Bowling Green State University Athletics
Wednesday, February 23
Bowling Green, Ohio
7:00 PM
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Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics
Falcons Fall in Heartbreaking Fashion, 72-70
February 23, 2022 | Women's Basketball
Hempfling has career-high 29 points in narrow loss to Zips
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Jordyn Dawson put back a teammate's missed shot with just 1.2 seconds to go, lifting the University of Akron to a 72-70 win over the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team Wednesday night (Feb. 23). The Mid-American Conference thriller was held at the Stroh Center.
Senior Kadie Hempfling scored a career-high 29 points for the Falcons (13-13, 8-9 MAC), while sophomore Kenzie Lewis had a double-double, with 10 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.
Freshman Amy Velasco had another well-rounded game, with nine points, a BG-best five assists and a game-high four steals. Velasco went the length of the floor and hit a layup that tied the game with 10.5 seconds to go.
Dawson had 30 points and 12 rebounds for the Zips (14-9, 11-6 MAC), while Rachel Martindale scored 12 points on four three-point field goals.
Martindale's final three-point attempt of the night, though, was well off the mark. The shot from the left wing was short and wide left, but dropped directly to Dawson, who quickly laid the ball back up and in. A half-court heave by the Falcons hit the glass, but was off the mark as the final horn sounded.
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NOTE OF THE NIGHT
• Following Wednesday's games around the league, the Falcons are tied with Western Michigan for eighth place in the MAC standings. The top-eight teams in the final standings will qualify for the conference tournament.
• With three games left in the regular season, BGSU is just one game out of fifth place, and the fourth- through ninth-place teams are separated by just a game and a half. Fourth-place Ball State is 9-7 in the MAC, while Kent State and Northern Illinois both are 9-8, Ohio 8-8 and BG and WMU 8-9.
QUOTING COACH FRALICK
"It was a great basketball game. Obviously it was gut-wrenching for us to have it finish that way, but I was proud of our team. I liked our fight and I liked our effort. I've seen that really change, and that's been rewarding. Jordyn Dawson is really good – she's been a handful for us, and she's been a handful for the league. We obviously lost on a tough putback, but she was a handful all night."
FIRST QUARTER
• The teams went over two and a half minutes without scoring to begin the game, but after the Zips' Lonasia Brewer hit a layup, Morgan Sharps fed Kadie Hempfling for a three-pointer. UA's Jordyn Dawson scored four-straight points before Hempfling connected from the arc once again, this time off of a Kenzie Lewis feed.
• Akron countered with a pair of layups before Amy Velasco knocked down a pull-up jumper. Madisen Parker spotted Lewis alone at the arc, and Lewis's corner three cut the Zips' lead to a single point, 15-14. But, Molly Neitzel's three-point play restored the visitors' four-point margin.
SECOND QUARTER
• Hempfling hit a spinning jumper after a Velasco steal, and Velasco found Hempfling for a corner three on BG's next possession. Reagan Bass, however, converted a three-point play to give Akron a 24-19 lead.
• Rachel Martindale made a pair of three-point tries less than 90 seconds apart. After her first triple in that span, Nyla Hampton drove the baseline and hit a layup, but Dawson answered with a jumper before Martindale beat the shot-clock horn with a long-range shot that gave UA a 32-23 lead – the largest of the game – at the 6:05 mark.
• Hampton scored on a driving layup, and after both teams went scoreless for over two minutes, the sophomore scored again, this time on a short-corner jumper. A Sophie Dziekan steal gave the ball back to BG, and Velasco's banker at the 52-second mark gave the Falcons a 6-0 run to end the half. Akron led, 34-31, at the break.
THIRD QUARTER
• After UA opened the half with a pair of Brewer free throws, a Velasco steal resulted in a 2-on-1 break for the Falcons. Velasco found Hempfling for a three-point play. Then, after BG forced a miss, Hempfling took another Velasco pass and knocked down a corner three. The Falcons had the lead (37-36) for the first time since the game was 3-2.
• That lead was short-lived, however, as Annika Corcoran answered with a three-pointer, followed by a pair of Dawson free throws. Velasco hit a driving layup, but moments later, the Zips would score five-straight points, with Dawson driving and dishing to Neitzel for a layup, then driving and scoring herself to give the visitors a 46-40 lead.
• Neither team scored for over two minutes, before Hempfling fed Dziekan for a shot off glass. Brewer answered for the Zips with a jumper, but Hempfling's three-pointer cut the UA lead to a single points, 48-47.
• Kendall Miller's jumper gave UA a three-point edge, but a nifty bounce pass from Velasco resulted in a Hempfling layup in the final seconds, and BG trailed by just a 50-49 score after 30 minutes.
FOURTH QUARTER
• Hempfling's free throw in the opening minute tied the score, and after Dawson's layup, Lewis came up with a key offensive rebound, putting the ball back up and in as she was fouled. The sophomore's charity toss gave the Falcons a 53-52 lead at the 8:48 mark.
• The Falcons got a stop, and Hempfling's driving layup put BG up by three. Bass scored the game's next three points, but Hampton drove inside, and her nifty bounce pass under the hoop resulted in a Lewis layup and a 57-55 Falcon advantage.
• A steal led to a Dawson bucket, but Sharps spotted Parker on the left wing, and the fifth-year senior's three-ball gave BG a 60-58 lead. Dawson, however, hit an 'and-1' layup, and after Akron rebounded her missed free-throw try, Dawson scored again. Sharps answered with a layup, and after Layne Ferrell's layup, Parker hit a pair of charity tosses to tie the game, 64-64, with 4:05 on the clock.
• Dawson, however, made a driving layup, then stole the ball, drove and kicked it to Martindale for a corner three, giving UA a 69-64 lead with 2:20 to go.
• Both teams missed shots on their next possession, before Hempfling grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled at the 1:12 mark. She hit both free-throw tries to make it a three-point game.
• UA missed a pair of shots on the next possession, with Lewis rebounding the second miss. Hempfling's layup cut UA's lead to 69-68 with 24.9 seconds remaining, and the Falcons used a timeout.
• The Zips did a nice job of using some clock on the next possession, before Hempfling fouled Ferrell at the 15.7 mark. Ferrell missed her first free-throw try, but made the second, and the Zips used a timeout.
• Out of that timeout, however, Velasco drove the length of the court, cutting to her left and hitting a floater with 10.5 seconds remaining. The Zips called a timeout and then inbounded the ball just over halfcourt. Martindale's three-point try clanked off the rim, but Dawson was there for the putback.
STATS, NOTES & NUMBERS
• Akron shot 48.3 percent from the field, while BGSU shot 42.4% on the night. Both teams shot over 40% from three-point range, with the Zips going 6-for-14 (42.9%) and the Falcons 7-of-17 (.41.2%).
• UA was just 10-of-17 (58.8%) from the free-throw line, while the Falcons made 13 shots in 16 attempts from the stripe (81.3%).
• The Zips had a 38-30 advantage on the boards, but BG had a 12-10 lead in second-chance points. The Falcons had 12 steals on the evening and a 17-9 advantage in points off turnovers.
• Hempfling had 19 of her career-high 29 points in the second half, while Lewis had seven points and 10 rebounds after halftime.
• For the game, Hempfling went 4-of-5 from the arc.
• Lewis has shot 73.9% from the field over the last five games, going 17-of-23 in that time.
UP NEXT
• The Falcons will return to the road this weekend, heading to Oxford for a Saturday (Feb. 26) matchup with Miami. The Falcons and RedHawks will meet in a 2:00 p.m. start at Millett Hall.
• Then, the Orange and Brown will wrap up the home portion of the regular-season schedule next Wednesday (March 2), facing Kent State in a 7:00 p.m. start at the Stroh.
• Log on to BGSUFalcons.com for all of the latest news and updates re: the 2021-22 Falcons.
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Senior Kadie Hempfling scored a career-high 29 points for the Falcons (13-13, 8-9 MAC), while sophomore Kenzie Lewis had a double-double, with 10 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.
Freshman Amy Velasco had another well-rounded game, with nine points, a BG-best five assists and a game-high four steals. Velasco went the length of the floor and hit a layup that tied the game with 10.5 seconds to go.
Dawson had 30 points and 12 rebounds for the Zips (14-9, 11-6 MAC), while Rachel Martindale scored 12 points on four three-point field goals.
Martindale's final three-point attempt of the night, though, was well off the mark. The shot from the left wing was short and wide left, but dropped directly to Dawson, who quickly laid the ball back up and in. A half-court heave by the Falcons hit the glass, but was off the mark as the final horn sounded.
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NOTE OF THE NIGHT
• Following Wednesday's games around the league, the Falcons are tied with Western Michigan for eighth place in the MAC standings. The top-eight teams in the final standings will qualify for the conference tournament.
• With three games left in the regular season, BGSU is just one game out of fifth place, and the fourth- through ninth-place teams are separated by just a game and a half. Fourth-place Ball State is 9-7 in the MAC, while Kent State and Northern Illinois both are 9-8, Ohio 8-8 and BG and WMU 8-9.
QUOTING COACH FRALICK
"It was a great basketball game. Obviously it was gut-wrenching for us to have it finish that way, but I was proud of our team. I liked our fight and I liked our effort. I've seen that really change, and that's been rewarding. Jordyn Dawson is really good – she's been a handful for us, and she's been a handful for the league. We obviously lost on a tough putback, but she was a handful all night."
FIRST QUARTER
• The teams went over two and a half minutes without scoring to begin the game, but after the Zips' Lonasia Brewer hit a layup, Morgan Sharps fed Kadie Hempfling for a three-pointer. UA's Jordyn Dawson scored four-straight points before Hempfling connected from the arc once again, this time off of a Kenzie Lewis feed.
• Akron countered with a pair of layups before Amy Velasco knocked down a pull-up jumper. Madisen Parker spotted Lewis alone at the arc, and Lewis's corner three cut the Zips' lead to a single point, 15-14. But, Molly Neitzel's three-point play restored the visitors' four-point margin.
SECOND QUARTER
• Hempfling hit a spinning jumper after a Velasco steal, and Velasco found Hempfling for a corner three on BG's next possession. Reagan Bass, however, converted a three-point play to give Akron a 24-19 lead.
• Rachel Martindale made a pair of three-point tries less than 90 seconds apart. After her first triple in that span, Nyla Hampton drove the baseline and hit a layup, but Dawson answered with a jumper before Martindale beat the shot-clock horn with a long-range shot that gave UA a 32-23 lead – the largest of the game – at the 6:05 mark.
• Hampton scored on a driving layup, and after both teams went scoreless for over two minutes, the sophomore scored again, this time on a short-corner jumper. A Sophie Dziekan steal gave the ball back to BG, and Velasco's banker at the 52-second mark gave the Falcons a 6-0 run to end the half. Akron led, 34-31, at the break.
THIRD QUARTER
• After UA opened the half with a pair of Brewer free throws, a Velasco steal resulted in a 2-on-1 break for the Falcons. Velasco found Hempfling for a three-point play. Then, after BG forced a miss, Hempfling took another Velasco pass and knocked down a corner three. The Falcons had the lead (37-36) for the first time since the game was 3-2.
• That lead was short-lived, however, as Annika Corcoran answered with a three-pointer, followed by a pair of Dawson free throws. Velasco hit a driving layup, but moments later, the Zips would score five-straight points, with Dawson driving and dishing to Neitzel for a layup, then driving and scoring herself to give the visitors a 46-40 lead.
• Neither team scored for over two minutes, before Hempfling fed Dziekan for a shot off glass. Brewer answered for the Zips with a jumper, but Hempfling's three-pointer cut the UA lead to a single points, 48-47.
• Kendall Miller's jumper gave UA a three-point edge, but a nifty bounce pass from Velasco resulted in a Hempfling layup in the final seconds, and BG trailed by just a 50-49 score after 30 minutes.
FOURTH QUARTER
• Hempfling's free throw in the opening minute tied the score, and after Dawson's layup, Lewis came up with a key offensive rebound, putting the ball back up and in as she was fouled. The sophomore's charity toss gave the Falcons a 53-52 lead at the 8:48 mark.
• The Falcons got a stop, and Hempfling's driving layup put BG up by three. Bass scored the game's next three points, but Hampton drove inside, and her nifty bounce pass under the hoop resulted in a Lewis layup and a 57-55 Falcon advantage.
• A steal led to a Dawson bucket, but Sharps spotted Parker on the left wing, and the fifth-year senior's three-ball gave BG a 60-58 lead. Dawson, however, hit an 'and-1' layup, and after Akron rebounded her missed free-throw try, Dawson scored again. Sharps answered with a layup, and after Layne Ferrell's layup, Parker hit a pair of charity tosses to tie the game, 64-64, with 4:05 on the clock.
• Dawson, however, made a driving layup, then stole the ball, drove and kicked it to Martindale for a corner three, giving UA a 69-64 lead with 2:20 to go.
• Both teams missed shots on their next possession, before Hempfling grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled at the 1:12 mark. She hit both free-throw tries to make it a three-point game.
• UA missed a pair of shots on the next possession, with Lewis rebounding the second miss. Hempfling's layup cut UA's lead to 69-68 with 24.9 seconds remaining, and the Falcons used a timeout.
• The Zips did a nice job of using some clock on the next possession, before Hempfling fouled Ferrell at the 15.7 mark. Ferrell missed her first free-throw try, but made the second, and the Zips used a timeout.
• Out of that timeout, however, Velasco drove the length of the court, cutting to her left and hitting a floater with 10.5 seconds remaining. The Zips called a timeout and then inbounded the ball just over halfcourt. Martindale's three-point try clanked off the rim, but Dawson was there for the putback.
STATS, NOTES & NUMBERS
• Akron shot 48.3 percent from the field, while BGSU shot 42.4% on the night. Both teams shot over 40% from three-point range, with the Zips going 6-for-14 (42.9%) and the Falcons 7-of-17 (.41.2%).
• UA was just 10-of-17 (58.8%) from the free-throw line, while the Falcons made 13 shots in 16 attempts from the stripe (81.3%).
• The Zips had a 38-30 advantage on the boards, but BG had a 12-10 lead in second-chance points. The Falcons had 12 steals on the evening and a 17-9 advantage in points off turnovers.
• Hempfling had 19 of her career-high 29 points in the second half, while Lewis had seven points and 10 rebounds after halftime.
• For the game, Hempfling went 4-of-5 from the arc.
• Lewis has shot 73.9% from the field over the last five games, going 17-of-23 in that time.
UP NEXT
• The Falcons will return to the road this weekend, heading to Oxford for a Saturday (Feb. 26) matchup with Miami. The Falcons and RedHawks will meet in a 2:00 p.m. start at Millett Hall.
• Then, the Orange and Brown will wrap up the home portion of the regular-season schedule next Wednesday (March 2), facing Kent State in a 7:00 p.m. start at the Stroh.
• Log on to BGSUFalcons.com for all of the latest news and updates re: the 2021-22 Falcons.
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Team Stats
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BGSU
FG%
.483
.424
3FG%
.429
.412
FT%
.588
.813
RB
38
30
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14
11
STL
7
12
Game Leaders
Scoring
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29
FGM
9
3FGM
4
FTM
7
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
0
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