Miami is 13-17 ( 7-12). EMU is 10-20 ( 5-14). Eastern is tied with NIU for 10th and is eliminated, Miami is 7th, with a win we finish #7. With a loss, we could stay 7th, drop to 8th, or drop to 9th if BG upsets Toledo and/or CMU upsets Akron.
This is Senior night and 6 Miami Seniors will be honored. Dalonte Brown and Precious Ayah have exhausted their eligibility, the other guys all have a year left so I am not sure if they will all be leaving or some will be back. Time will tell.
When we played at Ypsilante earlier in the season, the Eagles hit 12 or 20 threes in the first half ( their school record for a game was 15) and got up over 30 points, final was 85-75 Eastern with Miami making a late run.
Freshman Noah Farrakhan had 28 and fellow guard Nate Scott 25 in that game. We were led by ICL with 20, Grant with 13, Williams with 11, and Avance with 10. Hopefully our next game will be Thursday in the MAC quarterfinals in Cleveland.
I don’t like the defensive intensity (or lack of) to start the 2nd half. In the 1st half, we played with energy and moved our feet, forcing some mistakes from their backup point guard. Farrakhan not playing is the difference in the game so far. But so far in the 2nd half, Eastern isn’t giving the ball away and they’ve gotten easy looks. One offensive drought and this game could get close unless we play with some more energy defensively.