BGSU Athletics Announces All-Anderson Men’s Basketball Team

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Bowling Green, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University Athletics Department has announced the selection of the All-Anderson Men's Basketball Team in conjunction with a year-long celebration of the final year of Anderson Arena titled “Closing The Doors Of The House That Roars”.

The 13-person All-Anderson Team was selected via nominations through the official website of BGSU Athletics, BGSUFalcons.com. A review panel then made the final selections. The team will be honored at the final regular season men's basketball game to be held in Anderson Arena against Buffalo on either March 4 or 5. The time of that contest is yet to be announced.

The 13 BGSU men's basketball players selected to the All-Anderson Team represent 19 First Team All-MAC selections, four MAC Players of the Year and six members of the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame. As well, eight of the 13 players were either selected in the NBA Draft and/or played in the NBA.

BGSU announced a gift of $8 million from Kermit F. and Mary Lu Stroh on March 1, 2008, with $7.7 million earmarked for the Stroh Center, a new convocation center on campus. Bowling Green broke ground on the new arena on Sept. 3, 2009 and the facility will open in time for the 2011-12 athletic season. The volleyball, men's and women's basketball, and gymnastics programs will all use the Stroh Center as their new home.

The entire All-Anderson Men's Basketball Team, with bios, is listed below:

ALL-ANDERSON MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
Cornelius Cash, 1972-75
Antonio Daniels, 1993-97
Bob Dwors, 1962-65
David Greer, 1979-83
Colin Irish, 1979-84
Shane Kline-Ruminski, 1991-95
Howard Komives, 1961-64
Keith McLeod, 1998-02
Marcus Newbern, 1978-82
Jim Penix, 1968-70
Walt Piatkowski, 1965-68
Anthony Stacey, 1995-00
Nate Thurmond, 1960-63

Cornelius Cash – Cash played at BGSU from 1972-75 and is one of only two players in program history with 1,000 career points and rebounds. He is 22nd in scoring at BGSU with 1,245 career points and second in rebounding with 1,068 boards. He holds the single season record for blocked shots at Bowling Green with 59 during the 1973-74 season and has three of the top seven rebounding seasons in program history. His 396 boards in 1972-73 rank third, his 350 in 1974-75 rank fifth, and his 322 caroms in 1973-74 rank seventh. For his career, he averaged 13.5 rebounds per game and his 93 career blocked shots are sixth in school history. Cash was one of only four players in BGSU annals who was a three-time first team All-MAC player (along with Howard Komives, Nate Thurmond and Jim Darrow) and was a second team NABC All-District player following the 1973-74 season. He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the 1975 NBA Draft and played in six games with the Detroit Pistons during the 1976-77 season.

Antonio Daniels – Daniels played at BGSU from 1993-97 and is the third-highest NBA Draft pick in program history, being selected No. 4 overall to the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1997. He holds the school record for free-throws made and attempted in a game when he went 18-for-20 in a contest against Akron. As a senior, he averaged 24.0 points per game and shot 55 percent from the field, leading BGSU to a share of the MAC regular season crown. The 767 points scored that season rank as the second most in program history and the 24.0 points per game are fifth. For his career, Daniels scored 1,789 points, ranking fourth in program history. He scored a career-best 38 points in his final game as a Falcon, a heart-breaking 98-95 loss at West Virginia in the NIT. Along with his prolific scoring totals, Daniels was also a distributor and defensive stopper, finishing second in career assists with 563 and fifth in career steals with 162. His 216 assists in his senior season are the third most at BGSU and his 73 steals that year are second all-time. Daniels also showed he could shoot from long-range, knocking down 39.6 percent of his three-point attempts in his career, ninth best in program history. He was an honorable mention AP All-American as a senior and first team NABC All-District. The MAC also honored him as Player of the Year in 1997 and second team all-conference as a junior. Daniels was elected to the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007, his first year of eligibility. After completing his career at Bowling Green, he played 12 seasons in the NBA with Vancouver, San Antonio, Portland, Seattle, Washington, and New Orleans for a grand total of 867 games. In 1999, he won an NBA Championship with the San Antonio Spurs.

Bob Dwors – Dwors played at BGSU from 1962-65. He scored a career-high 41 points in a game at Syracuse on Jan. 29, 1965, which ranks as the 15th most points scored in a game in school history. He also had a 40-point game at Marshall on March 6, 1965, making him one of five players in school history with two 40+ point games in his career. He averaged 23.0 points per game as a senior and led the team in rebounding in each of his final two seasons with the Falcons. As a sophomore, Dwors was a member of a team that won a MAC title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. That squad pulled off the biggest win in program history, a 92-75 victory over eventual National Champion Loyola (ranked No. 2 at the time of the game), and the team defeated Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament. Dwors was a first team All-MAC player in 1964-65 and was an NCAA Postgraduate Scholar. He was selected to the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.

David Greer – Greer played at BGSU from 1979-83 and his teams went a combined 74-42, including a remarkable 51-8 at home in The House That Roars. During his time, the team won two regular season conference titles and finished second twice. He holds almost every passing record in program history, including career assists (768), assists in a season (242), assists per game in a season (7.6), and assists in a game with 15 against Marshall on Dec. 30, 1980. He holds three of the top six single-season assist seasons in school history, including the top two with 242 in 1981-82 and 217 in 1982-83. In fact, he has 205 assists more than any other BGSU player ever had. Greer's 85.3 percent free-throw shooting during the 1981-82 season ranks as the 10th best performance in school history. He was named a first team All-MAC player following the 1982-83 season and was also team MVP that year. Greer was named to the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999.

Colin Irish – Irish played at BGSU from 1979-84 (he received a redshirt after playing just four games during the 1981-82 season) and his teams went a combined 92-52, including 61-11 in Anderson Arena. During his time wearing the Falcon uniform, his teams won two regular season conference championships and placed second twice. He ranks fourth in school history with 871 career rebounds and eighth with 1,567 career points, shooting 49.8 percent from the field. An incredibly consistent performer over the course of his career, Irish was a second team All-MAC player twice and was team MVP following the 1979-80 season. Following his career at BGSU, Irish was picked in the fifth round of the 1984 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets.

Shane Kline-Ruminski – Kline-Ruminski played at BGSU from 1991-95 and the team went 24-3 at home during his junior and senior seasons. He finished his career ranked 14th in program history with 1,427 points, averaging over 17.0 per game in each of his final two years. Kline-Ruminski shot 59.6 percent from the field for his career (second best in program history), including a school-record 68.3 percent (181-of-265) as a senior. His 623 career rebounds are 13th most at BGSU and his 86 career blocked shots are eighth. During his senior year, he lead the team in scoring, rebounding, and steals and was named first team All-MAC after being named to the second team as a junior and being named to the MAC All-Freshman Team in 1992. Kline-Ruminski was named team MVP in each of those final two seasons and he was a second team NABC All-District player in 1995.

Howard Komives – Komives played at BGSU from 1961-64 and his name is littered all across the school record book. He set the records for most field goals attempted in a game with 41 and most free-throws attempted in a game without a miss by going 17-for-17 against DePaul in 1964. He is also first in career scoring average at 25.8 points per game. Among other BGSU records he holds are field goal attempts in a season (672 in 1963-64), field goal attempts in a career (1,506), field goals made in a season (292), and points in a season (844). His teams went a combined 54-21 in three years and were almost unbeatable at home, finishing 33-1 in The House That Roars. He won MAC Championships in 1962 and 1963, advancing to the NCAA Tournament both seasons. The 1963 team pulled off the biggest win in program history, a 92-75 victory over eventual National Champion Loyola (ranked No. 2 at the time of the game), and the team defeated Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament. Despite playing just three years of varsity basketball, he ranks third all-time at BGSU with 1,834 career points (the two players in front of him both played four seasons). Komives averaged 21.0 points per game as a sophomore, 20.2 points as a junior, and then an amazing 36.7 points as a senior to lead the country in scoring, which also stands as the highest average in program history. He was deadly from the free-throw line, making 84.7 percent of his attempts during his career. Komives scored 50 points in a 1964 game against Niagara and also had eight other 40-point games to his credit, easily the most in BGSU history. He was both an Associated Press and United Press International Third Team All-American in 1964 and was first team All-MAC in all of his three seasons. He was named NABC All-District three times, including a first-teamer as a senior, and was named to the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1970. Following his collegiate career, Komives was selected in the second round of the 1964 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks. He enjoyed 10 seasons in the NBA, playing with the Knicks, the Detroit Pistons, the Buffalo Braves, and the Kansas City-Omaha Kings. He was named to the NBA's All-Rookie Team in 1964-65 and twice ranked in the top six in the league in assists per game. Interestingly, he was traded to the Pistons in 1968 in a deal that involved two future NBA Hall of Famers – Walt Bellamy and Dave DeBusschere.

Keith McLeod – McLeod played at BGSU from 1998-02, guiding the Falcons to a 79-41 record in four seasons, including 47-7 in Anderson Arena. He ended his career ranked second in school history with 1,895 career points, averaging 22.9 points as a senior. As someone who always found a way to get to the free-throw line, he attempted an unbelievable 27 charity shots in one game against Ole Miss in 2001 and holds the BGSU record by making 552 free-throws in his career. McLeod scored a career-high 42 points in a game against Buffalo in 2002 and his 755 points that season rank as the third most in program history. He is ninth in the school record book with a 17.1 career scoring average. Although he had a tremendous ability to score, McLeod was an all-around threat and ranks fourth in program history with 176 career steals and eighth with 306 career assists. His 89 three-pointers made during the 2001-02 season are second most in school history and his 199 for his career are also second. He shot 39.9 percent (199-of-499) from long range during his tenure, sixth-best at BGSU and was a remarkable 51-of-107 (47.7 percent) during the 1999-00 season, the best percentage by a Falcon with at least 100 attempts. Following the 2002 season, he was named Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American and was a CollegeInsider.com All-American. He was named MAC Player of the Year as a senior and second team All-MAC as a junior, while being named first team NABC All-District in 2002. He played in the NBA from 2003-07, spending time with the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Utah Jazz, the Golden State Warriors, and the Indiana Pacers, while scoring over 1,000 career points.

Marcus Newbern – Newbern played at BGSU from 1978-82 and the team went 67-46 in his four years, including 47-9 at home in Anderson Arena. During his time, the Falcons won a MAC regular season championship and finished runner-up twice. He finished his career ranked 11th in program history with 1,504 career points and shot 49.4 percent from the field. During his senior season, he led the team with 20.1 points per game and was named first team All-MAC as well as team MVP and second team NABC All-District. He was named a team captain as both a junior and senior.

Jim Penix – Penix played at BGSU from 1968-70 after transferring in for the beginning of his junior season from Penta Tech Community College (now Owens Community College). He is the only member of the All-Anderson Team who played just two seasons at BGSU, but he left his mark in a short time. Penix led the team with 19.5 points per game during the 1970 season and was named MAC Player of the Year, one of only four BGSU players to achieve that honor. He served as team captain and was named the team's Most Valuable Player following his senior season. After the season, he was selected in the fourth round of the NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.

Walt Piatkowski – Piatkowski played at BGSU from 1965-68 and is one of the more decorated athletes in BGSU history. In just three seasons, he scored 1,577 career points, good for seventh in program history. He was an immediate threat, averaging 18.4 points as a sophomore, 22.3 as a junior and then 24.0 as a senior, the fourth most in a single season in program history. His 21.6 career scoring average is the third highest at BGSU. Piatkowski scored a career-high 44 points in 1966 against Marshall. He was also a strong rebounder and ranks ninth all-time by averaging 8.6 rebounds per game for his career and 12th in total rebounds with 628. Following the 1968 season, Piatkowski was named a Converse Honorable Mention All-American. He was twice named second team All-MAC and then named first team All-MAC as a senior. Three times he was selected as the team's MVP and he was twice named third team NABC All-District. After his collegiate career was over, Piatkowski was selected in the eighth round of the 1968 NBA Draft by the San Francisco Warriors. He ended up playing three seasons in the ABA, two with the Denver Rockets and one with the Floridians. He was selected All-Rookie First Team after averaging 12.2 points per game. Piatkowski was elected to the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1989.

Anthony Stacey – Stacey played at BGSU from 1995-00 and is the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,938 career points and the all-time leader in steals with 226. He played just five games during the 1997-98 season due to injury but his other four teams went a combined 76-41, including 45-6 in Anderson Arena. His 72 steals in the 1996-97 season rank as the third most in program history and his 61 in 1998-99 are sixth. Stacey could also step outside and he shot 44.1 percent (30-of-68) from three-point range during the 1998-99 season, good for eighth best at BGSU. He was twice named a first team All-MAC player and was named the team's MVP three times. In 2000, he received the MAC Player of the Year award and was a first team NABC All-District player, just a year after being named to the second team. In 1996, he was named the MAC Freshman of the Year.

Nate Thurmond – Thurmond played at BGSU from 1960-63 and was later named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. A 1985 NBA Hall of Fame selection, Thurmond was an immediate contributor at Bowling Green. In his final two seasons, the Falcons went 40-12, including 21-1 at home, won two MAC Championships and played in two NCAA Tournaments. He ranks 18th in career scoring at BGSU with 1,356 points, but his biggest impact was felt on the boards. He holds almost every Bowling Green rebounding record including most rebounds in a game (31), most rebounds in a season (488), highest single season rebounding average (18.7 per game), and most career rebounds (1,295). He is one of only two players in school history with 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. His career scoring average of 17.8 points per game ranks eighth in school history and he holds three of the four highest single season rebounding totals in program history. For his career, he averaged a remarkable 17.0 rebounds per game. He was a 1963 UPI Second Team All-American and was named a Consensus Second Team All-American during the same season. Three times he was named first team All-MAC and he was twice named second team NABC All-District. Following the completion of his career, he was selected with the third overall pick of the 1963 NBA Draft by the San Francisco Warriors and went on to have a tremendous career with the Warriors (both as San Francisco and Golden State), the Chicago Bulls, and the Cleveland Cavaliers. All told, he played 14 NBA seasons and averaged 15.0 points and 15.0 rebounds per game over a 964-game career. Thurmond played in seven NBA All-Star games and was named to the NBA's All-Defensive Team five times. His 14,464 career rebounds are the eighth most in NBA history. Thurmond was named to the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1975.

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