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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Tuesday, January 7
Bowling Green, OH
7:00 PM EST
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Thriller At Stroh: Falcons Overcome 14-Point Deficit To Beat Miami Tuesday Night
January 07, 2020 | Men's Basketball
Box Score
Post-Game Audio: Coach Huger With Todd Walker
Post-Game Video: Coach Huger | Mattos & Fields
Game Highlights: BGSU vs. Miami
Photo Gallery: BGSU Marketing / Communications (Isaiah Vazquez)
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team earned a thrilling 78-76 victory over Miami University on Tuesday (Jan. 7) evening. The Mid-American Conference contest was played inside the friendly confines of the Stroh Center. The win marks BGSU's first league win of the season.
The Falcons move to 10-5 (1-1 MAC) on the campaign with the victory, while Miami drops to 7-8 (0-2 MAC). Bowling Green was down by as many as 14 points. BGSU outscored the RedHawks by a 42-31 margin over the final 20 minutes to overcome a nine-point deficit at the half.
Four Falcons scored in double figures, led by senior guard Dylan Frye's 22-point effort. Sophomore center Taylor Mattos (18 points / 11 rebounds) and junior forward Daeqwon Plowden (13 points / 12 rebounds) each recorded double-doubles in the win. Redshirt-junior guard Justin Turner added 16 points.
BREAKING DOWN THE FINAL MOMENTS
• The Falcons trailed by three points with 3:02 to play. Dylan Frye hit a pair of free throws at the 3:01 mark to trim the MU lead to a single point at 70-69. Tayler Mattos then split a pair of free throws to tie the game at 70-70 with 2:46 to play.
• After a Miami bucket, Caleb Fields grabbed a huge offensive rebound and scored the layup, knotting the game at 72-72 with 2:12 left in regulation.
• Miami again took a two-point lead, but Justin Turner drew a foul on Bowling Green's ensuing possession. He then drilled both shots at the charity stripe to tie the game at 74-74 with 1:39 left on the clock.
• The Falcons then got a stop, and it was Fields again down low. The sophomore converted a tip-in layup to give the hosts a 76-74 lead with 1:04 left in the ballgame.
• With BGSU up by one point, Miami called a timeout with 12.3 seconds remaining. Fields locked up MU's Nike Sibande and blocked Sibande's shot with four seconds to play.
• Frye got the rebound and made both free throws. However, on a desperation play, the RedHawks were fouled shooting a three-pointer with 0.3 seconds left in the game.
• MU's Mekhi Lairy missed the first free throw. He then made the second, and missed the third on purpose. As the ball jumped off the rim, the Falcons batted the ball away as time expired.
TODD WALKER RADIO CALLS
• Mattos First-Career Triple
• Mattos Dunk
• And-1 For Mattos
• #DeepFrye
• Diggs And-1
• Plowden From Downtown
• Mattos And-1
• Offensive Board & Bucket For Fields
• Fields Gives BGSU Late Lead
• HUGE Block From Fields
• FALCONS WIN!!!
FALCON FACTS
• The Falcons beat Miami for the first time since an 81-70 win in Oxford on Jan. 16, 2018.
• The victory marked BGSU's first home win over the RedHawks since an 83-72 triumph on Jan. 31, 2017.
• Bowling Green is 21-20 against Miami this millennium. The Falcons are 39-31 versus MU in games played in Bowling Green, Ohio all-time.
• Dating back to last season, Bowling Green is 13-7 across its last 20 conference games.
• Bowling Green is 21-3 inside the Stroh Center over its last 24 home contests. The Falcons are 47-24 at home under head coach Michael Huger.
• With the win, the Orange and Brown moved to 19-17 in the month of January in the Michael Huger Era.
• BGSU has started at least 1-1 in the MAC in each of head coach Michael Huger's five seasons. In the Huger Era, the Falcons have actually been better in the second game of conference play. BGSU is 4-1 in such games, despite a 2-3 record in league openers.
• Under head coach Michael Huger, BGSU is 3-0 in the game following a conference-opening loss. The Falcons have lost the MAC opener under Huger in 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2019-20. BGSU rebounded with a win in the second game all three times.
• The Bowling Green starters accounted for 73 of the team's 78 points.
• Bowling Green's second-half defense was rock solid. After shooting 47.1 percent (16-of-34) in the first half, the Falcons held the RedHawks to an 8-for-36 (22.2 percent) clip in the second half. Furthermore, BGSU's defense forced Miami into a 1-for-13 (7.7 percent) effort from downtown over the final 20 minutes. BGSU made some halftime adjustments guarding the long line, as MU was 9-for-15 (60.0 percent) from deep in the first half.
• Miami's 34.3 field goal percentage marked the second-lowest percentage for a Bowling Green opponent this season. Last season, Bowling Green held a MAC opponent below 34.3 percent shooting just one time, as Western Michigan shot 28.1 percent in a BGSU win on Jan. 19, 2019.
• Bowling Green had 10 assists and just nine turnovers. The Falcons have registered 10-plus assists in 13-of-15 games this season, while committing less than 10 turnovers in 8-of-15 contests. BGSU has had double-digit assists and single-digit turnovers in the same game a total of seven times in 2019-20.
• After being held to 38.9 percent (14-of-36) shooting in the first half, Bowling Green shot 46.4 percent (13-of-28) from the field in the second half.
• The Falcons went 17-of-19 (89.5 percent) from the foul line. Percentage wise, the effort was BGSU's second-best on the season. Bowling Green was a perfect 11-for-11 from the charity stripe in a win over Jacksonville on Nov. 11, 2019.
• In a game that featured 12 ties and 17 lead changes, the Falcons earned the win despite leading for just 6:24 of the game's 40 minutes. Miami led for 28:17.
PLAYER NOTES
• Senior guard Dylan Frye led all players in scoring with 22 points, marking the 16th time in his career that he's scored 20-plus points. Frye has scored 20-plus points three times in 2019-20.
• Frye went 3-for-7 from long range, and has now made multiple triples in the same game a total of 62 times in his career. Frye has made 216 three-pointers as a Falcon, and is now just 13 makes shy of breaking John Reimold's (2002-05 | 228) BGSU record.
• Frye moved into 22nd place on Bowling Green's all-time scoring list. With his 22 points, he surpassed Keith Taylor (1981-85 | 1,283). Frye has scored 1,297 points in 112 games.
• Sophomore center Tayler Mattos had a career night, as he posted the first double-double of his career. Mattos scored a career-high 18 points, surpassing his previous career high of 12 points (vs. Oakland on Dec. 7, 2019). The sophomore had 11 rebounds, as well, and has now recorded double-digit rebounds in three games in 2019-20.
• Mattos has scored in double figures twice in his career. By going 6-for-8 from the floor, he also set a career high with six made field goals. Mattos went 1-for-1 from downtown, marking the first three-pointer of his career.
• Junior forward Daeqwon Plowden posted his fifth double-double of 2019-20, as he finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Plowden has recorded six double-doubles in his career.
• Over the first two seasons of his career, Plowden had one game with double-digit rebounds. His 12-rebound effort tonight gave him 10-plus rebounds for the eighth time in 2019-20.
• Redshirt-junior guard Justin Turner added 16 points, five rebounds and three assists. Turner went 6-for-6 from the free throw line, and is now 31-of-32 (96.9 percent) at the charity stripe in 2019-20. Turner has scored in double figures a total of 66 times as a Falcon.
• Matched up with Miami's leading scorer in Nike Sibande all night, sophomore guard Caleb Fields finished with four points and four rebounds. More importantly, Fields held Sibande to just nine points on 3-of-14 shooting. Sibande was 1-for-8 in the second half.
• Off the bench, junior forward Trey Diggs and senior guard Michael Laster finished with three points and two points, respectively. Laster also had three rebounds, two assists and two steals. Senior forward Marlon Sierra contributed with three rebounds.
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TOLEDO TICKETS -- Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020
There are limited tickets available for Bowling Green's home game versus Toledo on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 4:30 p.m., including less than 200 seats left in the mid-court sections. Call the ticket office today at 877-BGSU TICKET to reserve your tickets, or visit the link below. Tickets are also available for purchase by visiting the ticket office inside the Stroh Center.
UPCOMING HOME SCHEDULE
Jan. 18 | 4 p.m. | vs. Northern Illinois | TICKETS
Jan. 21 | 7 p.m. | vs. Eastern Michigan | TICKETS
Jan. 28 | 7 p.m. | vs. Ball State | TICKETS
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
Twitter: @BGSUMHoops / @BGAthletics
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Gallery: (1/7/2020) MBB vs. Miami (Isaiah Vazquez)
Post-Game Audio: Coach Huger With Todd Walker
Post-Game Video: Coach Huger | Mattos & Fields
Game Highlights: BGSU vs. Miami
Photo Gallery: BGSU Marketing / Communications (Isaiah Vazquez)
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team earned a thrilling 78-76 victory over Miami University on Tuesday (Jan. 7) evening. The Mid-American Conference contest was played inside the friendly confines of the Stroh Center. The win marks BGSU's first league win of the season.
The Falcons move to 10-5 (1-1 MAC) on the campaign with the victory, while Miami drops to 7-8 (0-2 MAC). Bowling Green was down by as many as 14 points. BGSU outscored the RedHawks by a 42-31 margin over the final 20 minutes to overcome a nine-point deficit at the half.
Four Falcons scored in double figures, led by senior guard Dylan Frye's 22-point effort. Sophomore center Taylor Mattos (18 points / 11 rebounds) and junior forward Daeqwon Plowden (13 points / 12 rebounds) each recorded double-doubles in the win. Redshirt-junior guard Justin Turner added 16 points.
BREAKING DOWN THE FINAL MOMENTS
• The Falcons trailed by three points with 3:02 to play. Dylan Frye hit a pair of free throws at the 3:01 mark to trim the MU lead to a single point at 70-69. Tayler Mattos then split a pair of free throws to tie the game at 70-70 with 2:46 to play.
• After a Miami bucket, Caleb Fields grabbed a huge offensive rebound and scored the layup, knotting the game at 72-72 with 2:12 left in regulation.
• Miami again took a two-point lead, but Justin Turner drew a foul on Bowling Green's ensuing possession. He then drilled both shots at the charity stripe to tie the game at 74-74 with 1:39 left on the clock.
• The Falcons then got a stop, and it was Fields again down low. The sophomore converted a tip-in layup to give the hosts a 76-74 lead with 1:04 left in the ballgame.
• With BGSU up by one point, Miami called a timeout with 12.3 seconds remaining. Fields locked up MU's Nike Sibande and blocked Sibande's shot with four seconds to play.
• Frye got the rebound and made both free throws. However, on a desperation play, the RedHawks were fouled shooting a three-pointer with 0.3 seconds left in the game.
• MU's Mekhi Lairy missed the first free throw. He then made the second, and missed the third on purpose. As the ball jumped off the rim, the Falcons batted the ball away as time expired.
TODD WALKER RADIO CALLS
• Mattos First-Career Triple
• Mattos Dunk
• And-1 For Mattos
• #DeepFrye
• Diggs And-1
• Plowden From Downtown
• Mattos And-1
• Offensive Board & Bucket For Fields
• Fields Gives BGSU Late Lead
• HUGE Block From Fields
• FALCONS WIN!!!
FALCON FACTS
• The Falcons beat Miami for the first time since an 81-70 win in Oxford on Jan. 16, 2018.
• The victory marked BGSU's first home win over the RedHawks since an 83-72 triumph on Jan. 31, 2017.
• Bowling Green is 21-20 against Miami this millennium. The Falcons are 39-31 versus MU in games played in Bowling Green, Ohio all-time.
• Dating back to last season, Bowling Green is 13-7 across its last 20 conference games.
• Bowling Green is 21-3 inside the Stroh Center over its last 24 home contests. The Falcons are 47-24 at home under head coach Michael Huger.
• With the win, the Orange and Brown moved to 19-17 in the month of January in the Michael Huger Era.
• BGSU has started at least 1-1 in the MAC in each of head coach Michael Huger's five seasons. In the Huger Era, the Falcons have actually been better in the second game of conference play. BGSU is 4-1 in such games, despite a 2-3 record in league openers.
• Under head coach Michael Huger, BGSU is 3-0 in the game following a conference-opening loss. The Falcons have lost the MAC opener under Huger in 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2019-20. BGSU rebounded with a win in the second game all three times.
• The Bowling Green starters accounted for 73 of the team's 78 points.
• Bowling Green's second-half defense was rock solid. After shooting 47.1 percent (16-of-34) in the first half, the Falcons held the RedHawks to an 8-for-36 (22.2 percent) clip in the second half. Furthermore, BGSU's defense forced Miami into a 1-for-13 (7.7 percent) effort from downtown over the final 20 minutes. BGSU made some halftime adjustments guarding the long line, as MU was 9-for-15 (60.0 percent) from deep in the first half.
• Miami's 34.3 field goal percentage marked the second-lowest percentage for a Bowling Green opponent this season. Last season, Bowling Green held a MAC opponent below 34.3 percent shooting just one time, as Western Michigan shot 28.1 percent in a BGSU win on Jan. 19, 2019.
• Bowling Green had 10 assists and just nine turnovers. The Falcons have registered 10-plus assists in 13-of-15 games this season, while committing less than 10 turnovers in 8-of-15 contests. BGSU has had double-digit assists and single-digit turnovers in the same game a total of seven times in 2019-20.
• After being held to 38.9 percent (14-of-36) shooting in the first half, Bowling Green shot 46.4 percent (13-of-28) from the field in the second half.
• The Falcons went 17-of-19 (89.5 percent) from the foul line. Percentage wise, the effort was BGSU's second-best on the season. Bowling Green was a perfect 11-for-11 from the charity stripe in a win over Jacksonville on Nov. 11, 2019.
• In a game that featured 12 ties and 17 lead changes, the Falcons earned the win despite leading for just 6:24 of the game's 40 minutes. Miami led for 28:17.
PLAYER NOTES
• Senior guard Dylan Frye led all players in scoring with 22 points, marking the 16th time in his career that he's scored 20-plus points. Frye has scored 20-plus points three times in 2019-20.
• Frye went 3-for-7 from long range, and has now made multiple triples in the same game a total of 62 times in his career. Frye has made 216 three-pointers as a Falcon, and is now just 13 makes shy of breaking John Reimold's (2002-05 | 228) BGSU record.
• Frye moved into 22nd place on Bowling Green's all-time scoring list. With his 22 points, he surpassed Keith Taylor (1981-85 | 1,283). Frye has scored 1,297 points in 112 games.
• Sophomore center Tayler Mattos had a career night, as he posted the first double-double of his career. Mattos scored a career-high 18 points, surpassing his previous career high of 12 points (vs. Oakland on Dec. 7, 2019). The sophomore had 11 rebounds, as well, and has now recorded double-digit rebounds in three games in 2019-20.
• Mattos has scored in double figures twice in his career. By going 6-for-8 from the floor, he also set a career high with six made field goals. Mattos went 1-for-1 from downtown, marking the first three-pointer of his career.
• Junior forward Daeqwon Plowden posted his fifth double-double of 2019-20, as he finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Plowden has recorded six double-doubles in his career.
• Over the first two seasons of his career, Plowden had one game with double-digit rebounds. His 12-rebound effort tonight gave him 10-plus rebounds for the eighth time in 2019-20.
• Redshirt-junior guard Justin Turner added 16 points, five rebounds and three assists. Turner went 6-for-6 from the free throw line, and is now 31-of-32 (96.9 percent) at the charity stripe in 2019-20. Turner has scored in double figures a total of 66 times as a Falcon.
• Matched up with Miami's leading scorer in Nike Sibande all night, sophomore guard Caleb Fields finished with four points and four rebounds. More importantly, Fields held Sibande to just nine points on 3-of-14 shooting. Sibande was 1-for-8 in the second half.
• Off the bench, junior forward Trey Diggs and senior guard Michael Laster finished with three points and two points, respectively. Laster also had three rebounds, two assists and two steals. Senior forward Marlon Sierra contributed with three rebounds.
MEN'S BASKETBALL LINKS
BGSU Men's Basketball Tickets
2019-20 BGSU Men's Basketball Schedule
2019-20 BGSU Men's Basketball Quick Facts / Prospectus
Join The Falcon Club Today!
TOLEDO TICKETS -- Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020
There are limited tickets available for Bowling Green's home game versus Toledo on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 4:30 p.m., including less than 200 seats left in the mid-court sections. Call the ticket office today at 877-BGSU TICKET to reserve your tickets, or visit the link below. Tickets are also available for purchase by visiting the ticket office inside the Stroh Center.
UPCOMING HOME SCHEDULE
Jan. 18 | 4 p.m. | vs. Northern Illinois | TICKETS
Jan. 21 | 7 p.m. | vs. Eastern Michigan | TICKETS
Jan. 28 | 7 p.m. | vs. Ball State | TICKETS
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
Twitter: @BGSUMHoops / @BGAthletics
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