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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons To Play IPFW in BracketBusters
February 04, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team will face IPFW Feb. 23 in the 11th and final BracketBusters series. Game time has been set for 7 p.m. at Memorial Coliseum.
Bowling Green, which has gone 6-4 in the first 10 years of BracketBusters, will face an IPFW program that is currently 10-14 overall and 3-7 in the Summit League. The Mastodons have split two games with Mid-American Conference schools this year, losing to Eastern Michigan 60-47 and defeating Miami 57-56. Senior guard Frank Gaines is among the top 30 scorers in the country, averaging 19.0 points per contest.
Bowling Green is 1-1 all-time against IPFW, losing 81-75 to the Mastodons on Dec. 10, 2003 before evening the series with an 86-70 win in Anderson Arena on Dec. 21, 2004. The Falcons are 0-1 against Summit League schools this year, having dropped an 80-66 defeat to IUPUI in the NIT Season Tip-Off in Ann Arbor, Mich.
This will be the first BracketBuster meeting for Bowling Green against a Summit League school. The Falcons have played six games against Horizon League opponents (Youngstown State twice, Illinois-Chicago, Wright State, Detroit, and Valparaiso), two against the Ohio Valley Conference (Morehead State twice) one Sun Belt school (Arkansas Little Rock), and one Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference school (Canisius). A year ago, Bowling Green defeated Morehead State in the Stroh Center 73-60 behind eight Scott Thomas three-pointers.
Complete BGSU BracketBusters Series History
2/22/03 at Illinois-Chicago, 83-72 loss
2/21/04 vs. Youngstown State, 76-64 win
2/19/05 vs. Arkansas Little Rock, 74-66 win
2/18/06 vs. Wright State, 70-51 loss
2/17/07 at Morehead State, 90-72 win
2/23/08 at Detroit, 81-65 win
2/21/09 vs. Canisius, 71-66 loss
2/20/10 vs. Valparaiso, 87-70 win
2/19/11 at Youngstown State, 83-76 loss
2/18/12 vs. Morehead State, 73-60 win
Bowling Green, which has gone 6-4 in the first 10 years of BracketBusters, will face an IPFW program that is currently 10-14 overall and 3-7 in the Summit League. The Mastodons have split two games with Mid-American Conference schools this year, losing to Eastern Michigan 60-47 and defeating Miami 57-56. Senior guard Frank Gaines is among the top 30 scorers in the country, averaging 19.0 points per contest.
Bowling Green is 1-1 all-time against IPFW, losing 81-75 to the Mastodons on Dec. 10, 2003 before evening the series with an 86-70 win in Anderson Arena on Dec. 21, 2004. The Falcons are 0-1 against Summit League schools this year, having dropped an 80-66 defeat to IUPUI in the NIT Season Tip-Off in Ann Arbor, Mich.
This will be the first BracketBuster meeting for Bowling Green against a Summit League school. The Falcons have played six games against Horizon League opponents (Youngstown State twice, Illinois-Chicago, Wright State, Detroit, and Valparaiso), two against the Ohio Valley Conference (Morehead State twice) one Sun Belt school (Arkansas Little Rock), and one Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference school (Canisius). A year ago, Bowling Green defeated Morehead State in the Stroh Center 73-60 behind eight Scott Thomas three-pointers.
Complete BGSU BracketBusters Series History
2/22/03 at Illinois-Chicago, 83-72 loss
2/21/04 vs. Youngstown State, 76-64 win
2/19/05 vs. Arkansas Little Rock, 74-66 win
2/18/06 vs. Wright State, 70-51 loss
2/17/07 at Morehead State, 90-72 win
2/23/08 at Detroit, 81-65 win
2/21/09 vs. Canisius, 71-66 loss
2/20/10 vs. Valparaiso, 87-70 win
2/19/11 at Youngstown State, 83-76 loss
2/18/12 vs. Morehead State, 73-60 win
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