Wednesday's Scoreboard
Bowling Green 63, Eastern Michigan 47
Bowling Green 63, Eastern Michigan 47
Box Score
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team used a stifling second-half defensive effort to erase a halftime deficit and defeat Eastern Michigan University, 63-47, on Wednesday (March 10). The game, a Mid-American Conference Tournament quarterfinal-round contest, was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in downtown Cleveland.
With the win, the Falcons (19-5) advance to Friday's (March 12) semifinal round. BGSU, the tournament's number-one seed, will meet fourth-seeded Buffalo in the semis.
Junior Kadie Hempfling led all players with 15 points, while freshman Kenzie Lewis and sophomore Elissa Brett each recorded double-doubles in the win. Lewis had 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Brett scored 13 points and added 10 boards.
BGSU outscored the Eagles by a 42-16 count in the second half.
The Eagles (10-10), the number-eight seed for the tournament, got 13 points from Ce'Nara Skanes, while Areanna Combs had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Lewis had 12 of her 14 points in the second half, and was a key performer as the Falcons forged a comeback.
BG had just 25 points with nearly 25 minutes gone, but the Falcons then went on a 23-2 run to seize control of Wednesday's game. The Orange and Brown scored 11-straight points, with nine of them coming at the free-throw line, and after Eastern answered with a bucket late in the third quarter, BG responded by scoring the game's next 12 points, with Nyla Hampton's layup putting the Falcons ahead by 11, 48-37, with just under eight minutes to go.
