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CMU Women Head To Buffalo On Saturday
2/15/2019 2:57:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Chippewas fresh off of drubbing Western Michigan
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – The closer they get to Cleveland, the more important they become.
The Central Michigan women's basketball team goes to Buffalo on Saturday for a Mid-American Conference game that features two of the league's very best teams and three of its premier players in CMU's Presley Hudson and Reyna Frost, and Buffalo's Cierra Dillard.
WHERE THEY STAND
The Chippewas are 17-6 and lead the MAC West at 8-3 in conference play. They hold a one-game lead over second-place Toledo, which is 7-4 in league play.
The Bulls are one of three teams crowded near the top of the MAC East. Buffalo, 16-6 overall, is 8-3 in MAC play. East-leading Miami (Ohio) is 9-2 in the league, while second-place Ohio is 9-3.
LAST TIME OUT
The Chippewas drilled archrival Western Michigan, 87-53, in a MAC game in Kalamazoo on Wednesday.
It was a bounce-back game for CMU, which was coming off a 78-75 home loss to Ohio.
REMATCH
The Chippewas defeated the Bulls, 76-65, two weeks ago in Mount Pleasant.
Frost scored 28 points and grabbed 21 rebounds to key the win. It started a four-game span during which Frost has scored at least 20 points and grabbed at least 20 rebounds three times.
PRESEASON POLL
CMU was picked in the preseason coaches poll to win the West, the overall regular-season league title, and the conference tournament title. Buffalo was selected to win the East.
The two teams have a recent history and have developed a good rivalry. They met last season in the MAC Tournament championship game, with the Chippewas winning 96-91. Both teams reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament a year ago.
SCOUTING
The Bulls lost, 78-72, last Wednesday at Bowling Green. It was the Falcons' first MAC victory after a 0-10 start.
Dillard leads the MAC in scoring and ranks third in the nation at 25.0 points per game.
THE CHIPPEWAS
• Frost posted her 20th double-double of the season and the 53rd of her career in leading CMU past the Broncos on Wednesday. She scored a career-high 33 points in the game, becoming the eighth player in program history to score at least 1,500 points.
• Chippewa guard Presley Hudson ranks third in the conference in scoring at 20.6 points per game, while Frost is fourth (20.3). Frost leads the MAC and ranks third in the nation in rebounding (12.8 per game).
• Frost on Monday was named one of 10 finalists for the Katrina McClain Award, which goes to the best power forward in college basketball. Last week, Hudson was named one of 10 finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award, which goes to the top point guard in the game.
• Frost has been named the MAC West Player of the Week in each of the last three weeks, and has earned the honor seven times this season.
RANKINGS
Buffalo is ranked seventh in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll (released Tuesday, before the Bulls' loss to Bowling Green), while the Chippewas are eighth.
NEXT
CMU goes to Bowling Green on Wednesday, Feb. 20 for a MAC game. The Falcons, who are scheduled to play at Kent State on Saturday, are 8-14, 1-10.
The Central Michigan women's basketball team goes to Buffalo on Saturday for a Mid-American Conference game that features two of the league's very best teams and three of its premier players in CMU's Presley Hudson and Reyna Frost, and Buffalo's Cierra Dillard.
WHERE THEY STAND
The Chippewas are 17-6 and lead the MAC West at 8-3 in conference play. They hold a one-game lead over second-place Toledo, which is 7-4 in league play.
The Bulls are one of three teams crowded near the top of the MAC East. Buffalo, 16-6 overall, is 8-3 in MAC play. East-leading Miami (Ohio) is 9-2 in the league, while second-place Ohio is 9-3.
LAST TIME OUT
The Chippewas drilled archrival Western Michigan, 87-53, in a MAC game in Kalamazoo on Wednesday.
It was a bounce-back game for CMU, which was coming off a 78-75 home loss to Ohio.
REMATCH
The Chippewas defeated the Bulls, 76-65, two weeks ago in Mount Pleasant.
Frost scored 28 points and grabbed 21 rebounds to key the win. It started a four-game span during which Frost has scored at least 20 points and grabbed at least 20 rebounds three times.
PRESEASON POLL
CMU was picked in the preseason coaches poll to win the West, the overall regular-season league title, and the conference tournament title. Buffalo was selected to win the East.
The two teams have a recent history and have developed a good rivalry. They met last season in the MAC Tournament championship game, with the Chippewas winning 96-91. Both teams reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament a year ago.
SCOUTING
The Bulls lost, 78-72, last Wednesday at Bowling Green. It was the Falcons' first MAC victory after a 0-10 start.
Dillard leads the MAC in scoring and ranks third in the nation at 25.0 points per game.
THE CHIPPEWAS
• Frost posted her 20th double-double of the season and the 53rd of her career in leading CMU past the Broncos on Wednesday. She scored a career-high 33 points in the game, becoming the eighth player in program history to score at least 1,500 points.
• Chippewa guard Presley Hudson ranks third in the conference in scoring at 20.6 points per game, while Frost is fourth (20.3). Frost leads the MAC and ranks third in the nation in rebounding (12.8 per game).
• Frost on Monday was named one of 10 finalists for the Katrina McClain Award, which goes to the best power forward in college basketball. Last week, Hudson was named one of 10 finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award, which goes to the top point guard in the game.
• Frost has been named the MAC West Player of the Week in each of the last three weeks, and has earned the honor seven times this season.
RANKINGS
Buffalo is ranked seventh in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll (released Tuesday, before the Bulls' loss to Bowling Green), while the Chippewas are eighth.
NEXT
CMU goes to Bowling Green on Wednesday, Feb. 20 for a MAC game. The Falcons, who are scheduled to play at Kent State on Saturday, are 8-14, 1-10.
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