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BGSU meets KSU as busy February schedule rolls on
BOWLING GREEN at KENT STATE
Monday, February 21, 2022 • 7:00 p.m.
M.A.C. Center • Kent, Ohio
Video: ESPN3 • Audio: BG Falcon Media
Live Stats: KentStateSports.com • Twitter: @BGSUwbb
• The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team continues a busy February schedule with a trip to Northeast Ohio for a Monday-night (Feb. 21) matchup. Head coach Robyn Fralick and the Falcons, the defending MAC regular-season champions, face Kent State in a 7:00 p.m. start at the M.A.C. Center.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• There are multiple ways to keep up with the Falcons this season...
• TV/VIDEO: Monday's KSU kerfuffle will be streamed via ESPN3. All of the Falcons' MAC contests, both home and away, are scheduled to be on either ESPN3 or ESPN+.
• RADIO/AUDIO: 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 2021-22.
• TWITTER: In-game updates, along with key graphics and information, can be found on the BGSU women's basketball twitter account, @BGSUwbb.
Links to any and all ways to follow the Falcons will be available on the schedule page at BGSUFalcons.com on game day.
THE OPENING TIP – STREAKS, STORYLINES AND SIDEBARS
• After alternating wins and losses since late January, the Falcons are now looking to reverse a two-game losing steak. BGSU lost to MAC preseason favorite Ohio on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 19) at the Stroh Center. Morgan Sharps led the Falcons with 19 points, while Madisen Parker and Kadie Hempfling scored 15 and 14 points, respectively, on Senior Day. Parker's point total was a season high.
• BGSU currently sits in ninth place in the MAC standings, and only eight teams will qualify for the MAC Tournament. However, no fewer than six teams are separated by just one game in the league standings. The teams tied for fourth place, KSU and Western Michigan, each are 8-7 in the MAC, with Ball State, Ohio and Northern Illinois all at .500.
• BGSU is scheduled to play a lot of games during the year's shortest month. The Falcons are slated to play 10 games in a 25-day span during February. Monday's KSU contest is the fifth in a stretch of six games in just 12 days.
• Monday marks the Falcons' first meeting with Kent State this season. The game was originally scheduled to be played on Jan. 12. The Falcons and Golden Flashes are now slated to meet twice in a 10-day span, as the return match is set for Wednesday, March 2, at the Stroh.
• For what it's worth, BGSU is 8-3 in weekday games this season. The Falcons are 6-2 in such contests during MAC play (2-0 on Monday and 4-2 on Wednesday), and BG had won six-straight weekday games before falling at Western Michigan (Feb. 16).
• BGSU is 21-12 in MAC regular-season games since the start of the 2020-21 season, after going 8-46 in the previous three seasons (2017-18 to '19-20). That 21-12 record includes a 13-5 mark at the Stroh and an 8-7 ledger in league road games.
• Parker recently broke the school record for games played, and she is moving up another BGSU career list. Parker has made a total of 234 three-point field goals in her career, good for fourth place on that BG chart. She is just one triple behind Tracy Pontius (2007-11), who hit 235 treys in her storied Falcon career.
• As a team, the Falcons have made at least one three-point field goal in 543 consecutive games over the last 17 years. That is the fifth-longest active streak in the nation.
• Hempfling has now started 113 career games at BGSU, and ranks seventh on that school list. She has a shot to move into the top-five in school history in that category by the end of the regular season.
• Hempfling is also ranked on the BGSU career lists for scoring (24th), rebounding (11th), assists (sixth) and three-pointers made (T-18th). Parker has broken into the top 40 on the BG career scoring chart, and currently is 35th.
• Entering Monday's game, Morgan Sharps leads the MAC – and is fourth in the nation – in three-point field-goal percentage. She has hit 46.7% of her long-distance shots this season.
• Kenzie Lewis doesn't shoot the ball quite as often as her aforementioned teammates. But, Lewis made 8-of-10 shots from the floor last week, and averaged 6.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.7 assists in those three games.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE GOLDEN FLASHES
• Kent State is 16-8 on the season, and the Golden Flashes have an 8-7 record in MAC play. KSU had won six-straight games before suffering a 73-64 loss at Akron on Saturday. The Flashes are 9-2 at home, 5-5 on the road and 2-1 at neutral sites this season. In conference play, KSU is 5-2 in Kent and 3-5 at hostile venues.
• Katie Shumate leads the team in scoring, with 12.5 points per game. She paces a balanced attack which includes four players averaging at least 11.2 ppg. One of those four, Nila Blackford, has 11.5 ppg and a KSU-best 9.3 rebounds per contest. Head coach Todd Starkey welcomed back nine letterwinners, including all five starters, from a 2020-21 club that went 11-9 overall and 10-6 in the MAC.
THE SERIES
• The Falcons lead Kent State, 58-37, in the all-time series, and BGSU has captured the last two meetings. The Orange and Brown swept last season's matchups, including an 82-65 triumph at the Stroh Center (March 3, 2022). Prior to that, the teams' last two meetings each had required overtime, including last year's contest at the M.A.C. Center, an 80-79 BGSU win (Feb. 10, 2021). BGSU is 29-13 in home games, 22-22 in road contests and 7-2 in neutral-site affairs vs. KSU over the years.
• More information on the BGSU-KSU series can be found on page 23 of the PDF version of these notes.
DOWN THE ROAD
• A busy stretch of games continues for the Orange and Brown. Following Monday night's matchup in Kent, the Falcons return home to face Akron on Wednesday (Feb. 23), with tipoff set for 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh.
• That game, barring any additional schedule changes, begins the Falcons' return to the originally-planned Wednesday-Saturday schedule. BGSU takes to the road this weekend for a Saturday (Feb. 26) matchup at Miami.
BGSU'S REMAINING REGULAR-SEASON SCHEDULE...
Monday, February 21, 2022 • 7:00 p.m.
M.A.C. Center • Kent, Ohio
Video: ESPN3 • Audio: BG Falcon Media
Live Stats: KentStateSports.com • Twitter: @BGSUwbb
• The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team continues a busy February schedule with a trip to Northeast Ohio for a Monday-night (Feb. 21) matchup. Head coach Robyn Fralick and the Falcons, the defending MAC regular-season champions, face Kent State in a 7:00 p.m. start at the M.A.C. Center.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• There are multiple ways to keep up with the Falcons this season...
• TV/VIDEO: Monday's KSU kerfuffle will be streamed via ESPN3. All of the Falcons' MAC contests, both home and away, are scheduled to be on either ESPN3 or ESPN+.
• RADIO/AUDIO: 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 2021-22.
• TWITTER: In-game updates, along with key graphics and information, can be found on the BGSU women's basketball twitter account, @BGSUwbb.
Links to any and all ways to follow the Falcons will be available on the schedule page at BGSUFalcons.com on game day.
THE OPENING TIP – STREAKS, STORYLINES AND SIDEBARS
• After alternating wins and losses since late January, the Falcons are now looking to reverse a two-game losing steak. BGSU lost to MAC preseason favorite Ohio on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 19) at the Stroh Center. Morgan Sharps led the Falcons with 19 points, while Madisen Parker and Kadie Hempfling scored 15 and 14 points, respectively, on Senior Day. Parker's point total was a season high.
• BGSU currently sits in ninth place in the MAC standings, and only eight teams will qualify for the MAC Tournament. However, no fewer than six teams are separated by just one game in the league standings. The teams tied for fourth place, KSU and Western Michigan, each are 8-7 in the MAC, with Ball State, Ohio and Northern Illinois all at .500.
• BGSU is scheduled to play a lot of games during the year's shortest month. The Falcons are slated to play 10 games in a 25-day span during February. Monday's KSU contest is the fifth in a stretch of six games in just 12 days.
• Monday marks the Falcons' first meeting with Kent State this season. The game was originally scheduled to be played on Jan. 12. The Falcons and Golden Flashes are now slated to meet twice in a 10-day span, as the return match is set for Wednesday, March 2, at the Stroh.
• For what it's worth, BGSU is 8-3 in weekday games this season. The Falcons are 6-2 in such contests during MAC play (2-0 on Monday and 4-2 on Wednesday), and BG had won six-straight weekday games before falling at Western Michigan (Feb. 16).
• BGSU is 21-12 in MAC regular-season games since the start of the 2020-21 season, after going 8-46 in the previous three seasons (2017-18 to '19-20). That 21-12 record includes a 13-5 mark at the Stroh and an 8-7 ledger in league road games.
• Parker recently broke the school record for games played, and she is moving up another BGSU career list. Parker has made a total of 234 three-point field goals in her career, good for fourth place on that BG chart. She is just one triple behind Tracy Pontius (2007-11), who hit 235 treys in her storied Falcon career.
• As a team, the Falcons have made at least one three-point field goal in 543 consecutive games over the last 17 years. That is the fifth-longest active streak in the nation.
• Hempfling has now started 113 career games at BGSU, and ranks seventh on that school list. She has a shot to move into the top-five in school history in that category by the end of the regular season.
• Hempfling is also ranked on the BGSU career lists for scoring (24th), rebounding (11th), assists (sixth) and three-pointers made (T-18th). Parker has broken into the top 40 on the BG career scoring chart, and currently is 35th.
• Entering Monday's game, Morgan Sharps leads the MAC – and is fourth in the nation – in three-point field-goal percentage. She has hit 46.7% of her long-distance shots this season.
• Kenzie Lewis doesn't shoot the ball quite as often as her aforementioned teammates. But, Lewis made 8-of-10 shots from the floor last week, and averaged 6.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.7 assists in those three games.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE GOLDEN FLASHES
• Kent State is 16-8 on the season, and the Golden Flashes have an 8-7 record in MAC play. KSU had won six-straight games before suffering a 73-64 loss at Akron on Saturday. The Flashes are 9-2 at home, 5-5 on the road and 2-1 at neutral sites this season. In conference play, KSU is 5-2 in Kent and 3-5 at hostile venues.
• Katie Shumate leads the team in scoring, with 12.5 points per game. She paces a balanced attack which includes four players averaging at least 11.2 ppg. One of those four, Nila Blackford, has 11.5 ppg and a KSU-best 9.3 rebounds per contest. Head coach Todd Starkey welcomed back nine letterwinners, including all five starters, from a 2020-21 club that went 11-9 overall and 10-6 in the MAC.
THE SERIES
• The Falcons lead Kent State, 58-37, in the all-time series, and BGSU has captured the last two meetings. The Orange and Brown swept last season's matchups, including an 82-65 triumph at the Stroh Center (March 3, 2022). Prior to that, the teams' last two meetings each had required overtime, including last year's contest at the M.A.C. Center, an 80-79 BGSU win (Feb. 10, 2021). BGSU is 29-13 in home games, 22-22 in road contests and 7-2 in neutral-site affairs vs. KSU over the years.
• More information on the BGSU-KSU series can be found on page 23 of the PDF version of these notes.
DOWN THE ROAD
• A busy stretch of games continues for the Orange and Brown. Following Monday night's matchup in Kent, the Falcons return home to face Akron on Wednesday (Feb. 23), with tipoff set for 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh.
• That game, barring any additional schedule changes, begins the Falcons' return to the originally-planned Wednesday-Saturday schedule. BGSU takes to the road this weekend for a Saturday (Feb. 26) matchup at Miami.
BGSU'S REMAINING REGULAR-SEASON SCHEDULE...
- Mon., Feb. 21 | at Kent State | 7:00
- Wed, Feb. 23 | AKRON | 7:00
- Sat., Feb. 26 | at Miami | 2:00
- Wed., March 2 | KENT STATE | 7:00
- Sat., March 5 | at Buffalo | 2:00
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