Tuesday’s MAC Men’s Basketball Results
Miami 84, Bowling Green 79
Buffalo 80, Akron 78
Central Michigan 81, Toledo 79
Western Michigan 73, Northern Illinois 63
Ball State 100, Eastern Michigan 75
Stories courtesy of Associated Press
Miami 84, Bowling Green 79
Box Score
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Dalonte Brown scored a career-high 29 points with 14 rebounds and Miami (OH) beat Bowling Green 84-79 in overtime on Tuesday night.
Mekhi Lairy scored 19 points for Miami (12-10, 9-8 Mid-American Conference), which earned its fourth consecutive road victory. Dae Dae Grant scored 18 points with seven boards.
Trey Diggs had 19 points for the Falcons (14-10, 10-8), whose four-game winning streak came to an end. Daeqwon Plowden scored 19 points with 18 rebounds and Justin Turner scored 16.
Miami also beat Bowling Green 96-77 on Jan. 21.
Buffalo 80, Akron 78
Box Score
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jayvon Graves had a triple-double with 13 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds to lead Buffalo to an 80-78 win over Akron on Tuesday.
Josh Mballa had 15 points and nine rebounds for Buffalo (13-7, 11-5 Mid-American Conference), which won its fourth consecutive game. Ronaldo Segu added 14 points and Jeenathan Williams had 13.
Mballa dunked it with 18 seconds left for a six-point lead.
Loren Cristian Jackson had 27 points for the Zips (14-7, 12-6). Enrique Freeman added 11 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks. Michael Wynn had 11 points. Bryan Trimble Jr., whose 13 points per game entering the matchup ranked second on the Zips, was held scoreless.
Central Michigan 81, Toledo 79
Box Score
MT. PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Caleb Huffman scored 26 points and Meikkel Murray made a go-ahead putback with 2.3 seconds left as Central Michigan ended its eight-game losing streak, narrowly defeating Toledo 81-79 on Tuesday.
Murray finished with 24 points and nine rebounds, and Ralph Bissainthe had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Central Michigan (7-15, 3-12 Mid-American Conference).
Ryan Rollins had 17 points and six rebounds for the Rockets (19-7, 14-4). Spencer Littleson added 16 points, and Marreon Jackson had 15 points and 14 rebounds.
Western Michigan 73, Northern Illinois 63
Box Score
DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — B. Artis White had 15 points to lead five Western Michigan players in double figures as the Broncos topped Northern Illinois 73-63 on Tuesday night.
Adrian Martin added 13 points and Titus Wright, Jason Whitens and Greg Lee each had 10 for Western Michigan (5-15, 4-11 Mid-American Conference).
White hit 5 of 6 3-pointers. He added seven rebounds.
Tyler Cochran had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Huskies (2-16, 1-12), who have now lost seven consecutive games. Trendon Hankerson added 16 points. Nathan Scott had 12 points.
Ball State 100, Eastern Michigan 75
Box Score
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) K.J. Walton had a career-high 32 points as Ball State easily defeated Eastern Michigan 100-65 on Tuesday night.
Miryne Thomas tied a season high with 20 points for Ball State (10-11, 8-8 Mid-American Conference). Jarron Coleman and Ishmael El-Amin each had 13 points.
It was the first time this season Ball State scored at least 100 points.
Ball State dominated the first half and led 50-22 at the break. The Eagles' 22 first-half points were a season low for the team.
Ty Groce had 21 points and seven rebounds for the Eagles (5-12, 2-11). Bryce McBride and Noah Morgan each had 12 points.
