Some late game shots go in and some turn into “what if’s,” which is what happened to the Falcon men’s basketball team on Tuesday’s game against the Ball State Cardinals, as the Falcons fell 59-56.
With time running out in the game, Falcon sophomore guard Dylan Frye released a good shot from deep that went in and out of the hoop, only for Ball State to march down the court and hit a game-winning buzzer beater as time expired.
“(Moses on Ball State) got a lot of fouls called,” Falcons head coach Michael Huger said. “Some good calls and some cheap ones, so you know it is what it is and there is nothing you can do about it, I thought it was a well-called game on both ends and we have just got to be able to make shots and come up with a big stop when we need to. We got a great look at the end from Dylan, it was down half way and came out and that is the ball game. Then Persons (Ball State Guard) takes his shot at the other end and his goes in so that is the difference.”
The Falcons were playing shorthanded in this one as they were without their double-double machine junior forward Demajeo Wiggins.
“(Ball State) tried to (adjust to Bowling Green’s small lineup) in the beginning and then they went back to what they do,” Huger said. “If we were able to make shots we would have been able to make them pay for that but we did not make those shots. We had some great looks, Matt Fox had a great look from the corner, two great looks from both corners, but was not able to knock them down and they were able to capitalize using their size on the other end. We did not make them pay for staying big and that is what we normally do and that’s the game.”
The Falcons were lead in this one by junior guard Antwon Lillard who had 15 points and Frye who finished the game with 14.
“We were not really being effective with the bigger lineup and we had to change and make that adjustment to Matt Fox who hit some threes,” Huger said. “He had some great looks in the second half, just was not able to knock them down.”
The Falcons play next on Saturday at home against the Eastern Michigan Eagles.
