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Malik Muhammad (25) had a career-high 10 rebounds on Tuesday in the Chippewas' loss at Bowling Green.
Photo by: Benjamin Suddendorf
CMU Men Fall To League-Favorite Bowling Green
1/5/2021 8:25:00 PM | Men's Basketball
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – On the good side, the Central Michigan men's basketball doesn't have long to wait for another crack at Bowling Green.
Six Falcons scored in double figures on Tuesday as Bowling Green handed CMU a 90-69 Mid-American Conference men's basketball loss at the Falcons' Stroh Center.
The loss left CMU 5-5, 1-2 MAC. The Falcons, picked to win the conference in the preseason poll, are 8-2, 4-0.
The teams are slated to meet on Saturday (4:30 p.m.) in Mount Pleasant.
How It Happened
The Chippewas never led as Bowling Green used a 12-0 run in building a 36-22 lead with under five minutes to play in the first half.
CMU never got its deficit under double digits after that and trailed by as many as 25 points late in the second half.
Leaders
Meikkel Murray scored 16 points, Caleb Huffman and Travon Broadway Jr. had 13 each, and Devontae Lane added 10 for CMU.
Malik Muhammad, a 6-foot-9 junior in his first season at CMU after transferring from East Los Angeles College, hauled down a career-high 10 rebounds in his first start as a Chippewa.
Senior guard Justin Turner scored 17 points to lead a balanced Bowling Green attack.
Key Numbers
The Chippewas committed 15 turnovers – not a significant number; they entered the game averaging 13.2 per – but the Falcons turned those turnovers into 24 points.
The Chippewas managed just two points off of eight Bowling Green turnovers.
Six Falcons scored in double figures on Tuesday as Bowling Green handed CMU a 90-69 Mid-American Conference men's basketball loss at the Falcons' Stroh Center.
The loss left CMU 5-5, 1-2 MAC. The Falcons, picked to win the conference in the preseason poll, are 8-2, 4-0.
The teams are slated to meet on Saturday (4:30 p.m.) in Mount Pleasant.
How It Happened
The Chippewas never led as Bowling Green used a 12-0 run in building a 36-22 lead with under five minutes to play in the first half.
CMU never got its deficit under double digits after that and trailed by as many as 25 points late in the second half.
Leaders
Meikkel Murray scored 16 points, Caleb Huffman and Travon Broadway Jr. had 13 each, and Devontae Lane added 10 for CMU.
Malik Muhammad, a 6-foot-9 junior in his first season at CMU after transferring from East Los Angeles College, hauled down a career-high 10 rebounds in his first start as a Chippewa.
Senior guard Justin Turner scored 17 points to lead a balanced Bowling Green attack.
Key Numbers
The Chippewas committed 15 turnovers – not a significant number; they entered the game averaging 13.2 per – but the Falcons turned those turnovers into 24 points.
The Chippewas managed just two points off of eight Bowling Green turnovers.
Team Stats
CMU
BGSU
FG%
.492
.514
3FG%
.353
.400
FT%
.200
.727
RB
34
42
TO
15
8
STL
7
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
13
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
1
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