Bowling Green, Ohio -- Bowling Green went on big runs to start both halves and got 25 points in 23 minutes from MAC Player of the Year Lauren Prochaska in an 86-40 win over the Youngstown State women's basketball team on Wednesday at Anderson Arena.

Bowling Green outshot YSU 42.4 percent to 25 percent and held advantages of 20-4 off turnovers and 25-3 on second-chance points. The Falcons also outscored YSU by 15 from the free-throw line and outrebounded the Penguins 56-30.

Brandi Brown led YSU with 12 points while Bojana Dimitrov had seven. Freshman Heidi Schlegel had five points and a team-high seven rebounds in her Penguins debut.

Maggie Hennegan was 7-for-7 and scored 14 points, and Allison Papenfuss added 11 for Bowling Green, which improved to 2-1. YSU dropped to 0-2.

Bowling Green opened the second half on an 11-2 run and took a 59-23 lead on a Prochaska triple with 16:14 remaining. Prochaska scored 10 points in the first four minutes of the second half before exiting early as Bowling Green had a sizeable advantage.

In the first half, Hennegan scored six straight points for Bowling Green as the Falcons went on an early 8-1 run to go up 10-3 with 15:39 remaining. YSU scored the next four to get within 10-7 at the 14:49 mark, but Bowling Green went on to go on a 13-2 run and led 23-9 with 11:42 left.

A Dimitrov lay-up with 8:38 remaining made the score 27-14, but two Pontius 3-pointers sandwiched a Prochaska triple, and Bowling Green went up 36-14. The Falcons extended their lead to 24 at the break.

Hennegan was 6-for-6 from the floor in the first half, and Bowling Green was 16-for-35 as a team. The Falcons outscored YSU 17-2 off turnovers and 16-1 in second-chance points. BGSU had 10 offensive rebounds and 19 missed attempts in the first 20 minutes. The Falcons were also 9-for-9 from the free-throw line while YSU only attempted two charity tosses.

The Penguins shot 9-for-27 in the opening period. They attempted just eight 3-pointers after taking 48 shots from behind the arc in the season opener at Pittsburgh on Friday.

Youngstown State will play its home opener on Saturday at 1:05 p.m. against IPFW.