Eagles spoil Toledo's senior night
The Eastern Michigan men’s basketball team completed its regular season sweep of Toledo, ruining senior night, with a 79-75 victory in Toledo, Ohio Friday afternoon.
The Eastern Michigan men’s basketball team completed its regular season sweep of Toledo, ruining senior night, with a 79-75 victory in Toledo, Ohio Friday afternoon.
The Eastern Michigan women’s basketball team forced 22 turnovers – sealing a victory over the Western Michigan University Broncos, 63-52, Wednesday night in Kalamazoo, Mich.
After a sloppy first half, Tim Bond came in clutch as Eastern Michigan rallied behind Bond, who would score 11 points in the second half, including the game-winning three point shot to help EMU rally from being down 15 to Northern Illinois University Tuesday night at the Convocation Center. The Eagles won 75-71.
The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team fell in their final home game of the season to the Ball State Cardinals, 67-63, Saturday afternoon in Ypsilanti. The Eagles struggled defensively allowing Ball State to shoot 46 percent from three-point range. “I felt our kids wanted to win so badly that we took ourselves out of defensive positioning because they were being overly aggressive,” EMU coach Tory Verdi said.
Eastern Michigan was on the receiving end of 18 three pointers as the Ball State University Cardinals defeated the Eagles, 115-79, Saturday afternoon in Muncie.
The Rockets went on a 15-4 run to close the game but it was not enough as the Eastern Michigan women’s basketball team defeated the University of Toledo Rockets, 58-46, Wednesday night in Toledo, Ohio.
The Eastern Michigan men’s basketball team stifled the Western Michigan Broncos and performed offensively to win 73-62 Tuesday night in Ypsilanti.
The Eastern Michigan University women’s team stifled the Northern Illinois University Huskies defensively on its way to victory, 84-60, Saturday afternoon in Ypsilanti.
Despite freshman James Thompson's foul trouble, the Eastern Michigan men's basketball team defeating the University of Toledo Rockets Saturday morning, 91-85, in Ypsilanti.
The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team’s defense prevailed over the University at Buffalo Bulls, 70-55, Wednesday night in Buffalo.
Coming off two straight wins, the Eastern Michigan men’s basketball team was handed a 22-point defeat at the hands of the University of Ohio Bobcats Tuesday night in Athens, Ohio.
The Eagles defense forced 29 turnovers as the Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team defeated the Miami (OH) University RedHawks, 70-46, Saturday afternoon in Oxford, OH.
Coming off a win against Central Michigan University, the Eastern Michigan men's basketball team continued its momentum when they beat the Kent State University Golden Flashes, 75-70, Saturday afternoon in Ypsilanti.
Coming off the loss to State University at Buffalo, the Eastern Michigan men’s basketball team regained momentum by completing the season sweep of Central Michigan, 71-56, Tuesday night in Ypsilanti.
Despite regularly winning, attendance numbers over the years have been dropping at Eastern basketball games. According to the NCAA, since EMU moved to the Convocation Center in 1998, men’s basketball attendance has averaged 1,509 fans per game and only 892 over the last three seasons. From 1982-1998, when EMU played at the 5,400-seat Bowen Field House located on campus, EMU men’s basketball averaged 2,897 fans per game.
The Eastern Michigan women’s basketball team found itself in its third overtime game of the season, this time having to go into double-overtime against the Western Michigan University Broncos Saturday afternoon in Ypsilanti. The Eagles were able to hang on 70-66.
Despite an 18-3 run to start the game, the Eastern Michigan men’s basketball team couldn’t hold off a second half rally by The State University of New York at Buffalo and fell 80-70.
Despite a hard fought fourth quarter, the Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team suffered it's third straight loss to the Central Michigan Chippewas, 66-65, Wednesday night in Ypsilanti, Mich.
The Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team snapped its five game losing streak on Tuesday with a decisive 94- 69 victory over Miami University.
The troubles for the Eastern Michigan men's basketball team continued Saturday as they lost to the Western Michigan University Broncos, 94-86, in Kalamazoo.