Simon Secures 50th Win At BGSU As Falcons Romp Rival Rockets For Valentine’s Victory

Saturday, February 14

Bowling Green, Ohio

5 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

16-10,7-6MAC

Toledo

13-13,7-6MAC

Toledo

Bowling Green

Photo by: Drake Harlett, BGSU Athletics

Simon Secures 50th Win At BGSU As Falcons Romp Rival Rockets For Valentine’s Victory

February 14, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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Campbell Leads Team In Points And Assists For Ninth Time This Season

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

Ziggyville Attendance: 891
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team took down the Toledo Rockets Saturday (Feb. 14) in front of a packed Stroh Center, 80-70. The Falcons emphasized a strong defensive attack that held Toledo to just 39.1-percent from the field and 70 points. On the offensive end, Bowling Green was paced by Javontae Campbell's 19 points, followed by 16 from Josiah Shackelford and 16 from Sam Towns with Shackelford and Towns combining for seven of BGSU's 11 three-pointers. The win moves Bowling Green to 16-10 on the season while being 7-6 in the MAC, now tied for fourth in the conference standings with Ohio and Toledo, two teams the Falcons have topped.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Toledo won the opening tip and went on a 5-0 run, but the Falcons matched with a Javontae Campbell layup and a Sam Towns three. Toledo moved in front again with BGSU adding a Troy Glover II free throw. A three from Campbell made it 9-7 BGSU at the first media timeout.
Toledo tied it after the break, but a back-and-forth followed beginning with a Campbell three-pointer and then a Campbell layup. From there, Aiden Goins took over with an and-one, but a 7-0 Toledo run swung the score to them, 21-17, at the under-12 media break.
Out of the break, the first BGSU points came from a Josiah Shackelford tip-in. A free throw from Glover and a layup from Towns pulled the Falcons within one, 23-22. A UT jumper made it 25-22 at the under-8 break.
After the stoppage, Shackelford and Goins each made one at the line before a Goins layup to put the Falcons in front followed by two free throws from Goins for a 28-25 lead. Toledo made one at the line, but Towns answered with a three. A jumper from Mayar Wol made it a 33-26 Falcons at the final media timeout of the first half.
The back-and-forth continued after the break with field goals from Campbell and Wol for BGSU, but Toledo pulled within a possession, 37-35, with a 7-0 run at the halftime buzzer.
Justin Thomas opened the second half with a corner three for the Falcons. Glover kept the momentum going with a slam off a Campbell feed followed by another three, this time from Shackelford, for an 8-0 start to the half for BGSU. Toledo ended the run, but Shackelford answered with a quick layup. Both Shackelford and Towns added two free throws, stretching the Bowling Green advantage to 51-40 at the first media timeout of the second half.
Out of the break, Goins tallied two to begin a back-and-forth. Towns splashed a triple before a Campbell layup. Toledo worked for two three-pointers, but Shackelford answered with one of his own for a 61-48 lead at the under-12 media break.
Each team added a three after the timeout with Shackelford hitting BGSU's. Toledo worked for a 4-0 burst, but threes from Javon Ruffin and Towns were separated by a Campbell layup for an 8-0 BGSU run in response. Toledo made a jumper and called timeout with a 72-57 BGSU lead. Toledo worked for a 5-2 stretch out of the break with Campbell making a layup for the Bowling Green tallies, resulting in a 74-62 score at the under-8 media timeout.
Down the stretch, Thomas and Campbell added layups for the Falcons plus two at the line from Campbell to lead Bowling Green to the 80-70 Valentine's victory.

STAT LEADERS

Javontae Campbell: 19 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals
Josiah Shackelford: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists
Sam Towns: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, 1 steal
Aiden Goins: 10 points, 4 rebounds
Troy Glover II: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks

FALCON STAT FACTS

The win marks the 50th for the Falcons under head coach Todd Simon and evens the season series, as well as Simon's career mark, against Toledo.
As a team, the Falcons made 11 three-pointers, just one shy of their season high, currently set at 12 against Kansas State on Dec. 1. This is the third time this season the Falcons have made 11 in a game, doing so against Bucknell (Nov. 24) and Siena Heights (Dec. 22).
Bowling Green had just seven turnovers in the game, the fewest for the Falcons since posting seven against Aquinas on Dec. 7. They had fewer only once this season with six against Le Moyne on Nov. 9.
Javontae Campbell led the Falcons in scoring with 19 and assists with five. This marks the ninth time this season that Campbell has solely led the Falcons in both points and assists in the same game.
Campbell added three steals for Bowling Green, giving him 85 this season. The mark gives him sole possession of second in the BGSU single-season record book and moves up into a tie for seventh in the MAC single-season records.
Josiah Shackelford tallied 16 points, tied for the second on the team, and led the team in rebounding for the second time this year, hauling in seven boards.
Sam Towns matched Shackelford's scoring total with 16 of his own, including a new career-high four three-pointers in the game, going 4-of-6 from behind the arc to lead the team.
Troy Glover II continued his defensive prowess, swatting away three more blocks in the game. Glover now has 24 blocks over the last 12 games as well as eight over the last two.
Aiden Goins led the BGSU bench unit with 10 points in 10 minutes. Goins now has four double-digit scoring efforts this season with two of the four coming in the last four contests.

QUOTE FROM COACH SIMON
"Really proud of their effort. We dialed in. Obviously, the first game we felt like we had some self-inflicted wounds that didn't close that one. We wanted to finish was a big theme. We said, this was a game we wanted to win by double-digits and not leave any doubt. The guys stepped up and handled their business, most importantly on the defensive end. And then took care of the ball, obviously, that was a major emphasis, getting those turnovers down and making solid plays. They executed the game plan, there were some things offensively we wanted to do. Guys did a good job executing and staying focused and we're happy with the result."

UP NEXT
The Falcons will remain at home for their next game, hosting the Kent State Golden Flashes on Tuesday (Feb. 17) for a 7 p.m. tip at the Stroh Center. The theme at the Stroh will be Mardi Gras.

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