Bowling Green State University Athletics
Reimold Gone Wild
March 08, 2005 | Men's Basketball
March 7, 2005
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The Game
Senior John Reimold scored a BGSU MAC Tournament record 38 points and defended the potential game tying shot and senior Josh Almanson added 20, including a huge three-pointer with a minute to play to lead #8 BGSU to a 75-73 win over #9 Ball State in the first round of the MAC Tournament in Anderson Arena.
The Falcons came out the gate on defense and took control of the game early, thanks to 65.3% shooting in the first half. Reimold led the way with 23 and buried five of eight treys, including one in the closing seconds of the half to give the Falcons a 45-30 halftime lead.
Ball State, which was playing without its leading scorer Dennis Trammell who had scored 21.5 points per game against BGSU this season, suffered another blow in the first half when sophomore Peyton Stovall (17 ppg.) left the game with what appeared to be a serious knee injury. However, the Cardinals did not go down without a fight.
Like the first meeting between the teams in Anderson Arena 19 days ago, BGSU saw a double digit lead erased when the Cardinals took a 51-50 lead with 10:13 remaining.
BGSU regained the lead for good when sophomore John Floyd, who came back 48 hours after suffering a serious high ankle sprain against Central Michigan, found Reimold cutting in the lane for a layup giving BGSU a 54-52 lead.
Reimold's only triple of the second half gave BGSU a 62-54 lead with 5:57 remaining, but as happened so many times at home this year, the game would go down to the final seconds.
Skip Mills hit two free throws with 1:33 left to make it 72-71 BGSU, but with the shot clock winding down, Almanson buried his only three of the game to give BGSU a 75-71 lead with a minute to go.
The Cardinals used two offensive rebounds and two free throws by Anthony Kent to cut the lead back to 75-73 with 41 seconds left.
Rather than foul, Ball State forced a shot by senior Cory Eyink with that Terrance Chapman rebounded and dished to Mills who went the length of the court down the right side and shot a hard layup (with Reimold in his face) that caromed out of the hands of Chapman and was recovered by BGSU sophomore Austin Montgomery.
Notes
With tonight's win, #8 BGSU advances to play #1 Miami at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 10, in Gund Arena in the quarterfinals of the 2005 First Energy MAC Tournament.
BGSU also improved to 5-0 under Dan Dakich in first round MAC Tournament games.
The Falcons also improved to 4-1 against Ball State in the MAC Tournament.
The Falcons defeated the Cardinals in consecutive games in Bowling Green for the first time since the 1992-94 and 1994-95 seasons.
BGSU is now 21-3 in the last four seasons and 7-0 this season when playing defense with a three-point lead or less in the final minute of a game.
The Falcons also improved to 14-0 this year when it scores 70 points or more.
BGSU is now 35-4 when shooting over 50% in a game since the 2000-2001 season. The Falcons shot 53.5% from the floor.
The Falcons finished their home season with a 12-3 mark. It is the fourth time in eight seasons under Coach Dakich that BGSU has won 12 games or more at home in one season (1998-99, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2004-05).
BGSU's 45 first-half points was the ninth highest scoring opening 20 minutes in MAC Tournament history.
The senior had a career-high 38 points, including 23 in the first half. His 11 field goals made is a new career-high and his six three-point field goals tied his career-best (at Detroit earlier this year.) He also was 10-11 from the line and had six boards, three assists, and three steals.
He now leads the MAC in scoring at 18.3 points per game. He also surpassed Nate Thurmond and moved into 17th place on the BGSU all-time scoring list with 1,356 points.
Most points in a MAC Tournament Game
Ron Harper (Miami), 45 vs. Ball State, 1985 John Reimold (BGSU), 38 vs. Ball State, 2005 Bonzi Wells (Ball State), 37 vs. Ohio, 1996 Dan Majerle (C. Michigan), 36 vs. Eastern Michigan, 1987 Keith McLeod (BGSU), 36 vs. Ball State, 2002
Reimold's six three-pointers made is tied for the third most in a MAC Tournament game.
His 12 attempts are tied for sixth all-time in MAC Tourney history.
Reimold's 38 points was the most by a Falcon since McLeod's 36 against Ball State in 2002 at Gund Arena. McLeod also had 42 that season in a game at Buffalo. It was the most by a Falcon at home since Jay Larranaga had 40 against Akron in 1997. In that game, Larranaga set an Anderson Arena record with 28 points in a half.
Almanson had 20 points and made a key three-pointer with 1:01 left to give BGSU a four-point lead. With 1,120 points he moved past Kevin Netter into 28th place on the school's all-time scoring list.
He is now averaging 17.3 points per game.
He also tied his career-high for the second straight game by making nine of 10 free throws.
Other Notables
Freshman Perrick Robinson had his first career three-pointer and had five points and four assists in 18 minutes of action.
Junior Mawel Soler made his third start of the season.
Sophomore John Floyd nursed a high ankle sprain and had four points and four assists in 19 minutes of action.
Senior Cory Eyink had two points and two rebounds.
Junior Steven Wright had two points and five assists and freshman Scott Vandermeer had two points, four rebounds and two blocked shots.
