Bowling Green, Ohio -- Bowling Green shot 59.6 percent and got 20 first-half points from Tracy Pontius en route to a 94-61 victory over Youngstown State on Saturday afternoon.
     The Penguins shot a season-best 49 percent but were outscored 54-26 in the first half. YSU committed 23 turnovers while BGSU committed just 14, 11 of which came in the second half.
     Tiara Scott scored 12 points for her fourth double-digit scoring effort in the past six games, and Ashley Pendleton added a season-high eight. Jaquetta Westley added nine for the Penguins, who dropped to 1-7. Bowling Green won its sixth straight and improved to 6-2.
     Pontius scored a game-high 22 points in 26 minutes, and Niki McCoy added 18.
     Both teams shot 60 percent in the decisive first half, but BGSU outscored YSU 27-3 in points off turnovers in the first 20 minutes. YSU committed 14 turnovers while Bowling Green had just three.
     YSU was outscored by just five in the second half and limited the Falcons to two offensive rebounds after giving up six in the first half.
     Bowling Green jumped out to a 14-2 lead and scored 12 straight points behind a quick-cutting offense and two treys. After Jaquetta Westley's bucket on YSU's second possession tied the score at 2-2, the Falcons scored 12 straight and led 14-2 on Prochaska's three-ball at the 16:14 mark.
     Westley's seventh straight point for YSU cut the margin to 15-7 with 14:52 remaining, and Kelsey Gurganus' layup at the 13:17 mark kept YSU within eight at 17-9. From that point, Bowling Green went on an 11-4 run and led 28-13 with 9:27 remaining.
     Scott scored eight straight points for the Penguins, her final deuce making the score 33-19 with 5:42 remaining, but BGSU ended the half on a 21-7 run to go up 54-26 at the break. Pontius scored 10 of her her 20 first-half points in a row and hit her fourth trey of the half just before the buzzer.
     The Falcons had six more 3-pointers and 10 more points from the charity stripe than the Guins in the first half, and they had six offensive rebounds on 14 of their combined misses.
     The Penguins will be off this week for finals before playing at Central Michigan on Dec. 14 at 5 p.m.