Toledo Pulls Away Late To Beat Bowling Green

Saturday, February 9

Bowling Green, OH

6:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

16-7

Toledo

20-4

Toledo

Bowling Green

February 09, 2019 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: by James Nahikian, BGSU Athletic Communications

Box Score
Post-Game Audio: Coach Huger With Todd Walker
Post-Game Video: Huger | Wiggins
Photo Gallery: BGSU Marketing / Communications

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team was defeated by the University of Toledo on Saturday (Feb. 9) night by a score of 78-71. With the loss, Bowling Green drops to 16-7. The Falcons still remain in first place in the Mid-American Conference with an 8-2 league record.

The game was played in front of a sold out Stroh Center. For the second-straight home game, the Falcons played in front of a standing room only crowd of 5,000 fans.

With just over three minutes to play, Bowling Green held a 68-67 lead. Toledo's Jaelan Sanford drilled a three-pointer with exactly three minutes left to give the Rockets the lead for good. The Falcons pulled within a single point at 70-69 with 2:11 to go, but Toledo scored the next seven points to ice the game.

Bowling Green shot just 38.8 percent (26-of-67) for the contest, while the Rockets shot 46.6 percent (27-of-58). Toledo made 10 three-pointers compared to BGSU's 5-for-27 (18.5 percent) clip. UT's Chris Darrington led the Rockets with 20 points.

The Falcons were led by 17 points from junior guard Dylan Frye. Senior forward Demajeo Wiggins notched his 15th double-double of the season, as he finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds on 7-of-8 shooting from the floor.

Sophomore forward Daeqwon Plowden posted 11 points and six rebounds, while redshirt-sophomore guard Justin Turner and junior guard Michael Laster scored nine point apiece.

COACH HUGER QUOTE
"The last four minutes of the game; they were better than us in the last four minutes. The game is right there. It can go either way. We make those shots, and now we get a stop, and now the game goes the other way. We had great looks. We just have to knock them down."

UP NEXT
Bowling Green hosts Central Michigan on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Tip is slated for 7 p.m.