Falcons Look to Rebound at Saint Louis on Saturday Night

BGSU (1-2) at Saint Louis (4-0)
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013; 8:00 p.m.
Chaifetz Arena (10,600) / Saint Louis, Mo.
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2013-14 MAC STANDINGS
EAST TEAMS	MAC	OVERALL
Kent State	0-0	4-1
Ohio	0-0	3-1
Bowling Green	0-0	1-2
Akron	0-0	1-2
Buffalo	0-0	1-2
Miami	0-0	0-3
WEST TEAMS	MAC	OVERALL
Eastern Michigan	0-0	4-0
Toledo	0-0	3-0
Ball State	0-0	2-1
Western Michigan	0-0	3-2
Central Michigan	0-0	2-2
Northern Illinois	0-0	1-3

LAY-UPS (SIZED FOR YOUR TWITTER ADDICTION)
* The Falcons are 0-1 on the road this season with its 88-64 loss at Wisconsin on Thursday night in Madison, Wis.
* Last season, BGSU was 1-12 in true road contests and 0-5 in non-conference road tilts.
* Bowling Green has had at least three-players score in double figures in all three games thus far this season.
* BGSU's duo of Clarke and Parker have scored in double figures in each of the Falcon's first three contests this season.
* The leading scorer for BGSU in all three-games this season has had 17 points.
* Bowling Green is in its 99th season of basketball this year.
* No current player has ever scored 20 points in a game at Bowling Green.
* Cam Black ranks sixth all-time at BGSU with 103 career blocked shots. He is three away from climbing another spot.

LAST TIME THEY MET
Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Location: Saint Louis, Mo.
Score: Bowling Green, 67-61
Notes: The Falcons picked up their first road win of the year by shooting 52 percent from the field and making 17-of-23 (73.9 percent) free-throws. Bowling Green had a 42-18 edge in points in the paint and got 40 points off the bench. All of those factors contributed to the win despite the fact that Bowling Green did not make a three-pointer for the first time in a game in more than a decade.

OVERALL SERIES HISTORY
Date                           Location                       Result
1947-48                    Neutral (NIT               L, 53-69
1948-49                    Neutral (NIT)                W, 80-74
Dec. 29, 1978        Neutral                        W, 86-76
Jan. 2, 2010             at Bowling Green        W, 59-50
Jan. 1, 2011             at Saint Louis               W, 67-61

THE SERIES
The BGSU Falcons are 4-1 all-time versus the Saint Louis Billikens on the hardwood. BGSU and Saint Louis last played each other in the 2010-11 season, when the Falcons defeated the Billikens 67-61 in Saint Louis on Jan. 1. In fact, the Falcons have won each of the last four meetings since falling to Saint Louis, 69-53, at the NIT back in 1947-48.

LAST GAME: #12/15 Wisconsin Uses Three-Ball to Down the Falcons
The #12/15 Wisconsin Badgers knocked down 12 three-pointers to propel them to an 88-64 home win over Bowling Green State University on Thursday night in the two teams' first game of the 2013 Cancun Challenge at the Kohl Arena in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin was 12-of-20 (60 percent) from behind the three-point line, while the Falcons were only 1-of-9 (.111) from long range. The Badgers also held an advantage of 13 points at the free throw line, as Wisconsin was 20-of-29 (76.9 percent) compared to BGSU's 7-of-14 (50 percent).The Falcons were led by Spencer Parker's career-high 17 points, all of which came in the second half, while guard Jehvon Clarke and center Cameron Black chipped in with 15 and 10 points apiece, respectively. Richaun Holmes hauled in a game-high eight rebounds, while guard Anthony Henderson came away with three steals in the loss. For Wisconsin, six different players had double digit points headlined by Ben Brust's game-high 19 points, while Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker followed up with 14 points each. Traevon Jackson added three steals to go along with his 13 points, while Josh Gasser had six rebounds and 11 points off the bench for the Badgers.

FORCING TURNOVERS
The BGSU defense has forced its opponents into a total of 49 turnovers so far this season, an average of 16.3 per game. The Falcons are averaging 12.3 steals per contest as a team.

CLARKE'S HOT START AS A STARTER
Junior guard Jehvon Clarke, who made his first career start in the season opener versus Earlham, is averaging 16.3 points, 5.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 3.3 steals in his three starts thus far this season.

PARKER STEPPING UP
Sophomore Spencer Parker has stepped up his game thus far this season, as the forward is averaging 14.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game on the year. Parker, who has started the last two games, has posted 11 points versus South Florida and a career-high 17 points in the loss at #12/15 Wisconsin.

HOLMES' HOUSE
Junior forward Richaun Holmes has totaled seven blocks thus far this season, including four swats in the season opening win over Earlham. Last season, Holmes set a new BGSU single-season record with 73 blocks on the season overall.

WE'LL TAKE THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
The Falcons set a new school record for thefts as a team in a single game in its season opener versus Earlham, as BGSU recorded 22 steals overall for the game.Guards Jehvon Clarke and JD Tisdale each recorded six steals apiece, both career-highs.

RECORD SETTING SEASON OPENING WIN OVER EARLHAM
The 53-point win over Earlham was the largest margin of victory for a Falcons' team since BGSU defeated Urbana 114-52 back on Dec. 22, 1999. BGSU also reached the 100-point mark for the first time since defeating Urbana 103-78 back on Nov. 21, 2003. The Falcons had six players score in double figures in the season opening win for the first time since the Nov. 28, 2009 vs. Milwaukee.

NATIONALLY RANKED TOP-25 FOES UNDER ORR
The Falcons are 1-4 versus top-25 ranked foes under head coach Louis Orr with the lone win coming over #23 Kent State, 89-83, back on Mar. 1, 2008. Since that win, BGSU has lost to Michigan State three times when the Spartans were ranked (6th, 2010-11; 21st, 2011-12; 20th, 2012-13) and to #12/15 Wisconsin this season.

COACH ORR'S COLLEGIATE NUMBERS
Head Coach Louis Orr reached a number of career milestones in the season opening contest versus Earlham, as he recorded his 500th career win at the collegiate level as player, assistant coach and head coach. The 2013-14 season opener was also his 800th career game as a participant in some capacity at the collegiate level.

MORE ON ORR
Coach Louis Orr currently has amassed 190 career wins as a head coach at his three posts (BGSU, Seton Hall and Siena) and is only 10 wins shy of 200 career victories.

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
In the last two years, the Stroh Center has proven to be a difficult place for opponents to play. The Falcons went 23-9 at home over the last two years, including posting a 3-0 mark at home in 2011-12 against teams that eventually went to the NCAA Tournament. Overall, the Falcons are 24-10 in the Stroh Center, which comes out to a .706 winning percentage, as BGSU is 1-1 at home this season.

THAT 70'S STROH
Bowling Green is 12-0 all-time when scoring at least 70 points in the Stroh Center. The Falcons reached 70 points six times last season and dropped 70 points or more five times in 2011-12.

DOUBLE-DIGIT HOME WINS
BGSU has won at least 10 home games in each of the past three seasons. This year, the Falcons are 1-1 at home and have a total of 15 home contests this season.

PAINT PRESENCE
Head Coach Louis Orr's philosophy is always to play inside-out and the Falcons have done that well during his tenure. Over his last four-plus seasons, BGSU has scored 20 or more points in the paint in 115-of-136 games. Bowling Green has scored a high of 58 points in the paint twice during that span, including 58 points in the season opener versus Earlham.

FRESH FACES
BGSU head coach Louis Orr has four new players on the 2013-14 squad. JD Tisdale (Flint, Mich./Swartz Creek High School), Zack Denny (Germantown, Ohio/Valley View High School), and Garrett Mayleben (Milford, Ohio/Milford High School) will all join transfer Josh Gomez (Brooklyn, N.Y./Rice High School/Iona) among this year's incoming class.

FALCONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Bowling Green will play a minimum of two games this year on Time Warner Cable Sports, per the Mid-American Conference regional television package. BGSU will play at Western Michigan on Jan. 19 and then at home against Akron on Feb. 9 on TWC Sports.

MEDIA PICKS BOWLING GREEN SIXTH IN PRESEASON POLL
After graduating their top-two scorers, as well as three of its five starters, Bowling Green was selected to finish sixth in the Mid-American Conference East Division by vote of the league's MAC News Media. Akron was selected to win the East, followed by Buffalo, Ohio, Kent State, and Miami.

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