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Bowling Green State University Athletics
BGSU 85, Buffalo 73
January 13, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 13, 2002
The Falcons won their 12th straight game, tying them with the 1943-44 squad for the fourth longest win streak in school history.
2001-02 12 1943-44 12 1942-43 14 1948-49 15 ***1947 17 ***Over 2 years
The Falcons are 13-1 and 3-0 in the MAC.
Dating back to January 31 of last year, BGSU is 22-5 and has an 8-1 record in road games.
Keith McLeod became the fifth player in school history to score 42 points or more in a game. He is now averaging 28.9 points per game on the road and is leading the MAC in scoring at 23.1 points per game.
BGSU SINGLE GAME SCORING 52 James Darrow, vs. Marshall, 2-27-60 (MG) 52 James Darrow, vs. Toledo (OT), 1-13-60 (MG) 50 Howard Komives, vs. Niagara, 2-15-64 49 Howard Komives, vs. Western Michigan, 2-22-64 47 Howard Komives, vs. DePaul, 3-5-64 46 James Darrow, vs. Hillsdale, 12-1-59 (MG) 45 Howard Komives, at Marshall, 3-7-64 44 Walt Piatkowski, at Marshall, 1-22-66 44 Howard Komives, vs. Ohio, 2-8-64 43 Howard Komives, vs. Findlay, 1-25-64 42 Keith McLeod vs. Buffalo, 1-12-02 42 Howard Komives, vs. Western Michigan, 1-11-64 42 Al Bianchi, vs. Western Michigan, 3-1-54 (MG)
Len Matela, who had 14 points and 12 rebounds, had his 25th double-double of his career.
The Falcons shot 50 percent from the field (27/54) and have made more than half their shots for the third straight game (58.3 vs. NIU, 53.7 vs. CMU). BGSU leads the MAC in field goal percentage at 50.1.
BGSU outscored Buffalo, 38-18 inside the paint.
The Falcons are now 7-0 vs. Buffalo and have won all four meetings at Alumni Arena.
