Late Run Lifts Falcons To Second Straight Road Win

Saturday, January 22

Kalamazoo, Mich.

2:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

10-9,3-5MAC

Western Michigan

4-14,0-7MAC

Bowling Green

Western Mich.

Photo by: Larry Clapper

January 22, 2022 | Men's Basketball

Box Score BGSU-WMU Stats Support Our Student-Athletes

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Bowling Green State University men's basketball program picked up their second consecutive road win, topping Western Michigan by a score of 82-75 Saturday afternoon (Jan. 22). The Falcons closed out the contest with a 12-2 run to capture the win, their third straight in Kalamazoo. Daeqwon Plowden paced the Falcons with his second straight 20-point game, helping the Orange and Brown advance to 10-9 on the season and 3-5 in conference play. Bowling Green will now return home to the Stroh Center on Tuesday (Jan. 25) to host Eastern Michigan for a 7 p.m. tip-off.

HOW IT HAPPENED

For the second consecutive game the Falcons jumped out to a 6-0 advantage on the scoreboard. Daeqwon Plowden scored 11 points in the first five minutes of the game, giving BGSU a 17-11 advantage at the first media break.
The Broncos stuck with the Falcons before utilizing a 6-0 run to tie the score at 23-23.
The Falcons soon answered with a run of their own, growing to 8-0 before a timeout from the Western Michigan bench with the score at 34-25 BGSU.
WMU narrowed the gap before halftime, but the Falcons took a slim lead to the halftime break at 41-40.
Early in the second half, Western Michigan was able to string together eight straight points to tie the game up at 50-50. After a media timeout, WMU would hit a three to extend the run to 11-0 and take their first lead of the game.
From there the two teams began trading buckets, and the lead. It wasn't until a 6-0 Western run that either team gained space, taking a 64-57 lead.
The Falcons continued to fight their way back into the game. Plowden rattled off five straight on his own to give BGSU a 75-73 lead with two minutes remaining in the game. Plowden would soon add a tip-in to extend his run to 7-0 with the Falcons up 77-73.
The run for BGSU would extend as far as 9-0 before the Broncos answered with a layup, but a 12-2 run to close out the game for the Falcons would secure an 82-75 win for the Orange and Brown.

STAT LEADERS

Daeqwon Plowden: 23 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
Samari Curtis: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
Myron Gordon: 10 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, 2 steals
Trey Diggs: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block
Joe Reece: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 assist

FALCON STAT FACTS

With the win, Bowling Green has now won two straight games on the road, both being against Mid-American Conference opponents. The Falcons bested Northern Illinois on Tuesday (Jan. 18) in DeKalb, Ill.
The win marks the third straight in Kalamazoo for the Falcons and ties the all-time series at 31 wins each when the series is hosted by Western Michigan.
Scoring 11 points in the first five minutes alone, Daeqwon Plowden passed Shane Kline-Ruminski for 16th on the all-time scoring list. Plowden concluded the night with a team-high 23 points, his second straight 20-point game and fourth of the season. Plowden also shot a season-best 80% from the field, going 8-for-10.
Trey Diggs logged a block in the first half, his fifth of the season to set a new single-season high for his time at Bowling Green.
Joe Reece led the Falcons in blocks with a season-high two. In total, the Falcons logged four blocked as a team with Samari Curtis and Diggs each having one.

TODD WALKER RADIO CALLS
Curtis Drives
Matiss Three
Reece Flush
Plowden Triple Ties It
Plowden Put Back
Falcons Win!

COACH'S QUOTE
"We wanted to make them shoot difficult, contested threes. I think we did that all night long. After seeing what [Bryan Trimble Jr.] did to us [Thursday] we didn't want to have a repeat of that. That was something we talked about the whole time, that was on the scouting report and those guys did a good job of executing."

Full Postgame Interview with Todd Walker

UP NEXT
The Orange and Brown will return to the Stroh Center on Tuesday (Jan. 25) to host Eastern Michigan for a 7 p.m. tip-off. The game will be Faculty and Staff Appreciation night as well as Coaches v. Cancer.

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