Bowling Green State University Athletics
Nate Miller And Brian Moten Named All-Conference
March 09, 2009 | Men's Basketball
March 9, 2009
Cleveland, Ohio - Bowling Green senior Nate Miller has been named to the All-MAC First Team and senior Brian Moten has been named to the All-MAC Honorable Mention team. Miller was named to the honorable mention team each of the past two years, while Moten was named the MAC's Sixth Man of the Year in 2007-08 but has not been named to the all-conference team before.
Miller was named a preseason All-MAC selection and lived up to the billing by leading the Falcons in scoring (12.7 points per game), rebounding (7.5 rebounds per game) and steals (2.11 per game). He ranks in the top 10 in the conference in rebounding and field goal percentage, while leading the MAC in steals. He closed the year strong, posting five double-doubles in the last 10 games as Bowling Green went 7-3 during that stretch, including 7-2 in conference.
Miller was named MAC East Player of the Week Feb. 9 after back-to-back double-doubles in wins over Western Michigan and Central Michigan. He went over 1,000 career points by scoring 22 against Canisius and is one of only four players in program history with 1,000 career points, 500 career rebounds and 125 career steals. Miller has a pair of long active streaks of 18 consecutive games with at least five rebounds and 20 consecutive games with at least seven points.
Moten was named to the honorable mention team and is one of the deadliest three-point shooters in the conference, ranking third in the MAC in three-pointers made per game. He is seventh in career three-pointers made in Bowling Green history with 127 made three's. When the Falcons lost starting forward Chris Knight to an injury, Moten stepped up his game the most, scoring at least 14 points in each of the next four games.
He made six three-pointers as the team won at Buffalo and added five more in a victory at Akron in a battle of teams tied for first place. Moten also knocked down five three-pointers in an earlier victory at Central Michigan. In the Falcons' six-game MAC road winning streak, Moten made 21-of-44 (48 percent) three-pointers.
Bowling Green ended the regular season with a record of 18-12 overall and 11-5 in the Mid-American Conference. The Falcons shared the MAC Eastern Division Championship with Buffalo and earned the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament by virtue of their season sweep of Buffalo.
All-MAC First Team
Michael Bramos, Miami, G/F
Al Fisher, Kent State, G
Nate Miller, Bowling Green, F
Rodney Pierce, Buffalo, G
Jerome Tillman, Ohio, F
All-MAC Second Team
Darion "Jake" Anderson, Northern Illinois G
Brandon Bowdry, Eastern Michigan F
Brett McKnight, Akron, F
Tyrone Kent, Toledo, G
David Kool, Western Michigan, G
All-MAC Honorable Mention
Mike Allen, Ohio, G
Tyler Dierkers, Miami, F
Greg Gamble, Buffalo, G
Jarrod Jones, Ball State, F
Brandon Lampley, Ball State, G
Nate Linhart, Akron, F
Chris McKnight, Akron, F
Brian Moten, Bowling Green, G
Chris Singletary, Kent State, G/F
Marcus Van, Central Michigan, F/C
MAC All-Freshman Team
Anthony "Humpty" Hitchens, Akron, G
Jarrod Jones, Ball State, F
Mike DiNunno, Northern Illinois, G
Steven Coleman, Ohio, G
Flenard Whitfield, Western Michigan, F
