James' late free throws help beat Akron, 56-51
Six straight free throws by Tavelyn James in the final 40 seconds Saturday sent Eastern Michigan’s women’s basketball team to a 56-51 victory over host Akron.
Six straight free throws by Tavelyn James in the final 40 seconds Saturday sent Eastern Michigan’s women’s basketball team to a 56-51 victory over host Akron.
Another poor shooting game for the Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team resulted in a 60-51 loss to Mid-American Conference West Division leader Ball State University on Wednesday night at the Convocation Center.
A 23-point performance by Tavelyn James led the Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team to a 67-56 win over the Western Michigan Broncos (5-13, 1-4 MAC) on Wednesday.
Sports Roundup The Eagles lost 65-48 to Western Michigan on Sunday when they were forced to play without the team’s leading scorer, Brandon Bowdry. Bowdry was suspended due to “conduct detrimental to the team.” The Eagles played poorly on offense, shooting 36 percent from the field, turning the ball over 17 times. Western Michigan rebounded the Eagles, 46-30.
Last weekend, we almost had four NFL playoff games that made sense. On Saturday, Pittsburgh took care of business at home and beat the Ravens; Aaron Rodgers was able to throw at will against Atlanta’s secondary as the Packers rolled to victory. Sunday afternoon, the Bears beat the Seahawks despite a very interestingly coached fourth quarter.
The Eastern Michigan women’s gymnastics team won its season opener against Northern Illinois on Sunday, 187.800-186.825 at DeKalb, Ill., led by senior Nikole Viltz.
The Major League Baseball Hall of Fame recently concluded a vote by the Baseball Writers Association of America. The voting process has been the subject of great scrutiny. despite electing two deserving candidates in second baseman Roberto Alomar and starting pitcher Bert Blyleven, the process is still a mess.
The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team lost its second straight at home Saturday, losing to the Toledo Rockets 56-72.
The Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team lost Tuesday night to Northern Illinois University 71-69 at the Convocation Center.
Speed, personality, defense, energy and scoring; all of these qualities are wrapped in Sydney Huntley-Rodgers and make her a highly effective member of Eastern Michigan University’s women’s basketball team.
When I decided to do an NFL picks column for The Echo, I didn’t want to dedicate much of the content of the column to my picks from last week. Unfortunately, my 0-4 record last week was too ugly to ignore. There is an added degree of difficulty picking games this early in the week, especially without the benefit of the Vegas spread. But I’m better than 0-4. Let’s take a look at what happened last week, and see if I can’t do better this time around.
The Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team opened its Mid-American Conference schedule with a 71-48 win over the University of Toledo on Saturday night in Ohio.
Eastern Michigan University finished the EMU Invite, Saturday, with much to be proud about on Bob Parks Track inside Bowen Fieldhouse. Ashlee Abraham led the way winning the women’s 60-meter dash with a near record time, 7.47, just two-hundredths of a second shy of the record held by Latrese Taylor of Akron, set in 2000. Abraham captured her victory in the 60-meter dash over a former NCAA champion from U of M, Tiffany Ofili.
Swimming EMU men’s swimming and diving (1-2) couldn’t keep up with Oakland University on Saturday, losing a non-conference meet on the road, 184-116. Troy Esentan finished first in the 200 breaststroke, coming in at 2:04.84, not far behind was teammate Michael Swain, coming in at 2:07. Jacob Hanson ended the day with three second-place finishes, coming in the 200 back stroke and 200 IM, as well as the 100 backstroke. Next up on the Men’s swimming schedule is the University of Michigan, Saturday, Jan.
Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball extended its winning streak to six games and made its Mid-American Conference record 2-0 on Saturday by defeating the Ball State Cardinals 70-62 at the Convocation Center.
It’s been weeks since my last column ran on Dec. 8 and, yes, a lot has changed. If you recall, it was then that I encouraged fans and media alike to pardon the poor 2-10 Detroit Lions and refrain from judging the team strictly on results when the team is playing (and playing hard) without it’s starting quarterback.
Eastern Michigan University wrestling hasn’t won a meet since Dec. 3, but not for a lack of trying. The Eagles took on two ranked opponents in December, No. 9 Northwestern, and No. 24 Missouri, and their other dual meet loss came to the Big Ten’s Indiana.
While you were out shopping, opening presents and sipping on eggnog, the Eastern Michigan women’s basketball team was hard at work over winter break. The Eagles went 4-0 between Dec. 11-28 the Eagles’ record advanced to 9-5 on the season.
The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team dropped their first game at the Convocation Center this season with a 68-44 non-conference loss to Green Bay on Monday.
Last Sunday the Detroit Lions lost to the Chicago Bears 24-20 in a game we have all seen many times before. The Lions came out playing extremely hard in the first half controlling the game with their stout defensive line. Even with Kyle Vanden Boesch out and rookie of the century Ndamukong Suh drawing double and triple teams on every play (not to mention more than a few uncalled holds).