Last week, Miami coach Charlie Coles drove past Bowling Green on his way to Flint, Michigan to recruit a prospective player. As he passed the stadium and saw the bright orange BGSU logo clinging from the stadium wall, the coach said, “We’re going to beat BG.”

After losing six straight times to the Falcons during the regular season over the past three years, Coles was determined to finally get BG’s number.

Last night, a frustrated Coles did his best to crack a smile after falling to the Falcons once again, 65-50 at Millett Hall.

“BG has my number,”Coles said. “It hurts bad. We just can’t beat them. They put a thorough beating on us tonight.”

Maybe if Miami would have put together a solid performance against the Falcons, the former MU grad would have felt less disheartened about the game. Sitting at the press conference, Coles began a slow, melancholy vent about their performance, his coaching and his team.

“It was just a God awful game we were playing tonight. We had a tough time. We just can’t beat them. They came out with a lot of desire,” he said.

Coles picked up a technical foul midway through the first half after disputing a call with an official. While Coles didn’t say that the officiating was bad, he obviously implied that something had to be changed.

“I question how physical a game it was tonight,” Coles said. “You can’t hold people, it’s as simple as that. If you?re going to do that with Doug Davis (of Miami), we should be able to do that, too.”

“Maybe I should have gotten thrown out of the game,” Coles continued. “I feel that strongly about that. The team would have probably been better off.”

Coles believes that his team still has a shot at a post-season run, but he said that losing during the regular season and then winning during the tournament is not the way you go about it. You should win during the regular season.

“It’s been a tough year for me,” Coles said. “It hasn’t been as fun coaching, and it’s not because of the losses.”