Bowling Green State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Hosts Ball State
January 29, 2007 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 29, 2007
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BALL STATE (7-13, 3-4) AT BOWLING GREEN (10-10, 1-6) WEDNESDAY, January 31, 7 p.m. Anderson Arena (4,700) Series Record: BGSU leads 35-33 Radio: BGSU Radio Network (Todd Walker and Kirk Cowan) TV/Internet: BCSN/MAC-Sports.com (Vince Welch and Jerry Pierson) Up Next: BGSU at Toledo, February 3, 7 p.m.
WOOD COUNTY WEDNESDAY PROMOTION
All Wood County residents can attend any BGSU men's or women's basketball game on a Wednesday night for just $5 thanks to a promotion sponsored by Wood County Hospital. This Wednesday's game against Ball State will be the second of two straight weeks that fans can take advantage of this huge savings.
FALCONS ARE IN SIX-GAME STRETCH AGAINST MAC WEST
Bowling Green and Ball State will meet for the 69th time as the Falcons play the third of six straight games against the MAC West. The Falcons are coming off a 71-68 at Central Michigan, while the Cardinals defeated Ohio at home, 69-57. The last three games between the two teams have been decided by a combined four points. Last year, BSU won in Muncie, 62-61, while the Falcons won 74-72 in the first round of the 2005 MAC Tournament in Bowling Green and 70-69 in Anderson Arena during the 2005 regular season.
MARSCHALL TIES SCHOOL RECORD IN CAREER NIGHT AGAINST WESTERN MICHIGAN
Sophomore Erik Marschall had a career-high 19 points and tied a school record when he made all eight of his field goal attempts against Western Michigan. That tied the BGSU single-game standard established by Brent Klassen in 2002 against Marshall. The New London, Ohio native had 17 of his points in the first half.
MILLER IS POSTING CONSISTENT IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS
Since becoming eligible on December 19, sophomore Nate Miller has give the Falcons additional scoring inside. He is averaging 14.3 points and 7.5 rebounds. He is coming off an 18-point performance against Central Michigan. He had 20 points and a career-high 14 rebounds against Kent State and also notched a career-best 21-point performance against Miami where he made eight of 11 field goal attempts. In MAC play, he is averaging 17.1 points (4th in the league) and 7.4 rebounds (6th) and leads the conference in steals at 2.7 per game in MAC games only. Miller also had 19 points and 10 rebounds against Marshall, 17 points at Ohio and 15 points and seven rebounds against Akron. He came to BGSU after playing one semester at UNC-Wilmington. He is a graduate of Springfield South High School.
DAKICH HAS SECOND BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE AT BGSU, NOW 10TH ALL-TIME IN WINS BY A MAC COACH
BGSU Coach Dan Dakich is in his 10th season with the Falcons and was the second fastest men's basketball coach in school history to win 100 games. He is 153-132 (54.1) overall (second-best in BGSU history) and is 87-82 (52.2) in the MAC. With the win against Jacksonville State, he surpassed Western Michigan's Bob Donewald to move into 10th place in overall victories by a MAC coach. He ranks 12th all-time in MAC history in league wins. His four 18+win seasons are tied for second most by a Falcon coach as he notched those in his first eight seasons after BGSU had posted just four 18+win seasons in the previous 14 seasons prior to his arrival. Since the 2001 season, BGSU is 32-3 when allowing 60 points or less, including 4-0 this season. With the defensive stop on the last play of the game against Buffalo, BGSU is now 29-5 since the 2001-02 season when holding a one possession lead in the final minute of a game.
A former player at Indiana (1981-85), Dakich spent 11 seasons on the staff of the Hoosiers under the NCAA's all-time leader in victories, Coach Bob Knight. Dakich was an assistant coach for 262 of Knight's record setting 880+ collegiate wins.
SAMARCO IS THE MAC'S TOP SCORER
BGSU senior Martin Samarco is he MAC's top scorer averaging 20.4 points per game. He had his 21st 20+point effort with a 26-point outburst at Kent State. He was named MAC East Player of the Week (1/8) for the second time this season after his 43-point performance against Buffalo. He made a career-high 16 field goals and tied his career-best with seven three-point field goals. He also was honored earlier this season (12/18) and has been chosen for the award four times in his career. He is the top returning scorer in the MAC after he finished second in the league averaging 18.9 points per game. He also is fourth all-time in three-point field goals made at BGSU with 151. He had a school record 100 last season. He has scored 955 career points and is looking to be the eighth player under Dan Dakich to score 1,000-points or more in a career for the Falcons.
IN THE CARDS
Ball State is in its first season under head coach Ronny Thompson. Senior All-MAC performer Skip Mills leads the way with a 13.6 scoring average for BSU. Sophomore Anthony Newell is averaging 10.3 points and 7.3 rebounds. They have won three of their last four games, but are 1-8 away from Muncie this season.
I LOVE THE 70'S
BGSU is 6-0 this season when scoring 70 points or more and 28-5 since the 2004-05 season when reaching the same plateau.
