Strong Second Half Propels Chippewas to 100-65 Win Over Eastern Michigan

Tuesday, January 27

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

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Central Michigan University

6-15,2-7MAC

100

Eastern Michigan

9-12,3-6MAC

Eastern Mich.

Central Mich.

100

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Strong Second Half Propels Chippewas to 100-65 Win Over Eastern Michigan

1/27/2026 10:17:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Central Michigan’s 35-point victory ties for the largest MAC win in school history and was its largest-ever win against Eastern Michigan; 17-0 second half run secures victory for the Chippewas.

By: Greg Hotchkiss

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich.—A dominating 17-0 second half run opened a closely contested game and Central Michigan went on to tie its school record for largest-ever win against a Mid-American Conference opponent with a 100-65 men's basketball victory over Eastern Michigan Tuesday evening at McGuirk Arena.

The 35-point victory tied the school's standing MAC victory margin record set on Feb. 13, 1988 vs. Kent State (80-45). The win also marked Central Michigan's largest-ever in its 208-game series vs. Eastern Michigan. The last time Central Michigan scored 100 points against a MAC opponent was on Feb. 3, 2018 vs. Ohio (101-98 double overtime win).

Next up, Central Michigan hosts its highly anticipated Toilet Paper Toss when it plays Bowling Green on Saturday night at 7 p.m. ET. The contest marks the fourth consecutive year that CMU has hosted a Toilet Paper Toss.

Six Central Michigan players reached double figure scoring led by Logan McIntire, who scored a game-high 19 points on 5-10 3-point shooting. Tamario Adley scored 18 points, dished out a team-high six assists and grabbed five rebounds, Nathan Claerbaut scored 17 points (7-14 FG) with eight rebounds, Phat Phat Brooks contributed 14 points (6-7 FG) with four assists, Keenan Garner added 12 points, nine rebounds, and five assists, and Jalen Kampen came off the bench to score a career-high 11 points (4-5 FG).

Central Michigan outscored Eastern Michigan 62-29 in the second half. The Chippewas outrebounded the Eagles 33-25, outscored the Eagles 27-4 on points off turnovers, hit 9-19 3-point shots, and scored 21 fast break points to EMU's five.

Leading by three points, Central Michigan went on its 17-0 run to take a 61-41 lead with 11:33 to play. The Chippewas converted four straight free throws, two by Adley and two by Garner, and followed that up with three straight 3-pointers from Brooks and two by McIntire. Then Garner scored on a gritty offensive rebound putback and Claerbaut followed with a dunk after taking a pass from Garner to give CMU its largest lead of the game at 20 points, 61-41. During the five-minute stretch, the Chippewas held the Eagles scoreless and forced three Eagles turnovers during that stretch.

From that point on, the Chippewas had total control of the game. CMU extended its lead to as many as 38 points (100-62) with 57 seconds to play.

Led by Claerbaut's 11 points and Brooks' 10 points, Central Michigan took a 38-36 lead into halftime. With the score tied at 33-33, McIntire hit a 3-pointer for a CMU lead, then he fed Garner for a layup and 38-33 lead with 25 seconds. But EMU's Addison Patterson finished off a 3-point play to cut the margin to two points at the break.

Eastern Michigan hit back-to-back 3-pointers by Mak Manciel and Gregory Lawson to take a 23-17 lead 8:55 to go in the first half. The Eagles went up 31-26 on a layup by Aidan Rubio.

But the Chippewas answered with a 6-0 run and took the lead, 32-31, on a steal and dunk by Tamario Adley. Brooks started the rally with a driving layup, Adley hit two free throws, and then followed them with his dunk.

Manciel sparked Eastern Michigan in the first half as he led the Eagles with 15 points on three 3-pointers. He scored just one point in the second half and finished with 16. Lawson added 14 points and Patterson contributed 13.

It marked Central Michigan's second 100-point game of the season. The last time CMU scored over 100 vs. Eastern Michigan was on March 1, 2003, a 106-89 home win vs. the Eagles.

Central Michigan has now won four of its last five games against Eastern Michigan. The win improves Central Michigan to 6-15 overall and 2-7 in the MAC, while Eastern Michigan drops to 9-12 overall and 3-6 in the MAC. The Chippewas improve to 5-4 in home games.

—CMU—