Falcons Face Robert Morris In NIT Consolation

BGSU at Robert Morris
NIT Season Tip-Off
Monday, Nov. 19, 2012; 7:30 p.m.
Charles L. Sewall Center (3,056)/Moon Township, Pa.
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2012-13 MAC STANDINGS
EAST TEAMS	MAC	OVERALL
Ohio	0-0	1-0
Kent State	0-0	1-1
Miami	0-0	1-1
Akron	0-0	1-2
Bowling Green	0-0	1-2
Buffalo	0-0	1-2
WEST TEAMS	MAC	OVERALL
Ball State	0-0	1-0
Eastern Michigan	0-0	1-1
Western Michigan	0-0	1-1
Central Michigan	0-0	0-1
Northern Illinois	0-0	0-2
Toledo	0-0	0-3

QUICK HITS (SIZED FOR YOUR TWITTER ADDICTION)
* Bowling Green plays its first true road game of the year at Robert Morris in the NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation Round.
* This will be the first meeting between BGSU and Robert Morris.
* Sophomore transfer Richaun Holmes leads the MAC in field goal percentage at 83.3 percent (10-of-12).
* Richaun Holmes also ranks third in the MAC in blocked shots at 2.3 per contest.
* With 348 career assists, Jordon Crawford ranks eighth in BGSU history.
* Senior A'uston Calhoun went over 900 career points against IUPUI and sits at 909 heading into the RMU game.
* A'uston Calhoun and Jordon Crawford are the highest scoring teammates in the MAC, averaging 36.7 points per contest.
* Jordon Crawford leads the MAC in minutes played and A'uston Calhoun ranks second.
* Jordon Crawford will play in his 99th career game against Robert Morris.
* A'uston Calhoun scored a career-best 30 points against Cleveland State.
* Jordon Crawford has five career games with at least 20 points scored, two of which have come in the first three games this year.
* Bowling Green has lost six consecutive neutral site games dating back to a win over Ohio in the 2009 MAC Tournament.
* A'uston Calhoun is the first BGSU player to score 30 in a game since Martin Samarco went for 43 against Buffalo in 2007.
* BGSU attempted 35 free-throws against Lake Erie, the most since attempting the same against Buffalo on Jan. 17, 2008.
* BGSU had 20 offensive rebounds in the victory over Lake Erie.
* The Falcons won their 21st straight home opener and are 86-12 all-time in home openers.

FALCONS MEET ROBERT MORRIS IN NIT TIP-OFF
Bowling Green will play its first true road game of the season Monday, playing at Robert Morris at 7:30 p.m. in the NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation Round. Both teams are 1-2 on the season with Robert Morris splitting two NIT Tip-Off games during the opening rounds. Bowling Green lost both of its opening NIT Tip-Off contests.

THE SERIES
Bowling Green and Robert Morris have never faced each other, marking the third opponent this year that the Falcons' have never played before. In fact, BGSU has only played one game ever against current members of the Northeast Conference, defeating Wagner 76-71 on Dec. 28, 1987.

LAST GAME: IUPUI PULLS AWAY LATE TO BEAT FALCONS
IUPUI outscored Bowling Green 16-4 down the stretch to hand the Falcons an 80-66 loss Tuesday night at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. during the NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament. Jordon Crawford scored 24 points and A'uston Calhoun added 19, but the Falcons were unable to hold onto an 11-point first half lead. IUPUI shot 71 percent in the second half (15-of-21) to pull away in the game's final five minutes.

WINNING UGLY
One sign of a good team is the ability to win games when not playing at its best. The Falcons certainly did that in their opener, shooting just 33 percent from the field, but coming away with the 63-53 win. BGSU lost all seven games a year ago when it shot below 40 percent and had not won a contest shooting as poorly as it did Friday night since shooting 30.2 percent in a 52-49 win over Ohio on Jan. 5, 2008.

FRONTRUNNERS
Bowling Green has not trailed at the half yet this year, leading both Lake Erie and IUPUI at the break. Against Cleveland State, the game was tied at 33-33 after 20 minutes.

WHAT A STEAL
Despite moving from mostly a 2-3 zone to man-to-man, Bowling Green has continued to push the pressure defense that has become a staple over the past three years. The Falcons have had 10 steals in two of the team's first three games after ranking third in the MAC in steals a year ago. The 2010-11 team led the conference in steals. Jordon Crawford leads the way with six steals this year and 135 for his career, leaving him just eight shy of moving into the top 10 in program history.

BLACK OUT
Junior center Cam Black closed the 2011-12 season with three consecutive multi-block games, including a career-best four against Oakland in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. With blocks in each of the first three games this year, he has at least one in six consecutive contests, posting 11 during that stretch.

THE NEXT T.O.?
A year ago, Torian Oglesby shot a remarkable 74 percent from the field and set a new NCAA record by making 21 consecutive field goal attempts. Oglesby graduated, but a new player has stepped into that role. Sophomore transfer Richaun Holmes has made 10-of-12 field goal attempts this year, knocking down 83.3 percent of his shots thus far.

1-2 PUNCH
Senior forward A'uston Calhoun and senior guard Jordon Crawford currently rank as the highest scoring duo in the Mid-American Conference. Calhoun and Crawford have combined for 36.7 points per game to outpace Ohio's D.J. Cooper and Nick Kellogg at 36.0 points per contest.

MORE OF THE DYNAMIC DUO
Both A'uston Calhoun and Jordon Crawford are averaging at lead 18.0 points per game. The last BG teammates to finish a season at 18.0 points per game or better were Howard Komives (20.2 points) and NBA Hall of Famer Nate Thurmond (19.9 points) in 1962-63.

AT THE LINE
In the season opener, Bowling Green attempted 35 free-throws, the most since the team attempted the same number against Buffalo on Jan. 17, 2008. The Falcons went to the line 21 more times than Lake Erie, the largest advantage the program has had in a game since attempting 21 more free-throws than Eastern Michigan on Feb. 7, 2006.

50% IS GREATER THAN 80%
Under Head Coach Louis Orr, Bowling Green has won more than 80 percent of its games when its shoots at least 50 percent from the floor. A year ago, the Falcons went 8-3 in such games and are 37-8 in Orr's five years at Bowling Green when reaching that total.

EVEN MORE SHOOTING PROWESS
Bowling Green went 5-0 a year ago when shooting at least 54 percent from the floor, defeating Temple, Malone, Western Michigan, Morehead State, and Kent State.

HEIGHT IS OVERRATED
At 5-feet-6, junior point guard Jordon Crawford is likely the best player in the country at his height. Over the summer, Bleacher Report named him the best Division I player in the nation at his height. Crawford currently ranks fourth in the MAC at 18.0 points per game.

COINCIDENCE?
In a coincidence that is interesting to nobody except for the writer of these games notes, the staff members who oversee media relations, sports information and athletic communications for both the Bowling Green and Robert Morris men's basketball programs, BGSU's Jason Knavel and RMU's Jim Duzyk, are both 1993 graduates of Hempfield Area Senior High School in Greensburg, Pa.

THE POST GAME
Head coach Louis Orr's philosophy is always to play inside-out and the Falcons have done that well during his tenure. In the past four seasons, BGSU has scored 20 or more points in the paint in 89-of-98 games. The high-water mark came when Bowling Green scored 58 points in the paint against Malone a year ago.

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
In just over one year, the Stroh Center has proven to be a difficult place for opponents to play. The Falcons are 1-0 this year at home after going 12-4 a year ago, including a mark of 3-0 against teams that eventually went to the NCAA Tournament (victories over Detroit, Temple and Ohio).

FALCONS ON REGIONAL/NATIONAL TELEVISION
BGSU will play a minimum of three games on ESPNU and SportsTime Ohio this year. The Falcons will host Michigan State on ESPNU on Dec. 18 and will host Eastern Michigan on STO on Jan. 12. The third guaranteed contest comes on STO on Jan. 30 at home against Akron. There will be 10 more MAC games selected to be aired on ESPN/STO throughout the year.

PRESEASON ALL-MAC
A'uston Calhoun earned East Division Preseason All-MAC honors by voting of 24 members of the MAC News Media. Calhoun was one of five players selected in the East Division, joining Buffalo's Javon McCrea, Akron's Zeke Marshall, and Ohio's D.J. Cooper and Walter Offutt.

MEDIA PICKS BOWLING GREEN FIFTH
Bowling Green was picked to finish fifth in the East Division by vote of 24 members of the MAC News Media. The Falcons were chosen ahead of Miami, while Ohio was selected to win the division, followed by Akron, Kent State and Buffalo.

CSM HONORS CALHOUN, CRAWFORD
College Sports Madness released its preseason All-MAC awards, naming A'uston Calhoun first team preseason All-MAC and Jordon Crawford third team.

A'USTON IS ALL-MAC
A'uston Calhoun was named to the 2012 All-MAC Second Team by vote of the league's 12 head coaches after being named honorable mention in 2011. Calhoun ranked fifth in the MAC in scoring in league games (15.1 points per game), eighth in field-goal percentage (50.3 percent), and 12th in rebounding (5.4 per game).

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