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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Finishes Fourth In The Country in FG Pct.
April 17, 2000 | Men's Basketball
April 17, 2000
The NCAA has released the final 1999-2000 Division I men's basketball statistics, and Bowling Green State University is listed in several categories. As a team, the Falcons were fourth in the nation in field-goal percentage, converting 49.2 percent of the time.
BGSU sophomore Len Matela (Merrillville, Ind./Andrean) would have ranked third in the country in individual field-goal pct., but did not have enough field goals to qualify. Matela, who shot 61.9% on the season, was just seven successful baskets shy of qualifying for the national leaders. He made 143 of his 231 field-goal attempts on the year, and the NCAA minimum is 5.0 successful baskets per game.
Additionally, BGSU ranked 17th in the nation in free-throw percentage, having converted at a 74.3% rate this winter.
Individually, sophomore Keith McLeod (Canton, Ohio/McKinley) ranked seventh in the nation in three-point field-goal percentage. McLeod made 51 treys in 107 attempts, for a 47.7% rate.
The Falcons finished 22-8 overall, and won the MAC's regular-season crown with a 14-4 league record. BGSU advanced to the National Invitation Tournament.
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Statistics - FINAL
TEAM
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE FG FGA PCT. --------------------- ---- ---- ---- 1.Samford -------------------------------- 825 1649 50.0 2.Long Beach St. ------------------------- 884 1784 49.6 3.Austin Peay ---------------------------- 797 1618 49.3 4.BOWLING GREEN -------------------------- 777 1578 49.2 5.North Carolina ------------------------- 1014 2066 49.1FREE THROW PERCENTAGE FT FTA PCT. --------------------- --- ---- ---- 1.Montana St. ----------------------------- 481 609 79.0 2.Tennessee Tech -------------------------- 532 693 76.8 3.TCU ------------------------------------- 621 812 76.5 4.Akron ----------------------------------- 585 767 76.3 ... 16.Evansville ------------------------------ 472 634 74.4 17.BOWLING GREEN --------------------------- 550 740 74.3
INDIVIDUAL
3PT FG PCT (MIN 1.5 P/G AND 40%) CL G FG FGA PCT. -------------------------------- -- -- --- --- ----- 1.Jonathan Whitworth, Middle Ten JR 5-11 28 50 99 50.5 2.Jason Thornton, Central Fla. - SO 6-5 32 94 190 49.5 3.Aki Palmer, Colorado St. ----- FR 5-9 30 70 143 49.0 4.Pete Conway, Montana St. ----- FR 5-10 29 44 90 48.9 5.Stephen Brown, Idaho St. ----- SR 6-1 27 65 133 48.9 6.Albert Mouring, Connecticut -- JR 6-3 35 86 180 47.8 7.KEITH McLEOD, BOWLING GREEN -- SO 6-2 30 51 107 47.7 8.Jason Kapono, UCLA ----------- FR 6-7 33 82 173 47.4
