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Empty Seats: The Athletic Department's Battle to Fill The Convo For Basketball Games

By Eric Coughlin and Andrew Mascharka · Monday, Feb. 8, 2016

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.

Eagles win double-overtime thriller over WMU

By Andrew Mascharka · Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016

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.

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Eagles fall to rival CMU 66-65

By Zachary Badger-House · Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016

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.

EMU football welcomes 2016 signees on National Signing Day

By Robert Hull · Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016

It’s an exciting yet emotional day for high school seniors signing their national letter of intent to their future schools. It’s also a special day for college coaches who have been recruiting these kids for so long, and it’s finally the day they’ve all been waiting for.

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EMU student creates scholarship through t-shirts

By Andrew Mascharka · Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016

College can be tough, especially with the costs that comes with it. Eastern Michigan student Joey Stinson found this out firsthand but decided to help out students in similar situations by creating a scholarship using money generated from T-Shirts that he designed.

EMU gymnastics improves to 7-1

By Andrew Mascharka · Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016

The Eastern Michigan women’s gymnastics team competed in their first home meet Saturday afternoon and were able to defeat the Northern Illinois University Huskies, 194.775-193.950 in a Mid-American Conference meet. Despite the win, the Eagles (7-1, 2-0 MAC) saw their lowest score of the season but also saw their highest total on the floor exercise with a 48.750. “When we started out on vault, they seemed to get really tight and the energy kind of dropped,” EMU coach Jay Santos said.

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Eagles lose fifth straight

By Leveander Bradshaw · Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016

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.

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Eagles fall to Akron on the road

By Zachary Badger-House · Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016

A second half scoring drought for the Eagles gave the Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team its second loss in the span of a week, this time to Akron University by a score of 75-72 on Saturday afternoon in Akron, Ohio. Despite back and forth scoring from the Zips and the Eagles, it was Akron who would send the Eagles back to Ypsilanti having dropped two games in four days.  The Eagles got off to a good start with their shooting thanks to guard Cha Sweeney with eight early points in the first quarter.

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Thompson records double-double in loss

By Leveander Bradshaw · Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016

Coming off the controversial loss to Ball State University, the Eastern Michigan men’s basketball team would lose its fourth straight game to the Kent State University Golden Flashes, 73-58, in Kent, OH.

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Loss unchanged after suspensions

By Andrew Mascharka · Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016

The Mid-American Conference gave its resolution to the Eastern Michigan-Ball State ending Sunday afternoon by suspending two of the three referees involved for two games and banned them from MAC post-season play.

Lacey Rubin notched a career high 9.875 on the balance beam on Sunday Jan. 24 in Muncie, Ind.

Eagles have career day on beam; record two more wins

By Andrew Mascharka · Monday, Jan. 25, 2016

Compiling the best score on the balance beam in program history, the Eastern Michigan women’s gymnastics team recorded an 195.05 score notching two wins against Ball State University and Illinois State University Sunday afternoon in Muncie, Ind.

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