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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Travels To Toledo
January 11, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 11, 2001
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BGSU AND THE MAC
The Falcons are in their 47th season as a member of the MAC. BGSU has a 356-314 record in the league and is third overall among conference schools with eight titles. The Falcons have a 28-12 MAC record since 1999 and captured their eighth MAC Championship with a 14-4 record, last season. They also won titles in 1997, 1983, 1981, 1968, 1963, 1962, and 1959.
SERIES HISTORY
This is the most played rivalry for either school as they prepare for their 143rd meeting since 1915. UT leads the overall series 72-70. The Falcons have won 11 of the last 15 meetings dating back to the 1993-94 season. BGSU also has a 4-3 record in Savage Hall during that same span.
LAST YEAR
BGSU posted a 93-76 victory over the Rockets in Anderson Arena, while Toledo won, 79-68, in Savage Hall.
HAROLD ANDERSON
The Hall of Fame Coach holds the distinction of being the winningest coach (by percentage) at both institution's. He was 142-41 (.776) in eight seasons of leading the Rockets and 367-193 (.655) in 21 years with the Falcons.
UP NEXT
The Falcons will venture to Akron on January 17 (7:30 p.m.).
CAREER NOTES
Junior Len Matela is third on the BGSU all-time list in career field goal percentage (58.8). He leads active Falcon players in career starts with 45.
Junior Keith McLeod is second on the BGSU all-time list in career three-point field goal percentage (39.9). He has averaged 30.4 minutes per game during his career.
Along with McLeod, junior Brandon Pardon is shooting 40.0 for his career from three-point range and sophomore Cory Ryan is knocking down 40.9 percent of his three-point attempts.
Senior Trent Jackson surpassed Antonio Daniels for ninth place on the BGSU career field goal percentage list at 51.7 percent.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER NOTES
KEITH MCLEOD, JR, 6-2, CANTON, OHIO/MCKINLEY
has scored in double figures in 10 of 11 games this season... is averaging 20 points per game against the MAC...has gone to the line an average of 10 times per game in the MAC...has eclipsed the 20-point mark five times ...has accomplished that feat 13 times in his career...had a MAC career-best 25 points against Central Michigan...made a career-best 14 consecutive free throws against Northern Illinois and finished with a game-high 22 points... had 22 points and hit three of four three-point attempts against Wilmington...had 15 points and five assists against Michigan... scored a team-high 24 points at UNCW...had 20 points, five rebounds and five steals in 38 minutes of action against Evansville... was the MAC's leading three-point shooter last season and ranked seventh in the country at 47.1 percent.
LEN MATELA, JR, 6-8, MERRILLVILLE, INDIANA/ANDREAN
posted his 15th career double-double with a 23-point, 13 rebound performance against Buffalo...made all seven free throw attempts in that game..has averaged 10.3 rebounds in MAC games... had 14 boards against Northern Illinois...had his 14th career double-double with an 18-point, 13-rebound effort against Marist... accomplished that feat two other times this season, with his 25-point, 17-board performance against Duquesne and an 18-point, 11-rebound performance against UNCW...one of the top shooters in the country a year ago (61.9 percent), Matela was an honorable mention All-MAC performer a year ago...attended the same high school as Coach Dakich (Andrean in Merrillville, Indiana).
BRANDON PARDON, JR, 6-1, MIDDLE POINT, OHIO/LINCOLNVIEW
has played 449 of a possible 480 minutes...had 17 points in the second half against Buffalo...has 19 assists and six turnovers in conference play...is averaging 16.3 points and has shot 44.6 percent from three-point range, in the last five games..had 17 points and eight assists against Central Michigan...had 16 points and five assists against Northern Illinois.... the all-time assist leader in Ohio High School history had a team-best 19 points and seven assists against Michigan State...scored a career-high 24 points against Urbana... had a career-high 13 assists to go along with 15 points against Evansville...is one of two players to have started all 12 games.
TRENT JACKSON, SR, 6-4, ROCHESTER, NY/FRANKLIN
has started all 12 games... is averaging 17 points over his last five games...had a season-best 20 points against Buffalo...has scored in double figures in five straight games...had 11 points against CMU...made all seven of his free throw attempts...had 18 points against NIU and added to his league leading steal total with four thefts...had 16 points against Michigan State... tied a school-record with eight steals against Wilmington...tied a mark set by Joe Faine against Central Michigan in 1981... had a season-high 20 points against Wilmington, which marked just the second time in his career that he eclipsed the 20-point barrier... tied a career-high with eight free throws made against Michigan State and Michigan...also had a 15-point, three steal performance against Duquesne...has started 34 career games.
CORY RYAN, SO, 6-5, FOUNTAIN CITY, INDIANA/NORTHEASTERN
has made three starts...has made a three-pointer in 10 of 11 games he has played in this season...is averaging 8.6 points after scoring just 16 points all of last season...had a season-best six steals against Wilmington...led the Falcons in scoring for the second game this season when he netted 18 points against Illinois State...scored a career-high 20 points against Evansville.
BRENT KLASSEN, JR, 6-8, KIMBALL, NEBRASKA/KIMBALL HS
has made 17 starts during his career, including eight this season... is averaging 8 points and 4.5 boards in the last two games...had six points and five rebounds against Buffalo...had a career-high 10 points against Central Michigan... matched his previous season-best when he scored six points against Michigan State...contributed three points and three rebounds in 11 minutes against Michigan...is a career 49.1 percent shooter from the field and a 73.2 % marksman from the line.
JOSH ALMANSON, FR, 6-8, BOWLING GREEN, OHIO/BOWLING GREEN
has started two games...averaging 8.3 points in three MAC contests...had 11 points and five rebounds against Buffalo...has made 26 of his last 32 field goal attempts (81.3) in the last five games...shooting 71.9 from the floor and 86.2 from the line...has a team-best 14 blocked shots...had nine points and knocked down his first career three-point shot at Marist...had a career-best 25 points, 10 rebounds and seven free throws against Wilmington...scored 22 points and had a team-high nine rebounds against Urbana...scored 14 points and added five rebounds and four blocks in 24 minutes of action at Illinois State. He is a native of Bowling Green.
KEVIN NETTER, FR, 6-10, RICHNMOND DALE, OHIO/SOUTHEASTERN
has started three games and is second in blocked shots with 13...had a career-high 18 points against Urbana, all in the second half...busted loose with 17 points and five rebounds in 30 minutes of action against Duquesne... had 17 points against Wilmington...made eight of nine FT attempts against Urbana and six of seven against Michigan...also made seven of nine charity tosses against Wilmington...had five blocked shots against Wilmington.
JABARI MADDOX, FR, 6-0, BLOOMINGDALE, ILLINOIS/ST. JOSEPH'S
saw his most extensive action this season with 30 minutes of duty against Urbana...had nine assists and no turnovers and was lauded for his pressure defense...he had three assists and scored two points against Illinois State.
KRIS GERKEN, SO, 6-3, HAMLER, OHIO/PATRICK HENRY HS
a walk-on transfer from Wittenberg...scored his first points as a Falcon against Urbana...played eight minutes and had two rebounds, two steals and an assist.
2000-2001 TEAM NOTES
With the win at Northern Illinois, BGSU has won four straight MAC road games dating back to last year. They won at Miami (66-60), Akron (73-72) and Marshall (88-83) before defeating the Huskies in DeKalb to open the MAC season. The Falcons were 5-4 in the MAC last season on the road.
Eight players have started at least one game this season.
The Falcons had their best defensive performance of the season allowing just 67 points against Northern Illinois on 39.7 percent shooting.
BGSU leads the MAC in scoring (84.5), free throw percentage (76.2), field goal percentage (50.6) and assists (16.33).
The Falcons are averaging just 12.7 turnovers the last five games, after averaging 18 per game the first seven games of the season.
Since February of 1999, the Falcons have a 35-16 record (.686). In that time, BGSU is 12-3 in games decided by 10 points or less.
One of the top shooting teams in the country last season (4th, 49.2%) and the current leader in the MAC (50.6), BGSU eclipsed the 50 percent shooting mark, 15 times last season and has done so on six occasions this year, and have a 19-2 record in the last two years when they make at least half of their field goal attempts.
The Falcons shot a season-best 85.3% from the line against Wilmington (29/34) and currently lead the MAC from the charity stripe (.76.2). BGSU is 8-2 in the last two years, when they have shot better than 80% from the line. In the last seven games, BGSU is shooting 80.2 (170/212) from the line.
timely defense In the Falcons two MAC wins, BGSU has benefitted from two critical defensive stands. Against Buffalo, the Falcons held the Bulls to four of 13 shooting and forced five turnovers from the 17:58 mark of the second half to the 5:12 mark turning a five-point deficit to a 12-point lead.
At Northern Illinois, the Falcons trailed by six early in the second half but stopped the Huskies on seven of eight possessions to turn a four-point deficit to a 12-point lead in the second half.
BATTLE OF THE BOARDS
The Falcons outscored Buffalo 18-2 in the first half on second-chance points and outrebounded the Bulls, 39-26. The 39 rebounds for the Falcons marked their best effort of the season on the glass. At the Falcons end of the court, BGSU had 15 offensive rebounds, while Buffalo corralled only 16 of the Falcon misses. This was a dramatic improvement over BGSU's effort against Central Michigan where they were outrebounded 24-10 in the second half against the Chippewas.
PRODUCTIVE OFFENSE
BGSU made a season-best 70.8 (17 of 24) of their shots from the field in the second half against the Bulls. The Falcons also connected on three of five field three-point field goal attempts and 18 of 22 free throws, while committing just four turnovers in the final 20 minutes of the game.
FALCON FACTS
From 1998-2000, the Falcons posted a 40-18 record, the best BGSU two-year record since Hall of Famer Nate Thurmond led the Falcons to a 40-12 mark from 1961-63.
FALCONS PLAY BEFORE LARGEST CROWD
The 22,076 fans to see BGSU face #1 Michigan State at the Palace of Auburn Hills, marked the highest attendance figure to ever watch a Falcon basketball game. It also is the fourth highest attended basketball game in the country this season.
