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Men's Basketball Records: University Arena Records

Individual University Arena Records

Points

WMU: 46 Gene Ford vs Loyola (2/4/69)

Opp: 49 Howard Komives, BGSU (1/11/64)

Field Goals

WMU: 21 Manny Newsome vs Toledo (2/12/64)

Opp: 14 Bonzi Wells, Ball State (1/13/96)

Field Goal Attempts

WMU: 33 Ellis Hull vs Tennessee Tech (12/27/69)

Manny Newsome vs Toledo (2/12/64)

Manny Newsome vs Ohio (3/3/62)

Opp: 34 Howard Komives, BGSU (1/11/64)

Field Goal Percentage (10 FGA)

WMU: 1.000 Ben Handlogten (13-13), vs Toledo (1/27/96)
Josh Davis (10-10), vs Akron (1/2/2018)

Opp: .916 Casey Shaw (11-12), Toledo (3/5/96)

3-Point Field Goals

WMU: 9 Kellen McCormick, Rochester College (11/13/15)

Opp: 8 Tamar Slay, Marshall (12/20/99)

Charlie Lee, Cleveland State (3/18/15)
Ray'Sean Taylor, SIUE (11/15/24)

3-Point Field Goal Attempts

WMU: 14 Ben Reed vs NIU (1/19/05)

David Brown vs Ohio (3/9/15)

Opp: 16 Xavier Castaneda, Akron (1/21/23)
Ray'Sean Taylor, SIUE (11/15/24)

3-Point Field Goal Pct. (5 3FGA)

WMU: 1.000 Jason Black (5-5) vs Evansville (12/7/96)

Bronson Nichols (5-5) vs BGSU (1/12/00)

Austin Richie (5-5) vs Aquinas (11/16/14)
Thomas Wilder (5-5) vs Eastern Michigan (1/30/16)

Opp: 1.000 DeMar Moore (7-7), Bowling Green (1/3/98)

Spencer Parker (5-5), Bowling Green (2/10/15)

Free Throws

WMU: 18 Niles Andersen vs Marshall (2/27/65)

Opp: 13 Keith McLeod, BGSU (1/30/02)

Jesse Berry, BSU (3/5/13)

Chris Fowler, CMU (2/1/14)

Justin Moss, Buffalo (1/10/15)

Free Throw Attempts

WMU: 19 Niles Andersen vs Marshall (2/27/65)

Opp: 16 Keith McLeod, BGSU (1/30/02)

Jesse Berry, BSU (3/5/13)

Justin Moss, Buffalo (1/10/15)

Free Throw Pct. (10 FTA)

WMU: 1.000 Thomas Wilder (16-16) vs Eastern Michigan (2/28/15)

Opp: 1.000 Bonzi Wells (10-10), Ball State (2/11/95)

Chris Fowler (13-13), Central Michigan (2/1/14)

Rebounds

WMU: 25 Frank Ayers vs Loyola (2/13/73)

Opp: 19 Eric Cohen, Loyola (2/13/73)

Assists

WMU: 13 Rod Brown vs Marshall (12/20/99)

Opp: 12 Chris Anderson, San Diego (11/24/14)
Anthony Pritchard, Central Michigan (2/22/25)
 

Steals

WMU: 7 Robby Collum vs Milwaukee (11/21/01)

Robby Collum vs EMU (2/6/02)

Opp: 6 Ray Hairston, Purdue (12/6/94)

Rashad Whack, Mount St. Mary's (12/22/12)

Duke Mondy, Oakland (11/26/13)

Blocks

WMU: 7 Ben Handlogten vs Purdue (12/6/94)

Matt Van Abbema vs Toledo (3/3/93)

Opp: 6 David Brown, Youngstown State (11/29/99)

Turnovers

WMU: 8 Rashod Johnson vs Evansville (11/27/94)

Opp: 9 Anthony Stacy, BGSU (1/3/98)

Steve Pettyjohn, EMU (1/11/03)

Team University Arena Records

Points

WMU: 127 vs Aquinas (12/29/23)

Opp: 127, Marshall (12/20/99)

Field Goals

WMU: 49 vs Aquinas (12/29/23)

Opp: 40, Marshall (12/20/99)

Field Goal Attempts

WMU: 110 vs Whitewater State (1969-70)

Opp: 83, Northwestern (12/4/57)

Field Goal Percentage

WMU: .700 (35-50) vs Toledo (1/10/17)
           .700 (49-70) vs Aquinas (12/29/23)

Opp: .636 (35-55), Ohio (1/6/99)

Three-Point Field Goals

WMU: 18 vs Aquinas (12/29/23)

Opp: 17, Marshall (12/20/99)
         17, Idaho (12/18/2017)

Three-Point Field Goal Attempts

WMU: 33 vs Central Michigan (2/20/18)
           33 vs Bowling Green (1/22/22)
           33 vs Toledo (2/22/22)

Opp: 41, Cornell (11/2913)

Three-Point Field Goal Percentage

WMU: .857 vs Eastern Michigan (6-7, 1/22/97)

Opp: .667, Ball State (8-12, 2/26/00)

Free Throws Made

WMU: 36 vs Bowling Green (2/7/04)

           36 vs Valparaiso (2/17/07)

Opp:   36, Akron (2/5/00)

Free Throw Attempts

WMU: 48 vs Bowling Green (2/7/04)

Opp: 46, Akron (2/5/00)

         Ball State (3/5/13)

Free Throw Percentage

WMU: 1.000 vs Northern Illinois (16-16, 12/21/96)

Opp: 1.000, Buffalo (13-13, 1/30/99)

Rebounds

WMU: 62 vs Marygrove (11/11/16)

Opp: 57, Toledo (2/22/22)

Assists

WMU: 34 vs Aquinas (12/29/23)

Opp: 26, Georgia Southern (2/8/25)

Steals

WMU: 16 vs San Diego State (12/2/06)

Opp: 15, Ohio (2/25/25)

Blocks

WMU: 11 vs Ohio (2/12/11)

Opp: 11, Centenary (12/14/02)

Turnovers

WMU: 23 vs Purdue (12/6/94)

           23 vs Kent State (1/20/96)
           23 vs Cleveland State (12/6/17)

Opp: 28, Bowling Green (1/3/98)

         28, Eastern Michigan (1/11/03)

Read Fieldhouse / University Arena Attendance Records

Top WMU Home Crowds (pre-1994)

10,519 Miami 1/28/76

10,258 Central Michigan 12/10/55

10,139 Michigan State 12/13/78

10,134 Michigan State 12/13/69

10,111 Miami 1/12/77

Top WMU Home Crowds (post-1994)

5,649 Michigan 11/23/01

5,595 College of Charleston 2/21/04 (BracketBusters)

5,421 Texas Christian 3/21/05 (NIT)

5,397 Purdue 12/6/94

5,172 Central Michigan 1/29/05

Top WMU Away Crowds

25,746 at Syracuse, 12/21/88

21,163 vs. Stanford, 3/15/98 (United Center, NCAA Tour.)

21,158 vs. Clemson, 3/13/98 (United Center, NCAA Tour.)

18,552 vs. Long Island, 12/6/47 (Madison Square Garden)

18,489 vs. Manhattan, 12/7/46 (Madison Square Garden)