BGSU Falls To VCU In Front Of Sold Out Siegel Center

Monday, November 12

Richmond, VA

7:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

1-2

Virginia Commonwealth

3-0

Bowling Green

VCU

November 12, 2018 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: by James Nahikian, BGSU Athletic Communications

Box Score
Post-Game Audio: Coach Huger With Todd Walker

RICHMOND, Va. – The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team was defeated by Virginia Commonwealth University, 72-61, on Monday (Nov. 12) night in front of a sold out Sigel Center crowd of 7,637 fans. Bowling Green drops to 1-2 on the season with the loss, while VCU, a team that's competed in eight NCAA Tournaments this decade, improves to 3-0.

The Falcons outscored the Rams in the second half by a 33-30 margin. However, turnovers were the story of the game. VCU's press and pressure defense led to 27 BGSU turnovers that were turned into 30 VCU points.

A complete foul fest of a game, seven different Falcons had multiple fouls, including three Falcons with four fouls and two more with three. BGSU's leading scorer Justin Turner played just five minutes in the first half due to foul trouble. A total of 51 fouls were called in the game.

QUOTE OF THE GAME
"We turned the ball over way too much to give ourselves any type of chance to win the game," said head coach Michael Huger. "When you turn it over that much, there's not much else you can do. And it wasn't even against the press – it was after we broke the pass."

PLAYER NOTES
• Senior forward Demajeo Wiggins finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds in just 30 minutes due to foul trouble. Dating back to last season, Wiggins has recorded a double-double in 10 of his last 11 games.
• For the third time in as many games, junior guard Dylan Frye made four triples. Frye went 4-for-6 from deep to finish with 12 points. Frye is now 12-for-20 (60.0 percent) from downtown on the season.
• Limited to just 21 minutes, largely in part to being called for three fouls in the first half, redshirt-sophomore guard Justin Turner added 10 points, six rebounds and four assists.
• Sophomore forward Daeqwon Plowden led the bench with eight points on 3-of-4 shooting.
• Junior guard Michael Laster gave BGSU seven rebounds, three points and two assists.
• Senior guard Antwon Lillard finished the contest with six points and three rebounds.
• Newcomers Caleb Fields and Marlon Sierra scored two points apiece.

UP NEXT
• Bowling Green returns home to face North Carolina Central on Nov. 15 at the Stroh Center. The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Bowling Green then heads to Detroit, Michigan for a pair of Legends Classic games over Nov. 19-20.