This Week In Falcon Athletics (Jan. 4-10)

Each week, the BGSU Strategic Communications Department breaks down the week ahead in athletics and recaps the week gone by. Listed below are all games over the course of the next seven days with links and information for fans. Following that info are recaps, scores and links from games over the past week.

THE WEEK AHEAD

MEN'S BASKETBALL (7-2, 3-0 MAC)
Tuesday, Jan. 5 vs. Central Michigan, 6:00 pm | Radio | Live Stats | @BGSUMHoops | ESPN3 or ESPN+
Saturday, Jan. 9 at Central Michigan, 4:30 pm | Radio | Live Stats | @BGSUMHoops | ESPN3 or ESPN+
Bowling Green is coming off a pair of road wins at Ohio (Dec. 30) and Northern Illinois (Jan. 2) last week to improve to 3-0 in Mid-American Conference play. BGSU and Toledo sit alone on top of the league standings as the Falcons shift their attention to a Tuesday (Jan. 5) home game at 6 p.m. versus Central Michigan inside the Stroh Center. To complete the week, Bowling Green will travel to Mount Pleasant for a road game against the Chippewas at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9. Last time out, fifth-year senior Justin Turner scored 20 points for the 45th time in his BGSU career. Turner is now just 155 points shy of becoming the school's all-time leading scorer. Fellow senior Daeqwon Plowden is one rebound shy of 600 for his career and is 106 points away from becoming the 49th player in school history to score 1,000 career points. Trey Diggs, another BGSU senior, poured in 20 points in the Ohio win and ranks fourth in the MAC with a 48.1 three-point percentage (26-of-54). Bowling Green has won three-straight games and owns an overall record of 7-2.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (7-1, 3-0 MAC)
Wednesday, Jan. 6 at Western Michigan, 1:00 pm | ESPN+ | Radio | Live Stats | @BGSUWbb
Saturday, Jan. 9 vs. Northern Illinois, 12:00 pm | ESPN3/+ | Radio | Live Stats | @BGSUWbb
The women's basketball Falcons, like the men off to a 3-0 start in the MAC, face Western Michigan and Northern Illinois this week. BGSU travels to Kalamazoo for a Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 6) matchup with the Broncos, before returning home to meet the Huskies on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 9). BG has won three-straight games, including an emphatic 89-55 win at Ball State on Saturday night (Jan. 2). With that win, the Falcons matched the MAC win total for all of last season. Freshmen Lexi Fleming and Nyla Hampton led the way with 19 and 18 points, respectively, and senior Madisen Parker had 15 points for the Falcons. BGSU forced Ball State to commit 29 turnovers, and the Falcons had a whopping 38-8 advantage in points off turnovers. Fleming, Hampton and Kenzie Lewis all were in the starting lineup in Muncie, giving BGSU three freshmen in the starting five for the first time in nearly two years. BGSU leads the all-time series with Western Michigan by a narrow 36-35 margin, but the Broncos captured two of last year's meetings, with the home team winning all three. The last matchup came in the first round of the MAC Tournament. The Falcons lead NIU, 24-18, in that series, but the Huskies captured a 92-87 win in overtime at the Stroh Center last year. In case you were wondering, BG leads the series with all 11 MAC opponents.

#7 HOCKEY (11-1-0, 2-0-0-0 WCHA)
Thursday, Jan. 7 vs. Bemidji State, 7:07 pm | FloHockey | Radio | Live Stats | @BGFalconHockey
Friday, Jan. 8 vs. Bemidji State, 7:07 pm | FloHockey | Radio | Live Stats | @BGFalconHockey
Bowling Green hockey will return to the Slater Family Ice Arena this week for two games against Bemidji State on Thursday and Friday (Jan. 7-8) with both games set for 7:07 p.m. puck drops. The two games will serve as the second WCHA series for the Falcons this season after sweeping Ferris State last weekend. The two wins pushed the No. 7 Falcons record to 11-1, marking the third best start in program history. Additionally, the two wins continued a 12-game road win streak dating back to last season, setting a new program record. Connor Ford also reached 100 career points in the second game, becoming the 75th player in program history to reach the milestone and the third player on the current active roster, joining Max Johnson and Brandon Kruse. As for Bemidji State, the upcoming series will be their first of the WCHA season after having a non-conference series against Lake Superior State this past weekend. The Beavers will enter the series with a 2-3-2 record on the season.

WEEKLY RECAP

#7 HOCKEY (11-1-0, 2-0-0-0 WCHA)
W, 2-1 vs. Robert Morris | Recap | Box Score
W, 6-1 at Ferris State | Recap | Box Score
W, 4-2 at Ferris State | Recap | Box Score

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (7-1, 3-0 MAC)
W, 89-55 at Ball State | Recap | Box Score

MEN'S BASKETBALL (7-2, 3-0 MAC)
W, 83-75 at Ohio | Recap | Box Score
W, 68-42 at Northern Illinois | Recap | Box Score

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