BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Sophomore Tristan Beckford scored a game-high 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead Bowling Green to an 88-76 victory in NCAA men's basketball action on Thursday evening inside the Stroh Center.

Bowling Green improved to 3-0 for the second consecutive season, meanwhile, Niagara dropped to 0-3 overall with the loss.

Beckford was aided by fellow sophomore Makhi Leach who finished with 19 points. The Falcons went 50.8% (33-for-65) from the field and 36.7% (11-for-30) from three-point range.

Logan Woods led the Purple Eagles with 21 points and five rebounds as Niagara went 42.9% (27-for-63) from the floor and 37.9% (11-for-29) from behind the arc.

Bowling Green opened the game on an 11-0 run and held Niagara scoreless for the initial 5:48 and maintained the lead to take a 44-31 advantage into the halftime break.

Out of the intermission, Niagara mounted a comeback, shooting at a 51.7% clip from the and narrowed the deficit to as little as three points. Bowling Green responded by ending the game on a 21-12 stretch to secure the victory.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Five players scored in double-figures to lift the Western Michigan men's basketball team to an 81-59 road win over Purdue Fort Wayne on Thursday night.        
 
Julien Gomez paced the five Broncos (3-1) in double-figures with 19 points off of the bench. Joining the sophomore in double-figures for the Brown and Gold were Augustinas Kiudulas (15), Mason Bendinger (12), Adam Harakow (10) and Jaylen Washington (10). Harakow paced WMU on the glass with eight rebounds, while Bendinger handed out a team-leading four assists.
 
The two teams went back and forth for the first 10-plus minutes of the contest. With Purdue Fort Wayne (1-2) holding an 18-16 edge, Western Michigan put together a 13-point outburst to open up a 29-18 lead. The Mastodons worked the margin down to 35-28 heading into the break.
 
Purdue Fort Wayne notched the first six points after halftime to close to within one, 35-34. The Broncos countered with 10 in a row as part of a 20-4 surge to push their advantage back into double-digits at 55-38. Western Michigan maintained a double-digit cushion for the remainder of the evening, with the Brown and Gold's largest lead, 81-57, coming with just over a minute to play.

The Broncos were over 50.0 percent from the field for the second straight contest, hitting on 52.6 percent (30-of-57) of their field goal attempts. Purdue Fort Wayne was limited to 38.5 percent (20-of-52) from the floor and 20.0 percent (4-of-20) from three-point range. WMU was dominant on the glass, owning a 38-23 rebounding advantage over the Mastodons.