Bowling Green 69, Michigan State 99 // Box Score
The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team mounted a fourth-quarter comeback, but host Michigan State University answered that run, pulling away for a 99-69 win on Tuesday night (Nov. 6). The non-conference game, the season opener for both teams, was held at the Breslin Center.
Junior Andrea Cecil had a game-high 19 points to pace three double-digit scorers for the Falcons. Cecil was 4-for-6 from three-point range on the night.
In her collegiate debut, freshman Morgan McMillen had 17 points, and senior Sydney Lambert scored 14 points and dished out a team-leading five assists.
Tuesday's contest was the BGSU debut for head coach Robyn Fralick, a native of nearby Okemos, Mich.
Jenna Allen had 17 points to pace five double-figure scorers for the Spartans, and she had a double-double, with a game-high 15 rebounds. Taryn McCutcheon had 16 points and 12 assists for the hosts.
The Falcons trailed by 16 points at the half, but the Spartans went on a 12-0 run to take a 30-point lead, 61-31, midway through the third quarter. MSU's lead was still 30 points several minutes later, but BG slowly started chipping away.
Lambert's three-pointer with 25 seconds left in the quarter cut the MSU lead to 70-46, and the Falcons then came out running to begin the fourth quarter. Lambert and freshman Molly Dever sandwiched fast-break buckets around a McMillen triple, and Cecil hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc. When McMillen hit a driving reverse layup, the Falcons had scored the first 12 points of the quarter, and the MSU lead was down to 12, at 70-58.
But, Shay Colley snapped a 15-0 BG run with a three-pointer, and Nia Clouden's three-point play gave the Spartans an 18-point lead as the home team began to pull away.
Dever had seven points in her BGSU debut, while fellow freshman Kadie Hempfling had four points and three assists.
The Falcons will play the next three games at home, beginning next Tuesday night (Nov. 13) when BG hosts Marshall at the Stroh Center. That game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m.
Courtesy of BGSU's Sport Information Department
