BOWLING GREEN, OH: The University of Delaware women’s basketball team couldn’t withstand the hot second half shooting of No. 21 Bowling Green as the Falcons ended the Hens nine-game win streak with a 70-59 victory Friday evening at Anderson Arena.

Chrissy Fisher and Tyresa Smith recorded double-doubles but it wasn’t enough as Bowling Green scored 43 points in the second half and shot 65 percent from the field to extend their home win streak to 22 straight, the second longest active steak in the nation. Fisher led the Blue Hens in both scoring and rebounding as she tallied 19 points and pulled down 12 boards, while Tyresa Smith added 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Bowling Green, which improves to 9-2, avenged their 48-44 loss to Delaware last season, one of only two regular season losses for the Falcons. Liz Honegger shot eight of 15 from the field and had a game-high 24 points while teammate Ali Mann had 15 of her 18 points in the second half for the Falcons.

Delaware, who falls to 10-2, got five points and five assists from Melissa Czorniewy and six points and three steals from Kyle DeHaven.

The Falcons led early as they posted a 9-2 run to take a 17-10 lead but the Hens responded with a 6-0 run to cut the lead down to one. The runs continued as Bowling Green went on their second 9-2 run of the half to push the lead to eight at 26-18.

From that point the Hens defense began giving the Falcons major problems as Bowling Green did not score a field goal over the last six minutes of the half and Delaware went on an 11-1 run, including a Fisher three-pointer with four seconds remaining, to close the first period with a 29-27 lead.

The second half started where the first half ended as Bowling Green was held scoreless for the first five minutes and didn’t score a field goal until six minutes into the second period. Going back to the first half, the Falcons did not score a basket for almost nine minutes and didn’t score a field goal for over 12 minutes.

The Hens’ 8-2 run out of the break extended their lead to 37-29 but Bowling Green responded in a big way. Over the final 14:10 the Falcons outscored the Hens 41-22 including an 18-3 run in which Ali Mann scored eight consecutive points. A Chrissy Fisher jumper cut the lead to 47-42 but the Hens wouldn’t get any closer.

“We made some bad reads on the defensive side of the ball and it snowballed leading to not scoring offensively,” said Delaware head coach Tina Martin. “It was a playoff type atmosphere against a good basketball team so we have to learn from this and get better.”

The Hens will look to get back on track when they return to conference play against Hofstra on Thursday at the Bob Carpenter Center. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

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