Falcons Fall To William & Mary Wednesday Night, 82-74

Wednesday, November 19

Bowling Green, Ohio

7 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

3-2,0-0MAC

William & Mary

3-2,0-0CAA

William & Mary

Bowling Green

Photo by: Drake Harlett, BGSU Athletics

November 19, 2025 | Men's Basketball

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Campbell, Shackelford Extend Double-Digit Scoring Streaks

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team hosted the William & Mary Tribe Wednesday night (Nov. 19) inside the Stroh Center. The Falcons created chaos defensively, forcing 18 turnovers, including 12 steals, in addition to five blocks. However, William & Mary was able to stay in front for the 82-74 final. The loss is the first at home this season for Bowling Green, moving them to 3-2 ahead of the Fort Myers Tip-Off next week.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Justin Thomas started the scoring in the game with a fastbreak layup off his own defensive rebound. William & Mary matched, but a Sam Towns layup pushed BGSU back in front.
Another fastbreak layup for Bowling Green, this time via Javontae Campbell, made it a 6-2 score, but a 5-0 burst from the Tribe made it a 7-6 score in favor of William & Mary at the first media timeout.
A three ball from Mayar Wol put the Falcons in front, but an and-one for William & Mary again matched. Towns slammed home a dunk and Troy Glover II sank a hook shot, but the Tribe continued to answer for a 14-13 score at the under-12 break.
William & Mary rolled their momentum into a 15-0 run after the timeout, building a 27-13 advantage with a BGSU timeout that stretched to the under-8 media.
A free throw from Josiah Shackelford ended the run, but a Tribe three followed. From there, BGSU put together a 6-0 burst to cut into the lead. Two Shackelford buckets separated by a Glover tip-in created the run for a 30-20 score.
The BGSU burst ended with two from the line for William & Mary. A three followed for a 5-0 run, but a layup from Camden Karel off a Shackelford assist made it 35-22 at the final media timeout of the first half.
A 4-0 spurt for the Tribe pushed the score to 39-22. Two at the line from Shackelford put BGSU back on the board, but William & Mary matched. Two more at the line, this time from Campbell, made it 41-26 at the halftime whistle.
William & Mary tallied the first points of the half, but a Towns layup answered for BGSU. Two at the line for Campbell added to the total, but a three for the Tribe followed.
Campbell worked for a second-chance and-one, but a layup for William & Mary continued the back-and-forth. Glover worked for a layup and foul of his own for a 48-35 score at the first media timeout.
A layup for the Tribe restarted the scoring, but two at the line from Towns answered. The back-and-forth continued with a three for William & Mary before a Javon Ruffin jumper.
Shackelford converted two at the line, but an and-one followed for the Tribe in response. The Falcons worked for two at the line from Thomas plus a Campbell layup. Ruffin and Thomas added layups as well for an 8-0 BGSU run, cutting the lead down to 56-49.
A layup from the Tribe ended the run, but a Shackelford jumper put the Falcons back in the scoring column quickly. Thomas added two at the line, but another basket for William & Mary kept the point trading going. The Tribe made a two, but a Thomas layup extended the call and response for a 62-55 score at the under-8 media timeout.
Four at the line for William & Mary came after the break, pushing the score to 66-55. Campbell made one at the line followed by a Tribe three and then another Campbell free throw. The Tribe added two for a 71-57 score at the under-4 media break.
An alley oop inbound for William & Mary restarted play, but Campbell worked for a steal and score followed by a BGSU timeout that counted for a media break with the score at 73-59.
Out of the timeout, Wol and Ruffin hit back-to-back threes for the Falcons for a 6-0 run, cutting the score down to 73-67 with a BGSU timeout pausing the action.
William & Mary made two at the line, but an outlet pass from Thomas quickly resulted in a Campbell second chance layup and a Tribe timeout with the score at 75-69.
Four at the line for William & Mary came after the break, but three at the line from Wol made it 79-72. The points at the line continued with three for the Tribe, pushing the deficit back to 10 at 82-72. Towns made the final basket of the game for the 82-74 final.

STAT LEADERS

Javontae Campbell: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals
Josiah Shackelford: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals
Sam Towns: 10 points, 8 rebounds
Justin Thomas: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks, 1 steal
Javon Ruffin: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists
Mayar Wol: 9 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist
Troy Glover II: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks

FALCON STAT FACTS

As a team, the Falcons had a season-high five blocks with Justin Thomas swatting three and Troy Glover II adding two.
Thomas recorded a season-high 10 points for the Falcons, his first double-digit scoring game of the year. BGSU has now had 10 different players log double-digits points in a game so far this year.
Glover was active defensively for the Falcons. In addition to his two blocks, which tied his season-high, he added a season-high three steals as well, tying for the team lead.
Javontae Campbell led the Falcons in both points (17) and assists (4). It marks the first time BGSU has a player lead in both stats this season, although Campbell led in points and tied for the lead in assists against Le Moyne with 23 and four.
Sam Towns just missed a double-double, finishing with 10 points for the Orange and Brown in addition to a team-leading and season-high eight rebounds.
Josiah Shackelford tallied 11 points for the Falcons. So far this season, only Shackelford and Campbell have scored double-digits in each of BGSU's five games.
Javon Ruffin played a season-high 29 minutes, finishing with nine points, a season-high five rebounds and three steals, to match his career-high.

QUOTE FROM COACH SIMON
"Obviously a disappointing night. I thought we had a really good couple days of preparation. At the end of the day, we couldn't put the ball in the basket and that's going to make it really difficult to beat anybody when you shoot 3-for-19 from three and turn it over 18 times. We didn't have any trouble with the press, but then when we got the ball in the half court we turned the ball over 18 times, it's going to be really hard to get a win. We need to get back to the drawing board. We've got to get more time in the gym, more shots and fix our problems."

UP NEXT
The Falcons will be back on the road for their next three games, beginning with the Fort Myers Tip-Off next week. The first game will be on Monday (Nov. 24) against Bucknell with a 12 p.m. start time. BGSU will then transition to facing VMI on Wednesday (Nov. 26) at 11 a.m.

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