BGSU Schools Bellarmine, 91-66, to Move to 3 and 0 - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Tuesday, November 10

Bowling Green, Ohio

11 a.m.

Bowling Green State University

3-0,0-0MAC

Bellarmine

1-3,0-0ASUN

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Bellarmine	14	10	15	27	66
Bowling Green	22	18	29	22	91

Jaedyn Cook reacts after a fourth-quarter basket | Nov. 10, 2026

Photo by: Hailey Pettit-Mastroianni, BGSU Athletics

November 10, 2026 | Women's Basketball

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Falcons Use 17-0 Run to Seize Control of Tuesday's School Day Game

By: by Mike Cihon, BGSU Strategic Communications

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team used a huge third-quarter run to seize control on Tuesday (Nov. 10), as the Falcons posted a 91-66 win over Bellarmine University. The non-conference game, a School Day game that began at 11:00 a.m., was held at the Stroh Center.

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Junior Lauren Gerken had a game-high 24 points for the Falcons (3-0), with freshman Carol Silva scoring 14. Six of their teammates scored at least six points, and all 11 players who saw action had at least three points in the win.

Triniti Ralson led the Knights (1-3) with 20 points, while Anna Rodgers added 11.

Leading by 13 points early in the second half, the Falcons scored eight points in the blink of an eye, beginning a 17-0 run. When the smoke had cleared, BGSU had a 69-39 lead late in the third period.

BGSU shot 63.2 percent in that third quarter, going 12-for-19, and the Falcons shot 58.8% after halftime en route to the win.

Gerken and Silva each tied for game honors with seven rebounds, as BG had a 39-34 lead on the boards.

Senior Jaedyn Cook came off the bench to score nine points in just over seven minutes of action, while classmate Joniyah Bland-Fitzpatrick had eight points and added a game-high eight assists, doubling her previous career high.

Freshman Kayla Stidham scored seven points and added three assists and a pair of steals, while three other Falcon frosh – Sophie Alexander, Sara Caetano and Aurelie Vanderstraeten – had six points apiece.

Alexander tied for game honors with four steals, matching Silva and Bland-Fitzpatrick in that category, while Caetano was a perfect 3-for-3 from the field and Vanderstraeten pulled down five rebounds.

The Falcons, who never trailed, shot 50.7% from the field and 40% from three-point range for the game.

BG scored 60 points in the paint in Tuesday's win. The Falcons forced Bellarmine into 30 turnovers, and the hosts had a 32-15 lead in points off turnovers.

Gerken's 24 points came in just over 24 minutes of action, as she sat out the entire fourth quarter.

FIRST QUARTER
• The game was tied at both 2-2 and 4-4 in the early stages, before the Falcons went on an 8-0 run. Lauren Gerken made the first and last buckets of that run, while Sophie Alexander stole the ball and found Joniyah Bland-Fitzpatrick for a layup, then hit a layup of her own.
• The Knights narrowed the BG lead to three points, 14-11, after an Anna Rodgers three-pointer, but a Sara Caetano hoop began an 8-3 run that ended the quarter. A Sol Depetris three-pointer gave the Falcon a 20-12 lead, and Mafalda Monteiro ended the first-period scoring with a driving layup.
• Gerken had eight points and four rebounds in the opening quarter, leading all players in both categories.

SECOND QUARTER
• Carol Silva scored seven of BGSU's first nine points in the second quarter, with a three-pointer giving BG a 27-16 lead early in the period. Gerken made a layup, and a Silva hoop put the Falcons up by 15.
• The lead stayed between 12 and 15 points for the remainder of the half. Aurelie Vanderstraeten's three-pointer late in the quarter gave the Orange and Brown a 39-24 lead, with a Bland-Fitzpatrick free throw putting the Falcons up by 16 at the break.
• Silva was a perfect 3-for-3 from the field en route to seven second-quarter points.

Gallery: (11-10-2026) 111026 wbk v Bellarmine - Hailey P-Mast.

THIRD QUARTER
• The Falcons' lead was 13 points after a Rodgers three-ball just over a minute into the second half. But, BGSU then scored eight points in roughly one minute. Silva fed Gerken for a three-pointer, then hit a long-distance shot of her own. When Silva stole the ball and converted a layup, the Falcons had a 50-29 lead as the Knights used a timeout.
• But, the run continued. Silva came up with another steal and lobbed the ball to Bland-Fitzpatrick for a bucket, and Gerken hit an 'and-one' layup and made the ensuing free throw. Caetano followed with a layup, before yet another Silva steal and assist on a Bland-Fitzpatrick hoop. The Falcons led, 59-29, with four minutes left in the quarter.
• The lead was still 30 points after 30 minutes of play, as Alexander and Jaedyn Cook ended the period with buckets.
•Gerken had 10 points in the quarter, while Silva had seven points, five boards, four assists and three steals in the third period alone. Bland-Fitzpatrick – who entered the game with a career best of four assists – had five in the third quarter on Tuesday.

FOURTH QUARTER
• The lead grew as high as 34 points early in the fourth quarter, as Cook opened the period with a hook shot and a pair of free throws. The senior scored on a putback several minutes later, before Kayla Stidham found Eugenia Ngungo for a layup with just under six minutes left.
• The Falcons' lead dropped to 19 before the hosts went on a 7-0 run. Stidham hit a pair of free throws, and after an Alexander steal and layup, Stidham knocked down a three-point try.
• Stidham again fed Ngungo for a layup with just over two minutes left, and after a Vanderstraeten hoop, Stidham grabbed a teammate's miss and put the ball back up and in for the Falcons' final points of the day.
• Stidham and Cook each had seven points in the fourth period, with Stidham adding three assists. Triniti Ralston scored nine of her team-leading 20 points in the final period.

UP NEXT
• The Falcons conclude a season-opening four-game homestand with another School Day game on Monday (Nov. 16). BGSU will face Lawrence Tech in an 11:00 a.m. start at the Stroh.
• Then, the Orange and Brown will play the following six games away from home, beginning with another 11:00 a.m. contest at Penn State three days later (Thursday, Nov. 19).

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