It is 1,208 miles from Baylor University to Bowling Green State University, but BGSU 6-foot senior forward Erika Porter has overcome far more than the distance between the two colleges she’s played basketball at.The Baylor transfer, who has two years eligibility remaining, was 6-for-9 from the field in posting a double-double 19 points and 13 rebounds and leading the Falcons to a 69-52 Mid-American Conference victory over Ohio University at the Stroh Center Tuesday.All of Porter’s scoring typically comes in the paint, where she is difficult to stop. She was fouled six times, and converted on 7-of-8 free throws.
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Bowling Green State University womens basketball got four players into double figures on their way to defeating Eastern Michigan, 69-57, in Mid-American Conference action Wednesday at the Stroh Center.“It was a true team win. We had contributions from a lot of people across the board,” said BGSU first-year coach Fred Chmiel.“Four double-digit scorers, and I think everybody got a rebound and that is probably unheard of,” Chmiel said. “Turnovers, we kept to 12, and we knew they were a powerful interior and we did a good job of playing defense on the interior.