Men's Basketball
Home Team: BGSU Falcons
Visiting Team: Eastern Illinois Panthers
Venue: Anderson Arena (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Game Time: 2:00 p.m.
Fellow Attendees: None
Ah, my first sporting event in over a month, and my first time back on the BGSU campus in even longer. I missed a couple of home basketball games in that span, a rarity for me, due to prior commitments, so it was good to be back in "The House That Roars." I missed it.
Of course, it wasn't roaring on this day, not with the student body almost entirely absent due to Christmas break. There was a cheerleading squad there, but no dance team, no pep band, and very few student fans. That makes for a dead arena. As irritating as some of the students can be at times, the atmosphere without them is mostly non-existent.
That didn't seem to bother the team, though. They jumped on the Panthers from the opening tip and never really let up. I really like the way these guys play together, and I still think the fact that Nate Miller and Chris Knight haven't cracked the starting lineup is a great sign. Knight showed some good things as this game went along - he's still getting into the flow after missing some time due to an injury and then a short suspension. He was strong on the boards and showed some scoring touch as well. The other player who caught my eye was freshman forward Scott Thomas. His line doesn't show anything impressive, but I liked how active he was on the floor, and he made some nice passes into the post.
Not much else to say about this game...BG was definitely the superior team, and they did what they should do against a weaker team. I'll be there when they return to Anderson Arena again next Saturday, the first game of the new year. Hopefully some of the students will be back for that one as well.
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