Bowling Green 69 Toledo 58

Men's Basketball
Home Team: BGSU Falcons
Visiting Team: Toledo Rockets
Venue: Anderson Arena (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Game Time: 4:00 p.m.
Fellow Attendees: None

Another disappointing showing from BG students. I suppose it's not possible to keep a group of fans from your team's most hated rival from sitting in the general admission "student section" if they're really determined to do so, but I would think that a hostile and boisterous crowd would make them not want to sit there. And really, if you're not going to come out to watch a decent team play their biggest rival, then when are you going to come out? I don't get it. It's free to get in, the arena's right in the middle of campus, you get the best seats in the house, and the team is at least fairly good. But hey, whatever. I get there early and I'm loud, so I'm doing my part.

I'll admit to being a little nervous going into this game. On paper BG seemed to have the advantage, but, as they say, games aren't played on paper, they're played inside television sets. As it turned out, the worry was needless. The Falcons jumped out to a good lead, weathered a bit of a storm in the second half, then pulled away again to send the Rockets and their fans home disappointed.

Good game all around. Nate Miller is the man. He put the team on his back today. It was good to see Otis get back into the flow offensively, and I think his thunderous dunk was probably the nail in Toledo's coffin--it got the crowd and the players jacked up. I'm still generally opposed to Darryl being a primary ballhandler, but he's definitely finding a bit of a stroke on his shot, and that's great to see.

Now the schedule gets real tough. There are only two home games left for the Falcons, against probably the two toughest teams in the MAC--Akron and Kent. Road games are never easy, and when two of them are at OU and Miami, it's really rough. Still, hopefully the Falcons can stay strong and keep rolling into the MAC Tournament.