BGSU Tallies 10th Win Before Holiday Break For First Time Since 1947-48; Fourth Time In Program History

Monday, December 22

Bowling Green, Ohio

2 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

10-3,1-0MAC

125

Siena Heights

1-2

Siena Heights

Bowling Green

125

Photo by: Drake Harlett, BGSU Athletics

BGSU Tallies 10th Win Before Holiday Break For First Time Since 1947-48; Fourth Time In Program History

December 22, 2025 | Men's Basketball

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Six Falcons Score Double-Digits, Led By Shackelford’s 21

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team bested the Siena Heights Saints Monday (Dec. 22) inside the Stroh Center, 125-66. The win marks the 10th of the season for the Falcons, the fourth time in program history with 10 wins before the holiday break and the first time since 1947-48. The win also marks the fourth straight for Bowling Green, their longest winning streak of the season. After a brief break, the 10-3 Falcons will resume MAC play on Dec. 30 against undefeated Miami (OH) with a 7 p.m. tip inside the Stroh Center.

Josiah Shackelford led BGSU's scorers with 21 points, including a season-high five three-pointers, his second 20-point game of the season. Shackelford was one of six Falcons to register double-digit points with a total of 13 different Falcons registering a tally in the scoring column. As a team, Bowling Green shot 58.8-percent from the field, the fifth time this season BGSU has shot above 50-percent in a game and the third time in the last four contests.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Troy Glover II started the scoring for BGSU with back-to-back buckets followed by a Justin Thomas layup for a 6-0 start. Siena Heights hit a three, but back-to-back triples from Josiah Shackelford made it a 12-3 BGSU lead at the first media timeout.
After the timeout, Siena Heights made two at the line to end the BGSU run. Makhi Leach answered with a layup, but a 5-0 run for the Saints followed, cutting the score to 14-10 at the under-12 media timeout.
Leach made a free throw after the timeout to put the Falcons back on the board. Layups from Javontae Campbell and Camden Karel kept the scoring going for a 22-10 advantage. Siena Heights made a jumper, but a 5-0 run followed with a Javon Ruffin three and Thomas layup, forcing a Saints timeout with a 27-12 BGSU lead.
Out of the break, Ruffin drilled another three followed by a Thomas fast break dunk and a Glover layup to keep the run going. Siena Heights added two layups, but a Mayar Wol basket made it a 36-16 BGSU lead at the under-8 media timeout.
After the break, Aiden Goins got an and-one to go to restart the scoring. Siena Heights answered, but another Goins bucket matched. Jason Kimbrough Jr. later joined the scoring with a three and a jumper, separated by a Siena Heights free throw. The back-and-forth resumed with a jumper for the Saints followed by a Sam Towns jumper for a 48-21 score at the final media timeout of the half.
Kimbrough added two at the line, but Siena Heights matched in the same fashion. Kimbrough sank a jumper, but two more at the line for the Saints again matched. A three for the Saints closed out the first half scoring with a 52-28 BGSU lead at the midway point.
Thomas started the second half scoring with a jumper. Siena Heights answered with three points, but Ruffin matched with a triple. The Falcons went back to work with layups from Towns and Campbell with Campbell's being an and-one. Towns added a dunk, but Siena Heights hit two at the line. Towns responded with a pair of free throws of his own. Glover made a layup before a back-and-forth started. For BGSU, Thomas and Glover each tallied two plus a Leach and-one and Squire layup for a 77-40 score at the first media timeout of the second half.
Siena Heights hit two jumpers out of the break, but a three from Wol and layup for Thomas came as the Bowling Green response. The Saints made a basket, but an and-one for Glover answered followed by two Shackelford free throws. BGSU kept it going with a Campbell dunk, a Leach layup and a Ruffin layup for a 93-49 advantage at the first called timeout of the second half.
Out of the break, Leach got an and-one to go, drawing the under-12 media timeout with the score at 95-49 and his free throw coming after the stoppage, making it for a 96-49 score. The Saints hit a three, but a layup from Wol and two free throws for Aiden Goins put the Falcons into triple-digits, 100-52. A dunk from Shackelford, a three from Wol and a Leach layup made it 107-54 Falcons at the under-8 timeout.
Bowling Green kept the offensive pressure on. Karel made a tip-in followed by a Shackelford three. A similar sequence followed with Squire and Karel tip-ins and another Shackelford triple. Leach and Shackelford both got layups to go before the final media timeout, leading 123-64. Down the stretch, each team added a basket with BGSU's coming from Mohamed Maxamud for the 125-66 final score.

STAT LEADERS

Josiah Shackelford: 21 points, 5 rebounds
Makhi Leach: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal
Troy Glover II: 13 points, 5 steals, 1 rebound, 1 assist
Justin Thomas: 12 points, 9 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 steal
Javon Ruffin: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals
Mayar Wol: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist
Javontae Campbell: 7 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 steals

FALCON STAT FACTS

With the win, the Falcons advance to 10-3 at the holiday break, the most wins for the team entering the holiday hiatus since Harold Anderson's Falcons did it three-straight seasons, the last being in 1947-48. The three seasons under Anderson and this year are the only times in program history it has happened.
Josiah Shackelford led the BGSU scoring with his second 20-point game of the season, finishing with 21. Shackelford hit a season-high five threes in the game, the first Falcon to do so since Javon Ruffin had five against Kansas State on Dec. 1.
Javontae Campbell filled the stat sheet for the Falcons with seven points, a team-high seven rebounds, six assists and a team-high six steals. Campbell has now led BGSU in at least one of points, rebounds or assists in nine of BGSU's 13 games this season, including five of the last six.
Makhi Leach registered a career-high 15 points for the Falcons, his first double-digit point game at the collegiate level. This season, BGSU has now had 11 different players log double-digit points in a game.
Playing just 13 minutes in his starting role, Troy Glover II made the most of his time, scoring a season-high 13 points while swiping a season-high five steals.
Justin Thomas narrowly missed a double-double. He finished with 12 points while adding a career-high nine assists. He completed his stat line with two rebounds and a steal.
Jason Kimbrough Jr. recorded nine points for the Falcons while hauling in a season-high three rebounds. He chipped in two assists and a steal for the BGSU effort.
Working back into the rotation after making his season debut against Chicago State last week, Preston Squire played a season-high 12 minutes while totaling four points, two rebounds and an assist for the Orange and Brown.
Mohamed Maxamud logged his first steal as a Falcon while adding two points to his state line for BGSU.
As a team, the Falcons scored 73 points in the second half, their most points in a second half this season. BGSU also registered a season-high 27 assists coming on a season-high 50 made field goals over the course of the game.
Bowling Green swiped 21 steals in the game, the third time this season the Orange and Brown have had 20+ steals in a game after posting 27 against Bethany College and 25 against Aquinas. Entering the season, the program record was previously set at 22 from 2013.

QUOTE FROM COACH SIMON
"Really happy with our performance. You see a lot of letdown games right before break and what not, especially coming off a big win. I thought our energy and effort level was on 100-percent and they shared the ball; 27 assists to nine turnovers is really disciplined. Especially when you get a little bit of a lead, you can start taking crazy risks and I don't think they did that. Our point guard leadership, between Javontae [Campbell], [Javon] Ruffin and [Justin Thomas] and then [Jason] Kimbrough Jr., were really good at that position; 20 assists to four turnovers out of that position was really good. It was good to see our four-headed monster at the five go for 30 [points] and 11 [rebounds]. Those guys all have been playing really good, played really good at Ohio and the rotation was good again today."

UP NEXT
The Falcons will take a brief hiatus for the holidays, but will resume play in just over a week with the thick of MAC play. Bowling Green will host the currently undefeated Miami (OH) RedHawks on Dec. 30 for a 7 p.m. tip inside the Stroh Center.

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