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Falcons Drop Capital, 95-74 in Exhibition
November 08, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 8, 2006
Bowling Green, Ohio - Senior Martin Samarco scored 32 points and junior college transfer Ryne Hamblet added 22 points, 10 assists and five steals off the bench to lead BGSU to a 95-74 victory over Capital in a men's basketball exhibition game in Bowling Green.
The Falcons, who open the regular season on Saturday against Denison, started slow and watched the visiting Crusaders build an 11-point lead at 22-11 with 9:09 to go.
BGSU began pounding the ball inside and back to back layups by Matt Lefeld sandwiched by a pair of Hamblet free throws cut the lead to 22-17. The Falcons chipped away at the Crusaders and took their first lead since early in the game on a three-pointer by sophomore Darryl Clements to make it 33-32 with 1:58 to go. That ignited a 13-0 run which saw the Falcons go into the locker room with a 43-35 advantage after Capital's Pat Stolly hit a shot just past half court to cut the Falcon lead to single digits.
The Falcons started the second half with a 15-3 run and used back-to-back triples by Hamblet and freshman Ryan Sims to take a 58-38 advantage with 16:47 left in the game.
Samarco would hit consecutive three-pointers, sophomore Erik Marschall would connect on two straight baskets and layups by Clements and freshman Otis Polk would give the Brown and Orange their largest lead of the night at 74-48 with 10:55 to go.
Capital would cut the lead to 88-74 with 3:45 left in the game, but the Falcons pulled away and Hamblet closed out the game with a fast break dunk which delighted the 1,411 in attendance.
Post Game Notes
BGSU shot 64.8 from the floor (35/54) and 66.7 from three-point range (10/15).
The Falcons shot 75.0 in the second half (21/28).
Samarco made 12 of 14 shots from the floor and hit three of four long distance attempts. He also had three steals in 36 minutes.
Hamblet was seven of nine from the field and knocked in all four of his triples. He also had 10 assists, five boards and five steals.
Marschall scored 10 points, eight in the second half.
Senior Matt Lefeld had nine points and five boards in 16 minutes.
Sophomore Darryl Clements had eight points, eight assists and two blocked shots.
Sims finished with seven points in 24 minutes.
Polk and fellow freshman Marc Larson each had a basket.
The Falcons outscored Capital, 42-20 in the paint and 31-17 off of turnovers. BGSU also won the battle of the bench, 41-34 and scored 12 points to 2 on the fast break.
Post Game Quotes
Opening Statement
"We played this game against Capital for a reason because they're an experienced group that got good at the end of last season and had some local kids between Fanning, Stahl and Kyser and we knew it wasn't going to be a track meet. They don't shoot quick shots, they handle the ball, they pass to each other and we thought this would be the perfect team to play that would expose our weaknesses. Those weaknesses being number one, when we think we're tired we guard nobody, two, the fact that we have a real hard time keeping the basketball in front of us and three getting on the defensive glass and I thought those were all exposed tonight and it was just what we needed."
"I wasn't rooting for us to lose, but when it got back to 14 I thought it would be a pretty good lesson if it got closer than that. I thought we quit playing when we got up 26. At 26, we stopped guarding and we got up because we were making everything and if we weren't it would have probably been a different story."
On Capital being up 11 in the first half
"In the timeouts I wasn't even getting mad. I just said listen guys keep playing the defense and I told my coaches we'll be up at the half if we stay with the defense and we did get up at the half as we had 19 deflections. Then they got it back because in the second half we had only two deflectionswith six minutes to go."
On the play of Hamblet and Sims
"They changed the game. They were active, aggressive, made shots, and they gave us something that we weren't getting. In particular from Hamblet, he was throwing the ball inside when we were down 11. We threw two or three inside and were able to get baskets, which kind of solidified us a little bit."
On the team's performance
"The first three minutes or so were tough. We were slacking on the defensive end and coach got on us in the timeout. Then we came out after that first four minutes and turned up the defense and got it going."
On his first game and what he brings to BG
"I was kind of nervous when I first came in, but once I got the flow of the game going and got a couple passes and a couple of defensive stops, I was feeling good. I'm a pass first type of guard. I like getting assists more than scoring. I'll shoot when I'm open, but I like to pass first."
