Bowling Green State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Travels To Morehead State
February 16, 2007 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 16, 2007
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Bowling Green (11-14) at Morehead State (11-15) Saturday, February 17, 5:15 p.m. Alumni Arena (6,100) Series Record: Morehead State leads 3-2. Radio: BGSU Radio Network (Todd Walker) Up Next: Ohio at Bowling Green, February 21, 7 p.m.
FIFTH YEAR FOR BRACKETBUSTER SATURDAY
BGSU will travel to Morehead State on Saturday, February 17 in a pool game for the O'Reilly Auto Parts/ESPNU BracketBusters. MSU will visit BGSU next season as part of the arrangement. All 12 MAC teams will play non-conference affairs that day. Morehead State is 11-15 and is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. This will be the sixth meeting between the two teams and first since 1985 (MSU leads 3-2).
BGSU is 5-3 overall in BracketBuster related play having played Illinois-Chicago, Youngstown State, Arkansas-Little Rock and Wright State in the event. The Falcons are coming off a 98-90 overtime loss at Buffalo, while Morehead State defeated Samford, 71-58. The Falcons had a season-high five players score in double figures that night (Ryne Hamblet-24, Nate Miller-20, Martin Samarco-17, Darryl Clements-13, Erik Marschall-12).
2007 O'Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters Final Match-ups
Austin Peay at Akron Ball State at Illinois State Bowling Green at Morehead State Detroit at Buffalo Central Michigan at Illinois-Chicago Manhattan at Eastern Michigan Kent State at George Mason Miami at Indiana State UW-Green Bay at Northern Illinois Ohio at New Mexico State Old Dominion at Toledo Valparaiso at Western Michigan
COMMON OPPONENTS WITH MOREHEAD STATE
The Falcons and Eagles have played four of the same opponents this season.
at BGSU 65, South Alabama 64; at South Alabama 70, Morehead State 55
BGSU 79, at Marshall 78; Marshall 81, at Morehead State 80
Central Michigan 52, at Morehead State 51; at Central Michigan 71, BGSU 68
BGSU 77, Jacksonville State 69 (at UWGB Tournament); at Jacksonville State 67, Morehead State 62; Jacksonville State 57, at Morehead State 52
WATCH THE GAME ON THE WEB
All Morehead State University regular season games are scheduled to be part of OVCSPORTS.TV. You may access the game through MSUEagles.com, OVCSports.com or directly through OVCSports.TV.
FALCONS LEAD
BGSU is the top team in the MAC in field goal percentage defense. In league play, BGSU is holidng opponents to 41.2% shooting from the field, while overall teams are shooting 39.8% from the floor.
HAMBLET HEATING UP
Junior Ryne Hamblet is coming off a night where he scored a career-high 24 points and added six rebounds and three steals in 41 minutes at Buffalo. In the last four games, he is averaging 14.3 points and 4.5 rebounds.
CLEMENTS SCORES CAREER-HIGH
Sophomore Darryl Clements had a career-high 13 points, including two three-pointers, at Buffalo. He hit four of five shots and added three of four free throws in 28 minutes.
LEFELD TO HIT CENTURY MARK
Senior center Matt Lefeld will play in his 100th career game with the Falcons against Morehead State. He started the 52nd game of his career on Tuesday against Buffalo.
