Bowling Green To Welcome Queens To Stroh For Video Game Night Tuesday

Tuesday, November 29

Bowling Green, Ohio

7:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Queens University of Charlotte

Tickets

Photo by: Luke Allen, BGSU Athletics

Bowling Green To Welcome Queens To Stroh For Video Game Night Tuesday

November 28, 2022 | 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 will be back at the Stroh Center this Tuesday (Nov. 29) for their second consecutive home game, hosting Queens University of Charlotte. The game is currently set for a 7:00 p.m. tip and will mark the first meeting all-time between the two programs. The contest will be available to watch on ESPN+. Fans can also tune in to the action via WFRO Eagle 99. A live stat link will be provided at bgsufalcons.com with live updates available on Twitter (@BGSUMHoops).

Tuesday will mark the first meeting all-time between the Falcons and the Royals. Queens is currently in their first season at the Division-I level. Queens will mark the fifth team in the first seven games that the Falcons will face for the first time during the Coach Huger Era. The others include Air Force, St. Bonaventure, Notre Dame and Southern Indiana.

At The Game
The game against Queens University of Charlotte will be Video Game Night at the Stroh Center. The BGSU Marketing team will be giving out a Nintendo Switch Lite at the game.

A Bowling Green Win Would …

Move BGSU above .500 at home this season at 2-1.
Mark the first win in program history against Queens.
Snap a four-game losing streak.

Scouting The Royals
Queens is in their first season at the Division-I level and will enter with a 5-2 standing. The Royals are coming off just their second loss of the season, falling to George Mason 72-65. The other loss came against La Salle by a score of 72-60. As for the win column, the Royals have tallied victories against Marshall and Morgan State. Individually, Queens is led by Kenny Dye, averaging 16.7 points per game with a team-high 15 triples this season.

Crashing The Boards
Rebounds have been telling this season for the Falcons. When BGSU outrebounds their opponent, the Orange and Brown are 2-0. However, when the Falcons have the same amount or fewer rebounds than their opponent, the team is 0-4. In wins this season, Bowling Green has averaged 41.5 rebounds per game with a rebound margin of +12.5. As for losses, the Falcons have averaged 35.0 rebounds per game with a rebound margin of -2.25.

Point Production
This season the Falcons have won the second chance efforts. Over the course of the season, Bowling Green is outscoring their opponent in second chance points 72-41, including a season-high 24 against Oakland when BGSU registered a season-high 45 rebounds and a +18 rebound margin. However, points off turnovers have hurt the Falcons thus far, being outscored in the stat 90-56. Where the score has evened has been in the paint, where the Falcons hold a slim margin of 190-186 over the first six games of the 2022 campaign.

Ball Distribution
In the Falcons last contest, the Orange and Brown logged a season-high 18 assists. Kaden Metheny led the way with a season-high five assists for the Falcons. Leon Ayers III was close behind with a season-high four. Samari Curtis and Rashaun Agee each had three in the game while Chandler Turner had two and Sam Towns had one.

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