A season-high 2,426 fans were on hand to watch the Bill Frack Challenge contest. The Falcons trailed by as many as 10 points in the first half, but the Orange and Brown engineered a late comeback to tie the score at 35-35 heading into the intermission. BGSU opened the second half on a 7-0 run and never looked back.
COACH HUGER QUOTE
"We picked it up the last four or five minutes of the first half, and got ourselves back into the game. We were able to sustain that in the second half, and then some. [But] the difference in the game was our defense."
FALCON FACTS
• The Falcons are 5-0 at home for the first time in Stroh Center history. Bowling Green last began a season 5-0 at home in 2008-09. The 2008-09 team won its first six games at home.
• All five of BGSU's home wins in 2018-19 have been double-digit victories.
• Inside the Stroh Center this season, Bowling Green is outscoring its opponents by an average of 23.6 points, and outrebounding its opponents by an average of 14.6 rebounds. BGSU is shooting 48.6 percent at home, while holding its opponents to 35.5 percent shooting.
• Taking into account a 29-point win over Green Bay on Dec. 8, the Falcons have now won back-to-back games by 25-plus points for the first time since the 1996-97 season. In March of 1997, BGSU earned consecutive wins over Central Michigan (99-70) and Toledo (94-69).
• The Falcons held Findlay to 33.3 percent (21-of-63) shooting for the game, marking the fifth time this season that BGSU has held an opponent under 40.0 percent shooting. Last season, BGSU held an opponent under 40.0 percent shooting four times across the entire campaign.
• Bowling Green has won three-straight Bill Frack Challenge/Tournament games. The Falcons are 4-3 in the Bill Frack Challenge/Tournament all-time.
• Under head coach Michael Huger, Bowling Green is 8-4 in non-conference games against Ohio-based institutions.
• Bowling Green improves to 10 games over the .500 mark (30-20) in non-conference games under head coach Michael Huger.
• Bowling Green is now 56-16 against the University of Findlay all-time.
• The Falcons entered the game ranking second in the nation in rebounding average. BGSU pulled down 49 rebounds to bump that average up to 46.2 for the season.
• Bowling Green has won the rebounding battle in six-straight games. Bowling Green has posted 10-plus more rebounds than its opponent in seven separate games.
• Bowling Green dominated the specialty statistics on the day, scoring more points off turnovers (15-3), while also having more paint points (32-18), second-chance points (16-2) and fast-break points (19-0).
• Bowling Green shot 42.1 percent (8-of-19) from downtown – BGSU's highest three-point percentage since shooting 47.8 percent (11-of-23) at St. John's on Nov. 9, 2018.
• The Falcons have now shot above 40.0 percent from three-point territory in back-to-back games, marking the first time that has happened since January of 2018.
• For the second-straight game, all 14 Falcons saw action on the court.
PLAYER NOTES
• Redshirt-sophomore guard Justin Turner finished the game with 22 points, six rebounds and four assists. Turner has scored 20-plus points 16 times in his career, including six such games in 2018-19. Turner is averaging 22.4 points in games played at the Stroh Center this season.
• Turner bumped his scoring average up to 19.4 points per game in 2018-19, which ranks third in the Mid-American Conference.
• Junior guard Dylan Frye went 5-for-5 from downtown, marking the first time a Falcon has gone 5-for-5 from downtown since Zack Denny's epic performance in a 104-100 double overtime win over Toledo on Feb. 4, 2017.
• Frye, who scored 16 points on the afternoon, has now made 128 career triples. With three more treys, Frye will move to 10th all-time at BGSU in three-point makes. He's hit multiple triples in 36 games across his career.
• Frye's five triples tied a career high. He's now made five three-pointers in one game a total of five times.
• Senior forward Demajeo Wiggins finished two rebounds shy of his 10th double-double on the season, as he posted 14 points and eight rebounds.
• Redshirt-senior forward Jeffrey Uju scored in double figures for the second time this season. Uju registered 11 points and eight rebounds.
• Sophomore forward Daeqwon Plowden collected nine points and nine rebounds. Over the last seven contests, Plowden is averaging 7.2 points and 7.2 rebounds.
• Additional scoring off the bench for the Falcons included efforts from junior guard Michael Laster (2), junior forward Marlon Sierra (4), senior guard Antwon Lillard (6) and senior guard De Andre' Austin (1).
UP NEXT
• Bowling Green remains at home to take on Western Carolina at 1 p.m. on Dec. 21.
• Following the Western Carolina contest, the Falcons will conclude their non-conference slate with a Dec. 30 matchup versus Tennessee-Martin at 2:30 p.m.