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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Post Comeback Win Against Miami
March 04, 2007 | Men's Basketball
March 4, 2007
Recap | Final Stats | Quotes
This was the ninth win in the last 10 meetings with Miami in Anderson Arena.
With the win, Dan Dakich ties Paul Landis for the third most career wins at BGSU with 156. Harold Anderson (1942-63) had 367 and Jim Larranaga (1986-97) had 170.
The Falcons improved to 30-6 when holding a one-possession lead in the final minute of a game since the 2001-02 season.
The Falcons shot 60% (12/20) in the second half.
The Falcons committed a MAC season-low eight turnovers.
This was the second game this season (Marshall) that BGSU won when trailing at halftime.
BGSU outscored Miami 79-63 in the second half of both meetings with the RedHawks this season.
The Falcons hit 10 of 19 three pointers (52.6%) and have made 10 or more triples in a game seven times this year.
This was the final home game for seniors Martin Samarco and Matt Lefeld. Lefeld made his 57th career start for the Falcons.
Samarco had his 26th career game of 20 points or more scoring. He has now scored 1,136 points at BGSU. He is now tied with Josh Almanson for 27th place on the school's all-time scoring list and needs two points to surpass Tommy Harris as the all-time leading scorer at BGSU for a junior college transfer. Samarco also played 40 minutes for the 11th time in his career.
Junior Ryne Hamblet had a career-high 28 points. He tied his career-best with six three-point field goals in nine attempts. He also had a career-high six free throws made and attempted. In the last three games, he is averaging 23.3 points and made 16 of 24 three-point field goals.
Sophomore Nate Miller added 11 points, five boards and two steals.
Sophomore Brian Moten made his fifth start of the season and played a career-high 33 minutes. He finished with seven points.
Freshman Otis Polk had three blocked shots for the fifth time this season. He also added four rebounds.
