The BGSU Women’s Basketball team looked to improve their home record to 3-0 on the season and on Wednesday night they did just that.
The Falcons were able to take advantage of the many early missed three-point attempts by Evansville in the first half. Senior center Lauren Tibbs was given the ball early and had a size mismatch in the paint which led the Falcons with 15 points, six rebounds, and two assists on the night.
The BG defense tightened up in the first half as they held Evansville to twenty-three percent shooting and Evansville only made one three pointer out of fifteen attempts from the field.
In the second half, BG was running the floor as they outpaced Evansville by getting good ball movement and spreading the floor well for shooters to get open. This also led to high percentage shots as they had many open looks in the paint.
Evansville cut the deficit to 10 points in the 4th quarter as the team started hitting shots particularly from the three point line. However, BG was able to match shot for shot as Evansville was unable to cut the lead into single digits.
Sophomore Rachel Myers hit a couple of huge three pointers late in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach and prevent an Evansville rally. Myers shot 50 percent from the three point line going 4-8 and finished with 14 points on the day.
“Evansville switched on defense which created a mismatch against our posts, so if we can get into the post then they had to collapse and double our posts which made it easier to kick it out for threes and then making the extra pass for the wide-open shot,” Myers said.
The bench was another huge key for BG as they outscored Evansville 26-20. Notable players coming off the bench were Junior Ashley Tunstall and Freshmen Carly Santoro. Santoro scored ten points and Tunstall grabbed huge rebounds down the stretch.
BG outrebounded Evansville as they finished with 39 rebounds which led to second chance points and getting to the free throw line.
Coach Roos was overall pleased with the team performance and great execution performed by the players.
“We had seven different kids make threes, we outrebounded them by double digits, and everyone scored on the team except one,” she said.
The team looks to continue their success as they go on the road in two days to play Cleveland State at Quicken Loans Arena.
“We got our work cut out for us, the next 48 hours with their offense similar to Evansville we need to do a good job of not only being focused and preparation for a road game after a short turnaround,” Roos said.
