Brief Fairmont State Preview

 So, BG opens the MBB season with an exhibition against Fairmont State tomorrow at the Stroh.  

Fairmont State is, first and foremost, the Falcons.  That doesn't happen too often.  What's weird is that their coach came from Notre Dame (not that one)   Further Falcon-oddness is the coach of the Fairmont Falcons coached at Notre Dame (not that one) the year before, so it was Falcon on Falcon.

Fairmont State is in Fairmont, WV and they are a high-level DII team.  They won their conference tourney last year (and one game in the NCAA Tourney) and they are ranked #22 in the DII rankings this year.

They were a big scoring team last year, #6 in DII.  They had two guys score 20 PPG, which is not something you see very often.  One of them, Dale Bonner, transferred to BAYLOR, who is the defending national champion.  The other is Isaiah Sanders, a 6'5" SR who is a very efficient scorer.  He shot 54% overall and 49.5% from 3FG.  He also made 90% of his FTs and averaged 6 RPG.

They also return Cole Vanhandorf, who scored 14 PPG and Zyon Dobbs, 11 PPG and 5 RPG.

BG played them in 2019 and the Falcons won by 22.  The Bowling Green Falcons.

A story in The Blade says that BG's health is coming around.  Huger didn't think Matiss would play, but he is practicing full court and is expected to be back.  Caleb Fields is also not expected to play, but he's also not expected to have a problem for the regular season.