Falcons Earn Third-Straight Victory Tuesday At Western Michigan

Tuesday, January 14

Kalamazoo, MI

7:00 PM EST

Bowling Green State University

12-5,3-1MAC

Western Michigan

8-9,1-3MAC

Bowling Green

Western Mich.

January 14, 2020 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: by BGSU Athletic Communications

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

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team earned an 85-82 road victory on Tuesday (Jan. 14) evening at Western Michigan University. The Mid-American Conference contest was played inside WMU's University Arena. The Falcons have now won three-straight games.

The Falcons have bounced back strong from a MAC-opening loss to Kent State. With tonight's win, BGSU is now 12-5 (3-1 MAC) on the campaign. With the loss, Western Michigan drops to 8-9 (1-3 MAC).

With WMU up by one point with under 6:30 left in regulation, Bowling Green's starting backcourt of Dylan Frye and Justin Turner took over the game. Frye gave the Falcons a 74-72 lead at the 6:15 mark with a step-back triple. Turner then scored BGSU's next eight points.

Turner followed with a triple of his own with 5:23 to go to push the lead to 77-72. The Broncos then split a pair at the line, prior to a Turner fast-break layup. With 2:51 remaining, Turner nailed a deep three-pointer. WMU burned a timeout, as the Falcons took an 82-73 lead.

After a quick 7-0 run from Western Michigan cut the BGSU lead down to two points, senior forward Marlon Sierra converted an and-one layup with 40 seconds to go. The three-point play gave the Falcons an 85-80 lead.

Western Michigan countered with a two-point bucket. The Falcons then missed the front end of a one-and-one, but the BGSU defense locked down, defending two potential game-tying treys. On the final play of the game, a WMU three-pointer at the buzzer was off the mark.

Junior forward Daeqwon Plowden led the Falcons with 19 points. Frye (16 points), Turner (12 points) and Sierra (12 points) also scored in double figures for the Orange and Brown.

TODD WALKER RADIO CALLS
• Plowden FLUSH!
• Plowden And-1 Triple
• #DowntownDiggs
• Swingle Bucket Inside
• F I 3 L D S
• PLOWDEN HAMMER!
• Plowden DUNK!
• Laster Steal Leads To Laster Layup
• #DowntownDiggs
• #DeepFrye
• Turner Triple
• Turner Three-Pointer
• FALCONS WIN!

Big win tonight for the Falcons!

Plowden — 19 pts, 8-11 FG
Frye — 16 pts, 3 asts
Sierra — 12 pts, 8 rebs
Turner — 12 pts, 7 rebs
Diggs — 9 pts, 3-4 3FG
Fields — 6 pts, 2-5 FG
Laster — 4 pts, 8 asts#AyZiggy // #Team105 pic.twitter.com/WMbTXYFAPH
— BGSU Basketball (@BGSUMHoops) January 15, 2020

TEAM NOTES
• Bowling Green inched its series lead over Western Michigan up to 74-48.
• The Falcons are 5-2 against Western Michigan in the Michael Huger Era.
• BGSU has won four-consecutive games against the Broncos.
• Bowling Green is 9-2 versus Western Michigan since 2012.
• Dating back to the 2018-19 season, the Falcons have posted a 10-1 record against the MAC West.
• Bowling Green is 28-27 inside of University Arena all-time. In all games played in Kalamazoo versus WMU, the Falcons have racked up a record of 30-31.
• BGSU has won at least three of its first four MAC games three times in the Michael Huger Era (2019-20; 2018-19; 2015-16).
• Bowling Green is 3-1 in the MAC for the second time under head coach Michael Huger (2019-20; 2015-16).
• Dating back to last season, Bowling Green is 15-7 across its last 22 conference ballgames.
• With the victory, Bowling Green moved to 21-17 in the month of January in the Michael Huger Era.
• Bowling Green shot 50.7 percent (34-of-67) from the floor. The Falcons shot 50.0 percent (32-of-64) in their Jan. 11 win at Ohio. Prior to the two-game stretch, BGSU's high for the season was 48.6 percent (35-of-72 vs. Tiffin).
• The Falcons went 12-of-28 (42.9 percent) from three-point territory, marking the second-most triples the team has made in 2019-20 (14 at No. 22 LSU on Nov. 8, 2019). BGSU has made 10-plus triples in five games.
• Bowling Green has held an opponent to just one three-pointer in a half in three-consecutive games. Miami and Ohio made just on triple in the second half, while Western Michigan was held to a single triple in the first half.
• Bowling Green won the battle on the glass by a 35-34 margin.
• All 10 players that appeared in the game for Bowling Green scored at least two points.
• Bowling Green's bench scored 30 points compared to WMU's 13 points.
• The Falcons nearly doubled up the Broncos in fast-break scoring (15-8).

PLAYER NOTES
• Junior forward Daeqwon Plowden led Bowling Green in scoring for the fifth time in 2019-20, as he finished with 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting. Plowden also had six rebounds. The Falcons are 3-2 this season when Plowden leads the team in scoring.
• Plowden has now scored in double figures 12 times in 2019-20. Over his first two seasons combined, he scored 10-plus points a total of 14 times.
• Plowden has scored 206 points on the season. His high for points in a single season is 234 (2018-19).
• Senior guard Dylan Frye posted his 69th career game with double-digit points. Frye registered 16 points and three assists.
• Frye drilled two three-pointers, and has now made multiple triples in the same game a total of 64 times. Frye has made 220 three-pointers as a Falcon, and is now just nine makes shy of breaking John Reimold's (2002-05 | 228) BGSU record.
• Redshirt-junior guard Justin Turner scored in double figures for the 68th time in his Falcon career. The native of Detroit finished with 12 points, seven rebounds and two assists.
• With his 12 points, Turner surpassed Don Otten (1942-46 | 1,312) and Demajeo Wiggins (2015-19 | 1,316) on the BGSU all-time scoring list. Turner now ranks 21st all-time. Turner has scored 1,323 points in 80 games.
• Senior forward Marlon Sierra scored a career-high 12 points on a career-high five made field goals (5-of-6). Sierra also recorded a team-high eight rebounds. The Falcons are 3-0 in 2019-20 when Sierra leads the team in rebounds.
• Sierra has scored in double figures three times in 2019-20. Entering this season, he had never scored 10-plus points for the Falcons.
• Junior forward Trey Diggs fell one triple shy of tying his career high, as he went 3-for-4 from deep to finish with nine points. Diggs pulled down two rebounds, as well.
• Senior guard Michael Laster dished out a career-high eight assists. The senior, who only had one turnover, also finished with four points, two rebounds and one steal.
• Sophomore guard Caleb Fields drilled multiple three-pointers for the sixth time this season. Fields had six points on 2-of-5 shooting. He also had one rebound.
• Laster's previous career high for assists was seven. He had seven assists in the season opener versus Tiffin on Nov. 5, 2019. His only other seven-assist game took place in a win at Western Michigan on Feb. 5, 2019. In two career games at Western Michigan, Laster has 15 assists and one turnover.
• Redshirt-sophomore forward Matiss Kulackovskis (3 points / 2 rebounds), sophomore center Tayler Mattos (2 points / 4 rebounds), and redshirt-freshman center Dylan Swingle (2 points / 1 rebound) also contributed in the win for the Falcons.

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