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Toledo Edges Bowling Green, 66-62, In OT
February 18, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Feb 18, 2002
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Ricardo Thomas scored 14 points, including two free throws in overtime to put Toledo ahead, and the Rockets held on for a 66-62 victory over Bowling Green on Monday night.
The Falcons had to play the final 1:18 without their best player, Keith McLeod, who fouled out when he bumped Thomas on the drive.
Thomas made both free throws to give the Rockets (10-13, 7-7 Mid-American Conference) a 63-62 lead.
After Bowling Green (19-6, 9-5) threw the ball away on its next possession, Thomas hit a 15-foot fadeaway jumper over two defenders to put Toledo up three with 43.4 seconds left.
The Falcons then missed a 3-pointer, and Terry Reynolds hit one of two free throws for the Rockets with 27.2 seconds remaining.
Bowling Green didn't score over the final 2:21 of overtime.
Len Matela and McLeod had 14 points apiece for the Falcons, who have lost four of their last five against Toledo.
Reynolds, who scored 15 points, sent the game to overtime tied at 59 on a driving layup with 8.7 seconds left in regulation. McLeod had given the Falcons a 59-57 lead with a 3-pointer from the top of the arc with 16.6 seconds to go.
