No. 5 Bowling Green 88, No. 12 Ball State 75
No. 6 Western Michigan 82, No. 11 Ohio 74
No. 7 Akron 76, No. 10 Northern Illinois 52
No. 8 Eastern Michigan 62, No. 9 Miami 61 (OT)
Stories courtesy of the Associated Press
No. 5 Bowling Green 88, No. 12 Ball State 75
Boxscore
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) Anthony Henderson scored 20, and Jehvon Clarke added 19 to help No. 5 seed Bowling Green beat 12th-seeded Ball State 88-75 in the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament on Monday night.
Zack Denny had 16 points, including four 3-pointers, and Delvin Dickerson scored 12 for Bowling Green (20-10), which will play No. 8 seed Eastern Michigan in the second round on Wednesday.
Bo Calhoun scored 17 and Jeremiah Davis added 16 for Ball State (7-23).
BGSU made 17 of 29 (58.6 percent) field goals, including 6 of 10 from 3-point range, and 10 of 11 free throws while scoring a season-high 50 first-half points and took a 16-point lead into the break.
Richaun Holmes, who leads the Falcons in scoring (14.7 per game) and rebounding (8.0), missed the game with concussion-like symptoms.
Ball State shot 50 percent from the field, but made just 8 of 22 from deep and 15 of 21 free throws.
No. 7 Akron 76, No. 10 Northern Illinois 52
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) Deji Ibitayo scored 18 points and No. 7 seed Akron beat 10th-seeded Northern Illinois 76-52 on Monday in the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament.
Akron led by as many as 38, 73-35, with 7:09 remaining before being outscored 17-3.
Reggie McAdams had 15 points and Kwan Cheatham Jr. added 12 for Akron (19-13). Cheatham, McAdams and Ibitayo made three 3-pointers apiece as the Zips hit 14 of 30 from distance.
The Zips made 8 of 14 3-pointers in the first half and led 48-20 at the break.
Aaric Armstead scored 12 points to lead Northern Illinois (14-16). Anthony Johnson added 10 as the Huskies had their four-game winning streak snapped. The Huskies were just 3 of 15 from 3 (20 percent).
Akron advances to play sixth-seeded Western Michigan in the second round on Wednesday.
No. 6 Western Michigan 82, No. 11 Ohio 74
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) David Brown made a career-high eight 3-pointers and scored 34 points on Monday night to help No. 6 seed Western Michigan beat 11th-seeded Ohio 82-74 and advance to the second round of the Mid-American Conference tournament.
Thomas Wilder added 18 points and five assists for Western Michigan (20-12), which has won at least 20 games in each of the last three seasons and will play No. 7 seed Akron on Wednesday.
Mike Laster's jumper with 12:58 left gave Ohio (10-20) a 52-44 lead, but Brown scored the final eight points - including back-to-back 3-pointers - during a 10-0 run which gave the Broncos a two-point lead about three minutes later.
Wilder's jumper with 5:56 left gave Western Michigan the lead, 62-60, for good and he scored eight during an 13-2 run which made it 80-68 with 61 seconds remaining.
Ndour finished with 28 points and 11 rebounds, while Stevie Taylor scored a career-high 25, for Ohio.
No. 8 Eastern Michigan 62, No. 9 Miami 61 (OT)
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) Raven Lee scored 19 points, including a 3-pointer to force overtime, and No. 8 seed Eastern Michigan came back to beat No. 9 seed Miami (Ohio) 62-61 on Monday night in the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament.
Lee fouled out in the first minute of overtime.
Miami led 52-40 with 9:03 remaining in regulation, but didn't make its next field goal until the 52-second mark of overtime.
Eastern Michigan (20-12) will play fifth-seeded Bowling Green in the second round on Wednesday.
Willie Moore led Miami (13-19) with 17 points.
Moore made three free throws with 1:57 left in overtime to give Miami a 59-58 lead. Anali Okoloji answered with a hook shot with the shot clock winding down and then Logan McLane put Miami up again, 61-60.
Brandon Nazione made a basket with 36 seconds left, after two Eastern Michigan offensive rebounds, for a 62-61 lead but didn't convert his three-point play opportunity. Miami missed four shots in the final seconds.
