BG Wins Easily vs. Chips

Well, MAC MBB is full of surprises.  EMU pushes the Rockets to the edge....Kent loses....and BG coasted past CMU for a 22-point win on the road.

How about that?  It was a drama-free joyride to victory.  BG led by 10 with 15 to play in the first.  The game was never closer than 10 for the last 32 minutes. In fact, it was never closer than 20 for the last 25 minutes of the game. The lead got as high as 32 and CMU never got closer than 21 in the second half.

Remember, CMU game in struggling to score and playing average defense.  BG scored 1.21 points per possession--BG is scoring really well in MAC play.  When you do that, just need average defense to win, but BG did better, holding CMU to .89, even at that being below their average.  Both offense and defense were winning numbers, hence the blowout.

BG shot the ball through the roof.  They tried 40% of their FGs from 3FG, made 57% from 2FG and 53% from 3FG.  You will not lose many games shooting like this, although BG did in Kalamazoo.  The Falcons continued to turn the ball over too much, but there was great offensive rebounding team and BG got to the line a lot and made 21 of 29 at the line.

Leon Ayers continued to scorch the nets.  He scored 24 points on 3 of 6 and 5 of 6 shooting (!).  He also made all 3 FTs....and did have 5 turnovers, but he continues to be an offensive machine.  Samari Curtis had 19, mostly on 14 of 16 at the line and 6 rebounds.  Agee played 15 minutes, scoring 6 points and 6 rebounds.  O'Neal provided some good minutes as well...with 6 points and 6 rebounds in 14 minutes. Metheny had 9 and made all of his 3FGs...Chandler Turner had 7 rebounds.

BG moves to 4-3 in the MAC...one of four teams in the MAC with that record. Next up is the Rockets, a team that plays much like BG does.  Should be a wild one...