BGSU slows women’s momentum
The Wright State women’s basketball team had been on a roll for the last month, mostly on the strength of its outside shooting.
But having won six of their previous seven games, the Raiders were stymied by Bowling Green on Tuesday and fell, 69-48, at the Nutter Center.
They shot 28.6% (18 of 63), worst since hitting 26.2% against Oakland in coach Kari Hoffman’s first year in 2021-22.
They also were 4 of 22 from 3. They had been hitting 44% overall and 37.4% on 3s.
“We knew it would be hard to score in this game. They defend, and they defend really well,” Hoffman said.
“They’re not helping off anywhere, so we were having to make tough shots around the rim and then drill the open 3s, and we didn’t do that. It was a bad game to shoot bad.”
Wright State set an all-time program attendance record of 7,574 on its yearly Education Day, drawing students from eighth grade to pre-school and teachers and chaperones from 35 area schools.
The previous record was 4,762 against UConn on Dec. 31, 2001.
“It was full of energy, that’s for sure,” Hoffman said. “I do think our players maybe had a little nerves. They haven’t played in front of a crowd of 7,000 probably too many times.
“I think that sped us up a bit. We just didn’t look like ourselves. But I’m not going to blame the crowd on that. They were great.”
Layne Ferrell had 16 points and Rachel Loobie 14 for Wright State (6-4).
Morgan Sharps led four players in double figures with 19 for Bowling Green (6-2).
The Falcons, who shot 50%, went 31-6 last season.