Falcons Get D1 win with easy win over Presbyterian

The Falcons have lost a couple games they were expected to lose and now they won one they were supposed to win, beating the Presbyterian College Blue Hose 67-45 in Cancun.  They will play to win the "Mayan Division" tomorrow at 4 against Oral Roberts, who edged Georgia Southern by a basket today in the second game.

The Falcons bolted out to a 7-1 lead on the way to leading by 14 at halftime.  Six minutes into the second half, the Blue Hose had sliced the lead down to 8, but BG reasserted itself, winning the rest of the game 26-13 to take the easy win.

The Falcon shooting woes melted away today.  BG shot 57% from the field--still only 2 of 9 from beyond the arc--but it was enough, especially when PC was held to 31% shooting for the game.  Turnovers were slightly in BG's favor, while the rebounding and free throws favored the Blue Hose.  Presbyterian had 19 free throws on 17 fouls by BG.  They were only 1o of 19.  BG has been one of the worst FT shooting teams in the country so far, and shot 63% which is 8% above average.

Anthony Henderson had his best game of the season, with 17 points on 7 of 11/2 of 4 shooting.  Jehvon Clake shot 3 of 9 again, but he did provide 9 assists over 1 turnover.  Cam Black had 12 points and 14 rebounds.  He is getting more boards this year--7 a game, where he has been around 4 a game for his other 3 seasons.

Spencer Parker also added 12 and Holmes added 10.

Chauncey Orr remains out, and it sounds like the knee is continuing to be an issue.  Tisdale added 19 minutes and 18 for Sealey, both pretty unproductively.  DeMarkeo Lyshe played 13 minutes, which was a little bit of a surprise...the team is a little short at guard.

For those of you scoring at home, Josh Gomez played 1 minute.

BG now 2-3 and 1-3 in D1 play.