Falcons Pass First 2021-22 Test with Flying Colors

Thursday, November 11

Bowling Green, Ohio

6:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

1-0,0-0MAC

East Tennessee State

0-2,0-0SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	F
ETSU	16	12	15	15	58
Bowling Green	24	21	24	21	90

Zoe Miller was one of four newcomers who combined for 40 points in Thursday night's win

Photo by: Larry Clapper

November 11, 2021 | Women's Basketball

Box Score BGSU-ETSU Stats BGSU-ETSU Highlights Hempfling Postgame Interview Coach Fralick Postgame Interview

Hempfling paces five double-digit scorers in 90-58 win over ETSU

By: by Mike Cihon, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team scored the first seven points of the game and never looked back en route to a 90-58 win over East Tennessee State University Thursday night (Nov. 11). The game, the Falcons' 2021-22 season opener, was held at the Stroh Center.

Senior Kadie Hempfling scored 20 points to pace five double-digit scorers for the Orange and Brown, while sophomore Nyla Hampton had 10 of her 15 points in the first quarter to stake the Falcons to an early lead.

Freshman Zoe Miller scored 13 points in her collegiate debut, while two other newcomers, redshirt sophomore Morgan Sharps and freshmen Jocelyn Tate, scored 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Jakhyia Davis scored 15 points and Jaila Roberts 13 for the Buccaneers (0-2).

Tate flirted with a double-double in her first collegiate game, with a team high eight rebounds, while Hempfling, Miller and Sharps had six boards apiece.

Sophomore Kenzie Lewis had six assists and freshman Amy Velasco five, while Hampton led the Falcons with five steals.

BGSU shot nearly 50 percent from both the field (29-of-59; 49.2%) and the three-point line (14-for-29; 48.3%).

NOTE OF THE NIGHT
• Kadie Hempfling's total of 20 points was just two away from her career best, and she tied her career standard for three-point field goals made. The senior was 6-for-7 from the arc in Thursday's win.

QUOTING COACH FRALICK
"It was amazing tonight. The energy in the Stroh, and the way our fans love women's basketball is amazing. I think our student-athletes get an incredible experience."

"I think we did a lot of good things tonight. I also think there are a lot of things that we will be able to clean up. The first time you play an official game when the lights are on and it all counts, you get a lot of feedback. I loved our effort. We had two freshmen in the starting lineup and I thought they did a great job."

"I'm excited about this team. I think there's a lot of enthusiasm and a togetherness to them. There are a lot of kids that can come into the game and make an impact, and we saw that tonight."

FIRST QUARTER
• Hempfling set the tone by hitting a three-pointer just nine seconds into the game, and the senior lone pass found Hampton for a layup and a 7-0 lead with just over two minutes gone.
• Miller's layup made it a 9-2 game just under a minute later, and Hampton's triple midway through the quarter gave BG a 13-4 advantage. Jocelyn Tate followed with a bucket to give the Brown and Orange a double-digt lead for the first time, and the teams traded points over the final four minutes of the period, with a late Roberts jumper cutting the margin to eight, 24-16, after 10 minutes.
• Hampton was 3-for-3 from the field and scored 10 points in the period, while Miller had seven points in the first quarter of her first game as a Falcon.

SECOND QUARTER
• Carly Hooks knocked down a three-pointer to get the visitors within six points in the opening minute of the period, but Hampton and Hempfling knocked down triples on back-to-back possessions.
• Hempfling fed Hampton for a layup, then drive and scored on her own for a 35-21 BG lead. When Madisen Parker drained a triple try, BG's lead was 16 points, 40-24, with three minutes left in the period.
• Parker took a Velasco inbounds pass and beat the halftime buzzer with a corner three, giving the hosts a 45-28 advantage at the break.

THIRD QUARTER
• Hempfling started the second half just as she did the first, with a quick three-pointer, and the Falcons' lead was 20 points. Kenzie Lewis would feed Hempfling for another triple, and after a Sophie Dziekan bucket, Lewis found Hempfling for yet another trey and a 59-37 advantage with four minutes left in the period.
• Velasco knocked down a long-range shot, and Miller split a pair of defenders for a nifty layup and a 25-point lead. Velasco's layup in the final seconds of the quarter made it a 69-43 game after 30 minutes.

FOURTH QUARTER
• The Falcons' lead was cut to 22 points on an Abby Carrington putback, but Hempfling answered with yet another triple. A Molly Dever bucket was followed by a Parker three-pointer, giving BG a 28-point advantage with 3:31 to go.
• Sharps scored the Falcons' last nine points of the night, and her free throws in the final minute of play gave the home team a game-high 32-point lead, which proved to be the final margin.

STATS, NOTES & NUMBERS
• A pair of freshmen, Miller and Velasco, were in the starting lineup for the first collegiate game of their respective college careers.
• The Falcons' four newcomers – Miller, Velasco, Sharps and Tate – combined for 40 points on the night.
• In all, nine different Falcons hit at least one field goal in the win.
• Hempfling, as mentioned, was a blistering 6-for-7 from three-point range, while Parker hit three triples and Hampton two.
• Lewis had a game-high six assists, with Velasco adding five Hampton had three assists and led all players with five steals.
• BGSU blocked a total of seven shots, with six different players recording at least one block. Dziekan led the way with two.

UP NEXT
• The Falcons host IUPUI on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 14), with tipoff set for 2:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center.
• Check BGSUFalcons.com for all of the latest news and updates re: the 2021-22 Falcons.

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