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Falcons Falter at Home on Senior Night
March 04, 2014 | Men's Basketball
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Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team outscored the Ohio Bobcats in points in the paint, points off turnovers, second chance points and bench points on Tuesday night, but could not overcome Ohio's hot shooting in a 72-61 home loss on Senior Night in the Stroh Center.
BGSU outscored the Bobcats 36-28 in points in the paint and 18-9 in points off turnovers in the loss. The Falcons also held a 7-0 edge in second chance points and a huge 24-5 advantage in bench points over the Bobcats for the contest.
However, the Bobcats shot 57.8 percent (26-of-45) for the game, including knocking down 13-of-19 (68.4 percent) in the second half, while also hitting 10-of-18 (55.6 percent) from behind the three-point line for the contest to overcome the scoring discrepancies mentioned above.
BGSU was led by Richaun Holmes, who came off the bench for the first time this season in order to let senior Craig Sealey get the start, and his team-high 20 points, five rebounds and three steals. Guard Anthony Henderson added 12 points and five steals, while fellow starter Spencer Parker chipped in with 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting.
It would be Ohio senior guard Nick Kellogg who would lead the visiting Bobcats, as the sharp-shooter was 8-of-13 from the floor overall for a game-high 25 points and six rebounds. Guard Javarez Willis added 16 points, as he was 4-of-5 from downtown, while Antonio Campbell picked up 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting overall.
BGSU struggled in the first half of play, as the Falcons made just nine field goals in the first 20 minutes and failed to stop Ohio's long range barrage.
After Ohio opened the game up with a three-pointer from Willis, BGSU tied the score up at 3-3 on an old-fashion three-point play from Henderson and then knotted the game up once more at 7-7 on a layup from Sealey with 14:30 to go in the opening half.
The two teams continued to trade baskets until back-to-back midrange jumpers from Josh Gomez gave the home team its first lead of the game at 15-14 at the 10:04 mark of the first half.
That would be the lone lead for the Falcons for the rest of the contest, as Ohio made two straight free throws from Kellogg to jump-start a 13-2 run and finish the half out on a 19-6 overall run to take a 12 point halftime lead at 33-21.
Five quick points from Parker and Holmes to start the second half put the Falcons down just seven at 33-26 with 18:44 to go in the game, yet another scoring surge by the Bobcats over the next 2:44 pushed the visitors in black out to a 17 point lead at 46-29 on a three-pointer from Travis Wilkins to force a BGSU timeout at the 16 minute mark.
Ohio continued to hold a double digit lead over the Falcons for the next 10 minutes of the contest, until BGSU used a jumper from Jehvon Clarke and back-to-back free throws from Holmes to cut the Bobcats' lead to single digits at 57-48 with 5:05 to play.
Senior Cameron Black answered a Kellogg layup with a jump hook of his own to put Bowling Green down just nine once more at 59-50 with 4:36 on the game clock.
The orange and brown would trim the Ohio lead to nine three more times over the next three minutes until finally a steal and dunk from Henderson at the 1:27 mark put the home team down just seven at 65-58.
However, Ohio's Kellogg would score the final seven points of the game for the Bobcats, as the visitors were able to pull away late for the 72-61 win.
BGSU turned the ball over only 10 times and was 22-of-49 (44.9 percent) overall from the field for the game. The Falcons were also 15-of-21 (71.4 percent) from the charity stripe in the contest.
Bowling Green finished the home season at 7-8 overall, ending a streak of seven consecutive seasons with a home record over .500 for the year.
The Falcons (12-18, 6-11 MAC) will wrap up its 2013-14 regular season slate on Saturday afternoon, March 8, against the Buffalo Bulls at 2:30 p.m. in Buffalo, N.Y.
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