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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Hosts Toledo
February 24, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 24, 2001
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Toledo (18-9, 10-6) at BGSU (13-11, 9-6) 8 p.m., Monday, February 26 Anderson Arena (5,000) Series Record: Toledo leads 73-70 Last Meeting: at Toledo 76, BGSU 73 Radio: WBVI (96.7) On the Web: www.bgsufalcons.com TV: Fox Sports Ohio/TV 5 in Toledo
NO TIME FOR PRACTICE
The Falcons are in a stretch that will see them play their final four regular season games in a span of seven days. BGSU will host Akron, Toledo, and Miami and visit Marshall as it fights for seeding in the MAC Tournament which begins March 5.
FALCONS IN FEBRUARY
Since 1999, the Falcons have posted a 20-4 record in the month of February.
TWO TEAMS ON A ROLL
The Falcons have won seven of eight, while the Rockets have captured five of their last six.
BOMBS AWAY
The Falcons hit a season-high nine three-point field goals against Akron, while the Zips connected on 12 of 24 treys.
ALL-MCLEOD Junior Keith McLeod is making a bid for first-team All-MAC honors. He is the second leading scorer in conference games (19.0) and became the 31st player in BGSU history to eclipse the 1,000 point mark against Kent State. He is 30th on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,031 points.
SERIES HISTORY
This is the most played rivalry for either school as they prepare for their 144th meeting since 1915. UT leads the overall series 73-70. The Falcons have won 11 of the last 16 meetings dating back to the 1993-94 season. Toledo won the first meeting, 76-73, on January 13, but the Falcons have won the last two in Anderson Arena, 93-76 last season and 70-64 in 1999.
IN THE LAST EIGHT GAMES
The Falcons have won seven of eight, including four straight on the road.
BGSU has made 78.5 percent (150/191) of its free throw attempts.
BGSU has hit 43.0 (43/100) of its three-point attempts.
The Falcons are outrebounding their opponents 33.0 to 29.8
Junior Keith McLeod is averaging 20.4 points and has hit 66 of 77 free throws (85.7).
Junior Len Matela is averaging 17.4 points and 8.5 rebounds. He also has made 43 of 52 free throws (82.7).
Sophomore Cory Ryan has averaged 8.8 points and hit 15 of 31 treys (48.1).
Junior Brandon Pardon has dished 59 assists and committed just 29 turnovers.
Pardon and Ryan have combined to hit 26 of 52 three-point field goal attempts (50.0).
Junior Brent Klassen is averaging 6.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.3 blocked shots and is hitting on 50.0 percent of his field goal attempts.
McLeod and senior Trent Jackson have combined to average 4.4 steals per game.
