Diggs lifts Bowling Green over Ball St. 67-61
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- Trey Diggs hit 5 of 8 3-pointers and scored a career-high 25 points and Bowling Green beat Ball State 67-61 on Tuesday night to win its seventh straight, it's longest Mid-American Conference win streak in 40 years.
Justin Turner scored 20 points and Daeqwon Plowden added seven and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Falcons (16-5, 7-1), who seized control with a 12-0 second-half run and held on. Dylan Frye made six assists.
Tahjai Teague scored 18 points with 11 rebounds and Ishmael El-Amin added 17 points for the Cardinals (11-9, 4-3). Jarron Coleman had 11 points, six rebounds and three steals.
Bowling Green faces Buffalo on the road on Friday. Ball St. matches up against Ohio at home on Saturday.
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TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Toledo | 13-3 | - | 18-6 |
Akron | 12-4 | 1 | 14-5 |
Ohio | 9-4 | 2.5 | 13-6 |
Kent State | 11-5 | 2 | 14-6 |
Buffalo | 9-5 | 3 | 11-7 |
Bowling Green | 9-7 | 4 | 13-9 |
Miami (OH) | 8-7 | 4.5 | 11-9 |
Ball State | 6-8 | 6 | 8-11 |
Western Michigan | 3-10 | 8.5 | 4-14 |
Central Michigan | 2-11 | 9.5 | 6-14 |
Eastern Michigan | 1-10 | 9.5 | 4-11 |
Northern Illinois | 1-10 | 9.5 | 2-14 |