Central Michigan University Athletics
CMU vs. Toledo Postgame Notes and Quotes
1/8/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Central Michigan has now won six straight against Toledo after the Rockets won 12-in-a-row in the series.
The Chippewas improved to 13-2 all-time when scoring 80 points during Ernie Zeigler's tenure.
CMU's 85 points were a season high, surpassing the 82 the Chippewas scored against Dartmouth.
CMU's .556 (30-for-54) field goal percentage was its highest of the season, edging out the .538 mark the Chippewas set in their last home game, against UIC.
The hot shooting came after CMU shot just .348 at Wright State while being held to a season-low 42 points against the Raiders.
Toledo scored the first basket of the game but the Chippewas led the remainder of the contest.
The Chippewas are now 4-1 when having four double-figure scorers.
CMU won the battle of the boards for the first time in the last six games. The Chippewas outrebounded the Rockets 31-29.
Jevon Harden started at forward for CMU; it was the first start of the sophomore's career.
Trey Zeigler needs 10 points to reach 750 for his career.
The Chippewas are now 4-2 in MAC openers under head coach Ernie Zeigler.
Austin McBroom's 16 points matched a career high set when he hit five 3-pointers at Minnesota.
CMU is shooting .446 and averaging 73.8 points per game at home. Away from McGuirk Arena this season, the Chippewas are shooting .409 while averaging just 61.3 points per game.
John Morris did not dress for the game as he was serving a one-game suspension for a violation of team rules. Andre Coimbra did not start the contest for the first time this season as part of discipline for a violation of team rules.
Additional Postgame Quotes
Head Coach Ernie Zeigler on getting past the team's three-game losing streak:
"The first thing we told the team was that the first part of the season was over. We knew that we had played pretty good basketball, even though we only won one out of seven, other than the Wright State game. We took four days off and came back and I told these guys, 'It’s about you challenging yourself and giving your best effort every day.'"
"We looked at the schedule and knew tonight was an important game. Even though we play 16 league games so the first isn’t usually that important, this was a huge game for us. We knew we had four of our first six league games on the road, so in order to get off to a good start we had to have a sense of purpose and determination like we did tonight. Defensively our pressure was consistent and that put us in a position to make shots."
Sophomore guard Trey Zeigler on getting past the team's three-game losing streak:
"We had a long time since our last game and we worked hard during that time off to stay focused. We knew that we had to have a whole attitude change to turn our season around. Over break we reflected on the first part of the season and what we needed to change to move forward."
