BGSU's Comeback Effort Falls Short In Mount Pleasant

Tuesday, February 1

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

7:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

11-11,4-7MAC

Central Michigan

4-13,3-3MAC

Bowling Green

Central Mich.

Photo by: Stephen Linsky, BGSU Athletics

February 01, 2022 | Men's Basketball

Box Score BGSU-CMU Stats Support Our Student-Athletes

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - The Bowling Green State University men's basketball program played the Central Michigan Chippewas down to the wire Tuesday night (Feb. 1) at McGuirk Arena. Myron Gordon led a late charge by the Falcons scoring 15 straight points late in the second half, but it wasn't enough as CMU escaped with a 78-74 win. The loss moves Bowling Green to .500 on the season at 11-11 while being 4-7 in MAC play. The Falcons are set to return to the court this Saturday (Feb. 5) to host Northern Illinois for a 5:00 p.m. tip-off at the Stroh Center.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Bowling Green and Central Michigan began the game by trading points, but an 8-0 run by the Falcons just before the second media timeout gave the Falcons a 20-14 advantage.
Out of the media timeout, Josiah Fulcher hit yet another triple for the Falcons, the fifth of the game for Bowling Green at the time. The three-pointer pushed the run to 11-0 for the Falcons with a 23-14 lead.
Central Michigan started to chip away at the lead, using a 7-0 run to close the gap to 25-24 and forcing a timeout from the Bowling Green bench.
The momentum shift to the Chippewas would carry through the timeout, seeing CMU take a 34-28 lead.
Central maintained the lead through the rest of the first half, taking a 39-33 lead into halftime.
The Falcons opened the second half with an 11-5 stretch to tie it up at 44-44, capped by a three-pointer from Brenton Mills.
BGSU and CMU continued to trade buckets before a 6-0 run gave the Chippewas a 55-51 advantage and forced a Bowling Green timeout. The run would extend to 11-0 for CMU to give them a 60-51 lead.
Myron Gordon single-handedly strung together six points for the Falcons. Gordon drew a foul on a floater before hitting a triple in transition the next time down to close the gap to 61-57 and force a timeout from the CMU bench.
Gordon would soon add a jumper, two free throws, a triple and two more free throws to have 15 straight for BGSU, closing the gap to 67-66 CMU.
The Falcons continued to keep it close with a Trey Diggs block forcing a shot clock turnover by Central late in the half. A layup by none other than Myron Gordon put BGSU back on top at 72-71.
Central Michigan answered with a layup and free throw on their next two possessions to reclaim a 74-72 lead.
Chandler Turner converted a layup for the Falcons to tie it up at 74-74.
The Chippewas saw four free throws to close out the game, winning 78-74.

STAT LEADERS

Myron Gordon: 24 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 assist
Daeqwon Plowden: 11 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block
Samari Curtis: 9 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 steals
Trey Diggs: 9 rebounds, 8 points, 1 steal, 1 block

FALCON STAT FACTS

Daeqwon Plowden tallied 11 points on the night to push him up two more spots on the all-time scoring list. Plowden passed both James Gerber (1950-54) and Al Bianchi (1951-54) to now hold the 13th spot all-time with 1,497 career points in the Orange and Brown.
Plowden's eight rebounds gave him sole possession of fifth on the all-time career block list with 879 after entering the game tied with Colin Irish (1980-84).
For the second consecutive Tuesday, Myron Gordon posted 20+ points. After having 21 against Eastern Michigan last week, Gordon led the Falcons against Central Michigan with a season-high 24 points. Gordon's 24 points came from going 7-of-11 from the field, setting new season-highs for field goals made and field goal percentage when having at least five attempts.
Gordon also tallied three steals and an assist to set new single season-highs for his collegiate career. Gordon now has 59 assists and 26 steals this season, both surpassing marks from his 2018-19 campaign.
Trey Diggs matched his season-high for rebounds with nine in the contest. All nine came on the defensive end for Diggs, a new career-high for defensive rebounds in a game.

TODD WALKER RADIO CALLS
Plowden Put-Back
Fulcher From Three
Mills Triple Ties It
Gordon And-One
Gordon Heating Up
Gordon Steal, Plowden Slam

COACH'S QUOTE
"You have to go out and compete. The last 10 minutes of the game we competed and gave ourselves a chance to win. If we would have done that from the beginning then we would have won the game easily."

Full Postgame Interview with Todd Walker

UP NEXT
Bowling Green will be back at the Stroh Center this Saturday (Feb. 5) to host Northern Illinois for a 5:00 p.m. tip-off.

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