Broncos Blow Past Chippewas in Second Half, 84-39

Jan. 29, 2005

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Central Michigan University Chippewas made just four second-half field goals as rival Western Michigan pulled away for an 84-39 victory on Saturday night in Kalamazoo.

CMU trailed by 10 at the half before going 4-for-29 (.138) from the floor after the break with two of the buckets coming in the final minute.

The Chippewas fall to 7-11 overall, 2-8 in the MAC while WMU improves to 14-5 and a MAC West Division-leading 7-2 in league action.

No Chippewa hit double figures as redshirt freshman Jeff Bohnhoff scored a career-high eight points off the bench. Robert Sevalia and Tom Pantlind each had seven points and Pantlind added five boards along with Eddie Spencer.

The Chippewas were without Kevin Nelson and Sefton Barrett who have been suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules. The pair are CMU's top two scorers in MAC play. Nelson entered the game ranked fourth in the MAC with 17.5 points per game while leading the league in three-pointers made at 3.29 per game. Barrett was averaging 9.5 points overall and 11.1 in the MAC.

CMU finished the game shooting .308 from the floor going 16-for-52 while making just 1-of-13 three-point tries (.077). The Chippewas shot .522 in the first frame and trailed by six points with just over three minutes before halftime.

The Broncos shot .464 for the game going 26-for-56. Five WMU players were in double figures with freshman Joe Reitz tallying a game-high 17 points and Levi Rost adding a double-double of 11 points and 12 boards.

Western Michigan held a sizeable 50-28 advantage on the boards and WMU went to the foul line 37 times compared to CMU's 16.

The 39 points for CMU was a season low and the .308 field goal percentage was just five points better than CMU's lowest mark of the season.

CMU hosts Ball State on Thursday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m.