Things looked grim for the Bowling Green women’s basketball team last night.

They were taking on the defending Mid-American Conference regular season champions and to complicate matters their go-to player, Liz Honegger, was a game-time decision.

But Honegger gutted it out, played 29 minutes and helped her team to a 68-59 win over Miami at Anderson Arena.

Honegger didn’t necessarily lead the way for BG, but her 10 points, nine boards, three blocks and two steals certainly helped pave the way to victory for the Falcons. All of this was done on a sore foot.

“My hats off to Liz Honegger for playing 30 minutes with a bad wheel,” BG head coach Curt Miller said. “But again, she steps up and shows how tough of a kid she is.”

Honegger leads the team in points, rebounds, blocks and steals this season. But for the Falcons, they knew they couldn’t put it all on her shoulders.

That is where Carin Horne, Ali Mann and Kate Achter came in.

Achter and Horne led the team with 15 points apiece.

But Horne took her game to another level last night, stepping into the passing lanes for five steals, most of which led to points.

“We just tried to play help defense inside,” Horne said. “And as soon as they tried to pass it we’d try to take it.”

The plan worked for the Falcons, as they scored 25 points off turnovers to just 10 for the RedHawks.

While Horne was stepping in front of passes around the perimeter, Mann was busy cleaning the glass inside. She finished the night with 11 rebounds to go with her 13 points. But with just a 2 for 12 game from the floor, Mann knew she had to step up her game in ways other than scoring.

“We’ve been outrebounded the last three games,” Mann said. “Tonight was a rebounding game for me; To me, rebounding is as good as scoring.”

For both of the two sophomores, they knew they had to step up their game while their classmate, Honegger, wasn’t at full speed.

“They’re a pretty good defensive team,” Horne said. “So we had to step up; We knew what we had to do.”

For Mann, it was all a matter of taking advantage of what Miami gave the Falcons.

“We just took the opportunities we had and executed,” she said.

The win moved the Falcons into first place in the MAC. They will put that standing on the line this weekend when they welcome Western Michigan to Anderson Arena.