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FINAL
Mar 15, 2019

Game Recap

Bowling Green hangs on, beats N. Illinois to make MAC final. lan Frye scored 25 points, Justin Turner made a big late steal and Bowling Green hung on beat Northern Illinois 71-67 in the semifinals Friday night to advance to its first Mid-American Conference championship in 17 years.

Box Score

12T
NIU234467
BGSU462571
Northern Illinois Huskies logoNORTHERN ILLINOISMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
42Levi Bradley365-92-54-450001316
4Lacey James151-40-20-03100142
22Rod Henry-Hayes260-20-10-05000040
0Dante Thorpe352-71-40-04110545
10Eugene German3712-182-65-745204231
11Noah McCarty223-61-20-07102037
15Jaylen Key81-20-00-00001222
32Austin Richie40-20-20-01000010
5Zaire Mateen00-00-00-00000000
1Trendon Hankerson172-40-20-01010024
2Gairges Daow00-00-00-00000000
TOTAL-26-5448.1%6-2425.0%9-1181.8%30843132567
Bowling Green Falcons logoBOWLING GREENMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
1Demajeo Wiggins253-70-02-64110208
25Daeqwon Plowden305-82-30-080011312
3Caleb Fields251-61-40-01000023
10Justin Turner304-81-35-632101114
5Dylan Frye297-144-87-821002225
22Marlon Sierra101-20-00-03000102
13Jeffrey Uju161-20-01-44001023
0Michael Laster200-30-02-23300202
11Antwon Lillard151-30-10-02120122
TOTAL-23-5343.4%8-1942.1%17-2665.4%30842101271

Play-by-Play

1st halfniubgsu
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (19:36) Dante Thorpe Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (19:20) Daeqwon Plowden missed Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (19:20) Eugene German Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +2 (19:10) Eugene German made Layup.
    20
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (18:56) Foul on Lacey James.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (18:56) Demajeo Wiggins missed Free Throw.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (18:56) Bowling Green Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +1 (18:56) Demajeo Wiggins made Free Throw.
    21
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (18:41) Rod Henry-Hayes missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (18:41) Bowling Green Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (18:25) Justin Turner missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (18:25) Noah McCarty Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (18:12) Foul on Caleb Fields.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +1 (18:12) Eugene German made Free Throw.
    31
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +1 (18:12) Eugene German made Free Throw.
    41
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (18:02) Caleb Fields missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (18:02) Noah McCarty Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +3 (17:49) Eugene German made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah McCarty.
    71
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (17:26) Demajeo Wiggins made Jumper.
    73
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (17:05) Foul on Eugene German.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (17:05) Eugene German Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (16:42) Daeqwon Plowden made Layup.
    75
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (16:18) Noah McCarty missed Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (16:18) Daeqwon Plowden Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (16:11) Dylan Frye missed Layup.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (16:11) Eugene German Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (16:06) Eugene German Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (16:05) Demajeo Wiggins Steal.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (16:04) Demajeo Wiggins made Dunk.
    77
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +2 (15:35) Noah McCarty made Layup.
    97
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (15:25) Dylan Frye made Layup.
    99
  • (15:20) Official TV Timeout
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (15:04) Trendon Hankerson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (15:04) Jeffrey Uju Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (14:41) Caleb Fields missed Layup.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (14:41) Noah McCarty Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (14:29) Jaylen Key Turnover.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (14:16) Foul on Jaylen Key.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (14:02) Dylan Frye made Jumper.
    911
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +2 (13:40) Jaylen Key made Jumper.
    1111
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +3 (13:24) Daeqwon Plowden made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Laster.
    1114
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (12:59) Dante Thorpe Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (12:59) Antwon Lillard Steal.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (12:52) Foul on Austin Richie.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +3 (12:48) Dylan Frye made Three Point Jumper.
    1117
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (12:28) Eugene German missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (12:28) Marlon Sierra Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (12:09) Michael Laster missed Layup.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (12:09) Jaylen Key Block.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (12:06) Austin Richie Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (11:52) Jaylen Key missed Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (11:52) Michael Laster Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +3 (11:44) Dylan Frye made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Antwon Lillard.
    1120
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (11:42) Northern Illinois Timeout
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (11:25) Foul on Dylan Frye.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (11:17) Dante Thorpe missed Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (11:17) Bowling Green Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (10:55) Dylan Frye Turnover.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +3 (10:39) Eugene German made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lacey James.
    1420
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (10:13) Foul on Antwon Lillard.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (10:13) Antwon Lillard Turnover.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +2 (9:51) Levi Bradley made Layup.
    1620
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (9:29) Antwon Lillard made Layup.
    1622
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +2 (9:08) Lacey James made Layup.
    1822
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (8:44) Marlon Sierra made Layup.
    1824
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (8:20) Eugene German missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (8:20) Antwon Lillard Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (8:03) Demajeo Wiggins missed Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (8:03) Lacey James Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +2 (7:51) Dante Thorpe made Layup.
    2024
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (7:35) Michael Laster Turnover.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (7:32) Dante Thorpe Steal.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (7:28) Lacey James missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (7:28) Demajeo Wiggins Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (7:15) Marlon Sierra missed Layup.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (7:15) Marlon Sierra Offensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (7:10) Marlon Sierra Turnover.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (7:08) Eugene German Steal.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (7:08) Foul on Justin Turner.
  • (7:08) Official TV Timeout
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (7:08) Eugene German missed Free Throw.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (7:08) Northern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +1 (7:08) Eugene German made Free Throw.
    2124
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (6:48) Daeqwon Plowden made Layup. Assisted by Demajeo Wiggins.
    2126
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (6:24) Levi Bradley missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (6:24) Demajeo Wiggins Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (6:22) Foul on Noah McCarty.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (5:58) Justin Turner made Jumper.
    2128
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (5:37) Noah McCarty missed Layup.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (5:37) Demajeo Wiggins Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +3 (5:27) Caleb Fields made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Turner.
    2131
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (4:52) Eugene German missed Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (4:52) Daeqwon Plowden Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (4:40) Dylan Frye missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (4:40) Dante Thorpe Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (4:32) Dante Thorpe missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (4:32) Dylan Frye Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (4:24) Daeqwon Plowden Turnover.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (4:06) Rod Henry-Hayes missed Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (4:06) Daeqwon Plowden Defensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (4:00) Caleb Fields missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (4:00) Lacey James Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (3:46) Dante Thorpe Turnover.
  • (3:46) Official TV Timeout
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (3:33) Dylan Frye missed Layup.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (3:33) Daeqwon Plowden Offensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (3:30) Daeqwon Plowden made Two Point Tip Shot.
    2133
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (3:18) Foul on Daeqwon Plowden.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (3:06) Eugene German missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (3:06) Lacey James Offensive Rebound.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (3:01) Foul on Jeffrey Uju.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (2:52) Foul on Lacey James.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (2:52) Lacey James Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +3 (2:39) Daeqwon Plowden made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dylan Frye.
    2136
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (2:15) Foul on Dylan Frye.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +1 (2:15) Levi Bradley made Free Throw.
    2236
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +1 (2:15) Levi Bradley made Free Throw.
    2336
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +3 (2:04) Justin Turner made Three Point Jumper.
    2339
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (1:53) Austin Richie missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (1:53) Daeqwon Plowden Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (1:44) Foul on Dante Thorpe.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +1 (1:44) Justin Turner made Free Throw.
    2340
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +1 (1:44) Justin Turner made Free Throw.
    2341
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (1:24) Austin Richie missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (1:24) Justin Turner Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (1:17) Foul on Eugene German.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +1 (1:17) Jeffrey Uju made Free Throw.
    2342
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (1:17) Jeffrey Uju missed Free Throw.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (1:17) Levi Bradley Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (0:58) Dante Thorpe missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (0:58) Michael Laster Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (0:56) Foul on Levi Bradley.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +1 (0:56) Michael Laster made Free Throw.
    2343
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +1 (0:56) Michael Laster made Free Throw.
    2344
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (0:46) Foul on Jaylen Key.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (0:46) Jaylen Key Turnover.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    +2 (0:31) Jeffrey Uju made Layup. Assisted by Michael Laster.
    2346
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (0:31) Foul on Rod Henry-Hayes.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (0:31) Jeffrey Uju missed Free Throw.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (0:31) Rod Henry-Hayes Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (0:05) Dante Thorpe missed Layup.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (0:05) Daeqwon Plowden Block.
  • Bowling Green Falcons logo
    (0:03) Justin Turner Defensive Rebound.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

67Points71
26-54(48.1%)Field Goal(%)23-53(43.4%)
6-24(25%)3-Point(%)8-19(42.1%)
9-11(81.8%)Free Throw(%)17-26(65.4%)
31(3)Rebounds(Offensive)33(8)
8Assists8
4Steals4
3Blocks2
14Turnovers10
25(0)Fouls(Technical)12(0)
6Largest Lead23

Game Details

Friday, March 15, 2019 · 9:00 PM
Stroh Center · Bowling Green, OH
attendance: 6,044 (139.0%)
spread: BGSU -3
over/under: 147