BOWLING GREEN, OH - Bowling Green sophomore Kim Griech and senior Angie Farmer combined for 31 points off the bench to lead the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team to a 63-58 victory over the arch-rival Toledo Saturday afternoon at BGSU's Anderson Arena.

With the victory, the Falcons improve to 8-7 overall and 4-0 in the MAC. UT falls to 9-5 and 2-1 in league play.

"I thought Bowling Green played a great game," Toledo Head Coach Mark Ehlen said. "Every time we made a little run at them, they responded with a big shot, and were able to hold off everything we threw at them."

Griech had a team-high 16 points, while Farmer had 15 on the afternoon. The two combined to made seven three-pointers in nine attempts as the BG bench outscored UT's subs, 33-13.

The Falcons took a quick 6-0 lead in the first 1:09, on baskets by Francine Miller, Kelly Kapferer and Afra Smith. Toledo's Coach Ehlen took a quick timeout, and the Rockets regrouped to score the next nine points and retake the lead on a offensive rebound and putback by sophomore Tia Davis. But, Griech and Farmer hit treys to give the Falcons a 12-9 lead at the 12:35 mark, and the Falcons never trailed again.

BG led by as many as seven points in the first half, after a Smith basket gave the host school a 21-14 margin with 5:28 left. The Rockets got the Falcon lead down to three points on a triple by freshman Mary Blessing, 27-24, at halftime.

BG held the Rockets to a field-goal percentage of just .278 (8-for-29) in the half en route to a 20-of-55 performance (.364) on the day. The Falcons also forced UT into 10 first-half turnovers en route to a game total of 19.

In the second half, Kapferer opened the scoring with a layup to give BG a five-point lead, and a Miller trey at the 18:30 mark gave the Falcons a 32-26 edge. But, Toledo senior Kahli Carter, who scored a team-high 15 points, hit back-to-back baskets, and sophomore Teresa Kahle's layup tied the contest at 32-32. That's when Griech took over.

The sophomore scored the game's next six points, converting a conventional three-point play with 13:37 remaining, then hitting a shot from behind the arc 33 seconds later. Griech made six of her seven shots on the day and was 3-of-4 from long range.

Blessing's triple brought the Rockets within one point with 11:15 left, but Miller answered with a basket. UT got within two points, at 43-41, when junior Courtney Risinger scored with 9:20 left, but the Rockets could not get any closer.

A Miller hoop was followed by a Farmer three-point play to give the Falcons a 48-41 lead, and UT never got closer than five points thereafter. The Orange and Brown's Dana Western gave the Falcons a double-digit lead, 55-45, as she hit a driving shot as the shot-clock buzzer sounded with 5:01 left.

After four-straight UT free throws got UT within six points, Farmer hit a trey to move the BG lead to 58-49 with 4:14 left. Farmer was 4-of-5 from three-point land.

UT was within six points, and had the ball, with a minute to go, but Carter missed a three-point attempt. Miller grabbed the rebound and hit Griech with a long outlet pass. Griech's breakaway layup gave BG a 61-53 margin.

The BG victory snapped a four-game winning streak for the Rockets in the series, and the Falcons now hold a 28-22 series lead. The Falcons have now won eight regular-season conference games in a row, dating back to last season.

BGSU held the Rockets top-two scorers, Carter and Risinger, to a combined 7-of-23 from the field. For the Midnight Blue and Gold, junior center Melantha Herron had 12 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, and Tia Davis joined Carter and Herron in double figures with 11 points.

"We haven't played solid basketball since Christmas," Ehlen said. "We need to go back now and regroup. I don't think that we lost this basketball game because of our defense, but because we weren't able to execute offensively."

Toledo's Coach Ehlen is 10-4 all-time against the Falcons, including his tenure with the Xavier Muskateers. The sixth-year Rocket coach is 9-3 all-time while at Toledo.

The Rockets will next be in action on Tuesday, Jan. 16, as they battle the Huskies of Northern Illinois. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m.