Bowling Green State University Athletics
Another Fantastic Finish At Anderson Arena
January 07, 2007 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 7, 2007
Recap | Final Stats | Quotes
The Falcons now lead the series with the Bulls, 11-3. BGSU is 7-1 at home against Buffalo.
The Falcons improved to 29-5 since the 2001-02 season when holding a one possession lead or less in the final minute of a game.
BGSU is now 87-25 at home since the 1998-99 season.
BGSU is 6-2 in one-point games since the 2004-05 season.
The Falcons are tied with Ohio (10-4) for the most wins among MAC teams this season.
BGSU improved to 9-0 when leading at the half.
Martin Samarco's Big Day
Samarco had a career-high 43 points, including the go-ahead triple with 2.8 seconds left. He also had a career-high 16 field goals made and tied his career-best with seven three-pointers made.
His performances tied for the 10th highest single game output by a Falcon.
It is the most points scored by a Falcon coached by Dan Dakich (42, Keith McLeod, 2002 at Buffalo).
Only Howard Komives (5 times in 1964) and Jay Larranaga (40 vs. Akron in 1997) have scored 40 points or more for the Falcons in Anderson Arena prior to Samarco's output.
His 43-point scoring output is the most by a MAC player this season.
He leads the MAC in scoring at 22.6 points per game.
This was his 19th career game over 20 points.
This was his third game over 30 points and second against Buffalo (30, last season).
More Player Notes
Sophomore Brian Guerin made his fourth start of the season and had a career-best 10 points and 10 assists. His 29 minutes played also was a career-high. He is a walk-on.
Sophomore Nate Miller had 13 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals. His five assists tied his season-high and his four steals are a career-best. He scored in double figures for the third time this season.
Sophomore Brian Moten had four points and made his third start in four games.
Freshman Ryan Sims had a basket and four defensive rebounds.
Freshman Otis Polk had three boards and a career-high three blocked shots. Fellow freshman Marc Larson added two blocked shots.
More Team Highlights
In the last three games, BGSU has hit 77 of 148 field goal attempts (51.8).
BGSU (10/19) has made 10 or more three-pointers four times this season.
With 20 assists, BGSU has had 20 or more dishes in three games this season.
Their six blocked shots today was their second-highest effort of the season (9, vs. Michigan Tech).
BGSU outscored Buffalo 29-14 off turnovers.
BGSU also had 13 fast break points to UB's 2.
Sophomore Nate Miller
