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College basketball glance: 2-15
Men
Toledo at Ball State
Time: 7 p.m.
Records: UT is 11-14, 3-8 MAC; BSU is 12-11, 4-7
Radio: 1370 AM
Series: UT leads 41-39
Notes: A Jarrod Jones layup as time expired pushed BSU to a 70-68 win over UT at Savage Arena on Jan. 10. Jones finished with 22 points that night, while UT's Rian Pearson and Dominique Buckley scored 19 and 16 points, respectively. … BSU lost all six of its games against the MAC East for the first time since the league went to a divisional format in 1997-98. The Cardinals failed to crack 60 points in all six losses. … UT is just 3-18 in Worthen Arena. … Jones leads BSU in scoring (16.3) and rebounding (8.5) but over the past three games he's averaging 9.6 points and 6.6 boards. … UT sixth man Curtis Dennis has scored in double figures in six of his last eight games, and has averaged 13.4 points with a 94.1 free throw percentage over that period. … UT's Pearson, who has collected MAC West player of the week honors the past three weeks, leads the league in scoring (17.2) and is third in rebounding (8.4). … UT walk-on center Richard Wonnell has started the past three games. He scored a career-high nine points against Ball State in January.
Bowling Green at Ohio
Time: 7 p.m.
Records: BGSU is 13-11, 7-4 MAC; OU is 19-6, 7-4
Radio: 99.1 FM, 1470 AM
Series: BGSU leads 72-59
Notes: The Falcons and Bobcats are tied for fourth in the MAC standings, and a BG win would give the Falcons a big advantage in the battle for a bye into the quarterfinals of the league tournament. … The Falcons outscored Ohio 11-1 in the final two minutes to claim a 67-57 win at the Stroh Center Jan. 7. … Despite riding a two-game losing streak, the Bobcats have the best overall record among MAC schools. … D.J. Cooper leads Ohio in scoring (13.6) and assists (5.4) per game and ranks 14th among Division I players with 2.3 steals per game. … BG's Scott Thomas, who had four steals against Toledo Saturday, ranks seventh nationally with 2.6 steals per game. … In the first meeting of these two teams, Thomas posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds and also had four steals and two assists. … The Falcons have won four in a row overall and three of their last four road contests. … BG's Dee Brown has made 10 of his last 17 3-point attempts and is shooting 42.4 percent on 3-pointers in league play to rank eighth in that category.
Women
Toledo at Central Michigan
Time: 7 p.m.
Records: UT is 16-7, 9-2 MAC; CMU is 13-12, 5-6
Radio: 1230 AM
Series: UT leads 41-26
Notes: UT overcame a 12-point second-half deficit to beat Central Michigan 58-53 on Jan. 8 at Savage Arena. Andola Dortch (14 points), Lecretia Smith (13), and Haylie Linn (12) all scored in double figures for the Rockets. Central Michigan received 23 points and 10 rebounds from freshman Crystal Bradford. … Bradford, Jas'Mine Bracey, and Jessica Green sat out losses to Bowling Green and Miami because of a suspension for their involvement in a fight against Ohio on Jan. 25. Bradford, the team's leading scorer and rebounder, returned to the lineup Feb. 4 at Akron but did not play Saturday in a win at Buffalo. … UT captured its eighth straight win with a 52-50 triumph over Bowling Green on Saturday at Savage Arena. … CMU went 2-4 against the MAC East, finishing with a 66-60 road win at Buffalo to snap a three-game losing streak. … UT center Yolanda Richardson has scored in double figures in 11 of UT's past 13 games. … Linn has made at least one 3-pointer in each of the past six games. … UT, the co-leader in the West, has faced halftime deficits in six of its MAC games and won four of them.
Buffalo at Bowling Green
Time: 7 p.m.
Records: Buffalo is 7-18, 2-9 MAC; BGSU is 20-4, 10-1
Radio: 88.1 FM
Series: BGSU leads 19-5
Notes: This will be the Falcons' annual Play 4Kay (formerly Pink Zone) game in support of breast cancer awareness. … BG will wear white uniforms with pink trim, and fans are encouraged to wear pink at the event. The game honors Kay Yow, who won more than 700 games at North Carolina State before breast cancer claimed her life in 2009. … Bowling Green will look to claim its 16th consecutive win over the Bulls. The Falcons won the Jan. 15 meeting 79-59 at UB. … Buffalo is led by Brittany Hedderson, who ranks second in the MAC in scoring with 20.6 points per game. … BG's loss at Toledo Saturday ended a number of impressive winning streaks for the Falcons, including a 13-game overall winning streak, 18 consecutive MAC regular-season wins, and 21 straight victories (both regular-season and tournament) against conference foes. … With a victory the Falcons would finish no lower than fourth in the league standings and would claim an automatic berth in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament. … BGSU is 20-0 when scoring at least 54 points this season and 0-4 when it scores less than 54.
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