Bowling Green State University Athletics
BGSU 86, Central Michigan 61
January 18, 2004 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 18, 2004
The Falcons have won five of its last six games and are 8-8 overall and 4-2 in the MAC.
BGSU shot a season-best 63.6 percent for the game (35/55) and hit a season-high 61.5 percent (8/13) from three-point range.
The Falcons are 4-1 this season and 22-3 since the 2001-02 season when shooting better than 50 percent from the floor in a game.
BGSU shot 72.0 percent from the floor in the second half and have shot 60.9 percent from the field (86/141) in the second half of the last six games.
The 86 points scored by BGSU was the second most by BGSU this season (103 vs. Urbana) and its 27 assists (29 vs. Urbana) and 8 three-point field goals (9 vs. Lamar) also were the second highest totals in those categories for the Falcons this season.
The Falcons committed a season-low 11 turnovers and took a season-low 12 free throw attempts.
The Falcons had four players scored in double figures for the second straight home game.
Senior Kevin Netter had 20 points, two assists and two steals. His four blocked shots tied his season-high established against Findlay earlier this year.
Junior John Reimold also added 20 points. He had five rebounds and set a new career-high with five assists. During the week, he shot 63.6 percent from the field (14/22), 64.3 percent from three-point field goal range (9/14). He also averaged 4.5 assists.
Junior Josh Almanson had 16 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two blocks. In the last six games, he is shooting 57.9 percent from the field and is averaging a team-leading 6.8 rebounds.
Sophomore Ron Lewis had 15 points, five rebounds and tied his career-high with seven assists .
Sophomore Steven Wright had nine points, seven assists and made all three of his three-point field goal attempts. In the last six games, he is shooting 59.1 percent from the field (13/22), 45.5 from three-point field goal range (5/11) and has a 31/23 assist to turnover ratio.
Sophomore Cole Magner played a season-long 12 first-half minutes and had two points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Sophomore Keon Newson scored his first basket of the season to the delight of the 2,508 fans in attendance who earned free french fries from the local McDonalds after eclipsing the 85-point barrier.
More Six Game Improvement
BGSU is shooting 51.6 percent from the floor and 42.0 percent from three-point range since December 30.
BGSU is averaging 77.8 points per game in that time.
The Last Two Games
BGSU is shooting 61.4 percent from the floor (62/101) and 59.3 percent from three-point range (16/27). The Falcons are outshooting its opponents from the free throw line making 71.9 percent (23/32) this week as opposed to 53.1 percent (26/49).
BGSU also has nine blocked shots and held opponents to 30.0 percent accuracy from three-point distance.
