Central Michigan Uses Three-Ball To Down Bowling Green

Saturday, January 20

Bowling Green, OH

3:30 PM

Bowling Green State University

12-7 (3-3)

Central Michigan

13-6 (2-4)

Central Michigan

Bowling Green

January 20, 2018 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: by James Nahikian, BGSU Athletic Communications

Final Statistics: PDF
Post-Game Audio: Coach Huger With Todd Walker
Post-Game Video: Coach Huger | Turner
Photo Gallery: Isaiah Vazquez (BGSU Marketing/Communications)
Photo Gallery: Larry Clapper

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team fell at home at the Stroh Center to Central Michigan University, 84-75, Saturday (Jan. 20) afternoon. With the loss, Bowling Green drops to 12-7 (3-3 MAC) on the season, while Central Michigan improves to 13-6 (2-4 MAC).

The Falcons led, 37-34, at the half, and led by as many as 15 points in the second half, but the Chippewas made a flurry of three-pointers in the second half to come back and take the win. CMU made 7-of-8 triples at one point during the second half, connecting on 8-of-13 shots from downtown over the final 20 minutes.

PLAYER NOTES
• Junior forward Demajeo Wiggins posted a double-double for the fifth-consecutive game, as he finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
• In conference play, Wiggins is averaging 16.8 points and 11.5 rebounds.
• Sophomore guard Rodrick Caldwell added 16 points, four assists and three rebounds. Caldwell went 3-for-7 from downtown and 5-for-11 for the game.
• Sophomore guard Dylan Frye scored 13 points, while pitching in four assists and three rebounds. He hit three triples, and has now made multiple three-pointers in four-consecutive games.
• Freshman forward Derek Koch posted five rebounds, and scored 11 points, which marks a conference career high. Koch also had one steal and one block.
• Redshirt-freshman guard Justin Turner contributed with 12 points, five rebounds, one assist and one block. Turner went 2-for-4 from three-point range.
• Off the bench, junior guard Antwon Lillard recorded seven points on 2-of-4 shooting, while also having three rebounds, one assist and one steal.
• Redshirt-junior Jeffrey Uju registered two points and four rebounds. Both figures marked conference career highs for Uju, who also had one block.
• Freshman forward Daeqwon Plowden finished with one point, three rebounds and one steal.

FALCON FACTS
• Bowling Green shot 48.3 percent (14-of-29) in the second half.
• The Falcons won the battle on the glass, 38-35. The Falcons have out-rebounded their opponent in seven of the last eight games.
• The Falcons posted 12 second-chance points, while Central Michigan only scored eight second-chance points.
• The Falcons hit 10 three-pointers (10-for-26). Bowling Green has made at least 10 triples in six games in 2017-18.
• The Orange and Brown shot 76.5 percent (13-of-17) from the free throw line.
• All five Bowling Green starters scored in double figures for the first time since last year's MAC opener at Akron on Jan. 3, 2017.

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"They started to make shots, and that was the biggest thing. We turned the ball over 18 times, and they scored 25 points off our 18 turnovers. That's the ballgame." – Coach Huger

UP NEXT
• Bowling Green hits the road to take on Northern Illinois on Tuesday, Jan. 23.
• The game is slated for a 7 p.m. (EST) tip.
• The Falcons defeated Northern Illinois at the Stroh Center on Jan. 9 by a score of 66-57.