Bowling Green State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Visits Akron
February 23, 2007 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 23, 2007
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Bowling Green (12-15, 2-11) at Akron (20-6, 10-3) Saturday, February 24, 7 p.m. Rhodes Arena (5,500) Series Record: BGSU leads 23-15 Radio: BGSU Network (Todd Walker) Up Next: Kent State at Bowling Green, March 1, 7 p.m.
FALCONS PLAY DIVISION LEADERS IN THE NEXT TWO GAMES
The Falcons will play MAC East Division co-leaders Akron and Kent State in their next two games. BGSU is coming off an 88-63 loss at home to Ohio, while Akron fell 64-62 in overtime at Miami on Wednesday night. BGSU will host Kent State next Thursday in Anderson Arena.
FALCONS HAVE ALREADY BEATEN TWO LEAGUE LEADERS
BGSU won at Horizon league leader Wright State, 59-56, and defeated the top team in the Sun Belt East, South Alabama, 65-64, at home.
FALCONS AT THEIR BEST IN MOREHEAD STATE GAME
BGSU shot a season-high 60 percent from the field and tied their season best with 90 points for the second straight game. The Eagles came out in a zone defense and when freshman Ryan Sims hit a three-pointer to make it 5-2 in the first minute it seemed to give BGSU a boost it sorely needed. Junior Ryne Hamblet, senior Martin Samarco, sophomore Brian Moten, and sophomore Darryl Clements drilled three's into the teeth of the zone and that opened it up inside for sophomores Erik Marschall and Nate Miller. Marschall would come off the bench to score 12 of his 18 points in the first half as BGSU led 44-24 at halftime. Samarco, who finished with a game-high 22 points, would hit a three-pointer to start the second half and Miller, who had 11 of his 19 points in the second half, would help BGSU build a 73-42 lead with 9:53 to go.
BGSU LIKES THE BRACKETBUSTER
The Falcons improved to 6-3 all-time in BracketBuster related games, including a 3-2 record on the road with the win at Morehead State.
MIAMI GAME MOVED FOR TELEVISION
The Falcons final game of the regular season against Miami on March 4 will be televised by Fox Sports Ohio as part of the league's television package. The game has been moved from 2 p.m. to noon.
FALCONS LEAD
BGSU is the top team in the MAC in field goal percentage defense allowing opponents to shoot 40.2% from the field.
MILLER HAS HAD A SOLID SEASON
Sophomore forward Nate Miller posted the league's only triple-double of the season with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Buffalo. He followed that up with 19 points and seven rebounds against Morehead State and 16 points and nine rebounds against Ohio. He has made 15 of his last 20 field goal attempts. He is averaging 14.3 points and 7.6 rebounds. He had his third double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds against Toledo. He had a 15-point, nine-board performance against Ball State. He had 18 points against Central Michigan, 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 league play, he is averaging 15.5 points (7th in the league), 7.6 rebounds (6th) and 2.0 steals (3rd) 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.
