Bowling Green is riding a nine-game win streak. The Falcons are 13-5 and 5-0 in the MAC and have a showdown with Buffalo coming soon. First, they have to play at Eastern Michigan Tuesday, and overlooking that 8-10 team would be a mistake. Eastern Michigan is 2-3 in the MAC and has played four ranked teams, losing to all of them. Eastern Michigan has lost its last two games and is 2-4 over the last six games.
Bowling Green is led by Justin Turner with 19.3 points per game. Demajeo Wiggins is averaging 13.1 points and 11.9 rebounds. Dylan Frye is averaging 11.1. The Falcons like the three-pointer and are shooting 36 percent from that range. Frye has made 42 and Turner has made 31. Two more players have around 20 each. The Falcons are shooting 44 percent inside the arc. Turner and Wiggins are close to 50 percent.
Elijah Minnie is averaging 13.3 points. He has made 40 three-pointers and the team has 108. Paul Jackson is averaging 13.2 points. James Thompson IV is averaging 10.9 points and 10.4 rebounds. The Eagles are shooting 30 percent from behind the arc and 45 percent inside. The Eagles are averaging 15 turnovers and eight steals.
Bowling Green is averaging 79.8 points and giving up 69.7. Eastern Michigan is averaging 70.5 points and is giving up 70.4. Bowling Green is averaging 44.5 rebounds and Eastern Michigan is at 38. Last year both games between these two went to overtime with Bowling Green winning both.