Bowling Green State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Hosts Ohio in MAC Tournament
March 06, 2004 | Men's Basketball
March 6, 2004
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First Energy MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, 1st Round #10 Ohio (10-19, 7-11) at #7 Bowling Green (13-16, 8-10) 7 p.m., Monday, March 8, Anderson Arena (4,700) Series Record: BGSU leads 63-50. Last Meeting: at BGSU 81, Ohio 71 (2/11/04) Local Radio: WPFX-FM 107.7, WCWA-AM 1230
FALCONS EARN HOME COURT FOR MAC TOURNAMENT
The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team will be the seventh seed and will host 10th seed Ohio in the first round of the First Energy Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. The winner will face second seeded Kent State at noon, Thursday, March 11 in Cleveland's Gund Arena.
THE SERIES WITH THE BOBCATS
The Falcons hold a 63-50 series lead and defeated the Bobcats, 81-71, in Anderson Arena on February 11. The Falcons have won five of the last six meetings since 2000 and have won eight out of nine in Anderson Arena against OU since the 1994-95 season. In the MAC Tournament, BGSU holds a 3-2 advantage.
MAC Tournament Against the Bobcats 1983-Ohio 59, BGSU 56 (Championship) 1987-BGSU 52, Ohio 51 (Quarterfinals) 1988-Ohio 79, BGSU 73 (Quarterfinals) 1991-BGSU 66, Ohio 58 (Quarterfinals) 1992-BGSU 56, Ohio 46 (Quarterfinals)
IN THE FIRST ROUND
Since expanding to 13 teams, BGSU has posted a 2-0 record in first round MAC Tournament games. The Falcons defeated Western Michigan at home winning 74-68 in 2001 and won at Ball State, 90-81 in 2003.
GETTING BACK TO THE GUND
BGSU will be looking to return to Cleveland's Gund Arena for the fifth straight year. BGSU, Miami, Marshall, Kent State, and Central Michigan are the only MAC schools to advance to Cleveland each of the four years the tournament has been at Gund Arena.
LEWIS, FALCONS HAVE RECORD NIGHT AT THE LINE
The Falcons set a MAC and school record by making all 25 free throws at Eastern Michigan. They broke the old mark of 21/21 set by Ohio against Kent State on March 12, 1989. The NCAA record is 34 for 34 in a game set by UC Irvine in 1981 and matched by Samford in 1990.
Sophomore Ron Lewis established a school record by making all 18 of his free throw attempts. He was one shy of the MAC record of 19/19 set by Geno Ford against Eastern Michigan on February 2, 1997. The NCAA record is 24 for 24 set by Arlen Clark of Oklahoma State against Colorado in 1959. Lewis is the MAC leader in free throws made this season with 182. He also is the top scoring sophomore in the MAC averaging 17 points per game. As a team, the Falcons will likely set a new single-season BGSU record as they lead the MAC by making 77.9 percent of their charity tosses. The 1964-65 team made 75.3 percent of its free throw attempts.
LEWIS HAS MAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
In two games as a freshman, Lewis averaged 29 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists. He had 28 points and seven boards in the first round against Ball State and 30 points and five rebounds against Central Michigan. He set MAC Tournament records by making 22 of 25 free throw attempts against Ball State as the Falcons set a tournament record by sinking 37 charity tosses in the road win against the Cardinals, last season. His 37 overall free throws made last year set a new tournament record.
2004 First Energy MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Monday March 8 at Campus Sites First Round Games #13 Central Michigan at #4 Toledo, tba #12 Northern Illinois at #5 Buffalo, 7:00 #11 Akron at #6 Ball State, tba #10 Ohio at #7 Bowling Green, 7 p.m. #9 Eastern Michigan at #8 Marshall, tbaByes - #1 Western Michigan; #2 Kent State; #3 Miami
Quarterfinals, Thursday March 11 - Gund Arena - Cleveland Game 1: #7/#10 winner vs. # 2 Kent State - noon Game 2: #6/#11 winner vs. #3 Miami - 2:00* Game 3: #8/#9 winner vs #1 Western Michigan - 7:00 Game 4: #5/#12 vs. #4/#13 - 9:00* * 30 minutes following completion of first game
Semifinals, Friday March 12 - Gund Arena - Cleveland Game 5: Winners of Games 3 and 4 - 6:30 ESPN FULL COURT (PPV), FOX Sports Net Ohio, FOX Sports Net Detroit, FOX Sports Net Midwest (delay), FOX Sports Net Chicago (delay).
Game 6: Winners of Games 1 and 2 - 8:30* FOX Sports Net Ohio, FOX Sports Net Detroit, FOX Sports Net Midwest (delay), FOX Sports Net Chicago (delay).
Championship, Saturday, March 13 - Gund Arena - Cleveland 7:00 - ESPN2 - Game 7: Winners of games 5 and 6
