Bowling Green State University Athletics
Chippewas Top Falcons, 71-66
March 05, 2005 | Men's Basketball
March 5, 2005
Recap | Final Stats | Quotes
The Falcons fell to 17-10 and 10-8 in the MAC.
The Falcons lost for the first time this season when shooting 50% or better from the field.
With a 34-27 rebounding advantage, CMU had 13 second chance points to the Falcons four.
The CMU bench outscored the Falcons 21-10.
After having a season-low seven turnovers last week against Miami, BGSU had had 32 in the lat two game.
Senior John Reimold had 17 points to lead BGSU and took over the MAC scoring lead at 17.6 points per game.
Junior Steven Wright had 16 points and three steals and has averaged 13 points in the last three games.
Sophomore John Floyd had 12 points.
Senior Josh Almanson had 11 points and tied a career-high by making nine of 10 free throws.
Senior Cory Eyink had five points, five rebounds and five assists.
Junior Mawel Soler had five points and four rebounds.
The Game
Central Michigan rallied from a 10-point second half deficit and upset the Falcons, 71-66, on BGSU's Senior Day.
The Chippewas took control early scoring the game's first seven points. The Falcons rallied and led by as many as five in the first half and went into the locker room with a 32-29 lead.
BGSU upped the lead to 47-37 with 11:52 left in the game after back-to-back three pointers by senior John Reimold and senior Cory Eyink. CMU came right back and cut the lead to 47-43 on back-to-back treys by Robert Sevalia.
The Falcons led 53-46 on two free throws by Josh Almanson with 7:36 left in the game and led until Kevin Nelson drained a three-pointer with 2:03 left in the game as CMU took the lead for good at 2:03 left.
The Falcons cut the lead to 67-66 on a triple by Reimold with 54 seconds left but Nelson hit a jumper in the lane to up the lead to three and junior Steven Wright missed a game-tying three-pointer with eight seconds left in the game.
