Bowling Green State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Hosts Furman On Sunday
November 17, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 17, 2006
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Furman (2-1) at Bowling Green (1-1) Sunday, November 19, 2 P.M. Anderson Arena (4,500) Series Record: First Meeting Radio: BGSU Radio Network (Todd Walker and Kirk Cowan) TV: BCSN (Live-Dave Horger and Fran Voll) Up Next: BGSU hosts South Alabama, Saturday, November 25, 2 p.m.
FALCONS BEGIN FIVE-GAME HOMESTAND AGAINST FURMAN
The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team (1-1) will begin a five-game homestand when it hosts Furman (2-1) of the Southern Conference this Sunday at 2 p.m. .
BGSU is coming off a 64-54 loss at Arkansas State on Thursday, while Furman dropped a 67-58 decision at Clemson, Wednesday night. This is the first of a two-game series which will have BGSU visiting Greenville, S.C., next season.
DEFENSE AHEAD OF THE 0FFENSE FOR FALCONS
Against Arkansas State, BGSU forced 29 turnovers, but a 26.9% shooting effort from the field kept the Falcons from the positive side of the win-loss column. BGSU nearly overcame a 20-point deficit in the second half. Trailing 40-20 with 18:53 left in the game, BGSU went on a 14-0 run to make it 40-34 when senior Martin Samarco hit a three-pointer with 14:29 to go. After the Indians built the lead to 44-34, sophomore Brian Guerin knocked home a three-pointer and sophomore Darryl Clements hit a conventional three-pointer and then another basket with 11:16 to go to make it 44-42. ASU would build the lead again to 10 at 54-44 with 6:01 to go, but BGSU used a three-pointer by Samarco with 4:45 to go and a pair of free throws by senior Matt Lefeld with 3:19 left got the Falcons as close as they would get at 54-51. The Falcons' defense forced the Indians into three turnovers in their first five trips down the floor, but BGSU could not capitalize on their early good fortune failing to score off the ASU miscues, missing three layups in the process. Arkansas State led at halftime, 33-19 and Samarco led BGSU with 16 points and seven rebounds. Sophomore Erik Marschall had 10 points and six rebounds. Junior Ryne Hamblet had eight points, five rebounds and four steals.
MORE ARKANSAS STATE POST GAME NOTES
BGSU will host a rematch with Arkansas State on December 4... the Falcons 29 turnovers forced matched their season high defensive effort last year against Buffalo in January... the Falcons have forced 26.5 turnovers per game and have averaged 14 steals per game thus far... sophomore Dusan Radivojevic made his second career start and had a career-high three steals... he also played a career-long 34 minutes... junior Ryne Hamblet had a season-high four steals and leads the team with seven... sophomore Brian Guerin hit a three-pointer for the second game in a row, tying a career-high... sophomore Darryl Clements made just his fifth career start and played 27 minutes... he had five points and two steals... senior Matt Lefeld had four points and four rebounds... sophomore Brian Moten had five points and is averaging 10 per game this season. He is shooting 53.3% from the field... Marschall is averaging 11.5 points per game this season... Samarco had a team-high 16 points and is averaging 15.5 per game this season... his 23 field goal attempts tops his previous career-high of 22 set last season against Florida State.
FALCON FACTS
BGSU Coach Dan Dakich begins his 10th season with the Falcons and was the second fastest men's basketball coach in school history to win 100 games. He is 144-123 (54.1) overall and is 86-76 (53.0) in the MAC. He ranks 12th all-time in MAC history in wins and 13th in overall victories by a league coach. The Falcons are now 6-4 in season openers under Coach Dakich and 10-0 in home openers. BGSU is 31-5 at home against non-conference foes under Coach Dakich.
FURMAN FACTS
Furman University is a member of the Southern Conference and is picked to finish second in the South Division of their league under first-year head coach Jeff Jackson who comes to the school after spending the last seven seasons as an assistant at Vanderbilt. The Paladins return four starters from last season and are led by preseason All-So Con picks Robby Bostain, a 6-6 senior forward who is averaging 19.3 points and 8.0 rebounds and Moussa Diagne, a 6-8 senior forward, who is averaging 10.3 points and 6.7 boards. Senior guard Eric Webb is averaging 13.7 points. As a team, they are shooting 46.0% from three-point range in their first three games (23 of 50). In addition to their loss at Clemson, they defeated Charleston Souther, 88-69, and Erskine, 67-55, at home this season. They were 15-13 a year ago and finished fourth in their division with an 8-7 record. They were 4-9 away from home a year ago.
