Late Run Sends Top-Seeded Buffalo Past BGSU in Championship Game

Saturday, March 16

Cleveland, OH

7:30 PM

Bowling Green State University

22-12 (12-6MAC)

Buffalo (Championship)

31-3 (16-2MAC)

Bowling Green

Buffalo

Photo by: BGSU Marketing and Communications

March 16, 2019 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Bulls break open close game with late surge

By: CLEVELAND, Ohio (BGSU Athletic Communications)

Box Score
Post-Game Press Conference: Huger, Turner, Plowden
Post-Game Audio: Coach Huger With Todd Walker
Photo Gallery: BGSU Marketing / Communications (Isaiah Vazquez / Brad Phalin)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Top-seeded Buffalo used a late run to break open a close game, and the Bulls went on to an 87-73 win over the Bowling Green men's basketball team in the Mid-American Conference Tournament's championship game Saturday night (March 16) at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland.

The game was much closer than the final score might indicate. The Falcons were within three points, 74-71, after a pair of Demajeo Wiggins free throws with 4:25 to go, but a Jayvon Graves three-pointer put the Bulls ahead by six and began a late UB run.

Daeqwon Plowden and Justin Turner each had 16 points to pace four double-digit scorers for BGSU. Wiggins had 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Michael Laster added 13 points for the Orange and Brown.

The Falcons, who were picked to finish last in the MAC's East Division in the preseason coaches poll, are now 22-12 overall, and will await their postseason tournament fate.

All-Tournament Team
CJ Massinburg - Buffalo
Jeremy Harris - Buffalo
Demajeo Wiggins - Bowling Green
Dylan Frye - Bowling Green
Eugene German - Northern Illinois

COACH HUGER QUOTE
"I would like to thank my guys. They fought extremely hard. It was a tough game, hard‑fought game. We battled and Buffalo was the better team tonight. They played extremely well. They are the champs for a reason and we'll be back."