Central Michigan men's Basketball wins third straight game 82-59

Defeat Arkansas - Pine Bluff in non-conference action at McGuirk Arena

Posted In: Sports, Local Sports, National Sports, By: Thomas Baird

04th December, 2016 0

A reverse lay up by CMU's Braylon Rayson
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A put back from Luke Meyer
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Marcus Keene drivng the lane for CMU and getting fouled
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DaRohn Scott trying to dunk the ball against Arkansas Pine Bluff
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The Opening Tip of the Central Michigan basketball game
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Head Coach Keno Davis working the sidelines
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Marcus Keene bringing the ball up court
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The CMU Dance Team in action at halftime
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Getting position for a rebound
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The Central Michigan University men's Basketball team won their 3rd straight game on Saturday beating Arkansas-Pine Bluff 82-59 in front of 2,491 fans at McGuirk Arena. The defending Mid American Conference Champions are off to a good start in this young season now with a 7-2 record against some good competition to date.

Head Coach Keno Davis is expecting some big things this year from the young Chippewa squad. They return only 3 seniors on the team with one starter in Braylon Rayson. However the season has gone well to date with junior guard Marcus Keene lighting up the boards with a 30 points per game (ppg) average. He didn't disappoint either on Saturday leading all scorers with 31 points.

The Golden Lions played a good game leading most of the 1st half and going into the locker room with a tie 39-39 at half. The Chippewas then threw down the clamps on defense in the second half going on a 11-0 run to start the second half. They never looked back outscoring the Golden Lions 43-20 in the 2nd half for the 82-59 win. Josh Kozinski and Cecil Williams also chipped in 11 points each for CMU.

The Chippewas will only play two more home games now before a MAC Conference game on January 10th against Akron. Big things are being expected from this Chippewa squad in 2017. They have a couple more important non-conference dates before the Conference season starts including a match-up with Illinois. This should be an exciting season at McGwirk Arena in Mount Pleasant.