With 2:35 left on the clock in the second half, the scoreboard at the Stroh Center for Bowling Green’s matchup against the Taylor Trojans showed a score of 39-0, with Taylor with 39 points.
No, the Falcons were not scoreless late in the second. In fact, Bowling Green scored so many points against Taylor that the scoreboard briefly showed a 0.
The Falcons scored a whopping 107 points against the Trojans, winning by 64 points with a final score of 107-43. In three games, the Falcons scored their most points in a game of the season.
The Falcons dominated the matchup, ending the first half with a 21-0 run.
“This team can certainly score in bunches,“ head coach Todd Simon said postgame.
The win against the Trojans is the first 100-point game of the Simon era and the first 100-point game since Dec. 29, 2022, against Ohio Dominican.
When it came to contributing to reaching 107 points, five members of the Orange and Brown reached the double-digit scoring mark: Marcus Johnson (19 points), Braelon Green (15 points), Javontae Campbell (12 points), Youssef Khayat (11 points) and Derrick Butler (11 points).
13 Falcons players checked into the game against the Trojans, and 12 players for the Falcons scored points after they checked onto the court. Out of those 13, two players, Jamai Felt and Jaxon Pardon, scored the first points of their college careers during the game.
After two opening season losses, Simon finally saw his team come together.
“We’ve seen spurts in these first two games and we wanted to show some consistency of effort, consistency of focus,“ Simon said postgame. “Communication, I thought we did a good job of that and getting those stops because of that turned into a lot of points.“
The Falcons dominated in every scoring category, scoring 44 points in the paint, 40 points of turnovers and 52 points off the bench.
The Orange and Brown hit 16 three-pointers against Taylor as well, one short of tying the record of 17 in one game set against Siena on Dec. 4, 1989.
“Guys were creating open shots. I got two on me; I just give it to someone else,“ Simon said. “It kept it real simple and this group really loves each other. They’ve developed a cohesion.”
