Defeat in Ypsi...Falcons continue to struggle to find consistency

One win, one loss.

And so it goes.

The Falcons continued to be unable to string any kind of success together, losing in a glacially-paced game in Ypsilanti Saturday, 55-50.  BG falls to 2-8 on the road, and as the standings look today, are the final team with home court for the first round of the MAC tournament.

I'll have more tomorrow.  In the meantime, a couple of things...

First, EMU is playing lock down 2-3 zone defense.  How is it their team plays the 2-3 very effectively in the coach's first season, and BG has used it for 5 years and always ended up ranked in the middle of the conference in defense?

Thanks to 2 missed free throws, BG had a chance to tie the game late with a 3, but had no timeouts and did not sound like they got anywhere near getting a shot off.

BG lost the game with 19 turnovers.  EMU had only 11.

There is always a chance for things to turn around, but we seem to be settling into a pattern....and that is to be a good team at home (though not great) and a poor team on the road...unless that changes, especially the second half of the equation, this is a .500 team at best.  And with everyone back this year, I just guess we'd hoped for something better than that.

Again, you can never tell.  Perhaps things will turn around Wednesday in Kalamazoo.  But, save the Temple game, this has been a season devoid of surprises...