Chandler Turner's 23 Guides Falcons Over Golden Grizzlies For Third Straight Win

Tuesday, December 7

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7:00 PM

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Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

Chandler Turner's 23 Guides Falcons Over Golden Grizzlies For Third Straight Win

December 07, 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 overcame a halftime deficit for the second straight game to capture a 73-72 win over Oakland at home Tuesday night (Dec. 7). The Falcons were able to extend their win streak to three while snapping the Golden Grizzlies' five-game win streak. Bowling Green joins just West Virginia and Alabama on the list of teams to best Oakland this season, who entered the night ranked No. 10 among Mid-Major teams by collegeinsider.com. The win pushes the Falcons to 5-4 on the season with three more home games left to play in the month of December.

HOW IT HAPPENED

It was a slow start offensively for both teams with the first bucket coming more than two and a half minutes into the game with a Joe Reece second-chance layup to get BG on the board first.
From there, it was a 7-0 run for Oakland to take a 7-2 lead into the first media timeout of the game. The run would extend to 11-0 for the Golden Grizzlies.
The Falcons quickly answered with a 10-0 run of their own to take a 15-14 lead, capped by a Josiah Fulcher transition three off a turnover.
Another 7-0 run soon followed for the Orange and Brown, combining for a 17-3 run in favor of Bowling Green. Chandler Turner contributed five straight points during the second burst of scoring for the Falcons.
The back-and-forth runs continued with Oakland going on a 10-0 run to take a 31-26 lead before two free throws from Daeqwon Plowden interrupted the scoring for the Golden Grizzlies.
The two teams traded buckets the rest of the way to halftime, seeing Oakland take a 41-38 lead to the break.
The second half started the way the first half ended with the two teams trading buckets until a 7-0 run gave Oakland a slim 55-53 lead.
From that point on the contest remained close with neither team gaining a lead larger than five.
With just under a minute left Isaac Elsasser pulled down a defensive rebound that turned into a Chandler Turner three at the other end, giving BGSU a 73-70 lead.
Oakland answered with two made free throws to draw the score to 73-72 BGSU.
With less than two seconds remaining the Golden Grizzlies attempted to inbound, but Daeqwon Plowden knocked the ball out of bounds, leaving 0.9 seconds left on the clock.
On the second inbound attempt, Oakland missed a layup as time expired, seeing the Falcons capture the 73-72 victory.

STAT LEADERS

Chandler Turner: 23 points (career-high), 8 rebounds
Daeqwon Plowden: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 1 block
Joe Reece: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals
Josiah Fulcher: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists

FALCON STAT FACTS

Chandler Turner led the Orange and Brown in scoring with a career-high 23 points. The outing brings Turner's season point total to 58, setting a new single-season high for total points.
Turner's 23-point game is the third 20+ point game by a Falcon this season and ranks second behind Daeqwon Plowden's 26-point game against Milwaukee.
Turner set career-highs across the stat sheet, going 7-of-9 from the field, 4-of-5 from three and 5-of-5 from the free throw line. All set highs for attempts, makes and percentages. He also added a season-high eight rebounds to his line, matching his career-high.
Logging a block in the second half, Plowden continued his streak of having at least one block a game, up to nine straight to start the season. In addition to having at least one block in every game this year, Plowden is now up to 15 total blocks this season.
In limited minutes due to foul trouble, Joe Reece still managed to stuff the stat sheet. Over his 18 minutes played, Reece logged nine points, six rebounds, a season-high four assists and a season-high four steals.
Coming off the bench, Josiah Fulcher logged a career-high five assists on the night in addition to eight points and six rebounds.
In total, Bowling Green's bench contributed 38 of the team's 73 points on the night, outscoring the Oakland bench 38-9.
The win marks the second in the month of December for the Falcons this season, now 2-0 during the month. Historically, December has been the best month of the Huger Era, going 23-12 all-time in the calendar's 12th month.
Bowling Green is now 5-5 all-time against Oakland and have won the last two meetings, both of which have been at the Stroh Center.
After trailing at halftime, this marks the second consecutive game the Falcons have won after trailing at the halfway point of the game.
The Falcons advance to 5-4 on the season with their third straight victory, the team's first time above .500 for the 2021-22 campaign.
The 73-72 final is the first time this season that Bowling Green has played in a game decided by five points or less.

First career 20-point game? Lead the team in points? 4-of-5 from three and 5-of-5 from the line?

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— BGSU Men's Basketball (@BGSUMHoops) December 8, 2021

KEVIN PIEL RADIO CALLS
Turner Heating Up
Fulcher From Deep
Turner Takes Lead
Turner And-One
Turner Game-Winner
Falcons Win!

COACH'S QUOTE
"That was fun! My heart is still racing, it was a fun game to be a part of. It was just a really good game for our guys. Chandler Turner had a great game for us. He was able to step up and attack their zone. Going into it, I was definitely worried about the zone, as you see why, but we were able to stick with them the whole game. We didn't relinquish anything. We fought and we came out with the victory. Very proud of our guys, just the way we played."

Full Postgame Interview with Kevin Piel

UP NEXT
The Falcons will have nearly two weeks between games with the next being on Sunday, Nov. 19 against Robert Morris. The game is set for a 2:00 p.m. tip-off at the Stroh Center and will be holiday themed.

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