MAC Men's Basketball Daily (2-18-12)
MAC Men's Basketball Daily - Saturday, February 18
Buffalo (16-7, 9-3 MAC) at South Dakota State (21-7, 13-3 Summit)
1 p.m. • First Meeting
Watch LIVE on ESPNU & ESPN3
•The Bulls are 16-7 and coming off a 76-71 loss at Kent State on Wednesday night, snapping their eight-game winning streak. UB was led by Zach Filzen who scored 20 points. Mitchell Watt added 16 points and nine rebounds.
Eastern Michigan (11-15, 6-6 MAC) at Green Bay (11-14, 7-8 Horizon)
1 p.m. • Green Bay leads series 5-4
• Eastern enters Saturday’s game with an 11-15 overall record and a 6-6 MAC mark after suffering a 55-52 loss at CMU Tuesday, Feb. 14. Senior guard Darrell Lampley continues to lead the Eagles in scoring at 13.0 while junior forward Jamell Harris is the top rebounder at 6.1 per game.
Northern Illinois (3-21, 2-10 MAC) at SIU-Edwardsville (7-16, 5-9 OVC)
1 p.m. • Northern Illinois leads series 1-0
•The Huskies are playing in their eighth all-time game in the Sears BracketBusters series. NIU is currently 1-6 in the BracketBuster, with its lone win coming on Feb. 21, 2009 at Southeast Missouri State, 97-73.
Akron (19-7, 11-1 MAC) at Oral Roberts (24-5, 16-1 Summit)
2 p.m. • Akron lead series 4-0
Watch LIVE on ESPN 2 & ESPN3
• With a win over Oral Roberts, the Zips will become just the 12th team in Division I basketball to record 20-plus wins in each of the past seven seasons. Akron is 3-5 in eight BracketBusters appearances, going 0-3 on the road and 1-3 on TV.
Morehead State (15-13, 8-6 OVC) at Bowling Green (13-12, 7-5 MAC)
2 p.m. • Bowling Green leads series 4-3
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•Bowling Green is 5-4 all-time in BracketBusters games and the Falcons have already defeated Morehead State once during the event. Bowling Green’s RPI of 151 is 94 spots higher than a year ago and the highest for the program since the 2004-05 team ended the year at 103.
Southern Illinois (8-19, 5-11 MVC) at Ball State (12-12, 4-8 MAC)
2 p.m. • Southern Illinois leads series 7-4
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• Ball State enters Saturday’s game with a 12-12 overall record and have dropped seven straight games since opening the year with a 12-5 mark. The Cardinals are averaging 63.5 points per game this season while allowing 60.4 points per game.
Toledo (12-14, 4-8 MAC) at Sam Houston (11-15, 5-7 Southland)
3 p.m. • First Meeting
• Toledo Sophomore G Rian Pearson has been the hottest player in the MAC over the last three weeks after averaging 21.8 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 4.7 offensive rpg and 1.5 spg over a six-game stretch.
College of Charleston (16-11, 8-8) at Kent State (19-6, 9-3 MAC)
6 p.m. • College of Charleston leads series 1-0
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•Kent State has won seven straight to climb into a tie for second place in the MAC East Division and overall standings following a 76-71 win over Buffalo on Tuesday night. Kent State needs one victory to become one of just eight teams in the nation to have posted at least 13 20-win seasons in the last 14 years
Texas A&M CC (4-21, 3-9 Southland) at Central Michigan (8-17, 3-9 MAC)
7 p.m. • First Meeting
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•The Chippewas are playing in the ESPN/Sears BracketBusters event for the ninth straight season. CMU is 5-3 all-time in the series. All five wins have come in home matchups while all three losses were when CMU was a road team.
UNC-Asheville (19-8, 14-2 Big South) at Ohio (20-6, 8-4 MAC)
7 p.m. • First Meeting
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•Ohio is 14-1 at home this season and are bating opponents by an average of 11.7 points per game The Bobcats are 5-3 all-time in BracketBuster contests after consecutive wins over Wright State (2010) and Winthrop (2011).
North Dakota St. (16-10, 9-7 Summit) at Western Michigan (11-15, 5-7 MAC)
8 p.m. • Western Michigan leads series 1-0
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•This will be the first time the Broncos have ever played a game in the state of North Dakota. Demetrius Ward is averaging 15.0 points per game in his last four starts, and is 9-of-19 from three-point range in his last two.