Triumph in the Bronx

The Falcon's men's basketball team rolled easily over Fordham Saturday night in the Bronx, with a 67-46 victory over a team in the midst of a huge amount of turmoil.  Their interim coach was playing without his leading scorer on a team that had trouble shooting the ball in the first place, and the Falcons took full advantage, holding the Rams to 23.8% shooting from the field for the game.  I haven't seen anything on it, but I suspect it has been a long time since a team  shot that poorly against us.

Even beyond that, it could have been a lot worse. BG had a season-high 19 turnovers, and that could have been even bigger. Still, this is a team that has had some close games, and a road blow out is always a welcome thing. BG shot 51% which is also unusual.

Another interesting thing on our team is that we are not really going to the 3 much, as seem to be really pushing the ball inside. In fact, BG only tried 8 threes.

NCAA Basketball Stats

As you can see here, the game was close for a while, but BG locked down Fordham in the last 5 minutes of the first half and blew the game wide open.

NCAA Basketball Stats

Dee Brown had another nice game, with 14 points and 7 boards. Otis had 9 and 11 (although there were 6 turnovers), and Scott Thomas hit double figures with 10. Danny McElroy also had 8 points in one of his better games, and Marschall had 8 too.

With their third straight win, BG now pops over .500 and now has a 4-3 record. There's a break coming now for finals, and then the Falcons Magical December Mystery will head back to New York state.