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Women fall to BG at home 61-47

By Eugene Evans · Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013

Despite junior Natachia Watkins’ scrappy effort and timely shooting, the Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team’s quest for its first set of back-to-back wins of the season came up short as the team fell to the Bowling Green State University Falcons, 61-47, Sunday at the Convocation Center.

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Students, staff weigh in on Super Bowl

By Al Willman · Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013

Sunday marks the 47th installment of the Super Bowl. What makes the day unique is the opposing head coaches are brothers. Members of The Eastern Echo staff as well as notable people around Eastern Michigan University have chimed in with their Super Bowl predictions.

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Gymnastics loses close match

By Raven Gardiner · Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013

The Eastern Michigan University women’s gymnastics team finished their first home competition with a 194.025-193.9 loss against the Bowling Green State University Falcons Saturday at Bowen Field House.

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Men’s basketball falls to WMU

By Colin Maresh · Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013

The Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team suffered a tough loss to the Mid-American Conference West Division-leading Western Michigan Broncos Wednesday 63-59 in Kalamazoo.

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Women get 64-45 win over Kent State

By Eugene Evans · Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013

Behind a season-high 40 points from the Eastern Michigan University bench, the women’s basketball team cruised to their largest victory this season, 64-45, Thursday night against the Kent State Golden Flashes at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center in Kent, Ohio.

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Super Bowl XLVII: Which team will prevail?

By Alex Alvarado · Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013

For football fans, the Super Bowl represents the biggest game of the entire year. On Feb. 3, millions of pigskin fans will be watching the final showdown featuring the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers.

Q-and-A with women’s coach Verdi

By Al Willman · Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013

Tory Verdi is in the middle of his first season as the women’s basketball coach for Eastern Michigan University. Before the team boarded the bus for their matchup at Kent State University, Verdi gave The Eastern Echo a few minutes and provided some background on his coaching career and life off the court as well.

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Wrestling earns first MAC win

By Raven Gardiner · Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013

The Eastern Michigan University men’s wrestling team posted their first win in the Mid-American Conference when they defeated the Northern Illinois University Huskies Saturday in DeKalb, Ill. With the 22-17 win, the Eagles improved to 7-10 overall and 1-2 in the MAC.

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Eagle women beat Kent State on the road, 64-45

By Eugene Evans · Friday, Jan. 25, 2013

Behind a season-high 40 points from the Eastern Michigan University bench, the women’s basketball team cruised to their largest victory this season, 64-45, Thursday night against the Kent State Golden Flashes at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center in Kent, Ohio. For EMU (4-14, 2-3 Mid-American Conference), freshman Bianca Cage played 23 minutes and scored nearly half of the bench’s 40 points, with 19 from 8-of-17 shooting to go along with 3-of-9 from three-point range. “Bianca stepped on the floor and they played zone and she was our zone-buster tonight,” EMU head coach Tory Verdi said. Junior Desyree Thomas finally had her breakout game of the season as she scored a season-high 12 points.

James Still to face 15 years, 4 in prison

By Al Willman · Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013

Sentencing was announced Tuesday for former Eastern Michigan University basketball forward James Still. He pled guilty in November to felony assault for an incident in April 2010 when he was a student at Providence College in Rhode Island.

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Gymnastics opens season with loss

By Raven Gardiner · Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013

Eastern Michigan University sports like basketball and wrestling are reaching the half way mark, but the EMU women’s gymnastics team just opened their season Jan. 20 with a close loss in Kalamazoo against the Western Michigan University Broncos.

Freshman Jalen Ross hopes to stay close to basketball

By Al Willman · Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013

Freshman Jalen Ross plays point guard on the Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team. He comes to EMU from Greensboro, N.C. which is about an hour away from Raleigh. Ross said it’s right in the middle of Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte.

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Women’s basketball loses 70-48

By Eugene Evans · Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013

The Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team, through missed opportunities and lackluster effort, dropped its third consecutive contest, 70-48, Sunday to the Miami University of Ohio RedHawks at Millett Hall in Oxford, Ohio.

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Team USA roster: Outfield is biggest strength

By Alex Alvarado · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

As the World Baseball Classic is approaching its start in early March, Team USA announced their roster Thursday. Managed by Joe Torre, this is a team of great depth, good bats and some questionable pitching.

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Wrestling defeats Olivet

By Raven Gardiner · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

The Eastern Michigan University men’s wrestling team triumphed over the Olivet College Comets for the sixth consecutive occasion; the Eagles defeated the Comets 34-6 on Eagle territory Wednesday.

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Wrestling falls to NY

By Raven Gardiner · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

The Eastern Michigan University men’s wrestling team fell to the University of New York at Buffalo Bulls Friday at the Alumni Arena in New York.

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