Bowling Green Set To Tip-Off 2021-22 Season At Western Carolina Tuesday

Tuesday, November 9

Cullowhee, N.C.

7:30 PM

Bowling Green State University

Western Carolina

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

Bowling Green Set To Tip-Off 2021-22 Season At Western Carolina Tuesday

November 08, 2021 | Men's Basketball

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By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University men's basketball program opens the 2021-22 season on the road against the Western Carolina Catamounts on Tuesday, Nov. 9 with a 7:30 p.m. tipoff at Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center. The start of the season will mark the Falcons' 107th season on the court, dating back to the 1915-16 season. The game is set to be broadcasted on ESPN+ with a radio feed being provided by WFRO Eagle 99.

BGSU and Western Carolina will meet for just the fourth time in program history, all happening since 2005. The first two contests between the teams were at neutral locations before the Catamounts made a trip to the Stroh Center in 2018. Both neutral site games saw Western Carolina capture wins, but the most recent game went to the Falcons on their home court. This game will mark the first time Bowling Green has made the trip to Cullowhee, North Carolina to face the Catamounts.

Looking back to last season, the Falcons finished out the 2020-21 campaign with a record of 14-12, including a 10-8 showing in conference play. The season's run came to a close with an appearance in the CBI Quarterfinals, coming up just short against Stetson in a 53-52 final.

A Bowling Green Win Would …

Give the Falcons a 1-0 start for the fourth time in the last five seasons.
Advance Coach Huger to 5-2 in season openers at the helm of the Bowling Green's men's basketball program.
Grant BGSU a 1-0 start on the road for the first time since 2017-18.
Even the All-Time series with the Western Carolina Catamounts.
Make the Falcons 3-2 all-time in games played on November 9.

Looking Back At Last Time
The Falcons and Catamounts last met back on Dec. 21, 2018 in a game that went to Bowling Green by a score of 73-52. The win helped the Falcons advance to 6-0 at home that season, the first time reaching the mark in a decade at the time. Individually, it was Justin Turner that paced the Falcons with 21 points and six assists.

Plowden's Record Book Progress
Daeqwon Plowden will utilize this season to continue his pursuit in the Falcons' record book. Plowden reached 1,000 career points in the Orange and Brown last season and will enter the 2021-22 campaign with 1,130 career points, placing him 38th all-time and just eight points away from jumping up to 35th on the list. Plowden has a similar standing in career rebounds, currently 10th all-time with 723, as well as career blocked shots, currently 10th with 89. Plowden needs 38 rebounds and just four blocks to move up on each respective list.

New Arrivals Set To Make Mark

The Falcons will welcome six new faces to the roster this season, consisting of five transfers and one freshman. Myron Gordon will join Bowling Green as a graduate transfer from Samford. Gordon led the Bulldogs in scoring in 2020-21, averaging 15.6 points per game.
The junior class will see three additions with Samari Curtis from Evansville, Gabe O'Neal from Kent State and Joe Reece from Old Dominion. Out of high school, Curtis was named Mr. Basketball in Ohio in 2019. Reece will join after averaging 7.8 points and 5.1 rebounds per game at Old Dominion. As for O'Neal, he went 17-of-21 from the foul line last year for the Golden Flashes.
The fifth transfer coming to Bowling Green will be sophomore Brenton Mills from Binghamton. Starting 15 games last year, Mills was named Third Team All-America East after averaging 13.9 points per game and ranking second in the conference for three-point percentage at 40.2, going 33-of-82 from three.
The Falcons will also welcome one true freshman to the program, Ubong Abasi Etim. A 6-foot-9 freshman from Richmond, California, Etim has a wingspan over 7-feet and averaged more than 10 points, nine rebounds and three blocks per game in his most-recent AAU season.

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