McComb III, Greer Post Career Nights For Falcons Friday Against Bellarmine

Friday, November 17

Bowling Green, Ohio

7 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

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Bellarmine

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Bellarmine

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Photo by: Lauren Laudato, BGSU Athletics

McComb III, Greer Post Career Nights For Falcons Friday Against Bellarmine

November 17, 2023 | Men's Basketball

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McComb III Tallies Career-High, Team-Leading 15

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team returned home to the Stroh Center against Bellarmine Friday night (Nov. 17). The Falcons saw flashes from sophomore Anthony McComb IIII and freshman EJay Greer with both posting career nights across the stat sheet. McComb led the team in scoring with 15 while Greer posted eight points for the Orange and Brown. However, it was Bellarmine that snagged the 85-67 final to move BGSU to 2-2 on the season. The Falcons will play a trio of games in as many days next weekend in Montreal.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Rashaun Agee made the first basket of the game, but Bellarmine put together an 8-0 run before the first media timeout to take an 11-4 lead into the break.
A 5-0 run for the Knights stretched their lead 17-6 before the Falcons started chipping away, holding Bellarmine scoreless for over five minutes of game action.
During the scoreless streak for Bellarmine, the Falcons added five points of their own to trim the score to 17-11.
Another 5-0 run for the Falcons continued to cut into the lead, making it a 20-16 lead for the Knights before a 22-16 score going into the final media timeout of the half.
The Falcons and Knights traded baskets through the end of the half to head to the locker room with a 29-21 score.
The second half began with the two teams trading 5-0 runs to make it a 36-30 score with Bellarmine leading.
The Knights tallied a 10-0 run out of the first media timeout of the second half, pushing their lead to double-digits at 50-32.
The lead for Bellarmine reached 20 at 62-42, but back-to-back buckets for Bowling Green cut the deficit down to 62-47 at the under-8 timeout.
Back-to-back threes from DaJion Humphrey and Anthony McComb III continued to work down the Bellarmine lead, getting it to just 11 at 68-57.
The Knights rebuilt their lead with a 9-0 run to push the advantage back to 20 with the score at 79-59 with just over two minutes left.
Bowling Green and Bellarmine traded baskets through the end of the game with an 85-67 final score.

STAT LEADERS

Anthony McComb III: 15 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block
DaJion Humphrey: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist
Rashaun Agee: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal
Jason Spurgin: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists
EJay Greer: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal

FALCON STAT FACTS

As a team, the Falcons logged a season-high 14 assists. Jason Spurgin led the way with a season-high four assists.
Bowling Green had four players reach double-digit points for the first time this season with Anthony McComb III (15), DaJion Humphrey (12), Rashaun Agee (11) and Jason Spurgin (10) hitting the mark.
McComb had a career night for the Falcons with a career-high 15 points. He played a season-high 18 minutes and recorded his first block as a Falcon. From the field, McComb went 5-for-10 while shooting 2-of-6 from three and 3-of-5 from the free throw line, all career highs.
Freshman EJay Greer joined in on the career-night. Greer posted eight points, his most as a Falcon, while adding his first two rebounds, his first assist and his first steal over a season-high 18 minutes played.
In addition to leading the team in assists, Spurgin tied for the team-lead in rebounds with six and added 10 points. Of his 10 points, six came from behind the arc with a career-high two three-pointers.

TODD WALKER RADIO CALLS
Greer And-One
Spurgin Finds Cutting Greer
Agee Slam
McComb Board, Bucket, And-One
McComb And-One
Postgame Interview with Assistant Coach Bryce Martin

QUOTE FROM COACH SIMON
"Obviously, we're disappointed in the performance and the result. We had a couple of really good days of practice following Oakland. I think it's just one of those things; we got behind the eight ball. They hit a couple threes early off of our mistakes, but we have to be able to shoot the ball. That's the bottom line, we haven't shot it well. We practice, we chart everything and we shoot well, and it goes in. Especially the free throws have gotten in our head a little bit maybe. So it has to start there because you're getting too many open looks to get back on your heels defensively because of long rebounds. It starts a little bit there on that end of the floor and we have to find that and hopefully, maybe, that second half will stretch. Maybe we start to get a little confidence in our perimeter game. On the other end of the floor, we just lost too many one-on-one battles. There's no scheme, there's nothing we can do if we can't guard the ball one-on-one. Bellarmine is exceptional at moving and cutting and making you guard for 30 seconds. This is a great early season test of that and we didn't pass the test."

UP NEXT
The Falcons will be off for a week before heading north of the border to Montreal, Canada for the Northern Classic on Nov. 24-26. Bowling Green will face three opponents in three days, beginning with Western Kentucky at 7 p.m. on Nov. 24. BGSU will then go against Lipscomb at 7 p.m. on Nov. 25 before wrapping up play in Montreal on Nov. 26 against Canisius at 4 p.m.

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