BGSU Battles Capital University In Exhibition Contest Thursday

Thursday, November 2

Bowling Green, OH

6:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Capital

October 30, 2017 | Men's Basketball

By: by James Nahikian, BGSU Athletic Communications

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team hosts Capital University this Thursday (Nov. 2) inside of the Stroh Center for an exhibition matchup. Tip-off is slated for 6 p.m. and admission is $5. Bowling Green will play just one exhibition game before traveling to Drexel on Nov. 10 to open the regular season.

It's time for some basketball! @BGSUMHoops takes on Capital University in an exhibition contest at the Stroh Center this Thursday. #AyZiggy pic.twitter.com/jpSx16JFbw
— BGSU Athletics (@BGathletics) October 30, 2017

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
There are a number of ways to follow the game on Thursday. First off, a live stream will be available on BGSUFalcons.com. Additionally, a live stats link can be found on BGSUFalcons.com, and live in-game tweets will be provided at @BGSUMHoops on Twitter.

LOOKING BACK
Last year, Bowling Green also played Capital in an exhibition game. On that day (Nov. 4, 2016), the Falcons picked up a 71-56 victory over the Crusaders. Rodrick Caldwell scored 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting, while also adding three rebounds and three assists. Zack Denny led the Orange and Brown with 18 points. The Falcons forced 15 Capital turnovers, shot 49.0 percent from the field, and held the Crusaders to a 34.5 percent mark shooting the basketball.

HUGER BACK FOR YEAR THREE
Michael Huger returns for his third season as head coach at his alma mater. The Falcons improved their win total in conference play by two games in 2016-17. Huger led BGSU to signature home wins over Toledo and Akron during his second season in charge. The 2017-18 season will mark the first season since 2013-14 that BGSU has had a head coach in his third season.

THE BABY FALCONS
Bowling Green will be one of the youngest teams in the country in 2017-18. Nine of BGSU's 13 players are either freshmen or sophomores, while six players are freshmen. Matt Fox is the only senior on this year's team. Of BGSU's six freshmen, five of them are true freshmen, including Nelly Cummings, Joniya Gadson, Derek Koch, Matiss Kulackovskis and Daeqwon Plowden.

SIGNATURE WINS
In 2016-17, Bowling Green recorded a pair of signature wins during Michael Huger's second season as head coach. In an epic double-overtime thriller, Bowling Green defeated Toledo by a score of 104-100 on Feb. 4, 2017. The win snapped Toledo's six-game winning streak over the Falcons, and marked BGSU's first victory over Toledo since Feb. 11, 2012. The Falcons also knocked off Akron 17 days later, 66-65. The win, which snapped Akron's 17-game winning streak over BG, marked the Falcons' first victory over Akron since March 1, 2009.

THE SENIOR FOX
Matt Fox started his career as a walk-on, but in 2017-18, he will be the lone Falcon on the roster. Fox has appeared in 65 games as a Falcon, and had a career year last season. He shot 37.5 percent (33-of-88) from downtown, and averaged career highs in points (4.2) and rebounds (1.7), while also dishing out a career-high 17 assists.

MAJ & TWON
Forward Demajeo Wiggins and guard Antwon Lillard return for their third seasons in the Orange and Brown. Wiggins, who averaged 10.0 points and 7.8 rebounds last season, led the team with six double-doubles. Lillard set career highs in rebounds (4.2) and assists (1.5), while averaging 7.9 points. Wiggins started all 32 games in 2016-17, while Lillard made 17 starts.

THE SOPHOMORE BACKCOURT
By the end of last season, then freshmen Rodrick Caldwell and Dylan Frye emerged as the Falcons' starting backcourt. Frye earned a spot on the MAC's All-Freshman team by averaging 8.9 points and shooting over 40.0 percent from three-point range. Caldwell, who averaged 6.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists as a freshman, started 11 of BGSU's final 12 games in 2016-17. Frye started the final 15 games for the Orange and Brown.

BACK FROM INJURY
Redshirt-freshman Justin Turner and redshirt-junior Jeffrey Uju suffered injuries last season, but both saved a year of eligibility by redshirting in 2016-17. Turner, rated as a three-star prospect coming out of high school by Rivals.com, appeared in four games last season, while Uju averaged 4.5 points and 5.0 rebounds in his two games of action.