Central Michigan won yet another road game against strong competition to continue to run away in the "golf" and regular standings. Eastern Michigan also won on the road.
Here's the Wednesday roundup:
Central beat Buffalo 98-83 in double overtime in Buffalo. The Chippewas came from behind in the fourth quarter for the fourth straight game and won despite star guard Micaela Kelly's fouling out in the first minute of the first overtime. Kelly had the first triple-double of her career with 14 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds. Freshman guard Molly Davis scored 25 points for CMU. Buffalo's Dyaisha Fair had 29 points but didn't score in either overtime. It was Central's fifth road win of the MAC season. Chips are 8-0 in the league.
Eastern Michigan beat Toledo 77-62 at Toledo. Oklahoma State transfer Areanna Combs scored 27 point for the Eagles, who won at Toledo for the first time in four years. Nakiah Black had 13 for the Rockers.
Kent State went ahead on a Megan Carter layup with 10 seconds to play, and the Flashes beat Ball State 69-68 in Kent. Carter played 36 minutes and scored 20 points in her second game back from mononucleosis. KSU starting point guard Asiah Dingle, the team's second leading scorer, didn't play. KSU coach Todd Starkey wouldn't say why.
Ohio beat Akron 70-57 in Athens for its fourth straight win. Senior guard Amani Burke had 20 points, junior guard Cece Hooks 17, nine rebounds and seven steals. Akron led 34-32 at halftime but was held to 23 points in the second half.
The Western Michigan game at Miami was postponed at Western's request in a somewhat over-reaction to two suspected Coronovirus cases in Miami. The university remained open and operated normally. The game will be played Monday at Miami. The Miami-Central Michigan men's game was also postposed until Feb. 27.
Bowling Green and Northern Illinois had their midweek byes.
The "golf" standings
They give a team -1 for a road win (a “birdie”) and adds a point for a home loss (a “bogey.” A home win or road loss gets zero (“par”).
-5
-- Central Michigan (8-0, 15-4)
-1
-- Ohio (6-2, 13-6)
-- Ball State (5-3, 13-7)
-- Eastern Michigan (5-3, 10-9)
Even
-- Buffalo (4-4, 13-6)
-- Western Michigan (4-3, 11-7)
-- Kent State (4-3, 11-7)
-- Toledo (4-3, 9-9)
+2
-- Akron (2-6, 9-10)
-- Miami (1-6, 8-11)
-- Bowling Green (1-6, 8-11)
-- Northern Illinois (1-6, 5-13)
Regular MAC standings are at
http://www.espn.com/womens-college-baske...onference.