bg
76
Morgan St. Morgan 3-6,0-0 MEAC
86
Winner Bowling Green BGSU 3-5,0-0 MAC
Morgan St. Morgan
3-6,0-0 MEAC
76
Final
86
Bowling Green BGSU
3-5,0-0 MAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Morgan St. Morgan 42 34 76
Bowling Green BGSU 34 52 86

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | MSU Athletics Communications

Bowling Green's Second Half Surge Upends Bears

Score: Morgan State 76,  Bowling Green 86
Location: Stroh Center, Bowling Green, Ohio 
Records: Morgan State 3-6 | Bowling Green 3-5
The short story: Senior guard Malik Miller scored a game-high 24 points with 14 rebounds as Morgan State connected on 10 3-pointers, however, Bowling Green rallied for an 86-76 win, in non-conference action Saturday afternoon at the Stroh Center.

OPENING TIP
  • Miller connected on 11-of-17 from the floor and collected his fifth double-double of the season and it was his third time recording 20 or more points.
  • Senior guard Isaiah Burke added 22 points (4-10 3FG) with three assists in 35 minutes.
  • Senior forward Khalil Turner finished with 12 points (4-6 FG) and added four rebounds with a block and a steal. 
  • Leon Ayers III scored 22 points with four boards, three assists and three steals to lead the Falcons. 
  • Samari Curtis added 18 points (7-8 FT) and Rashaun Agee finished with 17 points and nine boards.
     
THE DIFFERENCE
  • The Bears jumped out to a 13-5 over the first four minutes of the game and outplayed the Falcons throughout most of the first half.
  • Bowling Green attempted 13 more free throws than the Bears in the first half … Morgan used 11-4 run to build a 32-20 lead and would go on to hold a 42-34 lead at the intermission
  • Morgan connected on 8-of-14 3-pointers in the first half, while the Falcons were held to 2-of-8 shooting from downtown.
  • The Bears opened the second half with a 6-0 spurt to give the Bears its largest lead at 48-34 lead as the Falcons went on a 4-minute scoring drought.
  • The Falcons used a 9-0 run to trim the lead … Agee completed a lob, followed by a 3-pointer buried by Curtis to cut the Bears lead to 49-45 – timeout on the court with 13:25 remaining.
  • The Falcons began finding their range from downtown during the run … Ayers hit a 3-pointer and was fouled on a putback by Ty Horner, who fouled out of the game … Ayers completed the 3-point play, as part of a 15-3 run, to tie the game at 51-51 with 12:03 remaining.
  • Lightfoot scored on an and-one to take the lead at 56-55 with 11:04 remaining.
  • The Falcons were in the double-bonus following a Toto Fagbenle offensive charge with 10:37 left to go.
  • Kamron Hobbs hit the 10th 3-pointer of the day for the Bears on an inbounds pass from Miller to put the Bears ahead 62-61.
  • Will Thomas scored on a putback to trim the lead to 69-68, but the Falcons responded with a 3-point play when Agee was fouled by Lewis who picked up his fifth foul with 3:53 remaining.
  • Bowling Green turned over the Bears 15 times and scored 22 points off those miscues.
  • The Falcons out-rebounded the Morgan by a 38-36 margin.
  • Morgan shot .453 (29-of-64) from the field, compared to Bowling Green's .463 (25-of-54). Morgan shot .455 (10-22) from beyond the arc, while the Falcons connected on 6-of-18 (.333) from 3-point range.
  • The Bears held a 22-17 advantage in second chance points.  
  • Morgan led for 29:34 out of the 40 minutes, while Bowling Green led for 9:32.
  • Bowling Green scored 52 points in the second half, including 6 turnovers and limited the Bears to just two 3-pointers.
 
NOTABLE
  • Saturday's game marked the second meeting between the teams in basketball action – Bowling Green leads the series 2-0.
  • Tyler Horner picked up his fourth foul with 60 seconds remaining in the first half.
  • Morgan's coach Kevin Broadus was ejected from the game for arguing a call on the floor with the Bears trailing 75-70 with 1:55 remaining … Curtis converted 4-of-4 from the stripe to extend the Falcons' lead to 79-70.
 
UP NEXT
The Bears will continue non-conference play when they play host to Penn State Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday, Dec. 7. Tip-off is set for 6:00 p.m. at Hill Field House.



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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
 
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