lewis had six points, four rebounds, three assists, six steals and a blocked shot in the first half alone on Thursday.
• The Falcons held NKU without a field goal for over 10 minutes in the first half. Carissa Garcia hit a shot with 6:50 to go in the first quarter, but the Norse would not make another field goal until 6:43 remained in the second period. The hosts went 5:45 without a point and 10:07 without a field goal.
• After three freshmen – Fleming, Lewis and Olivia Hill – made their respective collegiate debuts in Sunday's win over Valparaiso at the Stroh Center, two more took the floor on Thursday. True freshman Jasmine Clerkley and redshirt freshman Macy Spielman each saw their first action in a BG uniform, checking in with 1:18 to go.
• Additionally, redshirt sophomore Molly Dever entered the game at the same time. It was Dever's first game action in nearly 21 months, since the final game of the 2018-19 season (March 11, 2019, at Kent State). Dever, like Spielman, missed the entire 2019-20 season due to injury.
UP NEXT
• The Falcons return to the Stroh Center to face Milwaukee on Sunday (Dec. 6), with tipoff scheduled for 12:00 p.m. Then, the Mid-American Conference portion of the schedule gets underway next weekend, as Eastern Michigan comes to town on Friday, Dec. 11. That game is slated to start at 6:00 p.m.
• Keep it locked right here at BGSUFalcons.com for all of the latest news and updates re: the 2020-21 Falcons, and click here for the latest and most up-to-date schedule.
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Lewis, in just the second game of her collegiate career, had nine steals – just one shy of the school record. Classmate Lexi Fleming, a native of nearby Cincinnati, had three steals of her own as the Falcons forced the Norse into 23 turnovers.
NOTE OF THE DAY: TURN 'EM OVER & MAKE 'EM PAY
• The Falcons, as mentioned, forced NKU to commit 23 turnovers on the afternoon, with Lewis and Fleming combining for 12 of BGSU's 15 steals in the win.
• BGSU had a points-off-turnovers advantage of 30-5 in the game, including a 19-0 lead in that category in the first half.
BGSU outscored NKU in every quarter but the fourth. The Falcons built a 50-30 lead after three periods, and extended the margin to a game-high 27 points early in the fourth quarter before the Norse made a late run.
Junior Kadie Hempfling scored 14 points to lead a balanced offensive effort, while Lewis and Fleming had 12 and 11, respectively, and senior Madisen Parker 10.
Lewis had a well-rounded afternoon, as in addition to her 12 points and nine steals, she had six rebounds, four assists and a blocked shot. Lewis led the Falcons in boards, assists, steals and blocks.
Carissa Garcia and Lindsey Duvall had 10 points apiece for the hosts, and Duvall had a game-high 14 rebounds. NKU had a 40-26 advantage on the glass, but the Norse committed those 23 turnovers compared to just 11 for the Falcons.
QUOTING COACH FRALICK
"I am really proud of our team to get a road win against a good and experienced team. Our ability to guard the ball was excellent, and I loved our toughness and effort. We need to continue to grow and put together a complete 40 minutes as team."
FIRST QUARTER
• Neither team shot the ball well in the opening quarter. BGSU went scoreless on the first three possessions of the game, before junior Kadie Hempfling stepped out and hit a right-wing three-pointer.
• After the Norse answered with a bucket at the other end, senior Angela Perry banked a shot off glass and in while drawing a foul. Perry's free-throw gave the Falcons a 6-4 lead. BG never trailed again.
• The game was tied, 6-6, when Hempfling drove the paint and hit a short jumper at the 5:53 mark. Freshman Kenzie Lewis came up with a steal, her third in a two-minute span, and fed fellow freshman Lexi Fleming for a layup and a 10-6 advantage.
• The Norse got back within a single point at the free-throw line, but Hempfling found Perry for another three-point play that restored BGSU's four-point lead after 10 minutes.
• The Falcons shot just 33.3 percent (5-of-15) in the opening quarter, but NKU went just 3-for-15 (20%) from the field, including 0-for-7 from three-point range.
SECOND QUARTER
• In a familiar theme on the day, another Lewis steal in the opening minute of the quarter led to a BG bucket, as Lewis fed Fleming for an open layup and a 15-9 lead.
• A layup by Carissa Garcia broke a scoring drought of nearly six minutes (and a field-goal drought of more than 10) for the hosts, but Perry answered with a nifty turnaround jumper.
• Two Lewis free throws were followed by a three-pointer by senior Madisen Parker, giving the Falcons a nine-point lead, and that lead reached double digits for the first time when senior Clare Glowniak hit a baby hook shot in the paint. The run was 7-0 and the lead was 24-13 with four minutes left in the half.
• Lewis converted a few more charity tosses, then came up with yet another steal, and BG ran the floor, with sophomore Olivia Trice finding Parker for a transition layup and a 28-17 advantage.
• Trice hit a free throw, then knocked down a three-point try off of a pass by classmate Elissa Brett in the final minute of the half. The Falcons got a stop, and Lewis made a driving layup in the waning seconds of the quarter, giving BG a14-point lead, 34-20, at the intermission.
• The Falcons shot 50% from the floor in the second quarter, going 7-for-14 overall and 2-of-4 from the arc. NKU shot 3-for-9 from the field in the quarter and 6-for-24 (25%) in the first half. The Norse missed all nine first-half three-point attempts.
THIRD QUARTER
• BG forced NKU into a shot-clock violation, the second of the day, early in the third period. Emmy Souder scored on a putback on the hosts' next possession, but Lewis drew the third foul of the day on Ally Niece, a Preseason All-Horizon League Team selection. Moments later, Lewis converted a driving layup.
• Garcia and the Norse, however, answered with a 5-0 run, with Garcia hitting a pull-up jumper, then a foul-line J, to cut BG's lead to single digits. But, Brett got to the line and knocked own a pair of shots, and moments later, the soph fed Parker for a three-ball and a 41-28 lead.
• Hempfling answered an NKU bucket by muscling her way in for a short jumper, and after a lengthy scoreless spell by both teams, the junior made a spin move and hit another bucket in the paint.
• The Norse used a timeout, but immediately out of the break, Fleming's steal and layup gave BG a17-point advantage, and after a defensive stop, a Lewis cross-court pass resulted in a Fleming three-pointer and a 50-30 lead after 30 minutes.
• BGSU ended the quarter on a 9-0 run.
FOURTH QUARTER
• Grayson Rose's layup opened the fourth-period scoring, but Hempfling knocked down her second three-pointer of the game, and Fleming hit a pair of free throws.
• Then, after an intentional foul call against the home team, Parker made two shots from the strip, and a Lewis layup gave the Falcons a 59-32 lead with just over seven minutes to go. That bucket capped BGSU's second 9-0 run in less than a quarter of action.
• The Norse then made a run. After the hosts missed 10 consecutive three-point tries to begin the game, Kennedy Igo knocked down a long-range shot with 6:43 to go. That began a quick 10-0 run for the hosts, and that run reached 13 on Lindsey Duvall's second-straight layup, with the latter shot beginning a three-point play.
• Duvall's free throw made it a 14-point game with 3:55 to go, but the next possession saw Hempfling drive the baseline and hit a sweet reverse layup. After a free throw by NKU, a Lewis offensive rebound and putback gave BG a 63-46 with just over two minutes left. Brett then took a charge against Duvall, giving the ball back to the Falcons and allowing the visitors to run some clock.
STATS
• The Falcons shot 37.3 percent from the field, compared to 36.4% for the Norse. NKU went 6-for-10 from the floor in the fourth quarter after just a 10-of-34 (29.4%) effort over the first three.
• BGSU was 6-of-16 (37.5%) from three-point range, while NKU went just 2-for-14 (14.3%) from the arc.
• The Norse had a 40-26 rebounding advantage, but turned the ball over 23 times to just 11 for the Falcons. BGSU had a whopping 30-5 lead in points off turnovers.
• Sophomore Elissa Brett led all players with a plus/minus rating of +29 in the win.
NOTES / INSIDE THE NUMBERS
• BGSU is 2-0 on the year, and those two wins have come against teams (Valparaiso and NKU) who won a combined 37 games a year ago.
• NKU went 20-12 last season, marking the program's first 20-win campaign in the Division-I Era, and the Norse have been picked to finish fourth in the 12-team Horizon League this season.
• Freshman Lexi Fleming had 11 points in the second game of her collegiate career, after scoring 24 in her BGSU debut (the win over Valpo). Fleming is a native of nearby Cincinnati, and both of her parents played basketball at NKU.
• Another freshman, Kenzie Lewis, had a well-rounded stat line in the second game of her BGSU career. Lewis had six points, four rebounds, three assists, six steals and a blocked shot in the first half alone on Thursday.
• The Falcons held NKU without a field goal for over 10 minutes in the first half. Carissa Garcia hit a shot with 6:50 to go in the first quarter, but the Norse would not make another field goal until 6:43 remained in the second period. The hosts went 5:45 without a point and 10:07 without a field goal.
• After three freshmen – Fleming, Lewis and Olivia Hill – made their respective collegiate debuts in Sunday's win over Valparaiso at the Stroh Center, two more took the floor on Thursday. True freshman Jasmine Clerkley and redshirt freshman Macy Spielman each saw their first action in a BG uniform, checking in with 1:18 to go.
• Additionally, redshirt sophomore Molly Dever entered the game at the same time. It was Dever's first game action in nearly 21 months, since the final game of the 2018-19 season (March 11, 2019, at Kent State). Dever, like Spielman, missed the entire 2019-20 season due to injury.
UP NEXT
• The Falcons return to the Stroh Center to face Milwaukee on Sunday (Dec. 6), with tipoff scheduled for 12:00 p.m. Then, the Mid-American Conference portion of the schedule gets underway next weekend, as Eastern Michigan comes to town on Friday, Dec. 11. That game is slated to start at 6:00 p.m.
• Keep it locked right here at BGSUFalcons.com for all of the latest news and updates re: the 2020-21 Falcons, and click here for the latest and most up-to-date schedule.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• For more information on all things BGSU women's basketball, follow the Falcons on...
• Facebook | @BGWBB
• Twitter | @BGAthletics and @BGSUwbb
• Instagram | @bgsuwbasketball
• Snapchat | BGSU Falcons
HASHTAG
#AyZiggy
Team Stats
BGSU
NKU
FG%
.373
.364
3FG%
.375
.143
FT%
.722
.714
RB
26
40
TO
11
23
STL
15
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
2
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