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Falcons Pull Away Late in 77-53 Win over WMU
January 27, 2021 | Women's Basketball
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Brett leads BG with 17 as Falcons shoot over 50% for the second-straight game
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team pulled away in the fourth quarter en route to a 77- 53 victory over Western Michigan University Wednesday night (Jan. 27). The Mid-American Conference matchup took place inside the Stroh Center.
After a slow start at the offensive end, the Falcons (12-3, 8-2 MAC) used a three-point barrage to take the lead for good late in the first quarter. The Broncos (2-9, 1-8 MAC) hung around, and had two chances to cut the deficit to six points in the fourth quarter before running out of gas.
A Nyla Hampton three-pointer put the BG lead back into double digits, and began a game-ending 15-0 run. The Falcons held WMU scoreless over the final 6:57 to pull away.
Sophomore Elissa Brett scored 17 points to tie her career high and pace four double-digit scorers. Brett was 7-of-11 from the field as BGSU shot over 50 percent for the second-straight game.
Freshmen Lexi Fleming and Hampton scored 15 and 12 points, respectively, while senior Angela Perry added 11.
The Broncos got a game-high 18 points from Sydney Shafer, while Taylor Williams added 14 and Reilly Jacobson 10.
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NOTE OF THE NIGHT
• Sophomore Elissa Brett, as mentioned, tied her career high with 17 points in Wednesday's win over Western. She also had 17 points in a victory vs. Milwaukee earlier this season. Brett went 7-of-11 from the floor.
• Brett hit a career-high three three-pointers vs. the Broncos. She had made two triples on seven prior occasions (including twice this season), but knocked down two long-range shots late in the first quarter vs. WMU. Her third trey came in the second period and gave the Falcons a double-digit lead for the first time in Wednesday's win.
BONUS NOTE OF THE NIGHT
• Freshman Nyla Hampton, like Brett, had the most successful long-distance shooting performance of her young career. Hampton entered the WMU game having gone 4-for-17 from the arc in nine career games. She hit four triples on Wednesday night alone, going 4-for-7 from long range.
QUOTING COACH FRALICK
"I was proud of our team's ability to sustain tonight. It took us a while to get any sort of sustained rhythm, but we stuck with it, and our best quarter was the fourth."
'Elissa Brett was awesome tonight. She really impacted the game at both ends of the court, and I was very happy with the way Nyla Hampton stepped up and shot the ball with confidence."
FIRST QUARTER
• The teams got off to an equally-slow shooting start, as the Falcons and Broncos combined for just four points in nearly half of a quarter. Sydney Shafer got the scoring started with just under a minute gone, before freshman Kenzie Lewis found sophomore Elissa Brett for a left-side jumper less than a minute after that.
• Then, however, neither team scored until Shafer knocked down a pair of free throws nearly halfway through the period. After hitting just one field goal in the game's first 5:40, the Falcons finally scored again as Lewis drove and kicked the ball to fellow freshman Nyla Hampton for a three-pointer and a 5-4 lead.
• Reilly Jacobson's jumper gave Western the lead once more, but Lewis spotted Brett for a three-pointer, then scored herself, putting back a teammate's miss, and senior Madisen Parker hit from long distance to give BGSU a 13-6 lead.
• Megan Wagner's jumper snapped BG's 8-0 run, but Brett answered with another three-ball. Shafer scored in the paint to get WMU within six, 16-10, after a quarter.
• Brett had eight of BGSU's 16 first-quarter points, while Shafer had six of the Broncos' 10 points in the period.
• Lewis had two points, five rebounds and four assists in the opening quarter.
SECOND QUARTER
• Those first-quarter shooting woes were a thing of the past, as both teams shot the lights out (figuratively) in the second period. BGSU was a scorching 9-of-11 (81.8%) from the field and WMU 7-of-11 (63.6%) in the quarter.
• Senior Clare Glowniak began the scoring, taking a pass from junior Kadie Hempfling and hitting a turnaround shot on the opening possession. WMU's Taylor Williams made a pair of layups over the next few minutes, and Hannah Spitzley's hoop cut the BG lead to just two points. Senior Angela Perry responded by banking home a shot, but Shafer's three-pointer trimmed the Falcons' lead to 20-19.
• Hampton, however, heated up, making three-pointers on back-to-back BG possessions. She took a Hempfling pass and hit a long-distance try from the right side. Then, after Hempfling grabbed a WMU miss, freshman Lexi Fleming found Hampton for her third triple of the night and a 26-18 lead. Moments later, Perry scored inside, and the Broncos used a timeout.
• Brett's third three-pointer of the night, at the 3:51 mark, put the lead into double digits for the first time, at 31-20, and Lewis found Fleming for another long-range make and a 34-22 advantage.
• The Broncos hung around, even after Glowniak fed a cutting Lewis for a layup and Fleming hit a spinning jumper. Glowniak's free throw in the final minute of play gave the Falcons a 12-point lead, before Williams scored in the final seconds to cut WMU's deficit to 10, 39-29, at the break.
THIRD QUARTER
• Hampton came up with a steal just one second into the third period, deflecting the inbounds pass before finding Lewis for an open layup on the ensuing possession. Several minutes later, Brett faked a three-point try, drove the lane and hit a floater for a 44-31 BGSU lead.
• Western scored five-straight points, capped by Shafer's corner three after a near-turnover for the Broncos, but Fleming came down and immediately knocked down a long-range shot of her own. Another Fleming trey just 45 seconds later gave the Falcons a 50-38 lead.
• Perry scored inside after a nice pass from Lewis, and Fleming stole the ball and found Brett for a transition layup and a 54-41 advantage. BG forced a miss, and Fleming made a headlong dive to save the ball, knocking off of a Western player to give possession to the Falcons as she landed on the scorer's table.
• The Falcons, however, could not shake the Broncos. A pair of Jacobson free throws were followed by a Williams putback, cutting the lead into single digits. A Lewis steal resulted in a Hempfling layup, but Shafer's hoop in the waning seconds of the quarter brought WMU within nine, 56-47.
• Shafer had eight points and Fleming seven to lead their respective teams in scoring in the quarter.
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FOURTH QUARTER
• A Brett steal and a nifty Euro-step layup gave BG a 59-47 lead with just over a minute gone in the fourth, and a Perry putback at the 7:32 mark made it a 13-point game. But, Spitzley answered with a corner three, and a Williams jumper resulted in a nine-point margin with just under seven minutes to go. But, Western would not score again.
• The Broncos got defensive stops on each of the next two possessions, and twice had three-point shots in the air that would have cut the BG lead to six. Neither shot would drop, however, and after the second miss, Hempfling kicked the ball out to Hampton for her fourth three-pointer of the night. Then, Fleming found Perry for a second-chance bucket and a 67-53 lead with 4:17 remaining.
• Fleming hit a driving layup, Parker connected on a corner three and a nice pass by Brett resulted in Hempfling's three-point play. Suddenly, the BG lead was over 20 points. Glowniak's wide-open layup at the 1:30 mark, after a sweet pass from sophomore Olivia Trice, closed the scoring.
• The Falcons, as mentioned, outscored WMU by a 21-6 count in the fourth quarter.
STATS, NOTES & NUMBERS
• The Falcons shot better than 50 percent from the floor for the second-straight game, going 30-of-57 (52.6%) on the evening. WMU was 20-of-52 (38.5%) from the field.
• BGSU hit 12 three-pointers in 26 tries, for a 46.2% success rate. After missing five-straight three-point tries to begin the game, the Falcons then made eight of their next 10 long-distance attempts.
• WMU was 4-of-20 from the three-point line.
• The Falcons had a 35-31 rebounding advantage, and turned the ball over 13 times to Western's 16.
• BG had narrow leads in points off turnovers (17-14) and points in the paint (32-26). The Falcons had a 22-0 advantage in bench scoring in the win.
• Elissa Brett led the Falcons in rebounding as well as scoring, with eight boards to go along with her 17 points. As mentioned, she tied her career scoring high, and set a new standard by making three three-pointers. Brett was 7-of-11 from the floor and added three assists and a pair of steals.
• Lexi Fleming was 5-for-9 from the field, and went 3-for-4 from three-point land. She added three assists and two steals.
• Nyla Hampton hit a career-high four triples – matching her season total entering the game – en route to 12 points.
• Angela Perry scored 11 points to round out BG's double-digit scorers.
• Kenzie Lewis had six points, six rebounds and a career-high eight assists, while Madisen Parker also scored six points and Clare Glowniak and Kadie Hempfling five apiece.
• Glowniak was a perfect 2-for-2 from the field, and has scored 21 points in roughly 21 minutes of action over the last three games.
• Hempfling, in addition to her five points, had six boards, three assists and a team-leading three steals.
• Sydney Shafer scored 18 points and added seven rebounds for the Broncos, while Taylor Williams had 14 points and a team-high eight boards. Reilly Jacobson had 10 points and five rebounds.
• The Falcons have won two games vs. WMU in the same season for the first time since the 2004-05 campaign (although it should be noted that BGSU and the Broncos met just once in the regular season in 12 of the last 16 years).
UP NEXT
• The Falcons close the January schedule by meeting arch-rival Toledo for the second time in a two-week span. BG battles the Rockets on Saturday (Jan. 30) at the Stroh, with tipoff set for shortly after 12:00 p.m.
• Check BGSUFalcons.com for all of the latest news and updates re: the 2020-21 Falcons.
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After a slow start at the offensive end, the Falcons (12-3, 8-2 MAC) used a three-point barrage to take the lead for good late in the first quarter. The Broncos (2-9, 1-8 MAC) hung around, and had two chances to cut the deficit to six points in the fourth quarter before running out of gas.
A Nyla Hampton three-pointer put the BG lead back into double digits, and began a game-ending 15-0 run. The Falcons held WMU scoreless over the final 6:57 to pull away.
Sophomore Elissa Brett scored 17 points to tie her career high and pace four double-digit scorers. Brett was 7-of-11 from the field as BGSU shot over 50 percent for the second-straight game.
Freshmen Lexi Fleming and Hampton scored 15 and 12 points, respectively, while senior Angela Perry added 11.
The Broncos got a game-high 18 points from Sydney Shafer, while Taylor Williams added 14 and Reilly Jacobson 10.
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NOTE OF THE NIGHT
• Sophomore Elissa Brett, as mentioned, tied her career high with 17 points in Wednesday's win over Western. She also had 17 points in a victory vs. Milwaukee earlier this season. Brett went 7-of-11 from the floor.
• Brett hit a career-high three three-pointers vs. the Broncos. She had made two triples on seven prior occasions (including twice this season), but knocked down two long-range shots late in the first quarter vs. WMU. Her third trey came in the second period and gave the Falcons a double-digit lead for the first time in Wednesday's win.
BONUS NOTE OF THE NIGHT
• Freshman Nyla Hampton, like Brett, had the most successful long-distance shooting performance of her young career. Hampton entered the WMU game having gone 4-for-17 from the arc in nine career games. She hit four triples on Wednesday night alone, going 4-for-7 from long range.
QUOTING COACH FRALICK
"I was proud of our team's ability to sustain tonight. It took us a while to get any sort of sustained rhythm, but we stuck with it, and our best quarter was the fourth."
'Elissa Brett was awesome tonight. She really impacted the game at both ends of the court, and I was very happy with the way Nyla Hampton stepped up and shot the ball with confidence."
FIRST QUARTER
• The teams got off to an equally-slow shooting start, as the Falcons and Broncos combined for just four points in nearly half of a quarter. Sydney Shafer got the scoring started with just under a minute gone, before freshman Kenzie Lewis found sophomore Elissa Brett for a left-side jumper less than a minute after that.
• Then, however, neither team scored until Shafer knocked down a pair of free throws nearly halfway through the period. After hitting just one field goal in the game's first 5:40, the Falcons finally scored again as Lewis drove and kicked the ball to fellow freshman Nyla Hampton for a three-pointer and a 5-4 lead.
• Reilly Jacobson's jumper gave Western the lead once more, but Lewis spotted Brett for a three-pointer, then scored herself, putting back a teammate's miss, and senior Madisen Parker hit from long distance to give BGSU a 13-6 lead.
• Megan Wagner's jumper snapped BG's 8-0 run, but Brett answered with another three-ball. Shafer scored in the paint to get WMU within six, 16-10, after a quarter.
• Brett had eight of BGSU's 16 first-quarter points, while Shafer had six of the Broncos' 10 points in the period.
• Lewis had two points, five rebounds and four assists in the opening quarter.
SECOND QUARTER
• Those first-quarter shooting woes were a thing of the past, as both teams shot the lights out (figuratively) in the second period. BGSU was a scorching 9-of-11 (81.8%) from the field and WMU 7-of-11 (63.6%) in the quarter.
• Senior Clare Glowniak began the scoring, taking a pass from junior Kadie Hempfling and hitting a turnaround shot on the opening possession. WMU's Taylor Williams made a pair of layups over the next few minutes, and Hannah Spitzley's hoop cut the BG lead to just two points. Senior Angela Perry responded by banking home a shot, but Shafer's three-pointer trimmed the Falcons' lead to 20-19.
• Hampton, however, heated up, making three-pointers on back-to-back BG possessions. She took a Hempfling pass and hit a long-distance try from the right side. Then, after Hempfling grabbed a WMU miss, freshman Lexi Fleming found Hampton for her third triple of the night and a 26-18 lead. Moments later, Perry scored inside, and the Broncos used a timeout.
• Brett's third three-pointer of the night, at the 3:51 mark, put the lead into double digits for the first time, at 31-20, and Lewis found Fleming for another long-range make and a 34-22 advantage.
• The Broncos hung around, even after Glowniak fed a cutting Lewis for a layup and Fleming hit a spinning jumper. Glowniak's free throw in the final minute of play gave the Falcons a 12-point lead, before Williams scored in the final seconds to cut WMU's deficit to 10, 39-29, at the break.
THIRD QUARTER
• Hampton came up with a steal just one second into the third period, deflecting the inbounds pass before finding Lewis for an open layup on the ensuing possession. Several minutes later, Brett faked a three-point try, drove the lane and hit a floater for a 44-31 BGSU lead.
• Western scored five-straight points, capped by Shafer's corner three after a near-turnover for the Broncos, but Fleming came down and immediately knocked down a long-range shot of her own. Another Fleming trey just 45 seconds later gave the Falcons a 50-38 lead.
• Perry scored inside after a nice pass from Lewis, and Fleming stole the ball and found Brett for a transition layup and a 54-41 advantage. BG forced a miss, and Fleming made a headlong dive to save the ball, knocking off of a Western player to give possession to the Falcons as she landed on the scorer's table.
• The Falcons, however, could not shake the Broncos. A pair of Jacobson free throws were followed by a Williams putback, cutting the lead into single digits. A Lewis steal resulted in a Hempfling layup, but Shafer's hoop in the waning seconds of the quarter brought WMU within nine, 56-47.
• Shafer had eight points and Fleming seven to lead their respective teams in scoring in the quarter.
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BGSU leaders after 3 quarters...
— BGSU WBB (@BGSUwbb) January 28, 2021
🔸 Brett 15p, 8r
🔸 Fleming 12p, 1dost*
🔸 Hampton 9p, 3-5 3's
🔸 Lewis 6p, 5r, 8a
🔸 Perry 6p, 3-6 FG
*dive over scorer's table chasing loose ball
E3 | BGSU 56, WMU 47 | #AyZiggy
FOURTH QUARTER
• A Brett steal and a nifty Euro-step layup gave BG a 59-47 lead with just over a minute gone in the fourth, and a Perry putback at the 7:32 mark made it a 13-point game. But, Spitzley answered with a corner three, and a Williams jumper resulted in a nine-point margin with just under seven minutes to go. But, Western would not score again.
• The Broncos got defensive stops on each of the next two possessions, and twice had three-point shots in the air that would have cut the BG lead to six. Neither shot would drop, however, and after the second miss, Hempfling kicked the ball out to Hampton for her fourth three-pointer of the night. Then, Fleming found Perry for a second-chance bucket and a 67-53 lead with 4:17 remaining.
• Fleming hit a driving layup, Parker connected on a corner three and a nice pass by Brett resulted in Hempfling's three-point play. Suddenly, the BG lead was over 20 points. Glowniak's wide-open layup at the 1:30 mark, after a sweet pass from sophomore Olivia Trice, closed the scoring.
• The Falcons, as mentioned, outscored WMU by a 21-6 count in the fourth quarter.
STATS, NOTES & NUMBERS
• The Falcons shot better than 50 percent from the floor for the second-straight game, going 30-of-57 (52.6%) on the evening. WMU was 20-of-52 (38.5%) from the field.
• BGSU hit 12 three-pointers in 26 tries, for a 46.2% success rate. After missing five-straight three-point tries to begin the game, the Falcons then made eight of their next 10 long-distance attempts.
• WMU was 4-of-20 from the three-point line.
• The Falcons had a 35-31 rebounding advantage, and turned the ball over 13 times to Western's 16.
• BG had narrow leads in points off turnovers (17-14) and points in the paint (32-26). The Falcons had a 22-0 advantage in bench scoring in the win.
• Elissa Brett led the Falcons in rebounding as well as scoring, with eight boards to go along with her 17 points. As mentioned, she tied her career scoring high, and set a new standard by making three three-pointers. Brett was 7-of-11 from the floor and added three assists and a pair of steals.
• Lexi Fleming was 5-for-9 from the field, and went 3-for-4 from three-point land. She added three assists and two steals.
• Nyla Hampton hit a career-high four triples – matching her season total entering the game – en route to 12 points.
• Angela Perry scored 11 points to round out BG's double-digit scorers.
• Kenzie Lewis had six points, six rebounds and a career-high eight assists, while Madisen Parker also scored six points and Clare Glowniak and Kadie Hempfling five apiece.
• Glowniak was a perfect 2-for-2 from the field, and has scored 21 points in roughly 21 minutes of action over the last three games.
• Hempfling, in addition to her five points, had six boards, three assists and a team-leading three steals.
• Sydney Shafer scored 18 points and added seven rebounds for the Broncos, while Taylor Williams had 14 points and a team-high eight boards. Reilly Jacobson had 10 points and five rebounds.
• The Falcons have won two games vs. WMU in the same season for the first time since the 2004-05 campaign (although it should be noted that BGSU and the Broncos met just once in the regular season in 12 of the last 16 years).
UP NEXT
• The Falcons close the January schedule by meeting arch-rival Toledo for the second time in a two-week span. BG battles the Rockets on Saturday (Jan. 30) at the Stroh, with tipoff set for shortly after 12:00 p.m.
• Check BGSUFalcons.com for all of the latest news and updates re: the 2020-21 Falcons.
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
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Team Stats
WMU
BGSU
FG%
.385
.526
3FG%
.200
.462
FT%
.474
.500
RB
31
35
TO
16
13
STL
5
12
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
1
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