The Bowling Green State University men’s basketball team took down the Ohio Dominican Panthers on Sunday by a score of 97-49 to jump start a five-game homestand tallying the team’s fourth straight win.

The Falcons carried a 22-point lead into the half and erupted for 58 points in the second half to secure the victory behind five double-digit scorers and two double-doubles.

Rashaun Agee led the way for the Falcons with a team-leading 17 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the season, coming in just 21 minutes of action.

P.J. Edwards joined him with his first career double-double, finishing with 11 points and 12 rebounds, both career-highs.

The double-digit scorers rounded out with Trey Thomas (16), Marcus Hill (15) and DaJion Humphrey (10) while Jason Spurgin just missed a double-double with eight points and 10 rebounds.

Bowling Green extended an early lead to 37-15 after a 14-0 run. Agee added a huge dunk before the end of the half to send the Falcons to the halftime locker room up 39-17, the fewest points allowed in the first half for BGSU this season.

In the first half, 15 of the Falcons’ 39 points came at the free throw line, finishing the first half 15-of-19 at the stripe.

The Falcons began the second half with an early 11-0 run to increase their lead to 50-19. Of the 11 points, nine came from the arc with threes from Marcus Hill, Trey Thomas and DaJion Humphrey.

Ohio Dominican added a pair of points, but the Falcons proceeded to record a 12-0 run, making it a 23-2 stretch to start the second half and a 62-21 lead. In the run, Thomas and Humphrey added another three each.

After the ODU basket, the BGSU run resumed, this time with a 10-1 stretch to make the second half start 33-3 in favor of the Falcons with a 72-24 advantage. Thomas and Edwards hit a three each, resulting in BGSU going 7-for-7 from three to start the second half.

The Panthers responded with a 7-0 run to cut into the deficit to make the score 72-31. The run extended 16-3 to bring the score to 75-40 and force a BGSU timeout

Soon after the timeout, the Falcons answered with a 12-0 run to rebuild their advantage to 47 with the score at 89-42.

Bowling Green’s lead stretched to a season-high 51 before a late three by Ohio Dominican brought the score to the 97-49 final. The Falcons tallied a season-high 58 points in the second half.

As a team, the Falcons set season-highs for rebounds (53), free throws made (32), assists (15), steals (11) and blocks (7).

The 53 rebounds for the Falcons marks the first time with 50-plus rebounds in a game since recording 56 against Buffalo on Jan. 15, 2021.

The 32 free throws made and 40 free throws attempted are the most by the Falcons since going 30-of-42 at the line against Morgan State last season (Dec. 5, 2022).

The Falcons held Ohio Dominican to 49 points, their second time this season holding an opponent under 50 after allowing 41 to Chicago State. This is the first time BGSU has held multiple opponents to 50 points or less in the same season since doing so five times during the 2014-15 campaign.

For the first time this season, Agee led the Falcons in scoring with 17 points. He added 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the season and second with BGSU. Of his 11 rebounds, a career-high seven came on the offensive end.

Edwards recorded a team-leading and career-high 12 rebounds, the most by a Falcon this season in a game, to go along with 11 points for his first career double-double. The rebound total more than doubled his season total, now up to 22, setting a new career-high for rebounds in a single season, surpassing his 18 from last year at UCF.

With Agee and Edwards both logging double-doubles, they are the first pair of Falcons to have double-doubles in the same game since Jan. 8, 2022.

EJay Greer stuffed the stat sheet with career-highs including nine points, three rebounds, a team-high three steals, and two assists while playing a career-high 24 minutes.

Anthony McComb III tallied four points for the Falcons, bringing his season total to 27 points scored, setting a new career-high for points in a single-season after having 26 last year. McComb added four rebounds and three assists, both season-highs.

J.Z. Zaher played a season-high 14 minutes for the Falcons and registered his first four rebounds with the Falcons. He added a career-high four points, including his first career three.

Greg Spurgin played a season-high 13 minutes for the Falcons and recorded his first three points, first rebound and first assist as a Falcon.

Bowling Green is now 2-0 in the month of December and 2-0 when playing on Sunday.

The Falcons are now 3-0 all-time against Ohio Dominican. The Falcons are also 3-0 when wearing their white uniforms with BGSU across the chest.

The Falcons will continue their homestand on Saturday hosting Kansas City for a 2 p.m. tip inside the Stroh Center. The home schedule will continue with Hampton on Dec. 19, Siena Heights on Dec. 22 and Eastern Michigan on Jan. 2.