Eastern Michigan men's basketball falls to Butler in road defeat, 84-68
The Eagles aimed for their second straight victory over a “Power 5” opponent — but would fail to secure it in an 84-68 road defeat to Butler.
The Eagles aimed for their second straight victory over a “Power 5” opponent — but would fail to secure it in an 84-68 road defeat to Butler.
Following a milestone victory over Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan's men's basketball team secured a 73-55 victory over NJIT at the George Gervin GameAbove Center on Black Friday.
In just six games this season, the Eastern Michigan women’s basketball team has already surpassed the win total scored by the program throughout the entirety of the 2024-25 campaign.
Eastern Michigan's men’s basketball team upended the University of Cincinnati and the college basketball world by scoring a 64-56 victory, the program's first win over a "Power 4" conference opponent since defeating the University of Michigan on December 19, 2014.
Eastern Michigan turned the ball over five times on a nationally televised stage, spoiling Dontae McMillan’s encore performance in an Eagles uniform and suffering a 31-21 defeat to Mid-American Conference leading rival Western Michigan.
Despite Mo Habhab's fifth double-double in six games, the Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team fell on the road to the No. 6 nationally-ranked University of Louisville, 87-46.
As just the 38th coach in Football Bowl Subdivision history to reach the milestone of 200 wins, Chris Creighton is the fourth active coach to hit the mark. His team achieved this feat for him as Eastern Michigan University dominated Ball State University on Nov. 15, 2025, to score their first road win of the year, 24-9.
A late touchdown from Dontae McMillan, two critical catches from Nick Devereaux, a 44-yard field goal by Rudy Kessinger, and a sack on the final play of the game from Ronn Hardin proved to be enough for the Eastern Michigan University football team to thwart Bowling Green State University’s comeback efforts and win with a score of 27-21.
With their backs against the wall, season hanging in the balance and the Rynearson Stadium home crowd behind them, the Eastern Michigan football team gave Ohio University all they could handle through the opening 30 minutes of play. But in the end, they fell to Ohio 28-21.
Despite Eastern Michigan’s football team falling on the road to Miami University, 44-30, the central storyline of the day for the Eagles was the breakout performance of freshman wide receiver Harold Mack Jr.
It had been 356 days since Eastern Michigan University’s football team last defeated a Mid-American Conference opponent. On Oct. 11, 2025, however, the Eagles snapped that streak with a home victory against Northern Illinois University, 16-10.
Heading into UB Stadium as 10.5-point underdogs, Eastern Michigan University’s football team found themselves on the doorstep of pulling off a stunning upset until the final play.
The Eagles had lost seven straight games in Kelly/Shorts Stadium prior to Saturday afternoon, with that losing streak extending to eight after the team’s 24-13 loss to Central Michigan to kick off their 50th season of conference play.
The Eagles survived a late comeback attempt by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in one of college football’s games of the year — the leg of true freshman kicker Rudy Kessinger booting a game-winning 42-yard field goal through the uprights with three seconds left to propel Eastern Michigan University to their first win of 2025.
Kentucky outscored Eastern Michigan 20-7 in the second half to pull away and claim a dominant 48-23 win; handing the Eagles their worst start to a season since 2020.
13 years ago was the last time that an Eastern Michigan football team had lost to an FCS opponent. This was the case until Saturday night, when the Long Island University Sharks came to town and spoiled the Eagles’ home opener.
The Eagles were able to keep up with Texas State University's high-flying offense in the first half, entering the break only trailing by seven, but proceeded to give up 21 unanswered points between the third and early fourth quarter portions of the game before falling to the Bobcats, 52-27.