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Monday, November 7
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BGSU Battles Bonnies in Monday's 2022-23 Season Opener
November 06, 2022 | Women's Basketball
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Falcons head to Western NY for 4:30 p.m. matchup
BOWLING GREEN at ST. BONAVENTURE
Monday, November 7, 2022 • 4:30 p.m.
Reilly Center • St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBonnies.com • Twitter: @BGSUwbb
• The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team begins the 2022-23 season with a Monday (Nov. 7) matchup in Western New York. Head coach Robyn Fralick and the Falcons will face St. Bonaventure University, with tipoff at 4:30 p.m. at the Reilly Center.
• The SBU contest begins a season-opening stretch in which BGSU will play three of four games on the road. The Falcons' lone home game in that time will be on Monday, Nov. 14, vs. Wright State.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• There are multiple ways to keep up with the Falcons in 2022-23...
• TV/VIDEO: Monday's SBU matchup will be streamed via ESPN+.
• RADIO/AUDIO: The SBU flagship station, WSBU 88.3 FM, will have the call of Monday's game, and a web stream is scheduled to be available. All BGSU home games and selected road games are slated to have an audio stream thanks to BG Falcon Media (the Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization [BGRSO]).
• LIVE STATS: Live stats are scheduled to be available for all BGSU games in 2022-23.
• TWITTER: In-game updates, along with key graphics and information, can be found on the BGSU women's basketball twitter account, @BGSUwbb.
• For all of the pertinent links to any and all ways to follow the Falcons, go to BGSUFalcons.com and navigate your way to the "women's basketball schedule" page on game day.
ONE THING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE BGSU-SBU MATCHUP
• St. Bonaventure head coach Jesse Fleming, entering his seventh season, returned to his alma mater after spending four seasons as a Falcon. Fleming was on the BGSU staff from 2012-13 through '15-16, helping the Orange and Brown go 73-55 in those four years. BGSU made the WNIT twice in that time, advancing to the third round in 2013 and the fourth round in '14.
THE FALCONS – A QUICK OVERVIEW
• Head coach Robyn Fralick and her staff welcome back a total of 10 student-athletes from last year's team. That group includes four starters from the 2021-22 season, plus a fifth player who started in 2020-21 before missing all of '21-22 due to injury.
• Last season, the Falcons – despite losing nearly 75 player-games to injury – won 17 games and advanced to national postseason play for the second-straight season. BGSU went 17-16 overall and 10-10 in Mid-American Conference play, and the Falcons were selected to participate in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI). BG went 2-1 in that tourney, finishing the '21-22 season with a victory.
• Kadie Hempfling returns for her fifth year with the Falcons after starting all 33 games last winter. Nyla Hampton and Amy Velasco made 32 and 30 starts, respectively, while Elissa Brett started 26 contests in 2021-22.
• BGSU's top-five scorers from a year ago – Hempfling (11.7 ppg), Velasco (10.8), Brett (10.7), Morgan Sharps (9.5) and Hampton (8.4) – all return. Brett paced last year's team in rebounding (6.0 rpg), while Jocelyn Tate (6.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg) was second on the team in that category.
• Other returnees from last year's squad include Sophie Dziekan (2.5 ppg) and Olivia Hill (0.8 ppg).
• Jasmine Clerkley played in the first three games before missing the remainder of the season due to injury, while Lexi Fleming was injured prior to the start of the season and missed the entire '21-22 campaign.
• Fleming was a full-time starter in the 2020-21 season, when she was named MAC Freshman of the Year.
• Five newcomers, including a pair of transfers, join the 10 returnees. Allison Day played four seasons at Loyola Chicago, where she started 97 games and had totals of 1,139 points and 645 rebounds.
• Payton Moore is also in her first season with the Falcons, but her fifth as a collegian. Moore played in 78 games, starting 60, at Anderson (Ind.) University, where she had 1,111 career points along with 701 rebounds.
• Three freshman have joined the Falcons. That group includes Jasmine Fearne (Cairns, Australia), Emily Siesel (New Washington, Ohio) and Jaci Tubergen (Hudsonville, Mich.)
A QUICK LOOK AT THE BONNIES
• St. Bonaventure, like BGSU, opens the 2022-23 season on Monday. The Bonnies finished last season with an overall record of 12-16 and an Atlantic 10 Conference mark of 4-12. The Bonnies were picked to finish 15th in the A-10 in the 2022-23 preseason poll voted on by the conference's head coaches.
• Seventh-year head coach Jesse Fleming returns seven players from last year's roster, including I'yanna Lops, who averaged 8.2 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Lops blocked 44 shots, the second-highest single-season total in SBU history. Fleming welcomes six newcomers including a pair of junior transfers to this year's club.
THE SERIES
• The Falcons lead St. Bonaventure, 5-2, in the all-time series, and BGSU won the most recent meeting. That matchup came in the second round of the 2014 WNIT, as the Falcons captured a 76-65 victory inside the Stroh Center. BG's last visit to the Reilly Center saw the Bonnies down the Falcons, 70-54 (Dec. 12, 2009). That win improved SBU to a perfect 10-0 on the season. Megan Van Tatenhove, who now works in the BGSU athletic department, started that game for the Bonnies and had 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting. BGSU is 4-0 in home games (1-0 at the Stroh) and 1-2 in road contests vs. the Bonnies over the years.
• More information on the BGSU-SBU series can be found on page 5 of the PDF version of these notes.
DOWN THE ROAD
• Following the St. Bonaventure game, the Falcons will prepare for the home opener. BGSU faces Wright State on Monday, Nov. 14, with tipoff set for 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center. That match is scheduled to be streamed on ESPN+.
Monday, November 7, 2022 • 4:30 p.m.
Reilly Center • St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBonnies.com • Twitter: @BGSUwbb
• The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team begins the 2022-23 season with a Monday (Nov. 7) matchup in Western New York. Head coach Robyn Fralick and the Falcons will face St. Bonaventure University, with tipoff at 4:30 p.m. at the Reilly Center.
• The SBU contest begins a season-opening stretch in which BGSU will play three of four games on the road. The Falcons' lone home game in that time will be on Monday, Nov. 14, vs. Wright State.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• There are multiple ways to keep up with the Falcons in 2022-23...
• TV/VIDEO: Monday's SBU matchup will be streamed via ESPN+.
• RADIO/AUDIO: The SBU flagship station, WSBU 88.3 FM, will have the call of Monday's game, and a web stream is scheduled to be available. All BGSU home games and selected road games are slated to have an audio stream thanks to BG Falcon Media (the Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization [BGRSO]).
• LIVE STATS: Live stats are scheduled to be available for all BGSU games in 2022-23.
• TWITTER: In-game updates, along with key graphics and information, can be found on the BGSU women's basketball twitter account, @BGSUwbb.
• For all of the pertinent links to any and all ways to follow the Falcons, go to BGSUFalcons.com and navigate your way to the "women's basketball schedule" page on game day.
ONE THING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE BGSU-SBU MATCHUP
• St. Bonaventure head coach Jesse Fleming, entering his seventh season, returned to his alma mater after spending four seasons as a Falcon. Fleming was on the BGSU staff from 2012-13 through '15-16, helping the Orange and Brown go 73-55 in those four years. BGSU made the WNIT twice in that time, advancing to the third round in 2013 and the fourth round in '14.
THE FALCONS – A QUICK OVERVIEW
• Head coach Robyn Fralick and her staff welcome back a total of 10 student-athletes from last year's team. That group includes four starters from the 2021-22 season, plus a fifth player who started in 2020-21 before missing all of '21-22 due to injury.
• Last season, the Falcons – despite losing nearly 75 player-games to injury – won 17 games and advanced to national postseason play for the second-straight season. BGSU went 17-16 overall and 10-10 in Mid-American Conference play, and the Falcons were selected to participate in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI). BG went 2-1 in that tourney, finishing the '21-22 season with a victory.
• Kadie Hempfling returns for her fifth year with the Falcons after starting all 33 games last winter. Nyla Hampton and Amy Velasco made 32 and 30 starts, respectively, while Elissa Brett started 26 contests in 2021-22.
• BGSU's top-five scorers from a year ago – Hempfling (11.7 ppg), Velasco (10.8), Brett (10.7), Morgan Sharps (9.5) and Hampton (8.4) – all return. Brett paced last year's team in rebounding (6.0 rpg), while Jocelyn Tate (6.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg) was second on the team in that category.
• Other returnees from last year's squad include Sophie Dziekan (2.5 ppg) and Olivia Hill (0.8 ppg).
• Jasmine Clerkley played in the first three games before missing the remainder of the season due to injury, while Lexi Fleming was injured prior to the start of the season and missed the entire '21-22 campaign.
• Fleming was a full-time starter in the 2020-21 season, when she was named MAC Freshman of the Year.
• Five newcomers, including a pair of transfers, join the 10 returnees. Allison Day played four seasons at Loyola Chicago, where she started 97 games and had totals of 1,139 points and 645 rebounds.
• Payton Moore is also in her first season with the Falcons, but her fifth as a collegian. Moore played in 78 games, starting 60, at Anderson (Ind.) University, where she had 1,111 career points along with 701 rebounds.
• Three freshman have joined the Falcons. That group includes Jasmine Fearne (Cairns, Australia), Emily Siesel (New Washington, Ohio) and Jaci Tubergen (Hudsonville, Mich.)
A QUICK LOOK AT THE BONNIES
• St. Bonaventure, like BGSU, opens the 2022-23 season on Monday. The Bonnies finished last season with an overall record of 12-16 and an Atlantic 10 Conference mark of 4-12. The Bonnies were picked to finish 15th in the A-10 in the 2022-23 preseason poll voted on by the conference's head coaches.
• Seventh-year head coach Jesse Fleming returns seven players from last year's roster, including I'yanna Lops, who averaged 8.2 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Lops blocked 44 shots, the second-highest single-season total in SBU history. Fleming welcomes six newcomers including a pair of junior transfers to this year's club.
THE SERIES
• The Falcons lead St. Bonaventure, 5-2, in the all-time series, and BGSU won the most recent meeting. That matchup came in the second round of the 2014 WNIT, as the Falcons captured a 76-65 victory inside the Stroh Center. BG's last visit to the Reilly Center saw the Bonnies down the Falcons, 70-54 (Dec. 12, 2009). That win improved SBU to a perfect 10-0 on the season. Megan Van Tatenhove, who now works in the BGSU athletic department, started that game for the Bonnies and had 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting. BGSU is 4-0 in home games (1-0 at the Stroh) and 1-2 in road contests vs. the Bonnies over the years.
• More information on the BGSU-SBU series can be found on page 5 of the PDF version of these notes.
DOWN THE ROAD
• Following the St. Bonaventure game, the Falcons will prepare for the home opener. BGSU faces Wright State on Monday, Nov. 14, with tipoff set for 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center. That match is scheduled to be streamed on ESPN+.
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