Falcons Post 20-Point Road Win At Robert Morris Behind Turner’s Historic Night

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Falcons Post 20-Point Road Win At Robert Morris Behind Turner’s Historic Night

December 18, 2020 | Men's Basketball

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By: by BGSU Strategic Communications

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

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team went on the road Friday (Dec. 18) night and earned an 85-65 victory at Robert Morris University. The non-conference game was played at RMU's UPMC Events Center. With the victory, the Falcons move to 5-2 (1-0 MAC) in 2020-21.

Robert Morris falls to 1-1 on the season with the loss. The Colonials return three starters from a 20-win team that won the 2019-20 Northeast Conference Tournament.

The Falcons led by just four points at the break, but clamped down defensively in the final 20 minutes to turn a close contest into a 20-point win. BGSU shot over 50 percent in both halves, shooting an identical 17-of-33 across both stanzas.

Fifth-year senior guard Justin Turner – who moved into the top-five on BGSU's all-time scoring list on the night – led the Falcons with 24 points, eight rebounds and a career-high 11 assists. Turner is the first Falcon in eight years to post a double-double with points and assists.

Fellow senior Daeqwon Plowden registered a double-double himself, finishing with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Senior Trey Diggs added 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting, while junior Caleb Fields posted 13 points and a career-high five assists.

COACH HUGER QUOTE
"It feels great to post a 20-point win. We did a great job of sharing the ball tonight. The ball went inside and outside. We did a great job of defending and rebounding. I'm so proud of the guys for the bounce back that we had from the Wright State game … We were consistent defensively … Once we were able to string together consecutive stops, we got out in transition and were able to get some easy buckets."

TEAM NOTES
• The Falcons are 93-77 under head coach Michael Huger. BGSU is 45-26 in non-conference games during the Huger Era.
• BGSU is 2-1 on the road this season following consecutive road victories over Robert Morris and Appalachian State.
• Bowling Green is 2-0 in games directly following a loss in 2020-21.
• With the win, Bowling Green evens its all-time series with Robert Morris at 1-1. The Falcons have now defeated 51 different schools under head coach Michael Huger.
• The Falcons are 5-2 in 2020-21. Bowling Green's five wins is currently tied with Toledo for most wins in the Mid-American Conference. BGSU is 5-2 in a season for the fourth time in the Huger Era.
• Bowling Green moves to 20-12 in the month of December in the Michael Huger Era.
• The Falcons are 4-0 in 2020-21 in games started at 6 p.m. or later.
• Bowling Green shot 51.1 percent (34-of-66) from the floor as a team. The Falcons have shot at least 50 percent in three games in 2020-21. BGSU has shot at least 50 percent in back-to-back road games, as the Orange and Brown went 31-of-61 (50.8 percent) in its OT win over Appalachian State on Nov. 30.
• The Falcons held Robert Morris to an ugly 4-of-17 (23.5 percent) clip from downtown. The four makes and 23.5 percent are season bests for the Bowling Green defense.
• Bowling Green dished out a season-high 18 assists, marking the most assists in a game for the program since recording 20 in a road win at Northern Illinois on Feb. 16, 2019. In 2020-21, the Falcons have notched at least 12 assists in 6-of-7 games.
• The Falcons won the battle on the glass for the third time this season, registering 36 rebounds compared to Robert Morris' 31.
• Bowling Green had four players score 10-plus points in the same game for the fourth time in 2020-21. BGSU also had four players score in double figures in games against South Carolina State, Purdue Northwest and Appalachian State.
• BGSU committed nine turnovers for the second-consecutive game. The Falcons have committed 10 or fewer turnovers in 4-of-7 games in 2020-21.
• Bowling Green scored 27 points off 15 Robert Morris turnovers. RMU scored just seven points off nine BGSU turnovers. BGSU also had more paint points (46-36), second-chance points (13-8) and bench points (26-14).

PLAYER NOTES
• Fifth-year senior Justin Turner finished with 24 points, eight rebounds and a career-high 11 assists. Turner's 11 assists came while committing zero turnovers in 37 minutes. In 4-of-7 games this season, Turner has posted five-plus assists while committing one or fewer turnovers.
• Turner's previous career high for assists was eight, which he recorded in a win over Jacksonville on Nov. 11, 2019. The double-double is the fourth of Turner's career and first since the Jacksonville game. On that night, Turner had 15 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
• Turner has scored 20-plus points a total of 44 times in his Bowling Green career. He's scored 10-plus points a total of 87 times.
• Turner is the first Falcon player since Jordon Crawford in 2012 to post a double-double with points and assists. On Jan. 14, 2012, Crawford had 10 points and 13 assists at Kent State.
• Turner surpassed two Falcons legends on the all-time scoring list on the night in Charles Share (1946-50| 1,730 points) and James Darrow (1957-60 | 1,740 points). Turner has scored 1,749 points in 101 games. Turner is 41 points shy of moving past Antonio Daniels (1993-97 | 1,789 points) for fourth place all-time. He's averaging 17.3 points per game for his career, which ranks ninth all-time at Bowling Green.
• Senior forward Daeqwon Plowden notched 15 points, 13 rebounds and two steals. The effort marked the 13th double-double of Plowden's career. He has two double-doubles in 2020-21. Plowden has pulled down 10-plus rebounds 18 times in his career, including three such efforts in 2020-21.
• With Justin Turner and Daeqwon Plowden each posting a double-double, Bowling Green had two players record a double-double in the same game for the first time since Jan. 7, 2020. On that night, behind double-doubles from Plowden and Tayler Mattos, the Falcons beat Miami by a score of 78-76 to kick-start an eight-game winning streak.
• Junior guard Caleb Fields continued his strong season by adding 13 points and a career-high five assists. Four of Fields' 16 career double-digit scoring efforts have come this season. Fields already has 18 assists in seven games after posting a career-high 30 assists in 2019-20 across 29 games.
• Senior forward Trey Diggs scored in double figures for the sixth time this season and 17th time in his BGSU career. The Floridian poured in 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the field, including a 3-for-5 mark from downtown. Diggs has converted on multiple three-pointers in 5-of-7 games in 2020-21.
• Freshman forward Cam Young had a career day, totaling a career-high seven points on a career best 3-of-3 shooting. Young also had three rebounds and a career-high two assists.
• Newcomers Kaden Metheny and Jacob Washington each posted two points and two rebounds. Redshirt-sophomore center Dylan Swingle had five points and two rebounds, while freshman wing Josiah Fulcher finished with four points on 2-of-4 shooting.

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