BOWLING GREEN at WESTERN MICHIGAN MAC TOURNAMENT NOTES
Flenard Whitfield scored 19 points, bringing him a new career high. His previous high was 17 against Illinois on December 13, 2009.
The lead changed 13 times in this afternoon's contest, which ties the most in any WMU game this season. The Broncos flip-flopped against Sam Houston State 13 times as well on January 3, 2010.
WMU tallied only 6 turnovers on the game, their lowest of the season. Their previous low was 9 turnovers which they recorded against USC, Toledo, and Southern Illinois this season.
WMU shot 88.9% from the free throw line, the team's highest percentage of the season. The previous high was 86.7% against Temple on December 1, 2009.
With 20 points in this afternoon's game, David Kool moved into 2nd place for most points scored in a season at WMU with 649. He is only 5 points away from the top spot held by Manny Newsome with 654 points in the 1963-64 season.
David Kool moved into 9th place in career points in the Mid-American Conference. He now sits with 2,057 points, just 14 points shy of taking the 8th spot held by Melvin McLaughlin of CMU with 2,071 points between 1984-88.
David Kool made three free throws to set a new school record for free throws in a season with 187, one more than Joe Reitz in 2007-08.
BGSU shot 68% from the floor in the first half, and shot 66.7% on the game from three point range, the highest of any opponent WMU has faced this season.