Chippewas Top Falcons, 77-65, Wednesday Night

Wednesday, March 4

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

6:30 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

16-13,8-9MAC

Central Michigan

18-11,12-6MAC

Bowling Green

Central Mich.

Photo by: Sydney Kline, CMU Athletics

March 04, 2026 | Women's Basketball

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By: by Mike Cihon, BGSU Strategic Communications

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Central Michigan University scored the final seven points of the first half to take a double-digit lead, and the Chippewas went on to a 77-65 over the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team on Wednesday night (March 4). The Mid-American Conference matchup took place at McGuirk Arena.

Madi Morson had a game-high 29 points, pacing four players in double digits in the scoring column for the Chippewas (18-11, 12-6 MAC).

Junior Paige Kohler scored 16 points for the Falcons (16-13, 8-9 MAC), who saw a three-game winning streak come to an end. Sophomore Lauren Gerken had 11 points and junior Taya Ellis 10 for the Orange and Brown.

BGSU had a higher field-goal percentage on Wednesday night, shooting 42 percent from the floor to just 37% for the Chippewas. But, CMU went 8-of-14 from three-point range, while the Falcons were 5-for-20 from the arc. And, Central attempted 29 free throws, compared to 16 for BG.

Ellis had a team-high eight rebounds, and Ellis and freshman Ky'Aira Miller each had three steals for the Falcons, who played without sophomore Johnea Donahue on Wednesday night.

BGSU had a higher field-goal percentage than CMU in each of the four quarters.

FIRST QUARTER
• Taylor Anderson put the hosts on the board with a three-pointer, before Joniyah Bland-Fitzpatrick found Kaia Woods on a baseline drive for a layup, and Taya Ellis grabbed an offensive rebound and scored inside.
• The shot by Ellis would be the last field goal either team would make for a four-and-a-half-minute span. Central Michigan hit seven free throws in that time, before Madi Morson's triple gave the hosts a 10-0 run and a 13-4 lead.
• Lauren Gerken took an Emily Siesel pass and knocked down a three-point try to end BG's drought, beginning a 7-1 BGSU run to end the quarter. Both Paige Kohler and Jaedyn Cook went 2-for-2 at the free-throw line, with Cook's shots cutting the CMU lead to 14-11.

SECOND QUARTER
• BG got off to a quick start to the quarter, with five points in the first 31 seconds. Cook scored inside, and Ky'Aira Miller came up with a steal near midcourt, sailing in and hitting an 'and-one' layup. Miller's free throw gave BGSU a 16-14 lead.
• But, Jayda Mosley answered with a three-pointer that gave the Chippewas the lead for good. Mosley was 4-of-5 from the arc on the night. Lilah Turnbull knocked down a shot from nearly the same spot, but Gerken answered with a trifecta at the other end.
• Morson hit a second-chance jumper, then a pair of free throws, and after Ellis converted a layup, Ayanna-Sarai Darrington split two charity tosses before Mosley connected again to give her team a 28-21 lead midway through the quarter.
• Laila Harrison answered with a pull-up jumper, and Kohler answered a Demetria Prewitt layup with a three-pointer. But, Prewitt's three-point play restored Central's seven-point lead. Woods drove the length of the court, flashing past four Chippewas for a layup, and a pull-up jumper from Kohler cut the CMU lead to three, at 33-30.
• But, the hosts would end the half on a 7-0 run. A pair of free throws were followed by a Mosley triple, and when Morson grabbed a rebound and scored, CMU had a 40-30 lead at the break.

THIRD QUARTER
• For the second consecutive quarter, the Falcons started fast, as Kohler drained a step-back jumper on the first possession, and a Bland-Fitzpatrick steal led to an Ellis layup that cut the CMU lead to 40-34.
• Morson scored the game's next three points, but Woods came up with a steal and found Kohler for a transition layup. Moments later, Jasmine Fearne connected from the top of the arc to make it a 45-39 game with 6:40 left in the period, and Gerken's long two-pointer cut the Chippewas' lead to four.
• But, Morson hit a foul-line jumper, then a three-pointer, and a Mosley three-ball would give CMU a 53-42 lead with just under four minutes left in the period.
• Woods and Cook each scored in the paint, and Miller fed Gerken for a left-wing three, but the Chippewas were scoring at the other end, and a pair of Darrington free throws gave Central a 12-point advantage, 61-49, after 30 minutes.

FOURTH QUARTER
• Two Anderson free throws began the fourth-quarter scoring, and gave the Chippewas a 63-49 lead. The Falcons could not cut the deficit to single digits over the remaining nine-plus minutes.
• The margin stayed between 10 and 14 points until a Morson layup put CMU up, 75-60, with 2:40 to go. Ellis responded with a three-point play, and after Anderson's jumper, Kendal Moxey closed the game's scoring in the final minute.

UP NEXT
• The Falcons return home to close the regular season on Saturday (March 7). BGSU will face Northern Illinois at the Stroh Center, with tipoff set for 2:00 p.m. Fans are encouraged to arrive early, as Senior Day festivities will be held prior to the game.

• Then, the Orange and Brown will head to Cleveland for the Mid-American Conference Tournament, playing a quarterfinal-round game on Wednesday, March 11, at Rocket Arena. The Falcons' seed, opponent and start time will be determined following the completion of Saturday's games around the conference.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...
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