The Mid-American Conference on Monday announced its UP.com MAC Men’s Basketball Players of the week. These week’s honorees are Ohio’s Antonio Campbell and Western Michigan’s Thomas Wilder.
Things were looking pretty good for the Toledo Rockets about 10 day ago. They had just clobbered Miami, 93-49, for their fourth consecutive win. It appeared the Rockets were hitting their afterburners at a good time. Moreover, they owned a share of first place in the MAC West. Then came a 77-69 loss at Central Michigan, followed by Saturday’s 91-85 setback at Eastern Michigan. Suddenly, Toledo is two games back of Cinderella story Ball State. The Cardinals have won three straight and five of their last six, with three victories coming on the road. The only loss in that span was a 72-69 home setback to the MAC’s hottest team right now – Ohio. With just four regular season games left on the schedule, Tuesday’s Ball State-Toledo game will be big. Of course, Akron’s lead in the MAC East has . . . YPSILANTI, Mich. – Eastern Michigan withstood a furious second half rally to defeat the Toledo Rockets, 91-85, Saturday at the Convocation Center. EMU paved the way for its win by posting the best shooting percentage and 3-point percentage in program history Overall, the team connected on 34-for-50 (68 percent) from the floor, and 11-of-16 (68.8 percent) from three. The hosts were also solid from the charity stripe, finishing 12-of-16 (75 percent) from the line. Eastern also held an advantage for points in the paint, at 44-36. The Eagles were led by senior . . . BUFFALO, NY – Using a 16-0 second half run, the Buffalo Bulls came from behind to defeat Bowling Green, 88-74 Saturday at Alumni Arena. Junior Blake Hamilton was a key piece of the victory, finishing with a career-high 24 points as the Bulls snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 15-12 on the year and 8-6 in MAC play. The Bulls led by as many eight points in the opening half as Buffalo had a 16-8 lead just eight minutes into the contest. UB got a boost off the bench from sophomore Lamonte Bearden, who returned to the lineup after missing the last three games. Buffalo continued to lead by six with 11:24 left when Bowling Green. . . KALAMAZOO, Mich.- Western Michigan shot 56.5 percent from the floor, including 64.3 percent in the second half, to put away rival Central Michigan, 92-85, Saturday in front of a crowd of 3,869 at University Arena. In a Mid-American Conference thriller, the Broncos trailed by four at halftime, 44-40, and went on to outscore the Chippewas 52-41 in the second half. With the game tied 77-77 with 2:30 left to play, the Broncos went on a critical 10-0 run. WMU hit 8 of its 10 free throws in the final 38 seconds. With the victory, Western Michigan improved . . . By MIKE SMITH ATHENS, Ohio -- A team on a roll met a team desperately trying to fill some roles Saturday at the Convocation Center. When the final horn sounded, the team on a roll prevailed as Ohio University knocked off rival Miami, 76-64. Ohio redshirt sophomore guard Jaaron Simmons led all scorers with 25 points, connecting on 8-of-9 from the field overall, 3-of-4 from distance and 6-of-6 at the line. "He had a look in his eye.,” Ohio head coach Saul Phillips said. “My dad even pointed it out. He had a look in his eye yesterday and . . . Cardinals thrive on home court vibes By Doug Zaleski MUNCIE, Ind. -- A missed alley-oop lob dunk Friday night might have saved the Ball State men’s basketball team from an expensive repair bill. The energy inside Worthen Arena was running at a high level already when Cardinals forward Sean Sellers offered up a lob to Jeremie Tyler on a fast break. As Tyler went in for a potential rim-rattling slam, a season-best crowd of 5,160 rose to its collective feet to celebrate. But the anticipated celebration and deafening noise level that might have blown the roof off the 24-year-old arena instead was replaced by a collective groan as Tyler couldn’t control the ball and missed the dunk. But there were mostly euphoric cheers on this night. The reveling noise of successful seasons gone by returned to Worthen as the Cardinals posted a 63-59 victory over Northern Illinois in front of . . . 'Physical' Flashes prevail in centennial meeting By EVAN MEYER KENT, OHIO – The Kent State Golden Flashes used an 11-1 run midway through the second half to seize control and went on to a 85-76 victory over the Akron Zips Friday night before a national television audience and sellout crowd of 6,327 at the MAC Center. With the victory, Kent State (18-9, 9-5 MAC) has won three of its last four and has moved to within one game of the Zips for first place in the Mid-American Conference Eastern Division. “I am really proud of our guys the way they competed tonight.” KSU head coach Rob Senderoff said. “Probably our best game of the year over 40 minutes.” Senior Khaliq Spicer and . . . It’s been a tough season for the Miami RedHawks basketball team, which took another hit Friday with one-game suspensions to four players. Three seniors: Geovonie McKnight, Willie Moore, and Jere Vucica, as well as sophomore guard Ali Barnes, will miss Saturday’s game at rival Ohio University (17-8, 8-5). The Bobcats, ranked No. 2 among MAC teams in scoring to Miami’s last place rank, already figured as significant favorites. The suspensions will give MU (9-17, 3-10 MAC) an even greater challenge. Vucica hasn’t seen action in months after an injury. However, McKnight (12.6 ppg) is the second-leading scorer on a team that struggles to score. Moore and Barnes are also guards, further hampering the RedHawks at that position. MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS AND NOTES FROM THE MRO STAFF ● MAC tourney could be a wild one ● Ball State Cardinals – an amazing turnaround ● MAC football will make history in Chicago ● Dieter latest Falcon gridder to depart CLICK READ MORE TO CONTINUE . . . ATHENS, Ohio -- Antonio Campbell is hot … and so are the Ohio Bobcats! The 6-8 junior from Cincinnati scored a career-high 33 points and added 11 rebounds to lead Ohio past Eastern Michigan, 86-64, at the Convocation Center. It was the fourth straight win for Ohio, which also posted its sixth win over the last seven outings to raise its record to 17-8, 8-5 MAC). Eastern Michigan (13-13, 5-8 MAC) continued its road struggles, falling for the sixth time in seven conference road tilts. The only MAC road win for EMU was in its conference opener, Jan. 6 at Central Michigan. "I think the . . . Two meetings, two overtimes, two Kent State wins KENT, Ohio – Galal Cancer scored a career-high 24 points and Kent State's defense shut down Western Michigan in overtime to secure an 85-78 victory on Tuesday night at the M.A.C. Center. The Golden Flashes also needed overtime to beat the Broncos in the Mid-American Conference opener in Kalmazoo on Jan. 5. Western's Thomas Wilder forced another extra session this time around on a driving layup with 1.1 seconds remaining in regulation. From there, KSU held Western to just 1-for-6 shooting from the field. "This was a huge win for us and . . . DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois Huskies held Bowling Green to just 32.7 percent (18-of-55) shooting, including just 26.9 percent (7-of-26) in the second half, as the Huskies led wire-to-wire in a 71-60 victory over the Falcons on Tuesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Junior Aaric Armstead scored a team-high 14 points and sophomore Marin Maric recorded his fifth consecutive double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds as the Huskies improved to 18-8 overall, 7-6 in Mid-American Conference play. NIU’s 18 victories marks the most for the program since winning 20 during the 1995-96 season. Senior Travon Baker . . . Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – The smallest man on the court played the largest role. Braylon Rayson, all 5-feet-9 of him, tied his career-high with seven 3-pointers en route to 26 points and a team-high nine rebounds Tuesday as the Central Michigan Chippewas held off Toledo, 77-69, in a key Mid-American Conference tilt at McGuirk Arena. Rayson got plenty of help from his teammates as the Chippewas snapped a three-game losing streak in improving to 14-12, 7-6 MAC. They are tied for second in the West Division with the Rockets and Northern Illinois, one game behind Ball State. While the Chippewas ended their own slide, they also halted Toledo’s win streak at four games. “I think it’s a great win for us, especially because . . . Late rally helps UA remain perfect at home By EVAN MEYER AKRON, OHIO – The Akron Zips registered their 21st win of the 2015-16 season as they came back from a 13-point first half deficit to defeat the Buffalo Bulls, 80-70, Tuesday night at Rhodes Arena. With the victory, Akron (21-5, 10-3 MAC) maintained its two-game lead in the Mid-American conference Eastern Division. Kent State defeated Western Michigan at home in overtime and Ohio topped Eastern Michigan (also at home) in other Tuesday night action. In addition, UA has a two-game advantage over Ball State in the race for the number one seed in the upcoming 2016 MAC Men’s Basketball Tournament. “We survived a . . . |
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