THE BASICS

Score: Bowling Green 76, Ohio 65

Location: The Convocation Center - Athens, Ohio

The Short Story: Bowling Green (18-8, 10-5 MAC) used its strength in the paint to defeat the Ohio men's basketball team (9-17, 4-11 MAC), 76-65, on Wednesday (Feb. 24) in a Mid-American Conference East Division contest at the Convocation Center.

OHIO STARTERS: #3 Javarez Willis, #5 Maurice Ndour, #11 Khari Harley #14 Ryan Taylor, #33 Antonio Campbell

BOWLING GREEN STARTERS: #2 Anthony Henderson, #3 Spencer Parker, #10 David Joseph, #22 Richaun Holmes, #23 Jehvon Clarke

HOW IT HAPPENED

- Bowling Green made its presence felt in the paint, outrebounding Ohio, 45-31 -- including 18 boards on the offensive glass. The Falcons outscored the Bobcats in paint by a 42-26 count and won the second-chance points battle, 21-10.

• Senior forward Maurice Ndour (Mbour, Senegal) led all scorers with 23 points to go along with seven rebounds, a block and a steal in 35 minutes of work.

- Sophomore forward Antonio Campbell (Cincinnati, Ohio) recorded his second straight double-double and fourth in the last six games with 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. He also posted three assists and a block in 29 minutes.

- Senior guard Stevie Taylor (Gahanna, Ohio) scored 12 points, dished out a game-high five assists and collected a game-high three steals in 39 minutes off of the bench.

- Junior forward Spencer Parker led the Falcons with 19 points and 10 rebounds in 32 minutes.

- Senior guard Jehvon Clarke totaled 13 points, seven rebounds, two steals and an assist in 35 minutes for Bowling Green.

- Senior forward Richaun Holmes and redshirt senior guard Anthony Henderson both finished in double figures for the Falcons, tallying 11 and 10, respectively. Holmes grabbed eight boards to go along with a team-high two block as well as two steals and an assist in 30 minutes. Henderson posted four rebounds and a team-high three assists in addition to two steals in 28 minutes of work.

- The Bobcats jumped out to a 10-5 lead at the 16:11 mark of the first half, with Ndour scoring Ohio's first seven points and redshirt senior guard Javarez Willis (Homer, La.) adding a triple.

- Bowling Green battled back with two layups by Parker and another by Clarke to take an 11-10 edge with just over 13 minutes to play in the first half.

- A layup by redshirt senior forward Treg Setty (Maysville, Ky.) gave the Bobcats a 14-13 lead a minute later, but the Falcons proceeded to close out the first half with a 27-8 run powered by eight points by Henderson and five by Parker to take a 40-22 lead into halftime.

- Bowling Green built its largest lead of the contest at 23 points courtesy of a trey by Parker that made it a 62-39 game in favor of the Falcons with 9:27 to play.

- The Bobcats put together a late 21-8 surge to make it a 10-point game at 70-60 with 2:49 to go. Seven points by Taylor, a three by Campbell and a dunk by Setty highlighted the Ohio run.

- Taylor made it a nine-point affair at 74-65 with 40 seconds to go after capitalizing on a conventional three-point play, but that's as close as the Bobcats got as a pair of free throws by junior guard David Joseph sealed the win for the Falcons.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

- Ndour achieved double digits in scoring a team-high 22nd time this season and 48th time in his career. He's reached the 20-point mark five times this year and 14 times in his career. Ndour has led the Bobcats in scoring on eight occasions in 2014-15. He recorded his 54th block of the season, which matches Jon Smith (2013-14) for the ninth-most in a single season in school history. His 109 career blocks are good for seventh place in program history.

- Campbell posted his eighth double-double of the season to match Ndour for the team lead. He's totaled double digits in scoring 15 times this year and 20 times in his career. Campbell has posted double-digit points in four straight games and eight of the last nine contests. He matched Ndour by tallying double-digit rebounds for the ninth time this season. Campbell has reached double figures in rebounding in six of the last 10 games. He has led the team in rebounding 11 times in 2014-15.

- Taylor tallied double-digit points for the ninth time this season and 24th time in his career. He's achieved the feat in two straight games and four of the last seven contests.

QUOTABLE

First-Year Head Coach Saul Phillips

- "It's frustrating. I don't like it. Nobody likes it. It's not like we have two easy ones coming up. Go in and fight, play with some pride. Period."

Senior guard Stevie Taylor

- "At the end of the day, we still have the (MAC) Tournament. So, that's the third season. We just have to try and build momentum heading into the tournament and see what happens."

Senior Forward Maurice Ndour

- "I think I was just trying to be aggressive. My teammates were finding me, and I was able to make shots, trying to get more momentum."

UP NEXT

Ohio will visit MAC East Division rival Akron on Friday (Feb. 27) in a nationally televised 8 p.m. ET matchup on ESPNU at James A. Rhodes Arena. The Bobcats edged the Zips, 83-82, on Feb. 4 at the Convocation Center in the first matchup of the season between the two squads.

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