The fourth-seeded Central Michigan Chippewas avenged a loss to Bowling Green earlier this season by dismantling the Falcons 81-48. Central Michigan will move on to play top-seeded Toledo Friday at noon.
Back on February 3rd, it was all Bowling Green as the Falcons won 84-59.
The fifth-seeded Falcons grabbed an early 7-5 lead, but it was all Chippewas after that as Central Michigan would go on a 32-3 run over a 10-minute span en route to a 40-24 lead at the break.
The Chippewas were led by Crystal Bradford and Brandie Baker as the two scored 16 straight points for the Chippewas in the first half.
The All-MAC First Teamer Bradford finished with 23 points and six rebounds while Baker finished with 14 points and three rebounds. With the victory, the Chippewas improved to 19-11 on the year and will now play top-seed Toledo Friday at noon. The first half plagued the Falcons who committed 18 turnovers and shot 4-17 from the three-point line.
Central Michigan turned those 18 turnovers into 18 points. The Falcons committed 34 turnovers total for the game, with just 14 assists. Central Michigan finished with 39 points off of turnovers.
The Falcons closed out the first half on a 14-3 run to cut the deficit to 16, but that was as close as the Falcons would get as Central Michigan scored the first four points of the second half.
Bowling Green never came within 19 points of the Chippewas the rest of the game. Alexis Rogers and Jill Stein carried the Falcons in the first half, each scoring 8 points. Rogers would finish with 14 points and 8 rebounds, while Stein had 10 points.
Thursday, May 23 2013 3:22 PM EDT2013-05-23 19:22:42 GMT
A Mecosta County man is dead after stopping on the side of the road to see if another driver needed help. The accident happened on M-20 just west of Sherman Road in Broomfield Township last night. The
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Thursday, May 23 2013 1:49 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:49:29 GMT
A Cadillac Area Public Schools teacher is in trouble with the law for drinking behind the wheel. Michelle Whitley works at Cadillac High School and faces 2 charges of operating while intoxicated, open
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Thursday, May 23 2013 6:30 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:30:56 GMT
Police are looking for whoever stole nearly 40 bronze grave markers in the Hersey Cemetery in Osceola county, just days before Memorial Day. Village workers noticed the markers missing earlier this week
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Thursday, May 23 2013 11:26 AM EDT2013-05-23 15:26:37 GMT
The Mason County Sheriffs Department is reaching out to a forensic anthropologist to help to determine if bones recently found are from a human or an animal. The bones were found on Friday near Chauvez
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Thursday, May 23 2013 9:06 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:06:21 GMT
Michigan State Police are investigating what appears to be a drowning on Muskellunge Lake in Montcalm County. Troopers were called out to the lake around 11:40pm Wednesday night to find a missing fisherman. Michael
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Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:27 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:27:46 GMT
Police in Chippewa County were called to a rollover accident involving five people. The accident happened early this morning on 10 Mile Road in Dafter. Officers say the car was speeding and alcohol played
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Thursday, May 23 2013 4:13 PM EDT2013-05-23 20:13:27 GMT
The Emmett County Sheriff's Office is asking you to help them in their search for a 15 year old boy. Adam Albrecht went missing last night. He was last seen leaving on foot from his home on River Road
The Emmett County Sheriff's Office is asking you to help them in their search for a 15 year old boy. Adam Albrecht went missing last night. He was last seen leaving on foot from his home on River Road
An older brother was being questioned Thursday in the deaths of two Utah boys found by their mother when she returned home, police said.
A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new houses and tidy lawns, police said.
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