Falcons Register Second-Most Points In Program History With 131-50 Win Over Aquinas

Sunday, December 7

Bowling Green, Ohio

4 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

7-3,0-0MAC

131

Aquinas College

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Aquinas

Bowling Green

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Photo by: Drake Harlett, BGSU Athletics

Falcons Register Second-Most Points In Program History With 131-50 Win Over Aquinas

December 07, 2025 | Men's Basketball

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By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team bounced back on Sunday (Dec. 7) with a dominant, 131-50, win over Aquinas College. The Falcons threatened multiple program records, including the most points in a game, the best shooting percentage in a game and the most steals in a game. For fans that came to both the women's game against Defiance at 1 p.m. and the men's game against Aquinas, they witnessed Bowling Green outscore their opponents 249-85 across the two games in the Stroh Center. The men's team moves to 7-3 on the season with one more non-conference home game, hosting Chicago State on Dec. 16, before the MAC schedule begins at Ohio on Dec. 20.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Javon Ruffin started the scoring for the day with two at the line. Sam Towns added a jumper before the first Aquinas points, coming with a three. Troy Glover II continued the BGSU scoring with a layup before a Towns layup as well. Aiden Goins added two for a 10-9 Bowling Green lead at the first media timeout with Aquinas making two threes in the midst of the Falcon scoring.
Coming out of the timeout, the Falcons put together a 16-2 run. Goins got it started with two layups before back-to-back layups from Mayar Wol. Josiah Shackelford joined in with a pair of layups before another from Wol made it 26-11 to force an Aquinas timeout, doubling for the under-12 media break.
After the timeout, Aquinas stopped the run with a three. Two at the line from Thomas started BGSU's scoring followed by two Goins layups, including an and-one on the second. Thomas kept the run going with a triple for a 10-0 run before the next Aquinas points, building a 37-14 lead.
Javontae Campbell got a second-chance bucket to fall before a Goins layup. The Saints made a three, but the Falcons went back to work with a Thomas layup for a 43-19 lead at the under-8 media timeout.
Makhi Leach joined the scoring with a free throw before back-to-back Camden Karel baskets and then two Wol free throws, building a 7-0 run and 50-19 lead. Aquinas hit a three, but Wol answered for the Falcons with one of his own. Glover and Towns added layups before the next Aquinas points, pushing the lead to 57-24.
The two teams traded buckets with BGSU's coming from Leach. A three from Thomas and two Campbell free throws kept it going for the Orange and Brown. Thomas slammed home a dunk before two Towns free throws. Campbell closed out the half with three free throws for a 71-26 advantage at halftime, including a 12-0 run going into the break.
The second half began with a Glover hook shot before a Ruffin three and Ruffin jumper, creating a 19-0 run across the half for the Falcons before Aquinas' first second half points.
The Saints hit a three, but the Falcons followed with a 12-0 run going into the under-16 media timeout. Ruffin began with a layup followed by one from Thomas and another from Goins. A fast break dunk from Thomas kept it going before layups from Wol and Goins, building a 90-31 lead.
After the stoppage, Goins made two at the line before an Aquinas layup to end the run. The Falcons went back to work with two at the line from Leach for a 94-33 score. Aquinas made a basket, but a three from Shackelford and a jumper from Jason Kimbrough Jr. pushed the lead to 99-35 at the under-12 media timeout. A free throw from Karel after the break gave BGSU 100 points for the first time this season.
For the Falcons, Thomas knocked down a three, pushing him past 20 points for the night, followed by a Glover slam dunk for a 105-38 lead at the under-8 media timeout.
For Bowling Green, Kimbrough made two at the line followed by layups from Leach and Shackelford before a Goins three and two free throws from Goins as well as two from Kimbrough for a 118-41 score.
Leach continued the BGSU scoring with a layup before one from Kimbrough as well. Karel chipped in with two points in the paint and then a free throw later. Kimbrough kept it going with a three followed by another triple, this time from Alijah Adem, for the 131-47 final.

STAT LEADERS

Aiden Goins: 24 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block
Justin Thomas: 20 points, 4 steals, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks
Mayar Wol: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks
Jason Kimbrough Jr.: 11 points, 4 steals, 3 assists, 2 rebounds
Javontae Campbell: 7 points, 9 assists, 7 rebounds, 6 steals, 2 blocks

FALCON STAT FACTS

The Falcons finished with 131 points, the second-most in program history behind only the 136-point game against Siena on Dec. 4, 1989. The Falcons concluded with a 68.6-percent shooting mark, coming close to the program record of 70.2-percent against Duquesne on Feb. 12, 1979.
In the first half, the Falcons put together their best offensive half of their season, shooting 69.2-percent from the field while scoring 71 points. The half produced a 45-point halftime lead, the largest for BGSU this year.
As a team, Bowling Green swiped 25 steals and forced 30 turnovers. This is the second time this season BGSU has had 25+ steals in a game this season after posting a program record 27 against Bethany College on Nov. 6.
The Falcons also set new season-highs for assists and blocks. Bowling Green registered 26 assists while swatting nine blocks. The assist total is the most for the Falcons since having 25 against Ohio Dominican on Dec. 29, 2022.
Aiden Goins and Justin Thomas both eclipsed 20 points in the game with Goins finishing with 24 and Thomas with 20. The Falcons have now had six different players this season log a 20-point game.
For Goins, the 24 points are a career-high, including his 9-for-11 from the field and his perfect 5-for-5 at the line. Goins also led the team in scoring, becoming the seventh different Falcon to have at least a share of the team lead in scoring in a game this season.
For Thomas, he was perfect shooting for the night, going 8-for-8 from the field, 3-for-3 from three and 1-for-1 at the line. His 20 points also marked a new career-high.
Javontae Campbell flirted with a quadruple-double for the Falcons. He scored seven points while leading the team in assists with a season-high nine, rebounds with seven and steals with six.
Mayar Wol logged 15 points for the Falcons while filling out his stat sheet with a season-high six rebounds, a season-high two assists and a season-high two blocks.
Jason Kimbrough Jr. tallied a career-high 11 points and added a career-high four steals. He was also a perfect 4-for-4 at the free throw line, now 8-for-8 on the season.
Alijah Adem recorded a career-high three points, including his first collegiate field goal. He added his first two collegiate rebounds as well.
Makhi Leach registered a career-high nine points while Camden Karel hauled in six rebounds, matching his career-high, and tallied his first BGSU block.

QUOTE FROM COACH SIMON
"Proud of the bounce-back effort. The guys did a good job correcting some of the inefficiencies we had yesterday just in terms of the look and feel of intensity. Making shots, making free throws, overemphasis on sharing the ball, I thought we achieved all those objectives. I was happy with the depth and everybody playing well."

UP NEXT
The Falcons will have a brief hiatus with exams this week, but will remain at home for their next game. Bowling Green will host Chicago State on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at the Stroh Center with a 7 p.m. tip.

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