Friday, March 15
Cleveland, OH
9:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
71
vs
67
Northern Illinois (Semifinals)
BGSU Beats NIU To Advance To MAC Championship Game For First Time In 17 Years
Fri, Mar, 15 | Men's Basketball
Falcons face Buffalo tomorrow night with a trip to the NCAA Tournament on the line.
Box Score
Post-Game Audio: Coach Huger With Todd Walker
Post-Game Press Conference: Huger, Turner & Frye
Game Highlights: Northern Illinois vs. Bowling Green
Photo Gallery: BGSU Marketing / Communications
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team defeated Northern Illinois University, 71-67, on Friday (March 15) night in the MAC Tournament Semifinals. The ballgame was played inside Quicken Loans Arena. With the win, BGSU advances to the MAC Championship Game for just the fourth time in school history.
Prior to this season, the Falcons last appeared in the MAC Championship Game in 2002. Bowling Green has never won the MAC Tournament. The Falcons will play nationally-ranked and top-seeded Buffalo at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2 for a trip to the NCAA Tournament. BGSU last qualified for the MAC Tournament in 1968.
MAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TICKET INFORMATION
The BGSU ticket office will be open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday morning to place orders for the MAC Championship Game (877-BGSU-TICKET). Tickets will be in Sections 124, 125, C124, and C125. Tickets are $34 for the public and $10 for students. Will call pick up will be in the lobby of the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel from 2-3 p.m. All tickets will then be brought to Quicken Loans Arena and will be available to be picked up at 6:30 p.m. on the Southeast side of the arena.
After storming out to a 46-23 halftime lead, Northern Illinois climbed all the way back to tie the game in the second half. With the score tied at 58-58 with 3:29 to go, the Falcons, in a stretch that would decide the game, went on a 7-0 run over the next 1:09 to take a 65-58.
The game-defining stretch featured two Dylan Frye free throws, a Justin Turner jumper, and a Turner steal that turned into a fast-break triple from Frye. NIU cut the lead down to three points on two separation occasions, but in both instances, Frye free throws regained a multiple-possession cushion.
Frye had another huge night for the Falcons, tying his season high with 25 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Daeqwon Plowden collected eight rebounds for the second-straight game, while also adding 12 points. Justin Turner finished with 14 points and two assists.
Demajeo Wiggins added eight points and four rebounds. Every other Falcon that played – Caleb Fields (3), Jeffrey Uju (3), Michael Laster (2), and Marlon Sierra (2) – entered the scoring column.
COACH HUGER QUOTE
"All credit goes to Northern. They did a very good job of fighting. They fought hard and they gave themselves a chance to win. We did a very good job of sticking together and we fought, we fought and got some stops when we needed to get them at the end. We were able to string together a couple consecutive stops and that's when we went on our run to get up seven."
TODD WALKER RADIO CALLS
• #DeepFrye
• Another #DeepFrye
• F I 3 L D S
• Plowden Three-Pointer
• Turner Triple
• Laster Takes The Charge
• #Gluju And-One
• Frye Beautiful Layup
• Clutch #DeepFrye
• Turner Tough Jumper
• Dagger #DeepFrye
• FALCONS WIN!!!
ADDITIONAL NOTES
• Bowling Green will be playing in the MAC Championship Game for just the fourth time in school history. BGSU, which has played in the conference title game in 2002, 1983 and 1980, has never won the MAC Tournament.
• The Falcons are one win away from advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1968.
• Bowling Green moves to 22-11 on the campaign with the victory, marking just the 10th time in program history that the Falcons have won 22-plus games in one season.
• Bowling Green has won 22-plus games for the first time since the 2001-02 team went 24-9. The Falcons have now won 22-plus games for just the fourth time since 1950.
• BGSU has won multiples games in the MAC Tournament for the fifth time in school history (1980, 1982, 2002, 2016, 2019). Two of those seasons have taken place under head coach Michael Huger.
• Bowling Green moved to 4-3 in the MAC Tournament in the Michael Huger Era. The Falcons are 3-3 versus the Huskies under head coach Michael Huger.
• BGSU pushed its record versus Northern Illinois in the MAC Tournament to 3-3. The Falcons are now 24-36 in the MAC Tournament all-time.
• Bowling Green will finish the 2018-19 season with a 9-1 record against MAC West institutions.
• BGSU won the battle on the glass by a 33-31 margin. Bowling Green has out-rebounded its opponent in 24-of-33 games in 2018-19.
Post-Game Audio: Coach Huger With Todd Walker
Post-Game Press Conference: Huger, Turner & Frye
Game Highlights: Northern Illinois vs. Bowling Green
Photo Gallery: BGSU Marketing / Communications
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team defeated Northern Illinois University, 71-67, on Friday (March 15) night in the MAC Tournament Semifinals. The ballgame was played inside Quicken Loans Arena. With the win, BGSU advances to the MAC Championship Game for just the fourth time in school history.
Prior to this season, the Falcons last appeared in the MAC Championship Game in 2002. Bowling Green has never won the MAC Tournament. The Falcons will play nationally-ranked and top-seeded Buffalo at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2 for a trip to the NCAA Tournament. BGSU last qualified for the MAC Tournament in 1968.
MAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TICKET INFORMATION
The BGSU ticket office will be open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday morning to place orders for the MAC Championship Game (877-BGSU-TICKET). Tickets will be in Sections 124, 125, C124, and C125. Tickets are $34 for the public and $10 for students. Will call pick up will be in the lobby of the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel from 2-3 p.m. All tickets will then be brought to Quicken Loans Arena and will be available to be picked up at 6:30 p.m. on the Southeast side of the arena.
After storming out to a 46-23 halftime lead, Northern Illinois climbed all the way back to tie the game in the second half. With the score tied at 58-58 with 3:29 to go, the Falcons, in a stretch that would decide the game, went on a 7-0 run over the next 1:09 to take a 65-58.
The game-defining stretch featured two Dylan Frye free throws, a Justin Turner jumper, and a Turner steal that turned into a fast-break triple from Frye. NIU cut the lead down to three points on two separation occasions, but in both instances, Frye free throws regained a multiple-possession cushion.
Frye had another huge night for the Falcons, tying his season high with 25 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Daeqwon Plowden collected eight rebounds for the second-straight game, while also adding 12 points. Justin Turner finished with 14 points and two assists.
Demajeo Wiggins added eight points and four rebounds. Every other Falcon that played – Caleb Fields (3), Jeffrey Uju (3), Michael Laster (2), and Marlon Sierra (2) – entered the scoring column.
COACH HUGER QUOTE
"All credit goes to Northern. They did a very good job of fighting. They fought hard and they gave themselves a chance to win. We did a very good job of sticking together and we fought, we fought and got some stops when we needed to get them at the end. We were able to string together a couple consecutive stops and that's when we went on our run to get up seven."
TODD WALKER RADIO CALLS
• #DeepFrye
• Another #DeepFrye
• F I 3 L D S
• Plowden Three-Pointer
• Turner Triple
• Laster Takes The Charge
• #Gluju And-One
• Frye Beautiful Layup
• Clutch #DeepFrye
• Turner Tough Jumper
• Dagger #DeepFrye
• FALCONS WIN!!!
ADDITIONAL NOTES
• Bowling Green will be playing in the MAC Championship Game for just the fourth time in school history. BGSU, which has played in the conference title game in 2002, 1983 and 1980, has never won the MAC Tournament.
• The Falcons are one win away from advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1968.
• Bowling Green moves to 22-11 on the campaign with the victory, marking just the 10th time in program history that the Falcons have won 22-plus games in one season.
• Bowling Green has won 22-plus games for the first time since the 2001-02 team went 24-9. The Falcons have now won 22-plus games for just the fourth time since 1950.
• BGSU has won multiples games in the MAC Tournament for the fifth time in school history (1980, 1982, 2002, 2016, 2019). Two of those seasons have taken place under head coach Michael Huger.
• Bowling Green moved to 4-3 in the MAC Tournament in the Michael Huger Era. The Falcons are 3-3 versus the Huskies under head coach Michael Huger.
• BGSU pushed its record versus Northern Illinois in the MAC Tournament to 3-3. The Falcons are now 24-36 in the MAC Tournament all-time.
• Bowling Green will finish the 2018-19 season with a 9-1 record against MAC West institutions.
• BGSU won the battle on the glass by a 33-31 margin. Bowling Green has out-rebounded its opponent in 24-of-33 games in 2018-19.