Falcons Open Up Home Slate Versus Wright State on Nov. 19 at 4 p.m.

Wednesday, November 19

Bowling Green, Ohio

4:00 PM

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Falcons Open Up Home Slate Versus Wright State on Nov. 19 at 4 p.m.

November 18, 2014 | Men's Basketball

By: by Kevin Davis, Assistant Director for Athletic Communications

Wright State (2-0, 0-0 Horizon) vs. Bowling Green (1-0, 0-0 MAC)
Wednesday, November 19, 2014; 4:00 p.m. ET
Stroh Center (4,347) / Bowling Green, Ohio
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2014-15 MAC STANDINGS
EAST TEAMS	MAC	OVERALL
Akron	0-0	1-0
Bowling Green	0-0	1-0
Kent State	0-0	1-0
Miami	0-0	1-0
Ohio	0-0	1-0
Buffalo	0-0	1-1
WEST TEAMS	MAC	OVERALL
Eastern Michigan	0-0	2-0
Central Michigan	0-0	1-0
Northern Illinois	0-0	1-0
Toledo	0-0	1-0
Western Michigan	0-0	1-0
Ball State	0-0	1-1

LAY-UPS
* The Falcons are off to a 1-0 start for the fourth straight season.
* The win last time out at Drake was the first season opening road win for BGSU since defeating James Madison on the road to start the 1996-97 season.
* Wednesday's game will be the home opener for first year head coach Chris Jans.
* BGSU had four players score in double figures in the season opener at Drake.
* BGSU has won 22 straight home openers since losing to Findlay in the home opener in 1991-92.
* BGSU is a perfect 16-0 all-time at the Stroh when scoring 70 points or more in a contest.
* Bowling Green is in its 100th season of basketball this year.

SCOUTING THE RAIDERS OF WSU
Wright State is off to a 2-0 start with home wins over Belmont, 73-70, and Ohio Dominican, 76-64. The Raiders are shooting 47 percent from the field overall on the season and are led by Chrishawn Hopkins 23.0 points per game. In fact, Wright State has four players averaging double digit points in Hopkins, Reggie Arceneaux (16.5 ppg), Joe Thomasson (10.5 ppg) and Michael Karena (10.0 ppg). The Raiders are forcing their opponents on average into 18.5 turnovers per game this season and hold a +6.0 turnover margin. Wright State received 49 votes in the latest CollegeInsider.com Men's Mid-Major Top-25 Poll, which puts them just outside the top-25.

THE SERIES WITH WRIGHT STATE: BOWLING GREEN LEADS 7-6
This will be the 14th meeting between the Falcons and the Raiders on the hardwood. BGSU is 5-2 all-time at home versus Wright State and is 1-0 versus the Raiders in the Stroh Center with a 54-41 win back in 2012-13. The Raiders won the last meeting between these two teams, 46-43, last year in Dayton, Ohio.

CURRENT FALCONS VERSUS WRIGHT STATE
A total of eight current Falcons have seen time versus Wright State prior to Wednesday afternoon's tip. Richaun Holmes, who scored 15 points and hauled in 10 rebounds last time versus Wright State, is averaging 12.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.5 steals per game in two contests versus the Raiders, while Anthony Henderson is averaging 4.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game in his two outings against WSU. Spencer Parker totaled 11 points at WSU last season in his lone meeting versus the Raiders, while Chauncey Orr (3.0 points, 3.0 rebounds), Jehvon Clarke (7.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists), Josh Gomez (0.0 points, 0.0 rebounds), JD Tisdale (1.0 points, 4.0 rebounds) and Damarkeo Lyshe (0.0 points, 0.0 rebounds) all have suited up once for BGSU against the Raiders in their careers.

COACH'S COMMENTS
"We are looking forward to the home opener. Obviously it is an odd tip time with the 4 p.m. matinée if you will. We were trying to be team players and piggy back off the excitement of the rivalry game the football team has with the school up north at 8 p.m."

"Wright State is coming in here 2-0. They had a huge home opening win against Belmont, which is a very good college basketball program, a respected program. They are established, their culture is established. They play very, very hard. They're tough, scrappy and really push the ball. I anticipate the game to be an up tempo game because we are not afraid to run as well. It should be a fun game for the fans to watch in that both teams are trying to play fast and get the ball out of the net and off the backboard and trying to score fairly early if the opportunities present themselves. On the other end, they're very sound and well taught defensively. They're really going to get after the ball and they have great rotations and really, really play very hard. We are going to have to match their intensity for sure."

A WIN WOULD ...
* Extend Bowling Green's winning streak to 23 games in a row in home openers.
* Make BGSU 2-0 to start the season for the first time since opening up the 2003-04 season with two wins over Urbana and Findlay.
* Make first year head coach Chris Jans the first coach in BGSU history to start his career off at 2-0 since John Weinert in 1976-77.

BOWLING GREEN RECEIVES ONE VOTE IN MID-MAJOR TOP-25 POLL
Bowling Green received one vote in the latest CollegeInsider.com Men's Mid-Major Top-25 Poll, which was released on Tuesday, Nov. 17. The Falcons are 1-0 thus far this season with a 77-58 road win at Drake on Nov. 15.

FALCONS STELLAR IN HOME OPENERS
BGSU has been almost unbeatable in their home openers over the program's 99 year history. The Falcons have posted an overall record of 86-13 in home openers since tipping-off the inaugural season in 1915-16.

SHARING THE WEALTH
In BGSU's season opening win at Drake on Nov. 15, the Falcons had four players score in double figures in Jehvon Clarke (16), Richaun Holmes (12), Spencer Parker (10) and Jovan Austin (10). In fact, BGSU had 12 different players score in the win.

MAGIC NUMBER 11
The number 11 proved to be one of significance in the season opening win at Drake, as the Falcons posted 11 blocks and knocked down 11 three-pointers for the contest.

HISTORY MADE IN DISMANTLING OF DRAKE
Head Coach Chris Jans recorded his first career win at BGSU in the 77-58 win at Drake on Nov. 15. The win was also Jans' first NCAA Division I career win as a head coach. The season opening road win was also the first season opening true road win for the Falcons since beating James Madison on the road in 1996-97.

FALCONS IN SEASON OPENERS
With the Falcons 77-58 road win over Drake in the 2014-15 season opener, BGSU has an record of 73-27 in their 100 season openers. BGSU has won each of its last four season openers and six of their last seven opening contests.

HOME SWEET STROH
BGSU has called the Stroh Center home since the 2011-12 season and has posted an overall record of 30-17 at the venue. The Falcons have won seven or more games at home every season since the Stroh's opening for the 2011-12 season.

THAT 70'S STROH
BGSU is a perfect 16-0 at the Stroh when scoring 70 points or more in a contest. That means the Falcons have scored 70 or more points at home in over half of their games in front of the home crowd in the Stroh Center.

DEFEATING DRAKE
The Falcons lead a total of 39:31 minutes of the 40 minute contest in the 77-58 win over Drake in the season opener on Nov. 15. BGSU hit 11 treys and shot 51.8 percent overall to hold a double digit lead for most of the contest over the Bulldogs. Bowling Green posted 11 blocks and 10 steals for the game and held Drake to 37.3 percent shooting overall for the contest. BGSU posted 22 points off 14 Drake turnovers and outscored the Bulldogs 45-13 in bench points.

EXAMINING THE EXHIBITION WIN
The Falcons had 14 different players score, which included four different players posting double digit points, in an 88-64 win over Notre Dame College in exhibition play on Nov. 7. After a over zealous start that saw NDC take an early lead, BGSU used a 19-3 run in the first half to take a lead that they would hold for over 35 minutes of the game. The Falcons' bench outscored Notre Dame's bench 54-14 and held a 20-2 advantage in second chance points on a 47-27 rebounding edge.

PRESEASON LOVE FOR MR. HOLMES
Senior Richaun Holmes received a lot of preseason attention this fall, as the forward was named to a number of preseason teams.
   * 2014-15 MAC East Division All-MAC Preseason Team selection
   * Named to the 2014-15 Preseason All-MAC Team by Athlon Sports
   * Named to the 2014-15 Preseason All-MAC Team by Sporting News
   * Named to the 2014-15 Preseason All-MAC Second-Team by Lindy's Sports
   * Named to the 2014-15 Preseason Mid-American All-Conference
       Second-Team by College Sports Madness (www.collegesportsmadness.com)

FAMILIAR FACES FOR THE FALCONS
This season, BGSU returns 11 players from last year's roster including four starters in Richaun Holmes, Jehvon Clarke, Spencer Parker and Anthony Henderson. In fact, those four players all averaged over 32.0 minutes per game last season for the Falcons.

HE'S BACK - BACK AGAIN
Chauncey Orr is back this season and made a start in the season opener at Drake. He played 13 minutes in the win. Orr, who received a medical redshirt last season, had 14 points in the first half of the 2013-14 season opener before suffering the injury. The redshirt-junior played in all 32 games as a sophomore in 2012-13 where he averaged 7.5 points per game on 45 percent shooting from the field overall.

RETURN TO SENDER
Falcons' senior Richaun Holmes registered five blocks in the season opener at Drake on Nov. 15. Holmes totaled a new BGSU school record for the most blocks in a single season last year with 88. In only two seasons at BGSU, Holmes has already become the Falcons' all-time career blocks leader and now has 166 career swats.

EXPERIENCED GROUP
The 2014-15 Falcons' roster is an experienced group, as the roster has 10 upperclassmen, including seven players that have played at least two years of NCAA Division I basketball. BGSU returned one redshirt senior in Anthony Henderson, three seniors in Richaun Holmes, Jehvon Clarke and Damarkeo Lyshe, as well as redshirt-juniors Chauncey Orr and Josh Gomez. On top of that, junior forward Spencer Parker returns along with three junior college transfers in Delvin Dickerson (Paris JC), Jovan Austin (Paris JC) and David Joseph (Howard College), who all were key parts in winning programs at the JUCO level prior to coming to BGSU.

A HANDFUL OF NEWCOMERS
Coach Chris Jans and his staff brought in a handful of newcomers in 2014-15 - five to be exact. Junior college transfers Delvin Dickerson (Houston, Texas/Paris JC), Jovan Austin (Grand Prairie, Texas/Paris JC) and David Joseph (Queens, N.Y./Howard College (Texas)) all joined the BGSU program over the summer and will have two years of eligibility for the Falcons. Freshmen Rasheed Worrell (Coker, Ala./Sipsey Valley H.S.) and Matt Fox (Maumee, Ohio/Anthony Wayne H.S.) will both have four years of eligibility at BGSU heading into the 2014-15 season.

FALCONS ON ESPN NETWORKS
The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team is slated to play four games on ESPN3 – Dec. 28 at South Florida at 3 p.m., Feb. 4 at Central Michigan at 7 p.m., Feb. 7 at Northern Illinois at 8 p.m., and March 6 at Buffalo at 7 p.m. In addition to the four aforementioned contests, three more games could be televised as part of 21-day Wildcard contests that will air on ESPNU. Those possible games are slated for Friday, Jan. 30 (vs. Akron); Friday, Feb. 13 (at Ball State); and on Friday, Feb. 27 (at Miami).

FALCONS SIGN THREE EARLY
On Nov. 12, Bowling Green State University head men's basketball coach Chris Jans announced the signing of Jalone Friday (Oklahoma City Storm HomeSchool/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), Jamir Andrews (Sheridan College/Dublin H.S./Dublin, California) and Malik Hluchoweckyj (Bellevue West H.S./Bellevue, Nebraska) to National Letters of Intent to continue both their athletic and academic careers at Bowling Green beginning in the Fall of 2015.

FALCONS PICKED FIFTH IN MAC PRESEASON POLL
The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the Mid-American Conference East Division in 2014-15, according to the MAC's annual Preseason Media Poll. The Falcons, who will be led by first year head coach Chris Jans in 2014-15, received 52 total points in the preseason poll, which included one first-place vote. Bowling Green's 52 points were only six points behind fourth-place Buffalo and the Bulls' 58 points, and 17 points ahead of Miami who was selected sixth in the MAC East with 35 points.

ON TAP FOR THE FALCONS
The Falcons will remain at home to welcome Southeast Missouri State to town on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 7 p.m. for a non-conference showdown. BGSU will then hit the road for games at Detroit on Nov. 30 and at Western Kentucky on Dec. 3.

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