Timily’s Blog

What a weekend it was for MAC basketball perhaps the biggest story is Toledo taking down Kent State.  Down 56-51 with less than a minute to go Tyrone Kent of the Rockets was fouled shooting a 3-pointer and made all three free throws to make it 56-54.  With 26 seconds left Toledo got a tip in to tie the games.  Then Kent State brought it down, but it was stolen by Toledo’s  Jonathan Avery with four seconds left and he dunked the ball with 00.1 seconds on the clock to give Toledo the big win as the Rockets go to 4-4 in the MAC West.  Kent State falls to 6-2 in the MAC East and with the 5-2 Akron, Ohio, and Bowling Green watching that they knew they needed to win. 

Western Michigan was able to take care of Bowling Green 64-50 and continue to lead the MAC West.  Bowling Green remains a game out of first in the MAC East at 5-3.  Akron dominated Eastern Michigan at home 80-61 and Ohio on the road in Northern Illinois showed no mercy winning 73-55 on the road.  So Kent State, Akron, and Ohio are now all tied up in first in the MAC East.  Miami extended their winning streak to 3 as they beat Ball State on the road.  And yes, Buffalo lost again in Central Michigan, but they took it to double overtime to show they tried to put up a fight.  So now the MAC is getting a little more interesting as three times are tied in the MAC East we will see what happens as this week begins.