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Briggs: BG-UT game a reminder of how good we have it with women's college hoops in northwest Ohio

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BOWLING GREEN — They came for a game.

They stayed for a celebration.

And I’m not just talking about the scene after the Bowling Green State University women’s basketball team’s resounding 88-76 victory over Toledo on Wednesday night at the Stroh Center.

I’m talking the whole scene.

I’m talking a celebration of women’s hoops — and the return of a great rivalry at its high-stakes best.

This was everything you could have wanted from the biggest edition of this neighborhood feud in a decade, the crowd roaring, the pep bland blaring, the student section chanting, “Just like football!