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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Bowling Green State University
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WESTERN MICHIGAN
Falcons Fall to Broncos, 70-61
January 15, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 15, 2005
Final Stats | Quotes | Notes
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) - Levi Rost scored 20 points and Rickey Willis hit two big free throws down the stretch to lead Western Michigan to a 70-61 victory over Bowling Green on Saturday.
Ben Reed added 16 points and Jon Reitz had 12 for the Broncos (12-3, 5-0 Mid-American Conference).
Willis had just five points - hitting only one of his nine shots from the field - but after the Falcons (10-3, 4-1) pulled to 64-61 on John Floyd's layup, Willis hit two free throws with 1:05 remaining.
Rost later added three free throws and Reed hit one as the Broncos closed the game on a 6-0 run.
Josh Almanson scored 18 points for Bowling Green, with John Reimold adding 13.
Western Michigan, which was on top 37-33 at the half, led by seven points on three occasions. A Reitz layup with 2:37 left put the Broncos up 64-57.
Bowling Green came back on an Almanson jumper, and Floyd's layup but never scored again.
