Falcons Top Michigan, 65-59

Nov. 28, 2001

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -

The Falcons are now 4-1 on the season, while Michigan drops to 2-2 ... the Wolverines have dropped two consecutive road games to MAC schools, having lost at Western Michigan, 79-73, Friday (Nov. 23).

The Falcons improve their record in Anderson Arena to 36-6 since the 1998-99 season.

The game was a sellout, with attendance listed at 4,736.

The Falcons now trail the all-time series with Michigan by a 6-3 count ... BGSU is now 2-0 in home games against the Wolverines, however, with the other meeting in Anderson coming in the 1966-67 season ... BG won that encounter by a 90-83 final.

Falcon senior Keith McLeod had a team-high 17 points, tying for game honors, and set a career best with nine assists ... McLeod had 14 of his points in the second half, including a three-pointer that gave the Falcons a five-point lead (63-58) with just 19 seconds to play ... that shot capped a 10-0 run after the Brown and Orange had trailed by five points with 2:58 remaining.

BGSU is now 4-0 this season when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.

Freshman Erik Crawford had a nine points, along with five rebounds and two steals ... the rebound total represents a season high, while he tied his season-best point total (also had nine points in BGSU's win over Delaware).

BGSU is now 3-0 when outrebounding the opponent ... the Falcons won the battle of the boards, 28-27, vs. Michigan.

BGSU rallied from a halftime deficit (30-34) to win for the first time this season ... this season, the Falcons are 1-1 in games in which they trailed at halftime, after going 3-9 in such games last year.

Not many Big Ten Conference teams have ventured into Anderson Arena over the years, and perhaps this is the reason why ... the Falcons are 3-0 against Big Ten teams that have visited Anderson over the last 30-plus season ... BGSU downed visiting Penn State, 73-65, nearly nine years ago (Jan. 2, 1993) after topping Michigan State, 98-85, two years prior (Dec. 1, 1990) ... the last Big Ten team to escape Bowling Green with a win was Iowa on Dec. 14, 1970 (an 89-78 Hawkeye victory).

BGSU held Gavin Groninger, U-M's leading scorer, without a point Wednesday ... the junior, who was 0-of-2 from the field in 24 minutes, came into the game averaging 16.7 points per game on the year.

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