Wednesday’s Women’s Basketball Results
UMass 74, Akron 64
Central Michigan 77, Bowling Green 65
Ohio 62, Eastern Michigan 54
Toledo 56, Western Michigan 49
Northern Illinois 56, Buffalo 53
Miami 71, Kent State 52

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Stories Courtesy of MAC Athletic Communications Departments

UMass 74, Akron 64
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AKRON, Ohio – Massachusetts women's basketball (22-6, 14-3 MAC) defeated Akron (7-23, 4-13 MAC), 74-64, on a Wednesday night contest at James A. Rhodes Arena. Despite a 29-point third quarter for the Zips, a strong UMass performance down the stretch was too much for Akron to overcome.  

The Minutewomen were led by Yahmani McKayle, who had a game high 25 points on an efficient 9-18 from the field, to go along with four rebounds and two assists. Megan Olbrys added 12 points, six boards and two blocks, and Lilly Ferguson shot a perfect 4-4 from the field to post nine points in 25 minutes off the bench.  

UMass opened the game on a 10-2 run in a contest they never trailed. The Zips stormed back in the third quarter, hitting seven three-pointers and posting 29 points, but the early Minutewomen lead was too much to overcome.  

UMass shot 51.9 percent from the field, marking the second-consecutive game Massachusetts has shot over a 50 percent clip. It is the second time this season, UMass has shot over 50 percent in back-to-back games. 

Breaking Down the Action  

• Minutewomen started the action going on a 10-2 run, with Olbrys leading the offensive effort with five points. 
• Olbrys nabbed the second chance layup at 2:54 
• Palmieri added two more points, making the Minutewomens score double than Akron, ending the first quarter 14-7.  
• The Minutewomen and the Zips come into the second quarter hot, trading possession in quick succession, with Massachusetts getting six points in under two minutes 
• The Minutewomen went 3:28 without scoring int the second quarter, and then turned on the offensive drive, going on an 11-3 run led by McKayle with six points, ending the half 31-17 
• Palmieri started the scoring for the Minutewomen with a shot beyond the arc 27 seconds into the second half 
• After a free throw from Franks, Palmieri made it three points with a layup and one more at the line. 
• Ferguson nabbed a layup at 6:39 
• McKayle made the three pointer off a pass from Ferguson at 5:19 
• After a free throw from Franks, Palmieri made it three points with a layup and one more at the line. 
• Ferguson nabbed a layup at 6:39 
• McKayle made the three pointer off a pass from Ferguson at 5:19 
• Ferguson dished out another layup with 3:37 left in the third quarter 
• Akron went on a 10-0 run, making a comeback within two points of the Minutewomen  
• Minutewomen went on a 6-0 run to pull ahead of the tie Akron set early in the final quarter 
• The Minutewomen and Zips trade possession, but Akron is unable to push ahead, ending the final match, 74-64. 

Central Michigan 77, Bowling Green 65
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Central Michigan Women's Basketball paid tribute to its seniors Wednesday night with a resounding 77-65 victory over Bowling Green to conclude the 2025-26 regular season.

"It's an awesome feeling," Head Coach Kristin Haynie said. "They deserve it. We had good practices leading up to today. Their energy was great. Both of the seniors left it all on the floor."

The result locked the Chippewas into the fourth seed for the upcoming Mid-American Conference tournament, playing in the second quarterfinal matchup next Wednesday (March 11; approx. 1:30 p.m. ET).

The common refrain for this season, revenge tour, comes to the forefront as the trip to Cleveland emerges from the horizon.

"They put 'revenge tour' on the board last spring and we've been talking about that throughout the year. They don't want to feel how they felt in the locker room at last game last year.

"When we get to Cleveland, anything can happen. We have to play with a chip on our shoulder, and we have to remember that feeling."

The Chippewas honored Taylor Anderson (South Lyon, Mich. / East) and Demetria Prewitt (Madison, Wis. / La Follette) as the program's graduating class.

"I'm very happy that they were part of helping us get back to the top of the MAC. You know, they left this place better than when they came here. and they've done a really good job of being team first."

Anderson came one bucket away from her third double-double, and second straight, with nine points, 10 rebounds; Prewitt set a career mark with four blocks—the most in a game for the Chippewas since Senior Day 2024 (Rochelle Norris, 6)—and was one of four in double figures with 11 points.

Madi Morson (Canton, Mich. / Salem) led Wednesday night's contest with 29 points, her 15th game of 20-plus after four straight short of the plateau.

Ayanna-Sarai Darrington (Lexington, Ky. / Frederick Douglass) and Jayda Mosley (Cincinnati, Ohio / Purcel Marian) each tallied 12 to underscore the productive sophomore class.

The first of four Mosley three-pointers took the lead for good for the Chippewas, 17-16, early in the second quarter. CMU outscored the Falcons, 23-14, over the remainder of the quarter for a 40-30 halftime margin.

A 14-5 run in the latter half third quarter iced it; the lead never dipped back into single digits for the final 11 minutes. Morson collected nine points during the run and assisted CMU's other field goal, Mosley's fourth long ball.

Ohio 62, Eastern Michigan 54
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YPSILANTI, Mich. – The Ohio women's basketball team (16-12, 10-7 MAC) defeated Eastern Michigan (12-16, 5-12 MAC) 62-54 on Wednesday, March 4.
 
Ohio shot 32.8 percent from the field, 23.7 percent from the arc and 61.1 percent from the line. The Bobcats finished with 45 rebounds, 10 assists, 13 steals and six blocks.
 
Junior Bailey Tabeling (Seymour, Ind.), redshirt sophomore Bella Ranallo (Lake Forest, Ill.) and sophomore Gigi Bower (Powell, Ohio) led Ohio in scoring with 10 points each. Graduate student Elli Garnett (Lakewood, Colo.) led the team in rebounding with 10 boards in addition to a team-high three blocks. Junior Asiah Baxter (Indianapolis, Ind.) and graduate student Aliah McWhorter (Cincinnati, Ohio) led the team in assists with two each. Baxter, Ranallo and Tabeling all finished with a team-high three steals each.
 
Ohio got off to a slow start and didn't score until a three pointer by Bower with 7:10 left in the first quarter. Eastern Michigan went up 9-5 with just under five minute to play. The Bobcats took an 11-9 lead off another three pointer by Bower. Ohio went on an 8-0 scoring run for 1:41, taking a 15-9 lead with 2:09 to go. At the end of the first, Ohio led Eastern Michigan 17-11.
 
Eastern Michigan cut Ohio's lead to 17-15 with back-to-back baskets in the beginning of the second quarter. The Eagles made it a one point game, 19-18, with 5:58 left on the clock. Eastern Michigan closed in on Ohio's lead while the Bobcats struggled to perform on offense. The Bobcats experienced a scoring drought for over two minutes, allowing the Eagles to tie the game at 25-25. Ohio only led Eastern Michigan 27-25 heading into the locker room.
 
Tabeling got the scoring started for Ohio in the third quarter. Tabeling drained a three pointer to put the Bobcats up 30-27 with 9:01 left on the clock. With 6:21 to play, Ohio extended its lead to 35-29. Eastern Michigan came close several times, but solid rebounding and big defensive plays kept the lead with the Bobcats. A layup by redshirt sophomore Monica Williams (Indianapolis, Ind.) gave Ohio a 42-35 lead with 2:39 to go. At the end of the third, the Bobcats led the Eagles 45-39.
 
Eastern Michigan looked to make a comeback in the fourth quarter but came up short. The Bobcats went on to defeat the Eagles, 62-54.

Toledo 56, Western Michigan 49
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Toledo women's basketball team jumped ahead with a first-half sprint and Kendall Carruthers took over the game with 25 points as the Rockets' closed their road slate in a 56-49 victory over Western Michigan at University Arena on Wednesday.

Toledo (15-13, 9-8 MAC) led 25-6 just six minutes into the contest. The Broncos (9-19, 5-12 MAC) came all the way back and closed within one point five separate times in the second half. However, the Rockets stood firm, extending the lead and then finishing off the game with nine free throws in the final minute. Carruthers scored 20 of Toledo's 31 second half points.

Toledo took advantage of a 14-4 edge at the free throw line, and held the Broncos to 38.2% (21-of-55) from the field. The Rockets also out-rebounded the Broncos, 34-31 and held near-even in turnovers, 15-14.

The victory, coupled with losses by Kent State and Bowling Green puts Toledo in sixth place in the Mid-American Conference standings, with one regular-season game to play.

Northern Illinois 56, Buffalo 53
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DeKALB, IL – The Northern Illinois University women's basketball team came back from a 10-point halftime deficit Wednesday night to defeat the Buffalo Bulls 56-53 at the NIU Convocation Center on Senior Night.
 
"I'm super proud of our effort and our resiliency tonight," said head coach Jacey Brooks after NIU's second straight win. "We stuck to the gameplan and came together in tough moments. We made some adjustments at halftime and were able to make some defensive plays in the fourth quarter to get the win."
 
Nevaeh Wingate (Liverpool, N.Y./St. John's) led all scorers with a career-high 27 points, going 9-for-13 from the field and 8-for-12 from the free throw line. It's the highest scoring game by a Huskie this season. She also had a team-high seven rebounds and four steals. Wingate scored 18 of her 27 points in the second half, including 12 in the final quarter to finish off the comeback.
 
"We work really hard in practice and it showed tonight," Wingate said after the win. "Coach Brooks told me to step it up, and I took that and did what I needed to do and help my teammates get the win."  
 
Buffalo (3-26, 1-16 MAC) held NIU to 22.2 percent from the field in the second quarter to turn a 13-12 lead into a 30-20 halftime advantage. The Huskies were down 36-29 midway through the third when Wingate sparked a 10-2 NIU run over 3:51 to get the deficit down to one, 38-37, with 2:27 to go in the quarter. Emilie Sorensen (Waukee, Iowa/Waukee) and Nadechka Laccen (San Juan, Puerto Rico/St. Bonaventure) each had four points in that stretch. A Paula Lopez three at the 2:07 mark put Buffalo back up by four, but the Huskies scored the next five points to take a 42-41 lead with 9:30 to play in the fourth quarter.
 
NIU's (7-22, 4-13 MAC) first six points in the fourth quarter were scored by Wingate as the Huskies went up 46-44 with 7:14 to play. The Bulls responded with a 9-2 run over the next 2:48 with a Meg Lucas layup giving Buffalo a 53-48 lead with 4:26 to go. That would be the Bulls' last field goal and points of the game. Wingate made her only three-pointer of the game with 3:28 remaining to cut the deficit to two, 53-51. Laccen then got a steal and went end to end to tie the game at 53-53. NIU took the lead with 1:07 left as Maria Serracanta (Sabadell, Spain/Mercer) found Wingate under the basket for a layup to put the Huskies up 55-53.
 
Wingate split two free throws with 0:10 left to make the score 56-53. Buffalo had a chance to tie the game in the final seconds but Aniya Rowe's last-second three fell short.
 
The Huskies shot 53.8 percent from the field in the second half, going 14-for-26 from the field with 22 points in the paint.
 
"We spread the floor in the second half to create some gaps to get us to the basket," Brooks said. "The team executed that and got us some open looks which got us some more points in the paint."
 
NIU had 16 assists on its 21 made field goals. Serracanta had nine assists in the game with only two turnovers. Sorensen and Laccen both finished the game with 10 points.
 
Prior to the game NIU honored its five seniors – Laccen, Serracanta, Reagan Barkema (Story City, Iowa/Bradley), Marta Hermoso (Seville, Spain/McNeese) and Teresa Mbemba (Benguela, Angola) – along with senior managers Anna Cox, Nadia Buford and A'Marie Senior.
 
The Huskies wrap up the regular season at Bowling Green on Saturday, March 7. Tip-off at Stroh Center is at 1 p.m. CT.
Miami 71, Kent State 52
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OXFORD, Ohio – For the first time since the 2003-04 season, the Miami University women's basketball team captured the Mid-American Conference Regular Season Championship with a 71-52 win over Kent State on Wednesday evening. Amber Tretter recorded 22 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks to help the RedHawks improve to 25-5 overall and 16-1 in conference play.

Joining Tretter in double figures were Ilse de Vries (18) and Tamar Singer (11). De Vries knocked down four triples and Singer tacked on seven assists as the RedHawks finished the regular season a perfect 14-0 at home.

How it Happened:

• Miami held the Golden Flashes scoreless for nearly six minutes of the contest to claim an early 13-0 lead. During the opening run, Tretter poured in four points and de Vries, Núria Jurjo
• and Clara Gonzalez Planella each knocked down a three-pointer. After KSU got on the board, Singer spotted up for a triple and a putback from Tretter made it 18-4 with 90 seconds remaining in the opening quarter. The RedHawks led 20-6 after 10 minutes of play.
• The Golden Flashes opened the second on a 12-4 run to trim Miami's lead, 24-18 midway through the second quarter. Singer then found Macie Taylor for a fast-break layup and after a KSU bucket, Tretter converted a layup and Taylor knocked down corner triple to claim a 31-20 advantage with two minutes remaining in the half. Miami led 34-24 at the half.
• de Vries scored the first eight points for the RedHawks and Kent State was forced to call a timeout after Tretter knocked down a straight-away triple to put Miami up 45-28 with 5:25 remaining in the third quarter. The Golden Flashes clawed back to make it 49-35, but back-to-back buckets from de Vries made it 53-35 heading to the fourth.
• Triples from Tretter and de Vries extended Miami's lead to 20, 59-39, and Singer added her first three-pointer of the game midway through the fourth to make it 62-43. The Flashes would get no closer as the RedHawks walked away with the victory.