Record-Setting Performance over VMI

This was one for the books.

BG played VMI, a game they were certainly favored to win. 

It was one-sided from the front.  BG led wire-to-wire.  The Falcons were up 7 into the first media timeout, and went up 11 (16-5!!) with 13 left in the half.  The lead would never be closer than 10 again.  With 2 minutes left in the half, BG went up 21.  BG led by 25 at the break. Four minutes into the second half, BG was up 30.  It got as high as 36, and ended at 81-48.

Wow.

According to kenpom, it was the 4th most dominant victory in D1 so far this year.  It is not close to BG's biggest margin of victory.  Even eliminating military bases and non-D1 schools, BG beat Miami (1962) by 50.

VMI simply could not make a basket.  They shot 20% OVERALL for the game.  That's 32% on 2FG and 11% on 3FG.  Overall, the EFG is 23%, which is the lowest against BG in the kenpom era, which would take you back to 1997.  VMI made only 10 baskets.  They made 25 free throws.

Just as remarkably, BG got 56% of the available offensive rebounds, which is #2 all time.  One sneaky little thing...BG had over 20% turnovers for their 3rd straight game.  That's something that will need to get corrected. as MAC play begins.

Mayar Wol was the leading scorer with 21 points off the bench. He was 3 of 4 and 5 of 7 shooting.  He's a real addition to this team.

Towns had 18 rebounds, which is amazing.  He also had 12 points, but 3 of 10 on 2FGs. Shackleford had 12 on 2 of 3 and 2 of 4 shooting. Troy Glover had 11 on 5 of 7 2FG shooting. 

Jason Kimbrough, seeing his first real minutes, had 5 assists in 13 minutes. 

Wol and Ruffin were +27.

So the team has the holiday off.  Monday, they head to Manhattan, KS to play Kansas State in their most challenging pre-MAC game.