Saturday's BracketBuster Results
Bowling Green, Buffalo, Ball State, Kent State, Central Michigan, Ohio and Miami claim victories.
Feb 20, 2010
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Saturday's ESPNU BracketBusters Results
Buffalo 77, St. Peter's 75 (OT)
Ball State 68, Tenn.-Martin 52
Bowling Green 87, Valparaiso 70
Miami 69, Southeast Missouri State 53
Southern Illinois 89, Western Michigan 72
Detroit 68, Eastern Michigan 66
Ohio 64, Wright State 59
Virginia Commonwealth 70, Akron 53
Cleveland State 87, Toledo 63
Central Michigan 79, Tennessee State 73
Eastern Illinois 73, Northern Illinois 70
Kent State 74, Western Carolina 72
Stories Courtesy of the Associates Press
Buffalo 77, St. Peter's 75 (OT)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Sean Smiley hit a jumper at the buzzer and Buffalo defeated Saint Peter's 77-75 in overtime on Saturday.
Rodney Pierce scored 22 points, Smiley added 14, and Calvin Betts had 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulls (16-8), who have won five games in a row. Titus Robinson also had 13 for the Bulls.
Nick Leon, who scored 25 points for the Peacocks (15-12), hit a 3-pointer with less than 1 second remaining to send the game into overtime tied at 63-63.
The Bulls led the entire second half, and neither team led by more than two points in overtime. The score was tied three times in the extra period.
Buffalo scored 15 points off 23 Peacock turnovers and had 13 steals. Despite shooting 39.7 percent for the game (27 of 68), the Bulls made 3 of 6 field goals and 7 of 8 free throw attempts in overtime.
Wesley Jenkins added 21 points and Ryan Bacon had 14 for the Peacocks.
Ball State 68, Tenn.-Martin 52
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) -Terrence Watson and Malik Perry scored 15 points each and Ball State defeated Tennessee-Martin 68-52 Saturday.
The nonconference game was part of the BracketBusters series.
Ball State (15-11), of the Mid-American Conference, made 14 of its 25 shots in the second half - 56 percent - to break away from a 26-22 halftime lead. The final score was the Cardinals' biggest lead of the game.
Jarrod Jones had 13 points and eight rebounds for Ball State, and Randy Davis had 10 points and seven rebounds.
Marquis Weddle led Tennessee-Martin (4-23) with 15 points. Reuben Clayton added 11 points and Benzor Simmons 10 for the Skyhawks, members of the Ohio Valley Conference.
Tennessee-Martin is 0-14 on the road this season.
Bowling Green 87, Valparaiso 70
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) -Dee Brown scored 20 points and Scott Thomas tallied a double-double, leading Bowling Green past Valparaiso 87-70 on Saturday.
Joe Jakubowski added 19 points and Erik Marschall had 17 for the Falcons (14-12), who shot 54.5 percent from the floor (30-for-55). The Crusaders finished at 46.4 percent from the field (26-for-56).
Thomas scored 12 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds for Bowling Green, while Otis Polk chipped in 11 points.
Brown's jumper early in the game helped push the Falcons to a 9-0 run to start things. They stretched the lead to 25-8 midway through the first half and were never threatened.
Bowling Green led by 25 points at halftime and held on despite being outscored 46-38 by the Crusaders in the second.
Brandon McPherson paced the Crusaders (15-15) with 16 points.
Miami 69, Southeast Missouri State 53
MIAMI, Ohio (AP) -Antonio Ballard scored 12 points and three others reached double figures as Miami (Ohio) defeated Southeast Missouri 69-53 on Saturday.
Julian Mavunga and Orlando Williams each scored 11 points, and Kenny Hayes added 10 for Miami (12-15), who snapped a two-game losing streak. Nick Winbush contributed with 13 rebounds.
Miami led 40-32, then put the game out of reach with a 22-6 run for a 62-38 lead after a layup by Ballard with 4:10 to play.
Miami shot 50 percent (10-for-20) in the first half and made 43.4 percent for the game (23-for-53).
Marland Smith scored 28 points, including six 3-pointers, to lead Southeast Missouri (7-21), which has lost six games in a row. Smith made 9 of 18 field goals, but Southeast Missouri shot only 32.7 percent from the field (18-for-55).
Southern Illinois 89, Western Michigan 72
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) -Carlton Fay exploded for 38 points to lead Southern Illinois to an 89-72 victory over Western Michigan in a BracketBusters game Saturday.
Fay went 10-for-13 from the field, including 3-for-6 from 3-point range, and 15-for-17 from the free throw line, scoring the most by a Saluki since 1996. Fay scored 12 of the Salukis' first 19 points and had 22 in the first half, which ended with Southern Illinois ahead 52-37.
Kevin Dillard added 17 and Kendal Brown-Surles 12 for the Salukis (15-12).
David Kool led the Broncos (14-13) with 21 points but shot only 4-for-19. Flenard Whitfield had a double-double with 13 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, and Demetrius Ward scored 12.
After Fay's jumper put Southern Illinois ahead 38-27 with 5:34 left in the first half, the lead dipped into single figures only one more time, at 61-52 with 10:17 to go.
Detroit 68, Eastern Michigan 66
Woody Payne had 13 points and 10 assists for the Titans (16-13), who snapped a three-game losing streak.
Carlos Medlock scored 21 points and Brandon Bowdry 18 for the Eagles (14-13).
Detroit led 68-61 after a Payne free throw, but 3-pointer by Medlock with 16 seconds remaining and layup by Jay Higgins at the buzzer resulted in the final two-point margin.
The Titans have won eight straight against Eastern Michigan and own a 57-15 edge in the series, which dates back to 1910.
Ohio 64, Wright State 59
A 3-pointer by Bassett, who didn't start but played 36 minutes, gave the Bobcats (15-13) a 53-50 lead with 4:07 left. Bassett hit another 3-pointer to make it 56-52 with 1:32 left after N'Gai Evans made two free throws for the Raiders (18-10).
A 3-pointer by Vaughn Duggins with 7 seconds left brought Wright State within three, 62-59, but Bassett hit two free throws with 3 seconds left for the final margin.
Duggins, who finished with 15 points, had 10 in the first half, which ended with Wright State ahead 25-24 after leading by as many as eight points.
DeVaughn Washington added 16 points and seven rebounds for the Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference.
Todd Brown scored 11 points and Cory Cooperwood 10 for the Raiders of the Horizon League.
Virginia Commonwealth 70, Akron 53
The Rams (19-7) stretched their regular season non-conference home winning streak to 16 games, and are 14-1 this season at home. Akron (20-8) had its five-game win streak snapped, failing to match their season best six-game winning streak.
Virginia Commonwealth had a 12-2 spurt midway through the first half to take a 28-15 lead with 5:22 left. Sanders had five points during the run, and finished the half with 11 points, six rebounds and two blocks.
The Rams led at halftime 34-22.
The Zips closed to 43-39 with 14:01 left on Steve McNees' 3-pointer, but the Rams ran off a 13-5 spree which gave them a 56-44 lead with 7:44 left. Akron got no closer than 10 the rest of the way.
McNees and Anthony Hitchens led the Zips with nine points each.
Cleveland State 87, Toledo 63
CLEVELAND (AP) -Norris Cole scored 18 points and Cleveland State defeated Toledo 87-63, snapping a three-game losing streak on Saturday.
Charlie Woods scored 15 points, Jeremy Montgomery and D'Aundray Brown added 14 each and Tim Kamczyc had 12 points for the Vikings (14-15).
Cleveland State trailed 34-33 at halftime, and opened the second half on a 17-2 run to lead 50-36 on Norris Cole's layup with 14:07 remaining.
The Vikings shot 74.1 percent (20 of 27), going 5-for-5 from 3-point range in the second half, and finished at 64 percent (32 of 50).
Cleveland State, which scored 26 points off 18 turnovers, led by as many as 26, 87-61, on Kevin Anderson's jumper with 15 seconds to play.
Jake Barnett paced the Rockets (3-25) with 15 points, Justin Anyjong added 13 points and Jordan Dressler had 12.
Toledo shot 56.8 percent from the field (25 of 44) in its 18th straight loss.
Central Michigan 79, Tennessee State 73
MT. PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) -Robbie Harman and Marko Spica each scored 17 points Saturday as Central Michigan defeated Tennessee State 79-73 in a nonconference BracketBusters series game.
Harman hit a 3-pointer with 4:01 left in the game to give the Chippewas (13-13) their first lead of the second half at 67-65. The shot sparked a 10-2 run for Central Michigan, with Harman accounting for eight of the points.
Jordan Bitzer added 16 points and Jalin Thomas 10 for the Chippewas.
Jeremiah Crutcher had 21 points, Wil Peters 19 and Robert Covington 12 for Tennessee State (8-21), which had its four-game winning streak snapped.
The Tigers shot 55.6 percent from the field in the first half and made 9 of 15 3-point attempts en route to a 44-38 lead at the break. That percentage dipped to 34.6 in the second half, when they were 0 for 5 from beyond the arc.
Eastern Illinois 73, Northern Illinois 70
CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) -Tyler Laser scored 19 points as Eastern Illinois edged Northern Illinois 73-70 in a BracketBusters game Saturday night.
Eastern Illinois led 69-62, but the Huskies scored seven unanswered points to tie it with 47 seconds left.
Curry McKinney broke the Panthers' with two free throws for a 71-69 lead with 35 seconds left.
Northern Illinois' Darion Anderson was then fouled trying a 3-pointer with 3 seconds left, giving the Huskies a chance to lead. But he sank only one free throw, and the Panthers survived.
T.J. Marion added 13 points and Zavier Sanders and McKinney 11 each as the Panthers (16-11) won their fifth in a row. Ousmanne Cisse grabbed 14 rebounds, helping Eastern Illinois clinch its first winning season since 2001, when it went to the NCAA tournament.
Sean Kowal scored 20, Xavier Silas 19 and Mike DiNunno 11 for the Huskies (8-18), who lost their 10th straight.
Kent State 74, Western Carolina 72
KENT, Ohio (AP) -Justin Greene scored 21 points and Kent State held off Western Carolina 74-72 on Saturday night.
Tyree Evans added 14 points, and Chris Singletary and Rodriguez Sherman each had 11 for the Golden Flashes (20-8), who have won two games in a row and eight of their past 10.
Kent survived an 8-3 run in the final minute to preserve the win. Trailing 71-64 with 51 seconds to play, the Catamounts' Jake Robinson hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 72-70 with 7 seconds to go. Greene pushed the lead to 74-70 with two free throws before the Catamounts' Richie Gordon closed out the scoring with a layup with 2 seconds remaining.
Gordon had 16 points, and Brandon Giles and Mike Williams each added 11 for the Catamounts (19-8), who lost their second game in a row and fifth in the past six games.
