BGSU Pitches a First-Quarter Shutout En Route to 103-32 Victory

Wednesday, December 3

Bowling Green, Ohio

7 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

4-4,0-0MAC

103

Kentucky State

2-6,2-3SIAC

Kentucky St.

Bowling Green

103

Photo by: Hailey Pettit-Mastroianni, BGSU Athletics

December 03, 2025 | Women's Basketball

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Twelve Different Falcons Score at Least Four Points in Wednesday Win over Kentucky State

By: by Mike Cihon, BGSU Strategic Communications

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team pitched a shutout in the first quarter Wednesday night (Dec. 3), as the Falcons rolled along to a 103-32 win over Kentucky State University at the Stroh Center.

The Falcons (4-4) took a 27-0 lead into the quarter break, before the Thorobreds finally got on the scoreboard on the opening possession of the second period. Then, the Orange and Brown scored the game's next nine points to take a 36-2 lead midway through the quarter.

BGSU led by scores of 55-8 at the half and 78-18 after three quarters en route to the 71-point victory.

Twelve different players scored at least four points for the hosts, with Taya Ellis posting game-high totals of 14 points and nine rebounds. Johnea Donahue had 13 points, five assists and eight steals, with all eight steals coming in the first half.

Sofia Moschen had 12 points, the highest total of her young career, in 14 minutes off the bench, while Paige Kohler had 11 points in the win.

NOTE OF THE NIGHT: A FIRST-QUARTER SHUTOUT
• The Falcons, as mentioned, posted a first-quarter shutout, outscoring the Thorobreds by a 27-0 count in the first period on Wednesday night.
• It marked the second time in program history that BGSU had held an opponent scoreless in a quarter. The Falcons blanked Detroit Mercy in the second period on Nov. 28, 2022, en route to a 78-29 win at the Stroh.

ALSO NOTEWORTHY
• The Falcons allowed just eight points in the first half on Wednesday, a new school record. The old record was nine points scored by Miami in a 66-53 BGSU win at the Stroh on Jan. 24, 2015.
• Johnea Donahue had eight steals on Wednesday night, tying her career high and falling just two shy of the school record (10 by Lindsay Austin vs. Miami on Feb. 3, 2004). Donahue played a total of just 21:11 vs. the Thorobreds, and had all eight of her steals in the first half.
• BGSU's total of 45 free-throw attempts is tied for the third-highest single-game total in program history. The school record is 53 attempts, vs. Youngstown State on Feb. 18, 1990.

FIRST QUARTER
• The Falcons went 9-of-15 from the floor in the opening period, while holding the Thorobreds to an 0-for-11 shooting performance in the first 10 minutes.
• Taya Ellis scored on the opening possession of the game, and the Falcons never looked back. After layups by Johnea Donahue and Paige Kohler, Jasmine Fearne's three-pointer gave the hosts a 9-0 lead with just over two minutes gone, and the visitors used a timeout.
• But, Lauren Gerken and Kaia Woods each connected from the arc, and when Gerken followed a Donahue steal and layup with another long-range make, the Falcons had a 20-0 lead.

SECOND QUARTER
• The visitors got on the board on a Brittany Campbell jumper early in the second period, but Fearne answered with a trey, and an Ellis putback made it a 32-2 game. The junior then went 4-for-4 at the line over the next few minutes, with her own personal 6-0 run putting BG up by 34.
• Donahue knocked down a three-pointer, and after Alycia Triplett hit a jumper, Kohler scored the next four points as the Falcons went on another 9-0 run. Jaedyn Cook and Joniyah Bland-Fitzpatrick hit layups to give the hosts a 48-6 lead. When BGSU ended the half on a 7-0 run, it was a 55-8 game at the intermission.
• BGSU held the visitors to a 4-for-25 effort (16.0%) from the field in the opening half, while the Falcons went 17-for-32 (53.1%).

THIRD QUARTER
• Kentucky State scored the first four points of the second half, but BG responded with a 6-0 run, and the Falcons slowly extended the lead. A Donahue layup midway through the quarter pushed the margin over 50 points, at 65-14, and the lead reached 60 when Woods hit a layup in the final minute of play.

FOURTH QUARTER
• Sofia Moschen scored nine of her 12 points in the final period, hitting three shots from the arc in the final 10 minutes. Ky'Aira Miller scored seven fourth-quarter points and Emily Siesel five, with both players dishing out three assists in the period.
• Kendal Moxey had a pair of buckets along with five points in the final period..

UP NEXT
• The Falcons' season-long six-game homestand continues Sunday afternoon (Dec. 7), when Defiance comes to the Stroh Center for a 1:00 p.m. matchup.
• BGSU will host Lourdes (Dec. 14), Le Moyne (Dec. 16) and Kent State (Dec. 20) during the homestand as well. The KSU game marks the Falcons' Mid-American Conference opener.

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