#21 Buckeyes Ground Falcons, 94-63

Wednesday, November 17

Columbus, Ohio

7:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

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#21/25 Ohio State

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Bowling Green

Ohio St.

Photo by: Stephen Linsky, BGSU Athletics

November 17, 2021 | Women's Basketball

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Sharps erupts for a career-high 21 off the bench

By: by Mike Cihon, BGSU Strategic Communications

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Nationally-ranked Ohio State University broke out to an early lead against the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, and the Buckeyes never looked back en route to e a 94-63 win on Wednesday evening (Nov. 17) at Value City Arena.

The Buckeyes (3-0), ranked #21 in this week's Associated Press poll, took control early. OSU shot 67 percent (10-for-15) and forced the Falcons (1-2) into nine first-quarter turnovers. The Bucks led, 26-14, after 10 minutes and took a 52-33 advantage into the halftime break.

Taylor Mikesell and Rebeka Mikulasikova each scored 19 points for the hosts, while Jacy Sheldon had 17 and Kateri Poole 11.

Morgan Sharps had a game-high 21 points for the Falcons, with her 8-for-11 shooting performance including a 5-for-8 effort from three-point range. Zoe Miller had 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting for the Orange and Brown.

For the game, the Buckeyes forced the Falcons into 25 turnovers, while turning the ball over 19 times themselves. OSU had a 27-13 advantage in points off turnovers.

QUOTING COACH FRALICK
"Ohio State's a really good team. I think we're just learning a lot about our team. We have a lot of new parts, and I think we're still figuring out how it all fits together."

"Our fourth quarter was our best quarter. I thought we showed some fight and some good competitiveness, and those are some things we want to see at a higher level more often."

"The good thing about playing a team like this is that you learn a lot about yourself. Things that work and don't work are pretty obvious. It's going to be great feedback for us, and I'm excited about this team developing. It's just so early, and when you play a competitive non-conference schedule, you aren't surprised when you get into MAC play. You really learn the good and the bad, and this will help us get better moving forward."

FIRST QUARTER
• Zoe Miller opened the scoring with a bucket, but the hosts scored the game's next eight points before a Kadie Hempfling three-pointer cut BG's deficit in half.
• But, a pair of three-point plays and a three-point bucket extended the OSU lead to 15-5. Madisen Parker knocked down a long-range shot, but moments later, a Taylor Mikesell triple gave the hosts a 22-10 lead. The teams traded points, and the hosts had a 26-14 lead after 10 minutes.

SECOND QUARTER
• OSU scored the first six points of the second quarter, prompting a BGSU timeout at the 8:40 mark. Miller scored four-straight points midway through the period, and a Morgan Sharps three-pointer cut the BG deficit to 39-23 with 4:17 left in the half.
• But, Mikesell's triple and Jacy Sheldon's bucket extended the OSU lead to 21, and the Buckeyes' advantage was 19 points at the break.
• Mikesell had 15 points in the first half, going 5-for-7 from the floor and 3-of-4 from the arc.

THIRD QUARTER
• The Bucks slowly extended the lead, scoring the first eight points of the period.
• Nyla Hampton broke BG's scoring drought at the 6:31 mark, and Sophie Dziekan scored six-straight BGSU points out of the media timeout. But, the Falcons could not cut into the deficit, and OSU led by a 73-46 score after 30 minutes.

FOURTH QUARTER
• Sharps scored eight points in a four-possession span, and her second triple of the quarter cut the OSU lead to 79-54 with 8:06 left.
• Miller and Sharps each hit buckets midway through the quarter, and after Sharps scored off of a Hampton steal, a Parker triple capped a 9-0 run and cut the Buckeyes' advantage to 22, 85-63, with 4:46 on the clock.
• But, the hosts would end the game on a 9-0 run.

STATS, NOTES & NUMBERS
• Ohio State shot 56.7 percent from the floor, going 34-for-60, and the Buckeyes went 8-for-14 (57.1%) from three-point range. The Falcons shot 42.6% from the floor and 44.4% from the arc, going 8-of-18 from long distance.
• Morgan Sharps had game-high totals of 21 points and five successful three-pointers in 17 minutes of action off the bench for the Falcons. Zoe Miller scored in double digits for the third time in as many collegiate games, making 5-of-7 shots on her way to 12 points.
• BGSU's bench players scored 39 points. In addition to Sharps, Sophie Dziekan had a career-high six points, and Jocelyn Tate and Madisen Parker each added six points as well.

UP NEXT
• The Falcons will travel to Annapolis, Md., for a pair of games in the Navy Classic on Nov. 27-28. BGSU will face George Mason (Nov. 27) and Liberty (Nov. 28) in that tourney.
• Then, BG returns home for a pair of games on back-to-back Sunday afternoons, meeting Valparaiso (Dec. 5) and Notre Dame College (Dec. 12).
• Check BGSUFalcons.com for all of the latest news and updates re: the 2021-22 Falcons.

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