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BG municipal administrator named Lori Tretter to take over Fawcett’s position July 1 By Kathryne Rubright City Editor
City Council unanimously confirmed Lori Tretter as Bowling Green’s next municipal administrator at its March 16 meeting. Mayor Richard Edwards asked for Tretter’s confirmation based on her education and understanding of the position. “Lori Tretter is well-prepared by academic training and by experience to be the next municipal administrator,” Edwards said. She earned a degree in political science from the University of Dayton and a master’s degree in public administration from Bowling Green State University. Tretter has worked for the city since 1997. Since 2007, she has been the assistant municipal administrator. She will assume the role of municipal administrator on July 1. “She is thoroughly familiar with all aspects of the job,” Edwards said. “John Fawcett has planned well for Lori’s succession by increasingly giving her more line management responsibilities, including having a lead role in the development of the last two city budgets.” Edwards said that planning for a successor is not always appropriate, but an open search for candidates was not necessary in this case due to Tretter’s qualifications. Council President Michael Aspacher said he “wholeheartedly and with no reservations” supported the appointment. Tretter thanked Edwards and Council for the confirmation, and Fawcett for his guidance. She called it an honor to serve Bowling Green’s citizens. The Bowling Green Human Relations Commission presented the Honor Roll Award to Kelly and Laura Wicks for promoting diversity through Grounds for Thought. Grounds for Thought is “much more than a coffee shop” said Reverend Mary Jane Saunders of the commission. It is an “informal community center ... where all kinds of people come into contact with each other.” This promotes people understanding one another, and
Counseling center talks to USG
Resolution for reorganization of committees announced By William Channell Managing Editor
Assistant Director of the Counseling Center Denise Litterer addressed the Undergraduate Student Government at its Monday meeting. She gave a general overview of the University counseling center and answered questions from USG. The counseling center, which is located in college park behind Falcon Heights, has walk-in hours from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, Litterer said. “That is the way we find is fastest,” she said. Much of Litterer’s time was spent addressing concerns with the counseling center’s budget. According to a handout passed around during
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the meeting, the counseling center’s budget in 2014 was a projected $728,202. Most of that comes from student fees and the educational and general fund. Litterer said roughly 95 percent of the budget goes to paying staff. Litterer said the counseling center would like to add more support staff but, “in general, however, we’re not planning any significant increases in our budget. “We don’t perceive that, however I think we want to stay creative in how we fund our services,” she said. The counseling center generally conducts a preliminary meeting with students, and then decides on a course of treatment from there. The center’s staff consists of six licensed psychologists, two professional counselors, a part-time licensed social worker and a case manager trained as a public health administrator. Litterer said the number of students who use the center has increased
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University students often find toward the end of a semester that they have more swipes than they can hope to use. The Falcon Care program is aiming to help students put those swipes to good use. The program, which has been in effect since the fall semester, allows on-campus students with meal plan to donate unused swipes to students who are in need of food. Much of the concern comes from the needs of off-campus students in particular, according to sophomore Nadia Oehler, who spearheaded the program. Oehler is the Student Affairs Chair in the University Undergraduate Student Government. “There is this huge need by students struggling with hunger that typically happens off-campus because they don’t have the dining meal plan that’s required of all on-campus students,” she said. “[Falcon Care] kind of just spurred out of this desire to do something about students who were feeling like they had too many swipes at the end of
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competition, where students contend for a variety of notable awards, scholarships and a chance to advance to compete at the National JSHS. Annual symposium “It’s high stakes,” Duran said. “The topics and the level of these presentations – it’s to be hosted in Olscamp unbelievable. These kids are remarkable.” The 52nd Annual Ohio Junior Science The JSHS Program was first developed by and Humanities Symposium [JSHS] the U. S. Army Research Office over 50 years begins its opening session this Thursday ago to promote, encourage and recognize at 8:30 A.M. in Olscamp Hall, followed by ongoing presentations throughout the the nation’s best scientific researchers at the high school level. It now receives the morning and afternoon. combined support of the Army, Navy and All events are open to the public. Air Force. The event offers a platform for the The Ohio JSHS is hosted by the state’s leading high school students conNorthwest Ohio Center for Excellence in ducting original research in the STEM [sciSTEM Education and the School of Teaching ence, technology, engineering, math] fields and Learning at the University. to present their work to professionals at “It’s just an honor to be involved with the top of their respective disciplines. these students,” Duran said. “We have an “There’s very little like this around the opportunity to see what the top kids in Ohio country,” said Emilio Duran, Ohio JSHS are doing in our own backyard.” director. “There’s a lot of science fairs, but Following another session of presentations this is way beyond that.” throughout Friday morning, awards will be The symposium is also a prestigious presented at 2:30 P.M. in Olscamp.
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WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR FOOD? “I’m actually a hunter-gatherer, so that’s not an issue.” Charlie Sheehan Senior, Liberal Studies
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Student Affairs” committee. “We found that auxiliary is not as focused as we’d like it to be,” Durkit said after the meeting. The new committee would be more flexible, with the ability to have subcommittees focused on specific areas created and discontinued by whoever would be the speaker at the time. “I think good work is done in committee,” Durkit said. “It’s [just] kind of vague, kind of hazy.” During his executive report, USG President Brian Kochheiser said his recent trip to Interuniversity Day in Columbus to discuss university funding models with state legislators was a success.
in the past decade. From July 1, 2014, through February 25, 2015, there were 1248 total clients, roughly on par with the previous two years. Litterer said she encourages USG to inform constituents about the center, to try to take the negative connotation there. “Even though the stigma’s better, it’s still there,” she said. USG Speaker Kasie Durkit said a resolution to change the structure of the USG committee system will be introduced next week. The resolution calls for the replacement of the auxiliary affairs committee with an “Undergraduate
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Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity formally known as Choice USA held an Advocacy Day on Feb. 25,2015 in Columbus, Ohio. The Program gave students and activists alike an opportunity to become civically engaged according to Allie Lahey, who served as the program’s organizer.
SWIPES From Page 1 the semester.” The inability of an individual to get nutritional food is called “food insecurity,” and it isn’t generally associated with college students. The recent rise of college tuition nationwide has had an effect on meal budgeting for those attending college. According to the Michigan State University Food Bank, the number of university campus food banks in the U.S. shot up from one in 2007 to 121 in 2014. Additionally, a survey conducted last year by the University of Oregon
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“At URGE we think it’s really important to be civically engaged,” she said. “Civic engagement to a lot of people is just voting but to us it’s more than that. It’s being involved in every step of the process of how policies go through.” Lahey said Advocacy Day is a way for students and activists to get involved in holding our legislatures accountable.
“That means thanking them or telling them that we’re not happy with the job that they doing,” she said. A group of twenty-five students participated in Advocacy Day. They underwent an hour-long training on what advocacy means and why it’s done. The training was preceded by the introduction of state representa-
tives. Pa r t icipa nts where then given the opportunity to highlight specific pieces of legislation, while voicing personal opinions and concerns on governmental affairs. Six students of the University and members of the ca mpus orga nization Feminist Organization
found that 59 percent of their campus had recently experienced food insecurity. Students who wish to donate swipes may donate one per week, which go to a single “swipe bank” collected by dining services. Swipes are taken from the bank and put on cards with five swipes each, which Oehler said is for “a meal per day.” These cards are then distributed from the Office of the Dean of Students to those who need them. Students must first be referred by a University health or financial office before they may take advantage of the program, such as the Falcon Health Center or
the Counseling Center. “Those recommendations can come from numerous different places from around campus where those people are kind of trained to see those signs,” she said. The cards look no different from a temporary meal card given to a group visiting the University. “You can’t peg them when they’re a student when they’re [using the cards],” Oehler said. “It can be an embarrassing thing when you can’t provide for yourself ... we don’t want to give it a stigma.” Oehler said much of the program’s promotion is focused on those who need it, rather than the entire student
body. Since the fall, the program has collected roughly 40 swipes which have gone to roughly two or three people. “Right now we’re not looking at making any changes that are huge and dramatic,” she said. University Dining Services Director Michael Paulus said in an email that the organizations involved in the Falcon Care program believe it will be approved by the University for the upcoming academic year. Oehler said her experience working with dining services has been positive. “It’s such a great collaboration that we’ve been able to have with them,” she said.
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Support victims of sexual assault, blame perpetrators Important to focus on individuals rather than groups “Don’t be such a tease. I know you want it. You say no, but your body says something different. Don’t be like that.” This is something I’ve been told multiple times from different guys, after expressing I didn’t want to continue anything more sexually. In the end, I was blamed. “Why didn’t you push them off?” “Well, you put yourself in that situation. You need to be careful.” Once again, I was blamed - by peers, friends. This is why I’ve never been alarmed by the manipulative phrases I’ve been told on numerous occasions by guys who were only worried about getting lucky. If anyone shared a similar story to mine, my stomach would instantly drop and there’d be no question that it was rape. But it never seemed like a huge deal to me before because I’ve been blaming myself. And I think the bigger problem here is that I’ve been taught to do so. Maybe I should have said “no” louder? Maybe I should have fought back? Maybe I wasn’t clear enough? I’ve blamed myself so many times for being with a guy I said “no” to and then “letting it happen” because he wouldn’t stop trying or wouldn’t get off
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of me. Letting it happen does not mean it was consensual. Saying “no” and then going through with sex is not consent. Saying “slow down” does not translate to “not yet.” I hated myself for not “fighting back” and simply “giving in” because it seemed like the easier, less traumatic thing to do. It may sound naive, but thinking about the physical force that could have happened if I fought back would have been a constant reminder everyday that it was rape. If I said “no” a few times and failed, but let it happen, I could simply blame myself for the situation I found myself in. It was an easier scenario to live with and I could almost fool myself into thinking that it was consensual. And next time I would ensure that I would be more careful. I would promise myself, even. I would be less trusting and I’d build up more walls, protecting myself. Because this is what society teaches us [victims] to do. Because if I’ve been taken advantage of I’m just a “slut who
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“I know we cannot completely prevent rape or abuse from happening, but we can choose how we react to it.” asked for it.” Because I’m 5’0 and should be more careful because I’m an “easy target.” From analyzing these situations, I realized something: I am not to blame. We [students] need to stop blaming people for the terrible experiences they’ve encountered and start teaching our peers, friends, younger siblings, etc. to value one another and maybe we can prevent some future abuse. The problem starts with something we learned in elementary school: respect [something Aretha Franklin should have taught everyone in 1967]. I know we cannot completely prevent rape or abuse from happening, but we can choose how we react to it. We can choose to teach others respect and responsibility instead of teaching victims to live in fear or that maybe, just maybe, they “asked for it.”
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD], founded in 1961, consists of 34 countries. It publishes books, reports and related databases. One of their ongoing projects is the Program for International Student Assessment [PISA]. Begun in 1997, it tracks worldwide student scholastic achievement. The March 7th issue of the Economist magazine relates the latest findings of an OECD study on gender and academic achievement. More than half of new college graduates in the OECD countries are female. In several countries, the number approaches 60%. In the recent PISA test, covering 60 countries, females achieve significantly higher scores in literacy. Males do less homework and are more likely to fail, but those who succeed do better in mathematics. Summarizing the results, the Economist stated, “Women dominate in education, health, arts and humanities; men lead in computing, engineering and physics.” Some other results are noteworthy. When teachers [most of whom are female] grade a reading test and the student is unknown, the gender gap shrinks by a third. A recent book by Robert D. Putnam, titled “Our Kids,” maintains that the degree
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of academic achievement is directly related to strong families, strong schools and strong communities. Several issues rear their heads. Are gender gaps real or perceived? To what degree is the situation caused by family influence, by the quality of the schools or by birth? In short, nature or nurture? But in all the studies, facts and opinions merely dance around the central issue: should we even bother counting and calculating the male/female differences in academic achievement? Or do the results merely serve the statistical gristmill of some cause, agenda or position? Many colleges seem to think we should, possibly partially due to government pressure. The Economist article states, “Elite American colleges are widely suspected of admitting male applicants with lower grades to even up the numbers.” It’s the old “diversity” dance again, this time with a gender slant. Plainly, our primary and secondary schools have, in large part, not produced academically qualified students. There’s also no question that universities have an economic model much like a
hotel or hospital: high fixed costs. So it pays to keep all the seats filled. An additional factor might be the lack of acceptance of females by their male coworkers in fields such as engineering or the sciences. Anticipating such hostility might deter females from pursuing these vocations. But, does it really, truly matter if Susan wants to study art rather than engineering? Or, for that matter, if Bob makes the same choice? Are women hardwired to excel in certain subjects but not others? Do males face the same predicament? Depending on who’s asking, the answer could be “yes,” “no” or “further study is needed.” But, in truth, does it really matter? Our fascination with numbers, ratios and the gender/ racial/sexual orientation mix may have blinded us to what’s truly important – the individual. In the current political climate, individual choice is supposedly extolled [in certain areas], but only if it fits the overall vision of the political and educational ruling class. After all, they know best. Or do they? There’s mounting evidence that they don’t.
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MATT JOHNSON drops back for a pass during spring football practice after missing nearly the entire 2014 season due to injury.
Bowling Green football takes field for spring practice, injured players work way back By Cameron Teague Robinson Editor-in-Chief
As spring drills kick off across the country, teams will be looking to answer questions to improve on the previous year. This will be no different for the Falcons who have questions to answer on offense and on defense. But, for the first day of practice the talk wasn’t about who the linebackers will be, it wasn’t about what will the receiving corps look like come August. There was excitement, the type of excitement that can only come on the first day of spring practice. Falcon quarterback Matt Johnson described the feeling as “unbelievable.” For Johnson this was his first time on the field with his teammates since he injured his hip in last year’s season opener on Aug. 29.
Senior Brooke Pleger works way to one of greatest BGSU athletes ever By Aaron Parker Assistant Sports Editor
A two time All-American, Mid-American Conference champion and Great Lakes Region Field Athlete of the Year, redshirt senior Brooke Pleger is one of the most successful athletes in the history of Bowling Green State University athletics. Pleger is a throws athlete on the track and field team. Specializing in the hammer throw, she placed third last year at the NCAA National Outdoor Championship meet. However, what is most impressive is the rapid progression that she has seen since her arrival at Bowling Green. She came to a program that is very different from the one that exists today. “Five years ago when I first got here the attitude was we can just show up and we’ll be good, we don’t have to put in the work,” Pleger said. “When the new coaching staff came they stopped that right away. We had to come in everyday ready to work.” Pleger did not primarily focus on hammer until her sophomore year, throwing discus and shot put up to that point. It was after that initial year when Pleger decided to redshirt and focus on the hammer, which she was just introduced to during her senior year of high school. Falcon throws coach Matt Conly designed and implemented a training program specifically for throws. “She’s had a very rapid rate of progression, which isn’t typical of most athletes,” Conly said. “There’s definitely natural ability there. She just clicked with the event right away and had a natural feel for it.” That was something that was noticed early not only by Conly, but also by head coach Lou Snelling. “We both knew that she was good and had a lot of potential. That’s the whole reason for doing the redshirt piece in our first year,” Snelling said. After deciding to change focus and take
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a redshirt year, in the 2012-13 season Pleger immediately put together one of the best seasons in program history. In that year she broke the MAC Championship record in the hammer throw winning the event and then placing seventh with two points for the Falcons at the National Championships. She was the first to score points at the meet for the program since 2001. “It was a year that she really didn’t have to do that well,” Snelling said. “Not only are you going to set a conference record and qualify to nationals, but you’re going to make finals and be a first team All-American your first time there. That’s special and that shouldn’t be something that’s overlooked. It usually takes people one or two attempts to get to that point because the pressure is so massive.” Since then, Pleger has continued to improve, placing third in the nation last year, which was the best finish in any event in BGSU history. In addition, being named All-American for the second time is something that has only been done one other time in the program. Now, Pleger is ranked 10th all-time in the event among American collegiate women. She has a legitimate chance this spring to become a three time All-American, the first for any women’s sport in BGSU history. “I hear all that because people tell me, but I don’t really know until someone brings it up,” Pleger said. “Just knowing that I have been a part of building this team and taking these steps is really exciting to me.” Pleger is now preparing for the outdoor season which starts March 27 in North Carolina.
“It just feels great to be back out with my teammates,” he said. When all the feelings are done and the pads are on, the players have to take the field. After so much time off there is bound to be rust for the team, Johnson felt it. “If there is rust I definitely felt it today,” Johnson said. “Whether it was reads or throws and even running. I definitely had some plays where I felt like my old self and then there were other plays where I know that’s just me not being able to do anything for the last six months.” Johnson wasn’t the only Falcon who came back from an injury Tuesday afternoon. Among others, defensive lineman Zach Colvin returned from a non-football injury, wide receiver Chris Gallon returned after nearly two years without playing due to knee injuries and running back Travis Greene was cleared to practice right before spring break, but
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Falcons prepare for first home game, get ready for MAC games this weekend
Offense continues to lead BG baseball, pitching needs to find groove By Brandon Shrider Sports Editor
Coming home for the first time this season, the Bowling Green baseball team will use its lone midweek game as a tune up for Mid-American Conference play. On the road for its first 14 games, BG [5-9] plays Youngstown State at Steller Field on Mar. 18 before the MAC opening weekend against Ball State on Friday. The Falcons will utilize most of its roster against YSU in order to ensure that the team is both healthy and ready to compete in the Conference. “It’s always great to be home, but we want to get ourselves ready for Friday,” said head coach Danny Schmitz. “That’s when it becomes real.” Due to the continuous inclement weather and low temperatures, the Falcons have been limited to indoor practices and a plethora of road trips to get a chance at actual baseball scenarios. In these scenarios, BG has been fairly successful with the offense averaging nearly seven runs per game. However, the Falcons haven’t had the same success on the mound with a 5.72 team ERA. “The strength of our team is probably our offense, overall,” said catcher Trey Keegan, who leads the team with a .380 batting average. “When we get going, when we stick with our approach that our coaches have ingrained in us, we’re really hard to stop.” One aspect that has helped the offense along is the successful running game that the Falcons have had early on. Swiping 22 of 33 bags on the season, BG has been able to manufacture runs even when the entire lineup is not firing on all cylinders. “The running game is huge for us.
Getting people in scoring position after walks or singles and getting them in scoring position for our RBI guys is huge,” Keegan said. [Our baserunning] takes away from us having to bunt and give up outs to move runners into scoring position, pitcher Tony Landi added. “That’s part of our offense,” Schmitz said. “We get on base and try to cause some havoc and try to force the opposition into making a mistake. We’re led by the top of the order with Brandon Howard and Brian Bien and it’s extremely important that those guys get on base.” The Falcons will need to sharpen their work on the mound to continue and build on success in the MAC. The offense has not struggled to give the staff leads to work with, while the defense is sporting a .963 fielding percentage, limiting mistakes in the field. “Our pitching is the one thing that we have to get going — a little more on a consistent basis,” Schmitz said. “We’re basically giving up over two runners an inning, so that’s going to be the big key, getting our pitching staff going.” The staff will have an opportunity to get going against YSU as the team expects to use about nine pitchers, one per inning, in order to be ready for the series against Ball State on Friday, Schmitz said. While the Falcons have seen flashes during each phase of the game, they are determined to develop consistency as they head into their stretch of home games. “We’ve all seen some pretty good things from the team, but we’ve got some things to work on,” Landi said. “We all feel pretty confident that we can be a good team, we just need to put everything together.”
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Falcons swim and dive team breaks records, looks forward to huge crop of returning players By Katherine Wernke Reporter
Cooper Pool may have fallen quiet with the end of the Bowling Green swim and dive team’s season, but the cheers are still being heard. The program is coming off of one its best seasons finishing 9-1 in the regular season and a third place finish in the MidAmerican Conference. “It’s says a lot about the team and how they want to get things done,” head coach Petra Martin said. “They want to win everything they can.” The Falcons took down a list of competitors in the pool, breaking records and shattering personal bests. Bowling Green opened the season with three straight wins before heading into the Georgia Tech
FOOTBALL From Page 6 is still fighting some “nicks.” “It was just good to see those guys running around,” said head coach Dino Babers. The return of the injured Falcons does one thing for the team: builds competi-
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Men’s basketball gets first round win
The BGSU men’s basketball team defeated Saint Francis 67-64 earning a win in the first round of the Collegeinsider.com Tournament and their first postseason win in 40 years. The Falcons, who entered the game 20-11, were led by Anthony
Invitational. There, the team faced Southeastern Conference programs — some of the best in the country. The Eastern Michigan Invitational gave the team a chance to swim in the pool they would later compete in at MAC Championships. From there, the only loss came to Buffalo by eight points. Akron, Eastern Michigan, Toledo and Michigan State were just a few of the teams to be checked off on Bowling Green’s list. Despite the repeated wins, junior Jordan Bullock said the season meant more than just victories. “Looking back on my three seasons this one was definitely one of the best,” Bullock said. “It wasn’t the best season just because
we had a winning record, but because the team was so close-knit.” That close-knit team helped lead the Falcons to a third-place finish in MAC Championships for the third consecutive season. Although the Falcons have stayed in third, each year the overall points total has increased. Bullock said while the placement matters, it’s the progress that keeps her motivated. “It shows that all the work we are putting in is working,” Bullock said. “As long as we keep moving forward that’s all that we can ask for.” The progress is something the team looks to keep furthering next year with most of the roster returning to the pool. “We’re not necessarily in the position where we’re
replacing every spot,” Martin said. “I’m pretty excited about that, seeing how the women have gotten better this year.” There are just four seniors on the 25-woman roster. Junior A lex Poitinger is getting ready for her last season as Falcon. “I am excited to be able to lead the team and see what we can accomplish,” Poitinger said. “We will keep working hard to chase our dream as MAC champs and take the title away from Akron University.” For now, the Falcons will hold on to the third-place MAC finish and near perfect season. The sun is setting over Cooper Pool this year, but soon it will rise again as Bowling Green swim and dive will look to make their mark on a fresh season.
tion. With Cody Callaway and James Knapke returning, Clayton Nicholas being eligible after his redshirt year and now the return of Johnson, the Falcons have a decision to make at quarterback. Despite Johnson’s success before the injury, the quarterback spot is an “open
race,” Johnson said. “Competition is what brings out the best in us,” Johnson said. “We are all ready to get after it.” While Chris Gallon did not practice, he was in uniform and seen running along the sidelines. His return could give the Falcons at least seven receivers who will be competing
for a starting role. There is a lot still to be determined before the Falcons open the season against the University of Tennessee in Nashville. “Last year there were a lot of losses that didn’t sit well with us, so I think we need to focus on us again,” Johnson said. “Get back to what made us great.”
Henderson who finshed the game with 20 points. Depsite the absence of senior and Mid-American Conference defensive player of the year forward Richaun Holmes, the Falcons prevailed. Holmes did not make the trip with the team. While Saint Francis led the game for 21 minutes, but the Falcons won the rebounding battle [43-31] and shot 41 percent from behind the arc keeping the game close. They trailed 62-61 with 2:33
left to play, but buckled down defensively only allowing two more points the rest of the game. Pep Joseph went to the free throw line with 2:12 left to play and nailed two free throws giving the Falcons the slim 63-62 lead. He would take another trip back to the line with eight seconds to play and seal the win knocking in two more. The Falcons are rumored to host the second round game of the CIT Saturday afternoon.
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