BOWLING GREEN — Daeqwon Plowden had 27 points and 10 rebounds as Bowling Green narrowly beat Miami 87-83 in overtime on Saturday in a Mid-American Conference contest.

Joe Reece added 20 points for the Falcons.

Plowden made 4 of 6 3-pointers. Reece also had 10 rebounds.

Chandler Turner had 11 points and eight rebounds for Bowling Green (8-6, 1-2 Mid-American Conference), which earned its fifth straight home victory.

Dae Dae Grant scored a season-high 26 points for the RedHawks (7-6, 1-1). Bowsher High School graduate Dalonte Brown scored a season-high 24 points and had seven rebounds. Precious Ayah had 12 points and nine rebounds.

Brown made 1 of 2 from the free-throw line to make it 77-all with 59 seconds left in regulation and, eventually, force the extra session. Bowling Green never trailed in overtime.

Reece started the overtime scoring for Bowling Green with a layup.

Myron Gordon then added two free throws to give the Falcons an 81-77 lead with 3:35 left in overtime.

Ayah answered with two free throws with 3:19 remaining.

Plowden then converted a layup to stretch the lead to 83-79 with 2:26 left.

Ayah made two layups to cut the lead to two points on two separate occasions.

But after each one, Bowling Green made two free throws with Gordon and Brenton Mills coming up clutch as Mills iced the game with eight seconds remaining.

Bowling Green travels to Athens to take on Ohio at 7 p.m. Tuesday before returning home for Saturday’s Battle of I-75 rivalry game against Toledo at 5 p.m.

First Published January 9, 2022, 2:30 a.m.