Bowling Green State University Athletics
Monday, December 19
South Padre Island, Texas
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Photo by: Chad Williams, IUPUI Athletics
Falcons Enjoy the Lion's Share of Success in Monday's Win
December 19, 2022 | Women's Basketball
BGSU tops Texas A&M-Commerce, 90-61, for seventh-straight victory
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – For the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team, the storyline has been a familiar one: Take an early lead, then keep that lead for the remainder of the game.
On Monday afternoon (Dec. 19), the Falcons followed that script to a T. BGSU took control in the game's opening minutes, downing Texas A&M University-Commerce by a 90-61 final. The game, the opening contest in the UTRGV South Padre Island Classic, was held at the South Padre Island Convention Centre.
A total of 13 different players scored for the Falcons (9-1), who have won seven-straight games. Eight of those BGSU players scored at least five points on Monday.
Nyla Hampton and Morgan Sharps led the way with 17 points apiece, with Lexi Fleming adding 15. Hampton and Sharps each went 7-for-10 from the floor, with Hampton adding six assists and a game-high four steals in the win.
Sharps and Fleming each went 3-for-5 from the three-point line, with Flaming adding four assists. Eight different Falcons, including Sharps, had two or more assists in the contest.
In fact, BGSU had 30 assists – the fourth-highest single-game total in school history – on 38 field goals.
The Falcons forced the Lions into 24 turnovers, and BG had a team total of 14 steals along with a 32-9 advantage in points off of turnovers.
Laila Lawrence scored 16 points to pace three double-digit scorers for the Lions (2-8).
The Falcons, as mentioned, led throughout. BGSU had leads of 10 points after one quarter and 14 points at the half. Early in the third period, the Orange and Brown went on a 15-2 run to take a 26-point lead, at 63-37.
The Lions responded by scoring the game's next six points, but the Falcons responded to that run with a run of their own. Transition buckets by Kadie Hempfling and Fleming began an 11-0 BG run to end the third quarter, and the Falcons had a 74-41 lead after 30 minutes.
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NOTE OF THE DAY: SHARING THE BALL
• The Falcons had 30 assists, the fourth-highest team total in school history, in Monday's win. The list...
   • 37 – vs. Akron, 3/6/93
   • 34 – vs. Kent, 2/8/89
   • 32 – vs. IPFW, 11/19/04
   • 30 – vs. Texas A&M-Commerce, 12/19/22
BONUS NOTE OF THE DAY: SCHOOL RECORD-TYING START
• BGSU's 9-1 start to the season is tied for the best in school history. The Falcons are 9-1 for just the fourth time in program history.
• The 2005-06, 2010-11 and 2013-14 teams all got off to 9-1 starts. Both the '05-06 and '13-14 clubs lost their next game to drop to 9-2.
• The 2010-11 team lost the season opener by one point, then reeled off 15-straight wins before losing again.
• Each of those three teams won at least 28 games, with the 2005-06 team finishing with a 28-3 record, the 2010-11 squad going 28-5 and the 2013-14 club ending the year with a 30-5 mark.
QUOTING COACH FRALICK
"It was a great team win on the road. It's been a great experience coming to Texas and being at this tournament. Today, I thought we really settled in, especially in the third quarter. We did a great job of putting together a lot of consecutive possessions."
FIRST QUARTER
• Nyla Hampton and Jocelyn Tate teamed up to give the Falcons an early lead.
Hampton knocked down a pair of free throws, then hit a layup after a Tate steal just over 30 seconds into the contest. Tate hit a driving layup before a Hampton pull-up jumper gave the Falcons an 8-4 advantage.
• Hampton's long pass found Elissa Brett for a left-wing three-pointer and an 11-6 lead, and Amy Velasco fed Tate for a layup and Morgan Sharps for a three-pointer.
• The Lions answered each of those hoops with scores of their own, but Tate stole the ball and hit a layup, then fed Sharps for another triple and a 21-11 lead. Allison Day put a teammate's missed shot back up and in, and with time winding down in the period, Hampton drove and banked a shot off glass and through the hoop for a 25-15 BGSU lead.
SECOND QUARTER
• Lexi Fleming hit a long three-pointer before Day found a pair of cutting teammates on back-to-back possessions. The post player assisted Brett, then Fleming, for buckets in the paint, and the Falcons had a 32-16 lead.
• TAMUC's Dorian Norris answered with a corner three, but Fleming quickly found Day running the floor for a layup. DesiRay Kernal hit a shot off glass, but Fleming spotted Sophie Dziekan for an open layup and a 36-21 lead.
• Hampton came up with a steal and a transition layup, then found Fleming for a long three-pointer. Fleming returned the favor, with her 'extra pass' leading to a Hampton triple and a 44-28 lead. Sharps hit a floater in the final minute of the period, and BG took a 46-32 advantage into the break.
THIRD QUARTER
• Hampton's layup was answered by a Kernal three-pointer, but the Falcons then went on a run. Day's free throws began an 8-0 run that was part of a larger 15-2 stretch. Hampton hit a layup after a steal, and a Tate steal resulted in a Hampton-to-Sharps pass for another fast-break layup.
• The Lions used a timeout, but a Brett steal after that break led to another Sharps bucket and a 56-35 lead.
• TAMUC stopped that 8-0 run, but Hampton drove and bounced a pass to an open Dzieken for a layup, before Brett spotted Dziekan for another BG bucket. Then, Sharps hit a three-pointer to give the Orange and Brown a 63-37 lead.
• The Lions scored the next six points, with Dyani Robinson's pull-up jumper cutting the lead to 20 points, but BG ran the floor, with Hempfling hitting a layup. Sharps, who had found Hempfling for that hoop, then whipped a long pass to Fleming for a layup, and a Fleming steal led to a 3-on-0 break and a Sharps layup.
• Fleming took a Jasmine Fearne pass and hit a corner three, and Olivia Hill's steal resulted in a Fleming layup, an 11-0 run and a 74-43 lead after 30 minutes.
FOURTH QUARTER
• Hempfling hit a three-pointer, and hit a layup off of a long pass by Fearne several minutes later. Jaci Tubergen's free throw got the Falcons to 80 points, and Dzieken's layup was followed by a Fearne floater.
• Hill pounded the ball inside to Payton Moore for a layup, then found Jasmine Clerkley for a turnaround jumper. Hill closed the scoring with a layup of her own in the final minute.
STATS, NOTES & NUMBERS
• BGSU shot 52.8 percent from the floor, going 38-for-72. The Falcons went 9-of-22 (40.9%) from three-point range and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line.
• The Lions shot 36.2% from the floor and went just 2-for-11 (18.2%) from the arc. TAMUC had large advantages in free throws made and attempted, going 17-for-24 at the stripe.
• Each team had 37 rebounds.
• Hampton and Sharps each went 7-of-10 en route to 17 points. Fleming made 6-of-8 shots from the field and had 15 points.
• Dziekan scored eight points and had three offensive rebounds, while Hempfling had seven points and five total boards.
• Tate has six points and a team-high eight rebounds, and she tied Hampton for game honors with six assists. Hampton had four steals and Tate three.
• Brett had five points, with Clerkley, Fearne, Hill and Moore adding two apiece and Tubergen one.
• Monday marked the 10th time in as many games this season that BG had fewer turnovers than the opponent. BGSU committed 16 turnovers while forcing the Lions into 24.
• The Falcons have forced the opponents into a total of 221 turnovers this season, an average of 22.1 per game, while committing just 122 (12.2 per game) themselves.
• After posting an overall record of 19-42 in head coach Robyn Fralick's first two seasons at the helm, BGSU has gone 47-25 over the last two-plus seasons.
UP NEXT
• The Falcons conclude play in the South Padre Island Classic on Tuesday evening (Dec. 20), facing UTRGV. That game is set to begin at 6:00 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. ET).
• Then, after a break for the holidays, BGSU will wrap up the non-conference schedule with a home game vs. Findlay on Dec. 30. That contest is set for a 2:00 p.m. start at the Stroh Center.
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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On Monday afternoon (Dec. 19), the Falcons followed that script to a T. BGSU took control in the game's opening minutes, downing Texas A&M University-Commerce by a 90-61 final. The game, the opening contest in the UTRGV South Padre Island Classic, was held at the South Padre Island Convention Centre.
A total of 13 different players scored for the Falcons (9-1), who have won seven-straight games. Eight of those BGSU players scored at least five points on Monday.
Nyla Hampton and Morgan Sharps led the way with 17 points apiece, with Lexi Fleming adding 15. Hampton and Sharps each went 7-for-10 from the floor, with Hampton adding six assists and a game-high four steals in the win.
Sharps and Fleming each went 3-for-5 from the three-point line, with Flaming adding four assists. Eight different Falcons, including Sharps, had two or more assists in the contest.
In fact, BGSU had 30 assists – the fourth-highest single-game total in school history – on 38 field goals.
The Falcons forced the Lions into 24 turnovers, and BG had a team total of 14 steals along with a 32-9 advantage in points off of turnovers.
Laila Lawrence scored 16 points to pace three double-digit scorers for the Lions (2-8).
The Falcons, as mentioned, led throughout. BGSU had leads of 10 points after one quarter and 14 points at the half. Early in the third period, the Orange and Brown went on a 15-2 run to take a 26-point lead, at 63-37.
The Lions responded by scoring the game's next six points, but the Falcons responded to that run with a run of their own. Transition buckets by Kadie Hempfling and Fleming began an 11-0 BG run to end the third quarter, and the Falcons had a 74-41 lead after 30 minutes.
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NOTE OF THE DAY: SHARING THE BALL
• The Falcons had 30 assists, the fourth-highest team total in school history, in Monday's win. The list...
   • 37 – vs. Akron, 3/6/93
   • 34 – vs. Kent, 2/8/89
   • 32 – vs. IPFW, 11/19/04
   • 30 – vs. Texas A&M-Commerce, 12/19/22
BONUS NOTE OF THE DAY: SCHOOL RECORD-TYING START
• BGSU's 9-1 start to the season is tied for the best in school history. The Falcons are 9-1 for just the fourth time in program history.
• The 2005-06, 2010-11 and 2013-14 teams all got off to 9-1 starts. Both the '05-06 and '13-14 clubs lost their next game to drop to 9-2.
• The 2010-11 team lost the season opener by one point, then reeled off 15-straight wins before losing again.
• Each of those three teams won at least 28 games, with the 2005-06 team finishing with a 28-3 record, the 2010-11 squad going 28-5 and the 2013-14 club ending the year with a 30-5 mark.
QUOTING COACH FRALICK
"It was a great team win on the road. It's been a great experience coming to Texas and being at this tournament. Today, I thought we really settled in, especially in the third quarter. We did a great job of putting together a lot of consecutive possessions."
FIRST QUARTER
• Nyla Hampton and Jocelyn Tate teamed up to give the Falcons an early lead.
Hampton knocked down a pair of free throws, then hit a layup after a Tate steal just over 30 seconds into the contest. Tate hit a driving layup before a Hampton pull-up jumper gave the Falcons an 8-4 advantage.
• Hampton's long pass found Elissa Brett for a left-wing three-pointer and an 11-6 lead, and Amy Velasco fed Tate for a layup and Morgan Sharps for a three-pointer.
• The Lions answered each of those hoops with scores of their own, but Tate stole the ball and hit a layup, then fed Sharps for another triple and a 21-11 lead. Allison Day put a teammate's missed shot back up and in, and with time winding down in the period, Hampton drove and banked a shot off glass and through the hoop for a 25-15 BGSU lead.
SECOND QUARTER
• Lexi Fleming hit a long three-pointer before Day found a pair of cutting teammates on back-to-back possessions. The post player assisted Brett, then Fleming, for buckets in the paint, and the Falcons had a 32-16 lead.
• TAMUC's Dorian Norris answered with a corner three, but Fleming quickly found Day running the floor for a layup. DesiRay Kernal hit a shot off glass, but Fleming spotted Sophie Dziekan for an open layup and a 36-21 lead.
• Hampton came up with a steal and a transition layup, then found Fleming for a long three-pointer. Fleming returned the favor, with her 'extra pass' leading to a Hampton triple and a 44-28 lead. Sharps hit a floater in the final minute of the period, and BG took a 46-32 advantage into the break.
THIRD QUARTER
• Hampton's layup was answered by a Kernal three-pointer, but the Falcons then went on a run. Day's free throws began an 8-0 run that was part of a larger 15-2 stretch. Hampton hit a layup after a steal, and a Tate steal resulted in a Hampton-to-Sharps pass for another fast-break layup.
• The Lions used a timeout, but a Brett steal after that break led to another Sharps bucket and a 56-35 lead.
• TAMUC stopped that 8-0 run, but Hampton drove and bounced a pass to an open Dzieken for a layup, before Brett spotted Dziekan for another BG bucket. Then, Sharps hit a three-pointer to give the Orange and Brown a 63-37 lead.
• The Lions scored the next six points, with Dyani Robinson's pull-up jumper cutting the lead to 20 points, but BG ran the floor, with Hempfling hitting a layup. Sharps, who had found Hempfling for that hoop, then whipped a long pass to Fleming for a layup, and a Fleming steal led to a 3-on-0 break and a Sharps layup.
• Fleming took a Jasmine Fearne pass and hit a corner three, and Olivia Hill's steal resulted in a Fleming layup, an 11-0 run and a 74-43 lead after 30 minutes.
FOURTH QUARTER
• Hempfling hit a three-pointer, and hit a layup off of a long pass by Fearne several minutes later. Jaci Tubergen's free throw got the Falcons to 80 points, and Dzieken's layup was followed by a Fearne floater.
• Hill pounded the ball inside to Payton Moore for a layup, then found Jasmine Clerkley for a turnaround jumper. Hill closed the scoring with a layup of her own in the final minute.
STATS, NOTES & NUMBERS
• BGSU shot 52.8 percent from the floor, going 38-for-72. The Falcons went 9-of-22 (40.9%) from three-point range and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line.
• The Lions shot 36.2% from the floor and went just 2-for-11 (18.2%) from the arc. TAMUC had large advantages in free throws made and attempted, going 17-for-24 at the stripe.
• Each team had 37 rebounds.
• Hampton and Sharps each went 7-of-10 en route to 17 points. Fleming made 6-of-8 shots from the field and had 15 points.
• Dziekan scored eight points and had three offensive rebounds, while Hempfling had seven points and five total boards.
• Tate has six points and a team-high eight rebounds, and she tied Hampton for game honors with six assists. Hampton had four steals and Tate three.
• Brett had five points, with Clerkley, Fearne, Hill and Moore adding two apiece and Tubergen one.
• Monday marked the 10th time in as many games this season that BG had fewer turnovers than the opponent. BGSU committed 16 turnovers while forcing the Lions into 24.
• The Falcons have forced the opponents into a total of 221 turnovers this season, an average of 22.1 per game, while committing just 122 (12.2 per game) themselves.
• After posting an overall record of 19-42 in head coach Robyn Fralick's first two seasons at the helm, BGSU has gone 47-25 over the last two-plus seasons.
UP NEXT
• The Falcons conclude play in the South Padre Island Classic on Tuesday evening (Dec. 20), facing UTRGV. That game is set to begin at 6:00 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. ET).
• Then, after a break for the holidays, BGSU will wrap up the non-conference schedule with a home game vs. Findlay on Dec. 30. That contest is set for a 2:00 p.m. start at the Stroh Center.
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
TAMC
BGSU
FG%
.362
.528
3FG%
.182
.409
FT%
.708
.833
RB
37
37
TO
24
16
STL
7
14
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's BasketballG
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G/F
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