On Tuesday night the Purples came to Cougar gym and escaped with a 56-54 win by hitting a 3 pointer at the buzzer.
We struggled through another poor shooting night but did enough things right defensively and rebounding to control the tempo and Bowling Green never led til the final margin. We took a 32-25 halftime lead and were still up 7 going into the final period. We had 5 of our 10 turnovers in the 4th quarter that led directly to layups for Bowling Green.
For the game we shot 19 of 50 for 38% and 13-16 from the free throw line. We also pulled down 36 rebounds, 10 coming on the offensive end. We committed 10 turnovers. Bowling Green shot 22 for 46 for 48%. They hit 7 of 12 from the line. Bowling Green had 27 rebounds and had 13 turnovers.
Hunter Gary was chosen the K105 player of the game for his 13 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Travis Johnston contributed 13 points, 6 assists, 5 steals and 4 rebounds for the night while Tyler Saltsman led us with 14 points and 6 rebounds.
Scoring:
Tyler Saltsman-14
Hunter Gary-13
Travis Johnston-13
Brady Clemons-7
Aaron Deviney-4
Dustin Thomas-3
