Campbell Ties Program's Single-Game Steals Record As Falcons Best Le Moyne, 83-60

Sunday, November 9

Bowling Green, Ohio

2 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

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Le Moyne

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Le Moyne

Bowling Green

Photo by: Jack Walsh, BGSU Athletics

Campbell Ties Program's Single-Game Steals Record As Falcons Best Le Moyne, 83-60

November 09, 2025 | Men's Basketball

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BGSU Advances To 3-0 For First Time In 11 Years, Second Time Since 1999

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team continued their winning streak to open the season, topping Le Moyne, 83-60, Sunday afternoon (Nov. 9) inside the Stroh Center. The win moves BGSU to 3-0 to start the season for the first time since 2014-15 and the second time since 1999-2000. For the Falcons, Javontae Campbell led the way with his second-straight 20-point game, finishing with 23, while also swiping a career-high eight steals to tie the program's single-game steals record. The Falcons will now take their 2025-26 campaign on the road for the first time, facing Davidson on Saturday (Nov. 15).

HOW IT HAPPENED

Le Moyne began the scoring with two, but a Josiah Shackelford three answered. The same sequence followed with another Shackelford three before another Dolphins basket for a 6-6 score.
Javon Ruffin made three at the line and later hit a three from the floor, but Le Moyne continued to respond, taking a 14-12 lead into the first media timeout.
After the timeout, a mid-range jumper from Shackelford tied it at 14-14. Le Moyne added a basket, but two at the line from Javontae Campbell again tied it up.
Troy Glover II found a driving Sam Towns for a layup to give the Falcons the lead. The Dolphins answered with a three for a 19-18 lead at the under-12 media timeout.
Le Moyne hit a three after the break, but the Falcons went to work. A layup for Campbell was followed by a Mayar Wol jumper to tie it at 22-22. A free throw from Justin Thomas pushed BGSU in front 23-22 at the under-8 timeout.
The Dolphins moved out to a 25-23 lead, but a layup for Thomas off a steal tied it at 25-25. Campbell swiped a steal of his own, making a fast break layup for a 27-25 BGSU lead, prompting a timeout from Le Moyne.
The back-and-forth continued with Le Moyne tying the score after the timeout, but a Shackelford steal and slam swung the score back to the Falcons. He later added two at the line to match a Dolphin basket for a 31-30 score.
Le Moyne jumped back in front with a 34-31 lead. A pair of layups from Campbell separated by a second-chance layup from Towns helped make it a 37-36 BGSU lead at the midway point.
The Falcons opened the second half scoring with Campbell finding Thomas for a layup. Towns and Thomas both followed with threes to open the second half with an 8-0 run.
The teams began trading points from there with a jumper from Glover and a three from Campbell for a 50-41 BGSU advantage at the first media timeout of the second half.
Shackelford kept it going with two at the line, but Le Moyne matched with a layup. Wol hit a jumper for BGSU before Campbell converted an and-one off his own steal for a 57-43 score.
Le Moyne managed for a 5-0 run from there, cutting the score to 57-48 at the under-12 media timeout of the second half.
Campbell kept the scoring going followed by layups from Ruffin and Glover for a 6-0 BGSU run. Le Moyne made a layup before the teams traded threes with Ruffin and Wol both sinking one each for a 69-53 Bowling Green lead at the under-8 media timeout.
Le Moyne made two at the line before a Shackelford dunk. The Dolphins made a layup, but a Campbell and-one answered before a Shackelford layup for a 76-57 score at the final media timeout of the second half.
For the Falcons, Campbell kept the scoring down the stretch with two at the line. Towns hit a three and Wol added two more at the line, ending the game with a 7-0 run for an 83-60 final score.

STAT LEADERS

Javontae Campbell: 23 points, 8 steals, 6 rebounds, 4 assists
Josiah Shackelford: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block
Javon Ruffin: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist
Sam Towns: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 assist, 1 block
Mayar Wol: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assist, 1 steal, 1 block
Justin Thomas: 8 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 steal

FALCON STAT FACTS

With the win, the Falcons are off to a 3-0 start to the season for the first time since 2014-15 and just the second time since 1999-2000. The 3-0 home start is also the first for BGSU since the 2020-21 campaign.
Javontae Campbell swiped eight steals for the Falcons, tying the program record for steals in a game. Campbell is just the fifth player in program history to do so and the first since Zack Denny against Morgan State on Nov. 26, 2016.
For the second-straight game, Campbell added a 20-point scoring effort, finishing with 23 after having 24 against Bethany College on Thursday (Nov. 6). Campbell is now up to 10 20-point games as a Falcons and two this season. Campbell was also perfect from the line (6-for-6) and added four offensive rebounds to match his career-high.
Josiah Shackelford tallied a season-high 18 points for the Orange and Brown over a season-high 31 minutes of action. Like Campbell, he was also perfect from the free throw line, going 4-for-4.
Sam Towns tallied 10 points for the Falcons while also hauling in a team-high seven rebounds. He filled out his stat line with a career-high three steals, one assist and one block.
Javon Ruffin led the Falcon scoring off the bench with 11 points, including a perfect 3-for-3 from the line. He also added a season-high three rebounds.
Justin Thomas stuffed the stat sheet for the Falcons, beginning with a season-high eight points. He added four assists, tying for the team lead, as well as three rebounds and a steal for the Falcons.
Bowling Green has now scored 80+ points in all three of their games to open the season for the first time since 1996-97. The Falcons are currently averaging 95.3 points per game.
As a team, the Falcons went 16-of-17 at the free throw line for a 94.1-percent clip. The mark is the highest for the Falcons since shooting 90-percent against St. Thomas last season on Dec. 21, going 18-of-20 in that contest.
Each win this year for Bowling Green has come against a new opponent all-time, bringing the list of unique defeated teams to 270 in program history.

QUOTE FROM COACH SIMON
"Proud of this group for translating. They practice hard every day, we don't really have any bad days. They are really tight knit, support each other, lift each other up. So it was good to see them over the course of 40 minutes. The little things are what excite me about this group where we're able to play a full 40 minutes. It's really really hard to defeat Division I teams by two possessions, three possessions, four possessions. That's really hard to do. I just thought our depth and team unity is able to kind of really show itself over a 40-minute game."

UP NEXT
The Falcons will hit the road for the first time this season for their next contest. BGSU will head to North Carolina to face Davidson on Saturday (Nov. 15) with a 6 p.m. start. Bowling Green will then return home to host William & Mary on Nov. 19 for a 7 p.m. tip.

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