Wednesday, 25 January 2017

College basketball: Keene scores (only) 28; Central Michigan wins

Focal Michigan 82, Bowling Green 76

MT. Wonderful - Braylon Rayson and Marcus Keene joined for 55 focuses as Central Michigan held off Bowling Green, 82-76, on Tuesday night.

Rayson, with 27 focuses on 10-for-23 shooting, scored 20 or better for his 6th straight amusement. Keene, the NCAA scoring pioneer falling off a 50-point execution at Miami (Ohio) with 10 three-pointers, scored 28 focuses, including 11 of 13 at the foul line.

The Chippewas (13-7, 3-4 Mid-American Conference) drove, 42-30, at halftime and are 9-0 when driving at the a large portion of this season. Focal Michigan completed 22 of 26 at the free-toss line, while Bowling Green was 9 of 18. Luke Meyer tied a vocation high with 13 bounce back to run with seven focuses and two blocked shots for the Chippewas.

Rodrick Caldwell drove Bowling Green (8-12, 2-5) with 19 focuses, Wes Alcegaire included 16 and Demajeo Wiggins 11 with 22 bounce back, the last a vocation best.

Ball State 88, Eastern Michigan 80

Franko House scored 17 focuses with nine bounce back and three blocked shots and Ball State made each of the four free tosses in the last 20 seconds to overcome Eastern Michigan, 88-80, on Tuesday night in Ypsilanti.

House was falling off a 1-for-5 three-point diversion, his most reduced yield of the season, in a 79-74 misfortune at Bowling Green on Saturday. The misfortune finished a three-amusement win streak for the Cardinals (13-7, 4-3 MAC). Trey Moses included 15 focuses with 11 bounce back, Jeremie Tyler scored 14 focuses, Tayler Persons included 11 while Tahjai Teague and Ryan Weber had 10 each.

Eastern Michigan (12-8, 4-3) undermined a few circumstances, shutting to 59-56 after a 11-2 run, and slicing the crevice to 79-71 with 2:10 staying on two Ray Lee free tosses.

After the foul shots, EMU's Quaran Jones obstructed a House layup endeavor, however Moses snatched the board, made the putback and was fouled, pushing the lead back to 11.

Lee drove the Eagles with 24 focuses.

Macintosh West co-pioneers EMU and Northern Illinois both fell Tuesday.

Akron 90, Western Michigan 80

KALAMAZOO - Kwan Cheatham Jr. scored 20 focuses and got 11 bounce back, Noah Robotham included 14 focuses, and Akron pulled away to beat Western Michigan, 90-80, on Tuesday night to win its tenth consecutively and 27th directly at home.

Jimond Ivey and Isaiah Johnson scored 13 each and Antino Jackson had 12 for the Zips (17-3, 7-0 MAC), who made 12 of 23 from behind the bend (52.2%) and 29 of 53 field objectives (54.7%).

Akron drove 50-34 at halftime behind Cheatham's 13 focuses in the wake of shooting 58.8% from the floor. Cheatham and Noah Robotham every hit threes and Akron drove, 59-40, with 16:55 to play. The Broncos shut to 88-80 on Reggie Jones' jumper with 52 seconds left yet got no closer.

Thomas Wilder scored 25 for the Broncos (6-13, 2-5), who made to 29 of 69 from the floor (42%) in their third straight misfortune.

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