BG Beats "Roos"

BG beat the Kansas City Roos with relative ease on Saturday in front of 1,561 at the Stroh Center.  KC kept within reach the whole way, but the Falcons never trailed in the game and won by 10 with a maximum lead of 15.  The Roos never got closer than 6 in the second half.

The Roos played without Anderson Kopp, their 2nd leading scorer.  DJ Smith, Sam Towns and Jamai Felt were unavailable for the Falcons.

It was BG's fifth straight win and the Falcons are now 7-3 for the year.  They play their final D1 game of the year Tuesday in front of screaming school children.

The game was played at a relatively slow 68 possessions.

BG scored 1.16 points per possession, which is a nice offensive game. BG shot 56% from 2FG and 27% from 3FG.  Overall, that's a 49% EFG, which is slightly below average.  Pair it with low turnovers, good rebounding and a huge FT disparity and 18 of 21 at the line for the Falcons, and you get a good offensive game.

BG also held KC to 1.01 points per possession, well below the NCAA average. They made 47% and 29% for a 45% EFG. They did a little worse than BG for turnovers and were decent on their offensive boards, and were largely sunk by the huge FT disparity.

Today was BG's third game in a row under 30% from 3FG and their 7th of the season. The Falcons are just under 30% for the year and #298 in the country in 3FG shooting.

I mention only because Marcus Hill is a significant force in BG's offense.  No doubt, he is a scoring machine. It didn't seem like the Roos really focused on him, but I can guarantee that the teams in the MAC will put a little more pressure on him.  I feel like BG has lacked for another outside scorer if that happens.  They will eventually need to resolve that in MAC play.

Great to see the Falcons making FGs today.  Even Agee was 2-2.

Hill had another night.  He was 6 of 13 from 2FG and 4 of 8 from 3FG.  Add 5-6 at the line and 5 boards.  Quality night of offensive basketball.

Jason Spurgin had 20, on 6 of 11 and 1 of 3 shooting and 7-8 at the line. Also 5 rebounds.

Agee double-doubled, with 10 points on 4 of 5 shooting and 2-2 at the line and 12 rebounds.  In 22 minutes.

PJ Edwards had 8 rebounds.  Thomas had 4 assists over 0 turnovers.

Enjoying seeing the team win and looking forward to seeing them continue to improve.