 CLEVELAND, Ohio - Bowling Green & Toledo have been selected to win their respective divisions in the 2019-20 MAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll. Bowling Green received a total of nine first place votes when it came to picking who would win the East, while the Rockets received 11 first place votes to take home the West.
Half of the league's head coaches also . . .  The Buffalo Bulls look to make it three straight wins Saturday when they visit an Eastern Michigan team that is trying to move on from a disappointing overtime loss at Toledo last week.
Coming off a big win over Western Michigan, the Eagles staged a dramatic . . .  The Mid-American Conference has announced its football Week Nine Players of the Week.
This week’s honorees are: MAC East: QB Nathan Rourke (Ohio), SJoey Banks (Buffalo), K Sam Sloman (Miami) MAC West: RB LeVante Bellamy (Western Michigan) , LB Treshaun Hayward (Western Michigan) , KR Ronnie Jones (Toledo).  BUFFALO, NY – Behind the strength of five defensive takeaways, the Buffalo Bulls defeated Central Michigan, 43-20, at UB Stadium on Saturday afternoon. It was the Bulls second straight win, leveling their record at 4-4 overall and 2-2 in Mid-American Conference play.
The game turned quickly in . . .  DEKALB, Ill. – Junior quarterback Marcus Childers threw for three touchdowns and junior running back Tre Harbison ran for a pair as Northern Illinois recorded its first shutout since 2012, blanking Akron, 49-0, on Saturday afternoon at Huskie Stadium.
Harbison rushed for 158 yards on . . .  KALAMAZOO, Mich. – A strong rushing attack paired with two takeaways by the defense guided Western Michigan football to a 49-10 victory over Bowling Green on Saturday inside Waldo Stadium.
On the ground, the Broncos registered 399 yards to go along with six rushing touchdowns, the second most . . .  MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ohio football team (4-4, 3-1 MAC) piled up a season-high 316 rushing yards to beat Ball State (4-4, 3-1 MAC), 34-21, in a battle of Mid-American Conference Division leaders that was played in a driving rain Saturday at Scheumann Stadium.
While giving the Cardinals their first conference loss . . .  TOLEDO, Ohio - Junior quarterback Eli Peters hit junior tight end Drew Rosi for a 15-yard touchdown in overtime to lead Toledo to a 37-34 victory over Eastern Michigan at a rain-soaked Glass Bowl on Saturday.
The Eagles took the lead . . .  By EVAN MEYER
KENT, OHIO – Junior RB Jaylon Bester scored on a 47-yard run with 3:19 remaining to give Miami (4-4, 3-1 MAC) its second straight victory and third in the last four games. The 23-16 win allowed MU to keep pace with Ohio atop the MAC East, while KSU falls a game back. Miami and Ohio face off in Athens Nov. 6, with the winner taking the outright lead. True freshman Brett Gabbert . . .  Click Read More (below right) to view capsule summaries of completed games.
(Full game stories will follow later) Western Michigan 49, Bowling Green 10 Ohio 34, Ball State 21 Akron 0, Northern Illinois 49 Central Michigan 20 at Buffalo 43 Eastern Michigan 34 at Toledo 37 Miami 23 at Kent State 16  By EVAN MEYER
To say that both the Akron Zips and Northern Illinois Huskies are in desperate need of victory is an understatement. UA is off to its worst start since 2010 after being shut out last Saturday at home by Buffalo 21-0. NIU, meanwhile, has lost five of its last six games. One of those . . .  After breaking a two-game losing streak with a win over Bowling Green last week, Eastern Michigan hopes to make it two in a row when it takes on Toledo Saturday in the Glass Bowl. The Rockets, once a preseason MAC West favorite, are on a two-game losing streak.
UT’s problems may not be . . .  Riding a three-game winning streak and still very much in the MAC West title hunt, the Central Michigan Chippewas visit Buffalo Saturday. They’ll meet a Bulls team that bounced back from two straight losses with a 21-0 shutout of struggling Akron.
Buffalo is a mere two-points away from . . .  STAFF REPORT
EVAN MEYER, MIKE SMITH Two of the three MAC East leaders meet Saturday when Kent State hosts Miami at Dix Stadium. Operating under a new head coach, the Flashes (3-4, 2-1 MAC) have already won more games than all of last year (2-7, 1-7 MAC) and will be slight favorites on their home field. They nearly pulled off a big road upset last week, hanging with . . .  One of this week’s premier MAC match-ups pits two division leaders against each other. One was a preseason pick to reach (and win) the MAC championship games. The other is something of a surprise, but brings a perfect 3-0 conference into the tilt.
Ball State (4-3, 3-0 MAC) is riding a three-game winning streak, with its most recent . . . |
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-- Final - 2022 -- MAC EAST
OHIO 7-1 BUFFALO 5-3 BOWLING GREEN 5-3 MIAMI 4-4 KENT STATE 4-4 AKRON 1-7 MAC WEST TOLEDO 5-3 EASTERN MICHIGAN 5-3 WESTERN MICHIGAN 4-4 BALL STATE 3-5 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 3-5 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2-6 MAC Basketball
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(Through 3-3-23) Team - MAC -- Overall
Toledo 16-2 (25-6) Kent State 15-3 (25-6) Akron 13-5 (21-10) Ball State 11-7 (20-11) Ohio 10-8 (18-13) Buffalo 9-9 (15-16) Northern Illinois 9-9 (13-18) Miami 6-12 (12-19) Bowling Green 5-13 (11-20) Central Michigan 5-13 (10-21) Eastern Michigan 5-13 (8-23) Western Michigan 4-14 (8-23) CategoriesArchives
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