2023–24 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team

2023–24 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
2023–24 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	10–4 (1–1 MAC)
Head coach	Todd Simon (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Bryce Martin (1st season); Lourawls Nairn Jr. (1st season); German Srulovich (1st season); Bob Gallager (1st season);
Home arena	Stroh Center

2023–24 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Akron	4	–	0	1.000	12	–	4	.750
Toledo	4	–	0	1.000	10	–	6	.625
Western Michigan	4	–	0	1.000	7	–	9	.438
Bowling Green	3	–	1	.750	12	–	4	.750
Central Michigan	3	–	1	.750	8	–	8	.500
Miami (OH)	2	–	2	.500	8	–	8	.500
Eastern Michigan	1	–	3	.250	8	–	8	.500
Kent State	1	–	3	.250	8	–	8	.500
Ohio	1	–	3	.250	7	–	9	.438
Buffalo	1	–	3	.250	2	–	14	.125
Ball State	0	–	4	.000	8	–	8	.500
Northern Illinois	0	–	4	.000	6	–	10	.375

† 2024 MAC tournament winner As of January 14, 2024

The 2023–24 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team represents Bowling Green State University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Falcons, led by Todd Simon in his first year as head coach, play their home games at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio as members of the Mid-American Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Previous season

The Falcons finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in MAC play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament.^[4] On March 5, 2023, the school fired head coach Michael Huger.^[5] On March 15, the school hired Southern Utah Todd Simon the team's new coach.^[6]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Ubong Abasi Etim	F	6'9"	210	RS-Freshman	Richmond, California	Transferred to Central Arkansas
Brenton Mills	G	6'3"	185	Senior	Allen, Texas	Transferred to Vermont
Leon Ayers	G	6'5"	185	Senior	Troy, Michigan	Exhausted Eligibility
Kaden Metheny	G	5'11"	180	Sophomore	Morgantown, West Virginia	Transferred to Liberty
Willie Lightfoot	G	6'0"	170	Freshman	Niagara Falls, New York	Transferred to Odessa College
Isaac Elsasser	G	6'4"	185	Senior	Bowling Green, Ohio
Chandler Turner	G/F	6'7"	210	Senior	Detroit, Michigan	Transferred to Radford
Samari Curtis	G	6'4"	190	Senior	Xenia, Ohio
Madini Diarra	F	6'11"	260	Senior	Bamako, Mali
Gabe O'Neal	F	6'7"	240	Senior	Cincinnati, Ohio
Jackson Watson	G	6'1"	180	Sophomore	Libertyville, Illinois	Entered Transfer Portal

^[7]^[8]^[9]

Incoming transfers

Transfers
Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Marcus Hill	G	6'4"	185	Junior	Rockford, Illinois	Southern Union State Community College
Trey Thomas	G	6'0"	160	Senior	Durham, Ontario	Vanderbilt
DJ Smith	G	6'0"	160	Junior	North Little Rock, Arkansas	Little Rock
DaJion Humphrey	G	6'4"	185	Senior	Detroit, Michigan	Garden City Community College
PJ Edwards	G	6'4"	200	Sophomore	Springfield, Illinois	UCF
Da'Shawn Phillip	G	6'6"	180	Senior	Baltimore, Maryland	Maryland Eastern Shore
Jason Spurgin	C	6'11"	250	Senior	Toowoomba, Australia	Southern Utah
Greg Spurgin	F	6'7"	210	Sophomore	Toowoomba, Australia	Westminster
JZ Zaher	G	6'0"	170	Sophomore	Fenton, Michigan	Eastern Michigan

^[7]^[8]

Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
EJay Greer G	Lansdowne, Pennsylvania	Rocktop Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	170 lb (77 kg)
EJay Greer G	Recruiting 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: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2023–24 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Marcus Hill	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Rockford, Illinois
G	1	Trey Thomas	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sr	Durham, Ontario
G	2	DJ Smith	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	North Little Rock, Arkansas
G	3	DaJion Humphrey	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Detroit, Michigan
G	4	PJ Edwards	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Springfield, Illinois
G	5	Da'Shawn Phillip	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Baltimore, Maryland
C	7	Jason Spurgin	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	Toowoomba, Australia
F	8	Greg Spurgin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Toowoomba, Australia
G	10	Anthony McComb III	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Dayton, Ohio
F	11	Jamai Felt	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Fr	Boston, Massachusetts
F	12	Rashaun Agee	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Chicago, Illinois
G	13	EJay Greer	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
F	14	Sam Towns	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Columbus, Ohio
G	17	JZ Zaher	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Fenton, Michigan

Head coach

Todd Simon (Central Michigan)

Assistant coach(es)

Bryce Martin (Boise State
Lourawls Nairn Jr. (Michigan State)
German Srulovich

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 29, 2023

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Chicago State	W 70–41	1–0	18 – Hill	4 – Edwards	10 – Phillip	Stroh Center (1,776) Bowling Green, OH
November 11, 2023* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	Arkansas State MAC-SBC Challenge	W 81–75	2–0	26 – Hill	7 – Towns	4 – Hill	Stroh Center (1,513) Bowling Green, OH
November 14, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Oakland	L 62–81	2–1	17 – J. Spurgin	10 – J. Spurgin	3 – Hill	Athletics Center O'rena (2,384) Rochester, MI
November 17, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Bellarmine	L 67–85	2–2	15 – McComb	6 – Tied	4 – J. Spurgin	Stroh Center (1,775) Bowling Green, OH
November 24, 2023* 7:00 p.m.	vs. Western Kentucky Northern Classic	L 65–72	2–3	29 – Hill	9 – Phillip	2 – Phillip	Place Bell Montreal, QC
November 25, 2023* 7:00 p.m.	vs. Lipscomb Northern Classic	W 82–61	3–3	33 – Hill	9 – Agee	5 – Hill	Place Bell Montreal, QC
November 26, 2023* 4:00 p.m.	vs. Canisius Northern Classic	W 77–73	4–3	26 – Hill	8 – Agee	4 – Hill	Place Bell Montreal, QC
December 2, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Southern Indiana	W 54–52	5–3	15 – Hill	11 – Towns	3 – Thomas	Screaming Eagles Arena (1,539) Evansville, IN
December 10, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Ohio Dominican	W 97–49	6–3	17 – Agee	12 – Edwards	3 – Tied	Stroh Center (1,338) Bowling Green, OH
December 16, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kansas City	W 79–69	7–3	29 – Hill	12 – Agee	4 – Thomas	Stroh Center (1,561) Bowling Green, OH
December 19, 2023* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Hampton	W 75–65	8–3	25 – Thomas	12 – Agee	3 – Tied	Stroh Center (2,995) Bowling Green, OH
December 22, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Siena Heights	W 79–58	9–3	19 – Thomas	9 – Agee	3 – Tied	Stroh Center (1,117) Bowling Green, OH
MAC regular season
January 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Eastern Michigan	W 92–90 ^OT	10–3 (1–0)	35 – Hill	11 – Agee	6 – Thomas	Stroh Center (2,439) Bowling Green, OH
January 5, 2024 9:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Akron	L 67–83	10–4 (1–1)	19 – Hill	6 – Agee	4 – Spurgin	James A. Rhodes Arena (2,394) Akron, OH
January 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Ohio	W 83–78	11–4 (2–1)	20 – Thomas	15 – Agee	6 – Agee	Stroh Center (1,982) Bowling Green, OH
January 13, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Northern Illinois						Convocation Center DeKalb, IL
January 16, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Miami (OH)						Millett Hall Oxford, OH
January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Western Michigan						Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
January 23, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kent State						Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Toledo						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Ball State						Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
February 3, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Central Michigan						Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
February 6, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Buffalo						Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
MAC-SBC Challenge
February 10, 2024* TBA, TBA	at TBA MAC-SBC Challenge						TBA TBA
MAC regular season
February 17, 2024 3:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Eastern Michigan						George Gervin GameAbove Center Ypsilanti, MI
February 20, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Central Michigan						McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Toledo						Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
February 27, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Miami (OH)						Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Ohio						Convocation Center Athens, OH
March 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	at Western Michigan						University Arena Kalamazoo, MI
March 8, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Ball State						Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
MAC Tournament
March 14, 2024† TBA, ESPN+	vs. TBA Quarterfinals						Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

† If a top eight finisher in MAC

Source^[10]^[11]

References

↑ "Todd Simon". Bowling Green Athletics. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
↑ "MAC Men's College Basketball Standings - 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
↑ "Stroh Center". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
↑ "MAC Basketball Standings - 2022-23". ESPN. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
↑ "BGSU men's basketball head coach fired, search for replacement announced". WTOL. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
↑ Jimenez, James H. (March 15, 2023). "Bowling Green hires Southern Utah head coach Todd Simon to same position". Hustle Belt. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
1 2 "2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster". Bowling Green Athletics. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
1 2 "2023 D1 Basketball Transfers". Verbal Commits. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
↑ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster". Bowling Green Athletics. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
↑ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Bowling Green Athletics.
↑ "Bowling Green Falcons Schedule 2023-24". ESPN.

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[3] "Stroh Center". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

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