Bowling Green To Host Hampton For School Day Game Tuesday Morning

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University men's basketball team will continue their five-game homestand on Tuesday (Dec. 19), hosting the Hampton Pirates. The Falcons and Pirates are set for an 11 a.m. tip inside the Stroh Center for what will be the School Day Game for Bowling Green this year.

Opening Tip
The Falcons and Pirates will be meeting for the third time in program history with BGSU taking the first two games. This will mark the third of five straight home games for Bowling Green. The Falcons head into the game with a 7-3 record, tied for second in the MAC, and have held five of their last six opponents to a field goal percentage below 40%.

At The Game
Tuesday's game will be the School Day Game, welcoming a number of schools throughout the region to the Stroh Center and continuing a multi-year partnership with BGSU basketball and local schools. Fans planning to attend the game should plan for a louder environment. General attendance will be relocated to the Anderson Club seating for this contest.

Prior to the game there will be a special presentation for the team intro video. The video features a holiday light show to a Trans-Siberian Orchestra song. The video show may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.

A Bowling Green Win Would…

Grant the Falcons a season-best six-game win streak, the longest since winning eight-straight during the 2019-20 campaign.
Move BGSU to 8-3, the best start to a season through 11 games since beginning the 2020-21 season with a 9-2 record.
Tie Ball State atop the Mid-American Conference standings.
Continue the month of December with an undefeated 4-0 record.

Scouting The Pirates
Hampton will enter with a 4-6 record on the season and have won two of their last three games, averaging 97.3 points per game over the stretch. The two wins came against Virginia University of Lynchburg and Mary Baldwin before falling short to No. 20 James Madison after leading at halftime. The other wins for Hampton have come against Mid-Atlantic Christian on Nov. 9 and Florida Golf Coast on Nov. 18. The Pirates are paced by Tedrick Wilcox Jr. and Kyrese Mullen with both averaging over 15 points and Mullen just shy of a double-double with 9.1 rebounds per game.

BGSU v. Hampton, A History
Bowling Green and Hampton have played twice before in program history with the Falcons taking both games. The first meeting came in a neutral site game in Detroit, Mich. at the Legends Classic on Nov. 19, 2018. BGSU tallied a two-point win with an 81-79 final. The second meeting came last season on Dec. 11 with the Orange and Brown claiming an 86-72 final. In last year's game, Rashaun Agee led the team in both points (14) and rebounds (8).

Agee Three Away From Milestone
Rashaun Agee is currently three points away from joining the 1,000-point club. Agee has accumulated 997 career points across all levels of collegiate basketball and is just three away from the mark. Of his 997 points, 391 have come in the Orange and Brown. During the 2021-22 campaign, Agee tallied 604 with Casper College. His other two points came at New Mexico State in 2020-21. For his entire career, Agee has averaged just over 14 points per game.

First Half Hall
Against Kansas City, Marcus Hill tallied 23 points in the first half alone, marking the first 20-point half by a Falcon this season. Hill finished with a team-high 29 points. So far this season, Hill has posted 29 or more points three times. He's the only player in the MAC to have three or more games with 29 points or more. Eastern Michigan's Tyson Acuff has two while four other players have done so once.

Dedicated To Defense
The Falcons have been one of the best teams defensively in the MAC so far this season, giving up just 65.8 points per game, second behind only Akron (64.5). Additionally, Bowling Green tops the MAC in defensive field goal percentage, holding their opponents to a mark of 40.1%. The next-best mark in the conference is Miami (OH) at 42.6%. Over the last six games, the Falcons have held five opponents to under 40% shooting with an average mark of 37.1% over the five-game stretch.

Regulars In Rebounding
The Falcons currently sit atop the Mid-American Conference in the rebounding category, averaging 39.3 rebounds per game with the next team being Kent State at 37.7 boards per contest. BGSU also leads the conference in defensive rebounds with 29.0 per game. Individually, BGSU is the only team with three or more players in the top 11 for rebounds. Rashaun Agee is fourth with 7.6 rebounds per game while Sam Towns is eighth with a mark of 6.5 and Jason Spurgin is 11th at 5.9.

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