Turner, Diggs, Plowden, Metheny & Fulcher Earn All-MAC Basketball Honors

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Five student-athletes on the Bowling Green State University men's basketball team – Justin Turner, Trey Diggs, Daeqwon Plowden, Kaden Metheny and Josiah Fulcher – each earned All-MAC honors. The conference office announced its 2020-21 postseason awards on Wednesday (March 10) afternoon. Turner was named First Team All-MAC, while Plowden garnered Third Team honors. Diggs was named the MAC's Sixth Man of the Year. Metheny and Fulcher were both placed on the MAC's All-Freshman Team.

Turner, the first Falcon in 46 years to earn First Team All-MAC honors in three-consecutive seasons, is just the fifth player in Bowling Green history to earn top league honors in three-straight campaigns. Turner joins Cornelius Cash (1972-75), Howard Komives (1961-64), Nate "The Great" Thurmond (1960-63) and Jimmy Darrow (1957-60) as having accomplished the feat. The native of Detroit led the Mid-American Conference in scoring in 2020-21 with 478 points. He also dished out a career-high 107 assists.

Diggs is the second player in program history to take home the MAC's Sixth Man of the Year award. Brian Moten grabbed the honor in 2008. Diggs, who is shooting 38.7 percent (55-of-142) from downtown in 2020-21, has the third highest three-point percentage in the Mid-American Conference among players that have attempted at least 140 triples on the season. Diggs surpassed 1,000 collegiate points on the season, and has now totaled 510 points since becoming a Falcon in 2019.

Plowden enters tournament play fresh off possibly the strongest game of his career, having posted 19 points and a career-high 18 rebounds on Senior Night versus Miami. The Philadelphia native adds a Third Team honor to his resume after racking up Second Team status in 2019-20. Plowden is one of just 10 Bowling Green players all-time – along with Scott Thomas (2008-12), Anthony Stacey (1995-2000), Ron Hammye (1975-78), Jim Connally (1968-71), Colin Irish (1980-84), Len Matela (1998-2002), Demajeo Wiggins (2015-19), Cornelius Cash (1973-75) and Nate "The Great" Thurmond (1961-63) – with 1,000 career points and 700 rebounds. Plowden ranks 10th place in both career blocks (87) and rebounds (716) at BGSU.

For the first time in program history, the Falcons placed multiple student-athletes on the league's All-Freshman Team. With both Metheny and Fulcher on the list, Bowling Green led the MAC with having two selection on the all-rookie team. Metheny and Fulcher join Justin Turner and Dylan Frye as the only guards in the Michael Huger Era to have been selected to the MAC's All-Freshman Team. Metheny has scored in double figures in five-straight games, highlighted by a 29-point effort at Eastern Michigan. Fulcher, who is averaging 6.0 points and 3.0 rebounds, poured in a career-high 23 points at Kent State on Jan. 27.

Bowling Green opens the Mid-American Conference Tournament on Thursday (March 11) with a quarterfinal game against Akron inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. The game, which is the fourth game of the session, has an approximate start time of 6:30 p.m. The tournament opener is at 11 a.m. Each game will start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the previous contest.

2020-21 MAC Men's Basketball Postseason Awards
Coach of the Year: Tod Kowalczyk, Toledo
Player of the Year: Marreon Jackson, Sr., G, Toledo
Freshman of the Year: Ryan Rollins, G, Toledo
Defensive Player of the Year: Josh Mballa, Jr., F, Buffalo
Sixth Man of the Year: Trey Diggs, Sr., G/F, Bowling Green

All-MAC First Team
Justin Turner, Gr., G, Bowling Green
Loren Cristian Jackson, Sr., G, Akron
Danny Pippen, Sr., F, Kent State
Jason Preston, Jr., G, Ohio
Marreon Jackson, Sr., G, Toledo

All-MAC Second Team
Ishmael El-Amin, Sr., G, Ball State
Josh Mballa, Jr., F, Buffalo
Jeenathan Williams, Jr., F, Buffalo
Jayvon Graves, Sr., G, Buffalo
Spencer Littleson, Sr., G, Toledo

All-MAC Third Team
Daeqwon Plowden, Sr., G/F, Bowling Green
Michael Nuga, Sr., G, Kent State
Dae Dae Grant, So., G, Miami
Ben Vander Plas, R-Jr., F, Ohio
Dwight Wilson III, Sr., F, Ohio

Honorable Mention
Bryan Trimble Jr., Jr., G, Akron
K.J. Walton, Gr., G, Ball State
Ryan Rollins, Fr., G, Toledo
B. Artis White, So., G, Western Michigan
Greg Lee, Sr., F, Western Michigan

All-Freshman Team
Josiah Fulcher, G, Bowling Green
Kaden Metheny, G, Bowling Green
Aundre Polk, F, Central Michigan
Mark Sears, G, Ohio
Ryan Rollins, G, Toledo

All-Defensive Team
Enrique Freeman, So., F, Akron
Josh Mballa, Jr., F, Buffalo
Malique Jacobs, Jr., G, Kent State
Lunden McDay, So., G, Ohio
Spencer Littleson, Sr., G, Toledo

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