Bowling Green State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Take On Florida State At Coors Classic
December 15, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 15, 2005
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Coors Classic
Bowling Green (2-5) vs. Florida State (5-1)
Saturday, December 17, 8:30 p.m.(EST)
Mitchell Center (10,000)
Radio: BGSU Radio Network (Todd Walker, Play-by-Play)
Series Record: First Meeting.
Last Time at Coors Classic: Alabama 72, BGSU 63 (12/14/02)
FALCONS TO PARTICIPATE IN COORS CLASSIC FOR SECOND TIME
The BGSU men's basketball team will participate in the Coors Classic in Mobile, Alabama for the second time in four seasons when it battles Florida State in the event's second game on Saturday night. Host South Alabama will face nationally ranked Houston in the first game of the event on Saturday.
For coming to Mobile this year, South Alabama will come to BGSU for a non-conference game next season. In its last visit to Mobile, the Falcons put a scare into an Alabama team which would be ranked #1 a week later, before falling 72-63.
FALCONS AND THE ACC The Falcons will be looking to go 2-0 against the ACC this year after having posted a 72-71 win at Virginia Tech at the NABC Classic in Blacksburg. In that game against the Hokies, BGSU led for most of the game before winning on a tip-in at the buzzer by a Virginia Tech player.
FALCONS ON THE ROAD
Saturday's game with Florida State will be the third of four straight games away from home in December. The Falcons played at Bradley (Dec. 3) and at Arkansas-Little Rock (Dec. 10) and will play at Troy (Dec. 19 in Troy). BGSU returns home to play Notre Dame (Ohio) on December 29.
FALCONS ADD Brian Moten TO ROSTER
Freshman guard Brian Moten (6-4, 175) will begin practicing and playing with the Falcons on Saturday. He is a 2004 graduate of Arthur Hills High School in Saginaw, Michigan where he averaged 28 points, six rebounds and three assists as a senior. He was a three-time All-State and All-Saginaw Valley League selection . He was named Co-SVL MVP as a senior and was fifth in the voting for Mr. Basketball in Michigan in 2004. He was enrolled as a part-time student at BGSU this fall and achieved the necessary score on the SAT to meet NCAA initial eligibility requirements. He averaged 35 points per game last spring at Eldon Academy in Petoskey, Michigan.
In December of 1998, Keith McLeod joined the team under similar circumstances at Wisconsin-Green Bay and had 14 points in his first game. McLeod, who is now a member of the Utah Jazz, would go on to become the second all-time leading scorer in Falcon history with 1,895 points and earn MAC Player of the Year honors in 2002.
FALCON QUICK HITS
The Falcons have entered the 2005-06 season not only with the task of replacing 67% of its scoring output from a year ago, but also dealing with injuries in the preseason that have seen projected Falcon starters miss a combined 11 games... during Dan Dakich's tenure at BGSU, the team's leading returning scorer from the previous year has missed 71 games due to injury... BGSU moved its January 4 game against Central Michigan to 6 p.m., instead of 7 p.m... senior guard Steven Wright returned to the lineup against UALR and scored seven points and had two rebounds in 25 minutes of action... he suffered a broken foot in the preseason and missed the first six games of the season... he averaged 11.1 points and 3.1 assists and led the Falcons in steals with 37 a year ago... kunior Martin Samarco is the top newcomer in the MAC as far as scoring averaging 19.3 points, which ranks second in the league... He also is second in the league in three-point field goals made at 3.33 per game... he had a season-high 27-point performance against Bradley... freshman Erik Marschall is the top scoring freshman in the MAC averaging 10.4 points... he is among the top shooters in the league making 56.9% of his shots... senior Mawel Soler is the top shooter in the MAC making 73.3% of his shots... he is averaging 8.1 points and 5.1 rebounds and had a career-high 11 rebounds against Oakland... last year, junior Matt Lefeld scored just 14 points all season, but equaled that in his first game this year against Western Carolina... he is coming off a career-high 17-point effort against UALR and is averaging 9.0 points and a team-high 5.7 rebounds... junior John Floyd has averaged 10.6 points and had eight points and six assists against UALR... junior guard Patrick Phillips made his first career start against Bradley... sophomore guard Perrick Robinson had one of his better offensive nights when he contributed eight points and three assists against Bradley...he is second on the team with 16 assists... freshman Dusan Radivojevic saw his first action of the season against Oakland and had a season-high eight points against UALR... he also had two assists... Dusan missed the first four games of the season due to a foot injury... freshman Darryl Clements had seven points against Oakland... freshman Brian Guerin has missed the last three games due to mono.
