As the start of the Mid-American Tournament comes closer, the seedings and matchups are starting to become easier to understand.
The Bowling Green men’s basketball team is locked into the 10 seed. They can’t go move higher up in the rankings or go down. Earning the 10 seed means they will play a road game for the first round of the MAC Tournament.
The teams that they can potential play in the first round are Miami University who currently holds the seven seed, Northern Illinois University and Kent State University.
Before the seedings get finalized there is one weekend left of MAC basketball and the Falcons are traveling to Buffalo University Saturday for a meeting with the Buffalos at 2:30 p.m.
The Buffalos are currently locked in as a top three seed for the tournament but with a win over the Falcons on Saturday could move up to second seed with a Toledo loss. The 18-9 Buffalos lost the last matchup to the Falcons by a score 74-68 at the Stroh Center.
At the Feb. 2. games, the Falcons got double doubles from juniors Richaun Holmes and Jehvon Clarke, while sophomore Spencer Parker recorded a career-high 23 points that game.
Holmes recorded 16 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks. He is only three blocks away from the BG all-time record in blocks held Otis Polk.
The Bulls had three players who scored in double digits and two more who scored at least eight points. Will Regan led them in that game with 17 points and seven rebounds, Javon Mccrea finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds but also fouled out late in the second half. The last Bull to finish the game in double digits in scoring was Joshua Freelove with 16 points.
In the Falcons last game against Ohio University on senior night they came up short losing 72-61. In that game Richaun Holmes finished with 20 points 16 of which came in the second half.
The Falcons are locked into their MAC Tournament seed but finishing the season with a win will be important for the Falcons especially with that win coming against one of the top three seeds. They have beaten two of the top three seeds already this season and lost to the second seed Toledo Rockets by a combined nine points in their two meetings.
After the game on Saturday against Buffalo The Falcons will prepare for their MAC Tournament game that will take place on March 10.
With a win in the first round game they will make the trip to Cleveland for the second round game something seniors Cameron Black and Craig Sealey have not done since their freshman year.
