Falcons Open 2025-26 Season at Louisiana Monday Night

Monday, November 3

Lafayette, La

7 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

Louisiana

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BGSU meets the Ragin' Cajuns in the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge

By: by Mike Cihon, BGSU Strategic Communications

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2025 | 7:00 P.M. ET | CAJUNDOME | LAFAYETTE, LA.

BOWLING GREEN
FALCONS
(0-0, 0-0 MAC)

LOUISIANA
RAGIN' CAJUNS
(0-0, 0-0 Sun Belt)


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WHAT, WHEN & WHERE
• The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team begins the 2025-26 regular-season schedule with a trip to the Bayou State. Head coach Fred Chmiel and the Falcons face the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on Monday night (Nov. 3), in the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m. ET at the Cajundome.

WHERE TO WATCH / LISTEN
• Monday's Louisiana game will be streamed via ESPN+. All 2025-26 games will have an audio stream as well, thanks to Falcon Media Sports Network. Lucas Kleimeyer will handle play-by-play duties Monday night.

STATS & SOCIAL MEDIA
• Links to audio, video and live stats for all 2025-26 games can always be found on the web at BGSUFalcons.com – both on the women's basketball schedule page and in the right column on the main page – on game day.

ROAD WARRIORS
• The Falcons will be racking up the frequent flyer miles during the month of November, as BGSU opens the 2025-26 season with six consecutive games away from home.

• The Falcons travel to the states of Louisiana, South Carolina and Wisconsin for a total of four games in the next two weeks. Then, the Orange and Brown will end the road odyssey with a trip to Alaska for the Great Alaskan Shootout.

• BGSU's regular-season home opener is Sunday, Nov. 30, when Purdue Fort Wayne comes to the Stroh Center.

THE FALCONS: A QUICK OVERVIEW
• Head coach Fred Chmiel and his staff return a total of nine players, including eight letterwinners, from last season's roster. The Falcons went 18-13 overall last season, finishing with an 11-7 record in Mid-American Conference play. BGSU ended the 2024-25 regular-season schedule by winning nine of 11 games.

• The list of returnees includes junior Paige Kohler, who (as we just mentioned) was named to the Preseason All-MAC First Team. Kohler finished second on the Falcons in both scoring and rebounding, with 13.6 points and 4.6 boards per game a year ago.

• Sophomore Johnea Donahue also returns after starting 17 contests last season. Donahue was named to the MAC's All-Freshman Team last season, and also was chosen to the MAC All-Defensive Team in her first year in the Orange and Brown. She led the entire conference in steals per game (2.46 spg).

• Other returnees include a pair of fourth-year Falcons in senior Emily Siesel and redshirt junior Jasmine Fearne. Siesel and Fearne each played in 28 of BGSU's 31 games off the bench, and Fearne finished fourth on the team with 20 three-point field goals made. Another senior, Kendal Moxey, is back for her second season in the Orange and Brown. She shot an even 50 percent from the field last winter.

• Junior Taya Ellis started five games last year, averaging nearly four points and leading the Falcons in blocked shots, while sophomore Laila Harrison was penciled into the starting lineup four times in her freshman campaign. Another sophomore, Lauren Gerken, returns after averaging 7.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per contest in 10 games last year. Gerken had a 20-point game in a win over Stetson, and started her final five games before suffering an injury in December and missing the remainder of the season.

• Redshirt freshman Sofia Moschen is back after joining the team for the Spring 2025 semester. She did not see game action in '24-25.

• BGSU's four newcomers include three transfers and a freshman. Senior Kaia Woods began her career at Washington State, and played for fellow MAC member Akron two years ago. Junior Joniyah Bland-Fitzpatrick spent the last two seasons at Seton Hall, playing in a total of 37 games for the Pirates, while fellow junior Jaedyn Cook spent the 2024-25 season at Odessa (Texas) College after beginning her career at East Carolina.

• Ky'Aira Miller, a Cincinnati native and the lone true freshman on the 2025-26 roster, joins the Falcons after helping Purcell Marian H.S. to four state championships and graduating as the program's assists leader.

• On the bench, assistant coaches Maggie Lucas and John Nicolais return for their third and second seasons, respectively, with the Falcons. They are joined by former Falcon great Kadie Hempfling.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE RAGIN' CAJUNS
• Louisiana, like BGSU, opens the 2025-26 season on Monday. The Ragin' Cajuns went 13-16 overall and 9-9 in Sun Belt Conference action. This year's team posted victories over LSU-Alexandria (92-47; Oct. 23) and Mississippi College (78-67; Oct. 28) in a pair of exhibition matches.

• Head coach Garry Brodhead and his staff have a total of zero returning players on the roster in 2025-26. Brodhead, the winningest coach in program history, begins his 14th season at the UL helm with an entirely new roster, including eight transfers.

• One of those transfers, junior Mikaylah Manley, came to Louisiana from fellow SBC school Southern Miss. She played against the Falcons in last year's season opener, grabbing three rebounds in 11 minutes of action off the bench at the Stroh Center (Nov. 4, 2024).

THE SERIES
• The Falcons and Louisiana have never met in women's basketball. BGSU has an overall record of 16-6 against members of the Sun Belt Conference. A total of 15 of those 22 games have come against Marshall, a former member of the Mid-American Conference.

DOWN THE ROAD
• Following the Louisiana game, the Falcons will prepare for a Friday (Nov. 7) game against the second-ranked team in the nation, South Carolina. That game will begin at 7:00 p.m. at Colonial Life Arena and will be streamed via SEC Network +.

• BGSU then will face Wisconsin (Nov. 12) and Marquette (Nov. 14), before heading to the Great Alaska Shootout. The Falcons' first game in Alaska will be against UC Irvine (Nov. 21), and the Brown and Orange will meet either St. Thomas or the host school, Alaska-Anchorage, the following night (Nov. 22).

• The home opener is set for Sunday, Nov. 30, vs. Purdue Fort Wayne. That game will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...
For more information on BGSU women's hoops, be sure to follow the Falcons on Facebook (@BGWBB), Twitter/X (@BGSU_Athletics and @BGSUWBB) and Instagram (@bgsuwbb), as well as on the web at BGSUFalcons.com.