Falcons Finish Non-Conference Play With 97-56 Win Over Lourdes

Thursday, December 28

Bowling Green, OH

5:30 PM

Bowling Green State University

9-4

Lourdes

Bowling Green

December 28, 2017 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: by James Nahikian, BGSU Athletic Communications

Final Statistics: PDF
Photo Gallery: Larry Clapper
Post-Game Video: Coach Huger | Plowden

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team concluded its non-conference schedule with a 97-56 victory over Lourdes University on Thursday (Dec. 28) night. The game was played at the Stroh Center. The win moves Bowling Green to 9-4 on the season.

The Falcons held a 48-22 lead at halftime, and shot 58.6 percent for the game to cruise to the win. A total of 12 players scored for the Orange and Brown, while 13 players saw action in the contest.
FALCON FACTS
• Bowling Green finishes the non-conference slate with a 9-4 record. The Falcons also went 9-4 across the non-conference schedule in head coach Michael Huger's first season in 2015-16.
• The Falcons are now 5-0 in games against non-Division I programs under head coach Michael Huger.
• BGSU is 24-15 in non-conference games under head coach Michael Huger.
• The Falcons are 10-7 in the month of December in the Huger Era.
• With the win, the Falcons are now 4-2 at the Stroh Center in 2017-18, and 62-40 all-time at the facility.
• Bowling Green shot a season-high 58.6 percent (34-of-58) from the floor. The Falcons went 11-for-26 (42.3 percent) from downtown, and 18-for-25 (72.0 percent) at the charity stripe.
• With BGSU's 11 made three-pointers, the Falcons have now made at least 10 triples in a game a total of five times in 2017-18.
• BGSU held Lourdes to 32.8 percent (19-of-58) shooting for the contest. Lourdes went 9-for-29 (31.0 percent) from three-point territory.
• The Falcons registered 16 assists, and scored 21 points off 16 LU turnovers.
• Bowling Green destroyed Lourdes in the rebounding category by a 47-23 margin.
• The Falcons had more paint points (44-18), bench points (45-28), second-chance points (16-6), fast-break points (19-9) and points off turnovers (21-12).
• 12 of the 13 players that saw action for Bowling Green scored.
• The Falcons led for 36:36 of the game's 40 minutes.

PLAYER NOTES
• Sophomore guard Rodrick Caldwell led the Falcons with 15 points on 4-of-6 shooting.
• Junior forward Demajeo Wiggins totaled 11 points and eight rebounds in just 17 minutes. He went 4-for-8 from the floor.
• Redshirt-freshman guard Justin Turner finished with 11 points, four rebounds, four assists, and two blocks. Turner shot 5-of-8 on field goal attempts.
• Freshman forward Daeqwon Plowden tied a career high with 10 points. He went 5-for-7 from the floor, and also recorded four rebounds and one assist.
• Sophomore guard Dylan Frye registered 10 points, five rebounds and three assists.
• Senior guard Matt Fox went 3-for-4 from downtown, totaling nine points. He also had three rebounds, one assist and one block.
• Junior guard Antwon Lillard posted nine points on 3-of-4 shooting, while also racking up four rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal.
• Freshman guard Nelly Cummings registered six points, two rebounds, one assist and two steals. Cummings has at least one assist in every game this season.
• Freshman forward Derek Koch returned to action, and finished with five points and seven rebounds.
• Junior guard De Andre' Austin scored his first-career points, as he went 2-for-2 from the field, including a three-pointer, to finish with a career-high five points. He also had one rebound.
• Redshirt-junior forward Jeffrey Uju added three points and five rebounds.
• Freshman center Joniya Gadson went 1-for-1 from the field, and finished with three points, three rebounds, one assist and one steal.

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"I thought our guys played hard from start to finish. This was a team that I did not want us to take lightly … I wanted to make sure that our guys were prepared for the game and mentally focused, and I thought they were." – Coach Huger

UP NEXT
• Bowling Green opens up MAC play at the Stroh Center on Jan. 2 versus Miami University.
• The contest is slated for a 7 p.m. tip.