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BUFFALO, NY – Buffalo overcame an 11-point second half deficit on Thursday night as the Bulls forced overtime against visiting NJIT and came away with the win in the extra period, 86-81. Playing in just his third game, senior Wes Clark scored a career high 27 points. Thursday's game was UB's final non-conference game as the Bulls finish with an 8-5 record.
The Bulls led for . . . SYRACUSE, N.Y. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan hung in for most of the game, but ultimately fell to Syracuse University, 62-47, Wednesday night at the Carrier Dome. The Eagles (8-4) were tied with the Orange (11-2) at 24 at the half, but SU outscored EMU, 38-23 to pull away in the second stanza. Redshirt junior Elijah Minnie . . . By MIKE SMITH With Northern Illinois’ loss to Duke, another MAC bowl season has passed. Just one MAC team emerged victorious, while four went down to defeat. Ohio pummeled Alabama Birmingham 41-6. Whatever was ailing the Bobcats late in the regular season, they seemed to have fixed things by the time they faced UAB. Of the four MAC bowl losses, two might . . . Blue Devil defense rules second half DETROIT – Duke scored the last 22 points of the game and shut out Northern Illinois in the second half to claim the 2017 Quick Lane Bowl Championship with a 36-14 victory Tuesday at Ford Field. NIU finished the season 8-5 overall and went 6-2 in the MAC to record its seventh eight-win season in the past eight years. Duke won its final three games of the year to finish 7-6 overall. “The kids played hard, we just . . . By J. OLSEN It’s a good thing for Duke fans that the Blue Devils started and finished strong this season. Winning the final two games pulled out a bowl appearance for Duke, which had previously dropped six straight contests. Joining Duke in the Quick Lane Bowl is a Northern Illinois team which overcame another heaping dose of adversity in 2017 to get back in the bowl picture. The Huskies had been a regular . . . MOBILE, Alabama -- The Toledo Rockets were hoping for a little revenge Saturday when they again faced an Appalachian State team that pulled out a 31-28 bowl victory over UT last year. Not only did Toledo fail to get its victory at the Dollar General Bowl, App State dominated UT in 34-0 shutout a Ladd-Peeples Stadium. Led by Logan Woodside, MAC Player of the Year, Toledo (11-3) entered . . . By EVAN MEYER CLEVELAND – The Toledo Rockets opened a three-game road trip Saturday afternoon by defeating the Cleveland State Vikings 77-62 at the Wolstein Center. Toledo (7-5) shot a sizzling 70.8 percent from the field in the second half and hit 7-of-11 from three-point range thanks to the shooting of juniors Jalen Sanford and Nate Navigato. “In the first half, we . . . Lindsay Gerber, CMUChippewas.com MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- Central Michigan tied the program record with its 10th nonconference win as the Chippewas topped Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 70-52, in McGuirk Arena on Friday. CMU improved to 10-2 and . . . HONOLULU, Hawaii – The Akron Zips opened the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic with a strong performance and four-point lead at halftime, but USC used a 26-2 second-half run to secure an 84-53 win on Saturday at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Zips controlled the . . . ROCHESTER, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan mounted a tremendous comeback effort Friday at Oakland University, erasing an 18-point second half deficit, but the Eagles ultimately fell short 86-81 at the O'Rena. Trailing by 16 with 4:35 to go . . . MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State ran its winning streak to seven games Friday night with a 70-54 victory over Jackson State at Worthen Arena. Sophomore forward Kyle Mallers posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Francis Kiapway and Sean Sellers also scored 11. Ball State (8-4) shook off . . . MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Thomas Wilder blocked a 3-point attempt as the buzzer sounded to help Western Michigan survive a late rally and defeat Milwaukee, 66-63 inside UWM Panther Arena on Friday night. Milwaukee made six of its final . . . Miscues fuel 23 Wyoming points Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com BOISE, Idaho – Central Michigan had made a living forcing turnovers this season. On Friday, the Chippewas found out what it is like to be on the other side, and the consequences were devastating. CMU gave the ball away a season-high eight times in falling to Wyoming, 37-14, before 16,512 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at Albertsons Stadium. The Chippewas finished 8-5 and saw their win streak end at five games. (CLICK READ MORE TO CONTINUE . . . ) Saturday, Dec. 23 – 7 p.m. ET Ladd-Peebles Stadium – Mobile, Alabama ESPN By MIKE SMITH For a team that has only held Football Bowl Subdivision status for two-plus seasons, Appalachian State has been very successful – especially in bowl games. The Mountaineers have gone to bowls in each of the past two seasons and won both. Each of those wins was against a Mid-American Conference team, as ASU downed Ohio in 2015 and Toledo last year. Both contests were played at the Camellia Bowl in Montgomery. The Mountaineers return to Alabama again this year, although they will be in Mobile as part of the Dollar General Bowl this time. Joining them in the matchup is a Toledo Rockets team that has . . . By Pete Nakos OhioBobcats.com Feature Writer NASSAU, Bahamas – Behind 152 yards and four touchdowns from redshirt senior running back Dorian Brown, the Ohio football team (9-4, 5-3 MAC) captured its third bowl win in program history with a 41-6 win over the UAB Blazers (8-5, 6-3 C-USA) in the 2017 Bahamas Bowl on Friday afternoon (Dec. 22) at Nathan A. Robinson National Stadium. The win was the Bobcats first . . . |
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