Bowling Green-Temple: Falcons Find Out There Are Bigger Birds of Prey

Bowling Green found itself on the losing end of a 63-39 battle with Temple, dropping the Falcons to 5-5 on the season.  

Conference play is still a few games away, but shooting 27 percent from the field won’t help their chances for having much success, even when it starts.

The Falcons went 15-54 against Temple and 3-15 from three-point range. Both shooting percentages are lows on the season.

Bowling Green suffered through two huge runs by Temple; a 13-0 run in the first half and a 10-0 run in the second. The scoring streaks doomed any chance that Bowling Green had of making a comeback.

The offense was rushed tonight as the Falcons forced quick shots, mostly threes, trying hastily to overcome the Owls scoring runs. Dee Brown was the leading scoring for the Falcons with 10 points on a 5-11 shooting night.

Otis Polk had only four points to go with his team high 10 rebounds.

The Falcons defense in the paint was embarrassing as Temple scored in the paint almost at will the entire game.

Ryan Brooks had 19 points and lead the Owls in scoring, and was assisted by Juan Fernandez’s 11 points and Ramone Moore’s 17 points. Lavoy Allen chipped in five points but, more importantly, had the game high 13 rebounds for the Owls.

Temple shot 47 percent from the field and 43 percent from behind the arc as they cruised to their tenth win on the season. The Owls are currently ranked 21st in the AP poll, but undoubtedly will climb the ranks if they continue to play as strongly as they did tonight.

The Falcons will go back to the drawing board once again before they take on Towson (3-6) on December 30th . They will have one more non-conference game against a tough St. Louis (7-4) team January 2nd before starting MAC play with a road trip to Akron (9-3).