Bowling Green State University Athletics
WMU 70, BGSU 61
January 15, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 15, 2005
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The Falcons dropped their first home game of the season.
The 4,011 fans that came to Anderson Arena was the largest crowd this season at home.
The Falcons committed a season-low eight turnovers. They have given up the ball just an average of 11 times in the last three games.
In the last five games, BGSU has had 98 assists and just 65 turnovers.
After averaging 15.3 free throws made in a four-game stretch,including a 15 for 15 effort against NIU, the Falcons have attempted just 19 free throws in the last two games (8/12 against WMU).
The Falcons trailed by nine in the first half (17-8 with 14:49 left) and cut the lead to 24-22 on a jumper by junior Steven Wright with 8:19 left.
The Falcons had one shot at a lead in the first half, but they missed a three-pointer with 7:42 left. WMU then scored the next five points.
The Falcons trailed 37-33 at halftime, the first time they have trailed at home at intermission this season.
BGSU took its only lead of the game at 15:36 in the second half on a layup by freshman Perrick Robinson to make it 40-39.
The Falcons tied the score at 51-51 on a John Reimold three-pointer with 10:16 in the game.
Senior Josh Almanson led the Falcons with 18 points and took a season-high 18 field goal attempts. He also had two steals. He leads the MAC averaging 18.7 points.
Reimold was the only other Falcon in double figures with 13 points. He made five of eight shots from the field and is shooting 58.6% from the floor this season. With 1,061 career points, he moved into a tie with Joe Gregory for 28th place on the BGSU all-time scoring list.
Robinson scored a career-high seven points and also set a new career-best with five assists. He made three-of-four field goal attempts. He also had two steals.
Wright had eight points and led the team with seven rebounds. He played 40 minutes for the third time in his career and first time this season.
BGSU's bench outscored the Broncos' 12-10.
