MBB Loses to Wright State

While we were all transfixed by the drama unfolding on the Glass Bowl turf, BG's MBB played a road game against Wright State.  I will admit to having it relegated to a second screen.

Wright State won the game, 80-71, their third straight over BG. BG led for only :40 and there were six ties.  BG went on a 12-2 from late first to early second half and that's when they held their lead.  A 10-2 Raider run put them up 7 with about 5 gone in the first half. BG got it back to 3 with 9 minutes left, but from there Wright State controlled the game, keeping the lead between 4 and 8 until the final 2 minutes.

Overall, the game went the way you would expect from the preview.  It was fast paced--there were 77 possessions, which is important to know when you see that BG scored 71 points.

WSU shot 83% of their FGAs from 2FG and made 58% of their 2FGs and 30% of their 3FGs. That's an EFG of 56%. Meanwhile, BG took 35% of the FGAs from 3FG and made 21% and 49% from 2FG.  That's an EFG of 43%.

BG was 1-11 last year allowing 56% EFG shooting and 1-7 shooting 43%.

BG actually did better on turnovers and rebounds and FTs were essentially even.  But the shooting differential was too much to make up.

Leon Ayers III had 22 to lead the Falcons. He made 8-13 on 2FG and 1-4 from 3FG.  He also had 6 rebouonds. Samari Curtis had a rough 16, with 4 of 9 from 2 FG and 1 of 6 from 3FG and 5 assists over 2 turnovers. Agee had 12 on 3-5 and 1-3 shooting and also had 6 rebounds.

From a minutes standoint, BG started Agee, Ayers III, Metheny, Curtis and O'Neal.  O'Neal played 9 minutes and the others played normal starter minutes.  Off the bench, Mills played 22 and Turner 23...Towns 11, Elsasser played 7 and Lightfoot and Diarra each played 1.

So, BG falls to 2-1.  Next up is a really good St. Bonaventure team...it will be snowy there.