Falcons win: Broncos fall to BGSU in upset

Kenny Wenzel
Staff Reporter

The Western Michigan University women’s basketball team fell short of an upset win over the MAC-leading Bowling Green State University Falcons on Saturday 67-56.
The Broncos (6-17, 3-7) kept up with the Falcons (20-3, 10-0) in the first half until a 14-0 scoring run put BGSU up 23-9.

Western Michigan committed 14 turnovers in the first half and shot 36.4% from the field while BGSU only committed 9 turnovers and made more than half of their shots. BGSU capitalized in the first half off of the Broncos turnovers which lead to 17 points for the Falcons.

The second half saw BGSU continue their dominant offense but WMU was able to cut down on the turnovers by a wide margin. In the second half, WMU committed just four turnovers and shot 46.4%, but the lead was too strong to overcome.

Aurielle Anderson was outstanding for the Broncos in the losing effort, having a career-high and season team high 29 points while also grabbing five rebounds, three assists, and forcing four steals. Maria Iaquaniello was the only other Bronco to score in double-digits with 11.

After a dominating game against Buffalo earlier in the week (shooting 7-15), Julia Henson was only 1-5 from three-point range.

WMU will try and get back on track as they face MAC East opponent Akron Zips (10-14, 4-6), in Akron, Ohio on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m.

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