2015–16 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team

2015–16 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	16–18 (5–13 MAC)
Head coach	Michael Huger (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Louis Rowe Anthony Stacey Mike Summey
Home arena	Stroh Center

2015–16 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Akron	13	–	5		.722			26	–	9		.743
Ohio	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
Kent State	10	–	8		.556			19	–	13		.594
Buffalo †	10	–	8		.556			20	–	15		.571
Miami (OH)	6	–	12		.333			13	–	20		.394
Bowling Green	5	–	13		.278			16	–	18		.471
West
Ball State	10	–	8		.556			21	–	14		.600
Central Michigan	10	–	8		.556			17	–	16		.515
Northern Illinois	9	–	9		.500			21	–	13		.618
Eastern Michigan	9	–	9		.500			18	–	15		.545
Toledo	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Western Michigan	7	–	11		.389			13	–	19		.406
† 2016 MAC tournament winner

The 2015–16 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team represented Bowling Green State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Falcons, led by first year head coach Michael Huger, played their home games at the Stroh Center as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 16–18, 5–13 in MAC play to finish in last place in the East Division. They defeated Kent State and Central Michigan to advance to the semifinals of the MAC tournament where they lost to Akron.

Previous season

The Falcons finished the season 21–12, 11–7 in MAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They advanced to the second round of the MAC tournament where they lost to Eastern Michigan.^[1] They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Saint Francis (PA) in the first round before losing in the second round to Canisius.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Anthony Hernderson	2	G	6'1"	175	RS Senior	Toledo, OH	Graduated
Delvin Dickerson	5	G	6'5"	232	Junior	Houston, TX	Transferred to North Carolina Central
Damarkeo Lyshe	11	G	5'11"	160	Senior	Westerville, OH	Graduated
Jovan Austin	12	G	6'1"	174	Junior	Grand Prairie, TX	Transferred to Texas A&M–Commerce
Chauncey Orr	21	G/F	6'4"	195	RS Junior	Bowling Green, OH	Graduated & transferred to Hawaii Pacific
Richaun Holmes	22	F	6'8"	245	Senior	Lockport, IL	Graduated/2015 NBA draft
Jehvon Clarke	23	G	6'1"	183	Senior	Canton, OH	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Wesley Alcegaire	14	F	6'5"	215	Junior	Miami, FL	Junior college transferred from Daytona State College
Ismail Ali	20	G	6'1"	170	Junior	South Hayward, CA	Junior college transferred from Antelope Valley College

Recruiting class of 2015

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Antwon Lillard SF	Cleveland, OH	Central Catholic High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)
	Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Jalone Friday PF	Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma City Storm Homeschool	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Aug 31, 2014
	Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Malik Hluchoweckyj PG	Bellevue, NE	Bellevue West High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Oct 6, 2014
	Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Demajeo Wiggins PF	Toledo, OH	Springfield High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	Apr 21, 2015
	Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 18, 2015.

Roster

2015–16 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown C 0 Josh Gomez 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 226 lb (103 kg) RS Sr Rice HS Iona Bronx, NY F 1 Demajeo Wiggins 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Springfield HS Toledo, OH G 2 Malik Hluchoweckyj 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Bellevue West HS Bellevue, NE F 3 Spencer Parker 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr West Bloomfield HS West Bloomfield, MI G 4 Zack Denny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 184 lb (83 kg) Jr Valley View HS Germantown, OH G 5 JD Tisdale 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Swartz Creek HS Flint, MI F 10 David Joseph 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Sr Westlake Prep Howard JC Queens, NY G 14 Wes Alcegaire 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame Daytona State College Miami, FL G 15 Brandon Busuttil 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr St. John's-Kilmarnock Kitchener, ON G 20 Ismail Ail 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr San Leandro HS Antelope Valley College South Hayward, CA G 24 Matt Fox (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Anthony Wayne HS Maumee, OH F 32 Rasheed Worrell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Fr Sipsey Valley HS Coker, AL F 33 Garrett Mayleben 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS So Milford HS Milford, OH	Head coach Michael Huger (Bowling Green) Assistant coach(es) Louis Rowe (James Madison) Anthony Stacey (Bowling Green) Mike Summey (NC State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source: [1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Notre Dame College	W 74–65	–	Stroh Center  Bowling Green, OH
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		New Orleans	W 79–61	1–0	Stroh Center  Bowling Green, OH
11/18/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Cincinnati Bill Frack Challenge	L 50–83	1–1	Stroh Center (3,411) Bowling Green, OH
11/21/2015* 4:00 pm		vs. North Dakota FGCU Classic	L 59–77	1–2	Alico Arena (3,562) Fort Myers, FL
11/22/2015* 4:00 pm		vs. Youngstown State FGCU Classic	W 79–72	2–2	Alico Arena (3,412) Fort Myers, FL
11/23/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Florida Gulf Coast FGCU Classic	W 82–77	3–2	Alico Arena (3,854) Fort Myers, FL
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Urbana FGCU Classic	W 96–55	4–2	Stroh Center (1,450) Bowling Green, OH
12/02/2015* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		UMBC	W 72–64	5–2	Stroh Center (2,019) Bowling Green, OH
12/05/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN3		Drake	W 75-63	6-2	Stroh Center  Bowling Green, OH
12/08/2015* 8:00 pm		at Southeast Missouri State	W 79-52	7-2	Show Me Center  Cape Girardeau, MO
12/12/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Detroit	W 95-80	7-3	Calihan Hall (1,609) Detroit, MI
12/20/2015* 4:30 pm, ESPN3		at Wright State	L 47–83	7–4	Nutter Center (3,772) Dayton, OH
12/23/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Cleveland State	W 62–47	8–4	Wolstein Center (1,725) Cleveland, OH
01/02/2016* 4:00 pm, ESPN3		Oakland City	W 87–56	9–4	Stroh Center (1,916) Bowling Green, OH
MAC regular season
01/06/2016 7:00 pm, BCSN/ESPN3		Miami (OH)	W 73–62	10–4 (1–0)	Stroh Center (1,611) Bowling Green, OH
01/09/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Central Michigan	L 67–79	10–5 (1–1)	Stroh Center (2,432) Bowling Green, OH
01/12/2016 7:00 pm, TWCSC/ESPN3		at Ohio	W 91–75	11–5 (2–1)	Convocation Center (7,083) Athens, OH
01/16/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3		at Eastern Michigan	W 84-79	12–5 (3–1)	Convocation Center (1,280) Ypsilanti, MI
01/19/2016 7:00 pm, BCSN/ESPN3		Toledo	L 74–81	12–6 (3–2)	Stroh Center (3,304) Bowling Green, OH
01/23/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3		Kent State	L 59–62	12–7 (3–3)	Stroh Center (3,100) Bowling Green, OH
01/26/2016 7:00 pm		at Western Michigan	W 79–78	13–7 (4–3)	University Arena (2,245) Kalamazoo, MI
01/30/2016 4:30 pm		at Central Michigan	L 65–77	13–8 (4–4)	McGuirk Arena (3,758) Mount Pleasant, MI
02/02/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Ball State	L 64–72	13–9 (4–5)	Stroh Center (2,593) Bowling Green, OH
02/06/2016 3:30 pm		at Miami (OH)	L 51–55	13–10 (4–6)	Millett Hall (1,330) Oxford, OH
02/09/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Akron	L 68–83	13–11 (4–7)	Stroh Center (1,554) Bowling Green, OH
02/13/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Western Michigan	L 68–74	13–12 (4–8)	Stroh Center  Bowling Green, OH
02/16/2016 8:00 pm		at Northern Illinois	L 60–71	13–13 (4–9)	Convocation Center (1,148) DeKalb, IL
02/20/2016 3:30 pm		at Buffalo	L 74–88	13–14 (4–10)	Alumni Arena (3,397) Amherst, NY
02/23/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Ohio	W 87–82	14–14 (5–10)	Stroh Center (2,332) Bowling Green, OH
02/25/2016 7:00 pm		at Akron	L 54–89	14–15 (5–11)	James A. Rhodes Arena (4,284) Akron, OH
03/01/2016 7:00 pm, TWCSC/ESPN3		at Kent State	L 54–70	14–16 (5–12)	MAC Center (3,531) Kent, OH
03/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Buffalo	L 83–87	14–17 (5–13)	Stroh Center (2,189) Bowling Green, OH
MAC tournament
03/07/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	(12)	at (5) Kent State First round	W 70–69	15–17	MAC Center (2,660) Kent, OH
03/10/2016 2:30 pm, ESPN3	(12)	vs. (4) Central Michigan Quarterfinals	W 62–59	16–17	Quicken Loans Arena (2,217) Cleveland, OH
03/11/2016 6:30 pm, ESPN3	(12)	vs. (1) Akron Semifinals	L 66–80	16–18	Quicken Loans Arena (6,427) Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

1. "Lee scores 27, Eastern Michigan beats Bowling Green 73-67". ESPN. March 11, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2024.