The Cardinals (3-2) made 66 percent of their shots over the final 20 minutes (19 of 29) and scored 59 points to open up a game that was tied at the half.
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LAS VEGAS -- The Ball State men's basketball team found its offensive rhythm in the second half Wednesday on the way to a 94-83 win over Southern Utah to close out the Men Who Speak Up Main Event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The Cardinals (3-2) made 66 percent of their shots over the final 20 minutes (19 of 29) and scored 59 points to open up a game that was tied at the half. MORE DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois Huskies erased a 10-point halftime deficit before falling to Cal Poly, 68-64, on Wednesday night in the NIU Thanksgiving Classic at the NIU Convocation Center. Senior Marin Maric scored a team-high 14 points to pace the Huskies. NIU shot 60.9 percent (14-of-23) from the field in the second half after shooting just 25.9 percent (7-of-27) in the first half. Senior Aaric Armstead was the second Huskie in double figures with 11 points and a team-high six rebounds. MORE AUSTIN, Texas – Central Michigan men’s basketball coach Keno Davis wasn’t necessarily satisfied with his team’s 1-2 finish in the Lone Star Showcase. But as is typical of the fifth-year CMU coach, he took a long-term view of his team after it closed the event with a 91-79 loss to Little Rock on Wednesday night at H-E-B Center. MORE ANCHORAGE, AK - Senior Blake Hamilton scored a career-high 36 points on Wednesday night, including 29 in the second half, leading the Bulls to an 85-79 win over the host Alaska-Anchorage in the first round of the Great Alaska Shootout. With the win, UB advances to Friday's semifinals. MORE ESTERO, Fla. – The Kent State Golden Flashes (3-2) played their second straight game down to the wire Tuesday but again came up short falling at the Gulf Coast Showcase against George Mason (2-3), 79-75. Deon Edwin and Jimmy Hall combined . . . CEDAR PARK, Texas - Central Michigan dug itself a Texas-sized hole that it could never climb out of and fell to St. Bonaventure, 102-71, on Tuesday night in game two of the Lone Star Showcase. The loss was CMU's first of the 2016-17 campaign, dropping it to 4-1. St. Bonaventure improved to 2-2. "It was one of those games when . . . MURFREESBORO, TN – Toledo wasn't able to recover from a 15-2 Middle Tennessee spurt midway through the first half on Tuesday evening as the Rockets suffered an 80-70 setback to the Blue Raiders at the Murphy Center. Senior forward Steve Taylor Jr. topped . . . By EVAN MEYER AKRON, OHIO – Since losing their opening game of the season at Youngstown State in the Northeast Ohio Coaches vs. Cancer tournament, the Akron Zips have now rattled off three consecutive victories after defeating the Eagles of Georgia Southern, 75-67, Tuesday night at Rhodes Arena. The game, UA’s second game in . . . YPSILANTI, MI – The Eastern Michigan Eagles capped off an historic regular season with a late come-from-behind victory over Central Michigan Tuesday at Rynearson Stadium , 26-21. With the victory, the Eagles (7-5, 4-4 MAC) finish a regular season with seven wins for the first time since 1989. CMU closed the regular season at 6-6, 3-5 MAC. Eastern opened up a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter thanks to a 50-yard run by Blake Banham and 42-yard pass from Brogan Roback to Dieuly Aristile. Central Michigan cut its . . . Neither team scores a touchdown ATHENS, OHIO -- The Ohio Bobcats (8-4, 6-2 MAC) defeated Akron (5-7, 3-5 MAC) 9-3 on Tuesday night to clinch the Bobcats first MAC East Division Championship since 2011. With the win, Ohio advances to the MAC Championship game in Detroit to face the West Division Champion on Dec. 2. There were a lot of struggles in the MAC east to get this thing done,” Ohio head coach Frank Solich said. There were “A lot of close games, (and) a lot of tough football played. So we are proud to represent the MAC East and look forward to going to Detroit. “This was a game that . . . By MIKE SMITH OXFORD, OH - It was senior night Tuesday at Yager Stadium, and two seniors were among the prominent figures in an historic 21-20 Miami RedHawks win over Ball State. Sophomore quarterback Gus Ragland connected with seniors Rokeem Williams and Sam Shisso for a total of three touchdown passes to give MU its sixth win of the season. That victory marked the first time a Football Bowl Subdivision team has started a regular season with six losses and finished with six victories. (EDITORS NOTE: Pictures and more to come!!) It also gave Miami a share of the MAC East title, although Ohio’s win over Akron Tuesday advances the Bobcats to next week’s conference title game, since OU won a head-to-head battle earlier this year. However, the RedHawks are now bowl eligible and will be waiting to see how that situation sorts out. The MAC has a number of bowl tie-ins. Miami got on the . . . Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com AUSTIN, Texas – It was a sweet homecoming for Marcus Keene and Braylon Rayson. And a sweet start to the Lone Star Showcase for the Central Michigan Chippewas. Keene scored 36 points in another sensational performance in his first season as a Chippewa, and Rayson added 20 as CMU posted an 88-77 victory over Pepperdine on Monday at the H-E-B Center. The Chippewas (4-0) play St. Bonaventure (1-2) on Tuesday (6 p.m.) and close the tournament on Wednesday (8:30 p.m.) against Little Rock (3-1). Keene, who hails from San Antonio, continued . . . ESTERO, Fla. – The Kent State Golden Flashes (3-1) absorbed their first loss of the season, falling to the South Dakota Coyotes (5-0), 80-77, Monday at the Gulf Coast Showcase in Germain Arena. The result moved the Golden Flashes to the 1:30 p.m. game Tuesday against George Mason. Deon Edwin recorded career highs of 19 points, nine rebounds and five assists, leading the team in all three categories. He shot 7-for-14 from the floor and also matched his career high of four steals. Jaylin Walker matched his 19 points to go with two rebounds and two steals. Jimmy Hall tied the game high of nine rebounds and recorded 14 points and three blocks. The Flashes had a good first half and . . . Falcons edge Murray State BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Senior guard Zack Denny hit a game-winning three with 53 seconds left to propel the Bowling Green State University Falcons to a 78-77 victory over Murray State on Monday evening at the Stroh Center. The game concluded the first-ever Bill Frack Tournament. Following Denny's triple, which came . . . LAS VEGAS -- Trey Moses had only had four points Monday against Coppin State, but that was no measure of his impact on a 79-77 victory for the Ball State Cardinals at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The sophomore center grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds and found open teammates from both the low and the high post for five assists. But the play that stood out the most was his blocked shot in the final 10 seconds against Coppin State's hottest player. It was one of his four blocks on the day. Ball State (2-2) had a difficult time guarding . . . |
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