Bowling Green (5-1) at Duquesne (2-2)
Game info: 7:35 p.m., Palumbo Center (6,200)
On the air: KQV-AM (1410)
Starters: Bowling Green, Erik Crawford, F, 6-4, Fr., 4.8 ppg., 1.5 rpg.; Brent Klassen, F, 6-8, Sr., 3.3, 2.0; Len Matela, C, 6-9, Sr., 14.3, 7.8; Keith McLeod, G, 6-2, Sr., 19.0, 4.8; Brandon Pardon, G, 6-1, Sr., 11.2, 2.3; Duquesne, Wayne Smith, F, 6-7, Sr., 13.5, 6.5; Aaron Lovelace, F, 6-5, Sr., 9.3, 5.8; Simplice Njoya, C, 6-10, Fr., 12.0, 4.5; Kevin Forney, G, 6-4, Jr., 6.0, 2.3; Aly Samabaly, G, 6-3, Fr., 2.0, 2.8
Coaches: Bowling Green, Dan Dakich (5th year, 70-49; 5th year overall); Duquesne, Danny Nee (1st year, 2-2; 22nd year overall, 370-281)
The skinny: Duquesne returns home from a two-game road trip through Ohio, which produced a pair of losses for the Dukes, to face yet another Ohio team - Bowling Green. The Falcons are off to an impressive 5-1 start, which includes a 65-59 home victory over Michigan on Nov. 28. Duquesne could be without senior F Wayne Smith, who is nursing a strained groin, suffered in the preseason. Smith reaggravated the injury during the Dukes' 74-41 loss at Cincinnati on Saturday.
Best matchup: Bowling Green senior C Len Matela torched Duquesne for 25 points and 17 rebounds last season in a 92-77 victory in Bowling Green, Ohio. The 6-foot-9 Matela, who is coming off a 21-point, 17-rebound effort in a 61-58 home victory over Marist on Saturday, will go up against 6-10 Duquesne freshman Simplice Njoya.
Worth noting: Bowling Green, which will be playing in its first road game of the season, is picked to finish fourth in the Mid-American Conference Eastern Division. ... Falcons are second MAC team to face Duquesne in less than a week. Dukes lost to Ohio 73-60 on Thursday. ... Duquesne leads series with Bowling Green 13-8.
