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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — There was no love lost between Mid-American Conference rivals Eastern Michigan University and Western Michigan University as the Eagles men’s basketball team handed the Broncos a 66-52 loss here at the Convocation Center on Valentine’s Day, Sunday, Feb. 14. EMU improved to 13-12 overall (5-7, MAC) while WMU dropped to 13-12 (5-7, MAC). The two teams are now deadlocked for third in the MAC West Division.
Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) led the Eagles with 18 points and 12 rebounds as he notched the 20th double-double of his career and his 13th of the season. Three other Eagles also scored in double figures as Carlos Medlock (Detroit, Mich.-Murray Wright) finished with 14, Justin Dobbins (Cleveland, Ohio-Glenville) totaled 17 points and eight rebounds and Jay Higgins (Fayetteville, N.C.-MG Academy-Hillsborough (Fla.) C.C.) chipped in with 12 points. For the Broncos, senior David Kool scored 22 points, most of them after the game was already decided. Flenard Whitfield also pitched in with 12 points. For the game, Eastern shot 41.7 percent (25-of-60), while Western shot 37.8 percent (17-of-45). The Eagles also won the rebound battle, 42-32. Eastern’s stifling defense was the story for much of the first half, as it held WMU without a field goal, 0-of-11, for the first 10 minutes of the game en route to an 11-3 advantage. EMU, however, was unable to further capitalize, going cold from the field and allowing Western the opportunity to creep back to within two points, 24-22, following a three-point play by Martelle McLemore.
Bowdry and Higgins each added a score in the final minute to push EMU’s lead to 31-24 at the half. The Eagles shot 38.2 percent (13-of-34) from the field in the opening frame while the Broncos were held to 36.4 percent (8-of-22). Bowdry led the Eagles in the first half with 11 points and seven rebounds, while Higgins added nine points and four rebounds. The heat got turned up in the second half and the essence of the rivalry became alive as the two teams got chippy, committing 27 second-half fouls with one technical foul. Western came out of the gate blazing, as it cut the deficit to three points. But the Eagles didn’t waiver, leading the contest wire-to-wire and by as many as 16 points. After holding the slim, 37-34, advantage with just under 11 minutes left in the contest, EMU went on a 17-4 run to extend the lead to 54-38. The streak started with Dobbins scoring seven out of the next eight points. Bowdry would add a free throw and a turnaround jumper, and Medlock drained a three-pointer and a pair of free throws to cap the run.
Official Basketball Box ScoreOfficial Basketball Box Score
Western Michigan vs Eastern Michigan
2/14/10 2:07 p.m. at Ypsilanti, Mich. (Convocation Center)
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VISITORS: Western Michigan 13-12 (5-7 MAC)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
11 HUTCHESON, Nate..... f 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8
24 LAWSON, Donald...... c 0-3 0-0 2-3 6 7 13 3 2 0 3 1 1 38
03 McLEMORE, Martelle.. g 2-8 1-5 1-2 0 1 1 3 6 1 2 1 3 27
05 DOUGLAS, Mike....... g 1-1 0-0 3-4 0 1 1 4 5 0 5 0 1 30
23 KOOL, David......... g 7-16 0-4 8-10 2 4 6 1 22 1 7 0 3 40
01 WARD, Demetrius..... 0-4 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 17
15 WOLF, Alex.......... 1-1 1-1 2-2 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 11
32 CONTEH, Muhammed.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 WHITFIELD, Flenard.. 6-10 0-0 0-5 2 6 8 5 12 0 2 0 0 28
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 17-45 2-13 16-26 11 21 32 22 52 3 20 2 9 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-22 36.4% 2nd Half: 9-23 39.1% Game: 37.8% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 1-7 14.3% Game: 15.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd Half: 9-16 56.3% Game: 61.5% 2
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HOME TEAM: Eastern Michigan 13-12 (5-7 MAC)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 HIGGINS, Jay........ f 4-11 2-8 2-6 1 6 7 4 12 3 2 0 2 31
33 BOWDRY, Brandon..... f 8-11 1-1 1-2 4 8 12 4 18 2 2 0 2 37
25 DOBBINS, Justin..... c 8-10 0-0 1-1 4 4 8 3 17 0 6 0 2 24
03 MEDLOCK, Carlos..... g 3-11 1-4 7-8 0 2 2 2 14 6 4 0 1 39
13 GREEN, Antonio...... g 1-11 1-6 0-0 2 3 5 1 3 3 1 0 3 33
12 FRAZIER, L.J........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 COOPER, Will........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 19
32 HARRIS, Jamell...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 10
45 BALKEMA, Matt....... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 6
TEAM................ 2 2
Totals.............. 25-60 5-19 11-17 17 25 42 20 66 15 16 1 11 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-34 38.2% 2nd Half: 12-26 46.2% Game: 41.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 26.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 10-15 66.7% Game: 64.7% 3
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Officials: Bo Boroski, Ted Valentine, Sid Rodeheffer
Technical fouls: Western Michigan-None. Eastern Michigan-BOWDRY, Brandon.
Attendance: 1094
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Western Michigan.............. 24 28 - 52
Eastern Michigan.............. 31 35 - 66
Game televised by FS Detroit
WMU #33 fouled out with 52 seconds left in 2nd half
WMU #11 fouled out with 37 seconds left in 2nd half
Points in the paint-WMU 22,EMU 26. Points off turnovers-WMU 10,EMU 26.
2nd chance points-WMU 4,EMU 10. Fast break points-WMU 2,EMU 2.
Bench points-WMU 17,EMU 2. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times.
Last FG-WMU 2nd-00:26, EMU 2nd-01:10.
Largest lead-WMU None, EMU by 16 2nd-04:43.
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Men's Basketball Falls at Eastern Michigan on Valentine's Day
YPSILANTI, Mich. -- David Kool scored 20 points, but Western Michigan couldn't overcome 20 turnovers and 37.2 percent shooting in a loss, 66-52, at Eastern Michigan in front of 1,094 on Valentine's Day at the Convocation Center. Eastern Michigan (12-12, 5-7 MAC) used a 17-4 run after the Broncos (13-12, 5-7 MAC) had closed to within three, 37-34, with 10:19 to go in the second half to build a 16-point lead, 54-38, with 4:44 to go in the game and WMU never threatened after that. Flenard Whitfield added 12 points and eight rebounds, while Donald Lawson recorded a game-high 13 rebounds. The Broncos missed their first 11 shots of the game, but were only down eight, 11-3, when Kool made a floater with 10 minutes remaining. The Eagles came back with five in a row to take their largest lead, 16-5, with 8:58 to play in the half, but a pair of lay-ups by Whitfield helped WMU pull within six, 16-10, with 7:38 still to play. The Eagles made a three-pointer to go back up by nine, but then the Broncos came back with five points in a row by Alex Wolf and a floater by Kool to close within two, 19-17, with 4:15 remaining in the half. The Eagles hung on to go back up five, but then Wolf threw a pass over the defense for a fast break old-fashioned three-point play by Martelle McLemore, 24-22, with 2:20 to play. The Broncos couldn't hang onto the momentum as the Eagles closed the half on a 7-2 run to take a seven-point lead into halftime, 31-24. The Broncos ended the half shooting 36.4 percent (8-22) from the field with only one three-pointer in six attempts. The Broncos did make 7-of-10 free throws to only 1-of 2 for EMU. The Eagles hit four three-pointers and 13-of-34 (.382) shots overall. The Broncos turned the ball over 10 times, which led to 12 points for Eastern Michigan. The Broncos scored the first five points of the second half to cut the margin to a pair, 31-29, with 16:58 to play. WMU went scoreless for the next 5:45 as the Eagles put six points on the board to regain an eight-point lead, 37-29, with 12:27 to play. The Broncos responded with a drive by Kool and McLemore three-pointer from the top of the key to cut the margin to three, 37-34, with 10:19 to go. The Broncos hit 17-of-45 field goals (.378) and just 2-of-13 three-pointers (.154), while also only making 16-of-26 free throws (.615). WMU's 20 turnovers led to 26 points for Eastern Michigan and the Eagles had 17 offensive rebounds for a 42-32 edge on the glass. The Eagles shot .417 from the field (25-60), but only 5-of-19 behind the arc and 11-of-17 (.647) at the free throw line. Brandon Bowdry led EMU with a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds and Justin Dobbins added 17 points.
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