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Eagles falter in second half, lose to Buffalo

By Leveander Bradshaw · Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016

Despite an 18-3 run to start the game, the Eastern Michigan men’s basketball team couldn’t hold off a second half rally by The State University of New York at Buffalo and fell 80-70.

Eagles fall to rival CMU 66-65

By Zachary Badger-House · Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016

Despite a hard fought fourth quarter, the Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball team suffered it's third straight loss to the Central Michigan Chippewas, 66-65, Wednesday night in Ypsilanti, Mich.

Eastern Michigan coach Chris Creighton prepares to lead his team onto the field in the Eagles 51-7 loss to Western Michigan Saturday afternoon in Kalamazoo.

EMU lands big Nebraska transfer Joe Keels on Signing Day

By Robert Hull · Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016

Eastern Michigan landed some much needed depth to the defensive line on signing day, but one of those additions wasn’t from an incoming freshman.

EMU football welcomes 2016 signees on National Signing Day

By Robert Hull · Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016

It’s an exciting yet emotional day for high school seniors signing their national letter of intent to their future schools. It’s also a special day for college coaches who have been recruiting these kids for so long, and it’s finally the day they’ve all been waiting for.

EMU student creates scholarship through t-shirts

By Andrew Mascharka · Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016

College can be tough, especially with the costs that comes with it. Eastern Michigan student Joey Stinson found this out firsthand but decided to help out students in similar situations by creating a scholarship using money generated from T-Shirts that he designed.

Lee scores 46 in win against Miami

By Leveander Bradshaw · Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016

The Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team snapped its five game losing streak on Tuesday with a decisive 94- 69 victory over Miami University.

Devan Marry wrestles at the Beauty and the Beast event at the Convocation Center on Saturday.

Beauty and the Beast: 'It's about taking care of business'

By Robert Sherman · Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016

Wrestling and gymnastics aren’t exactly two sports that you would combine together in the same category other than being two sports that get little to no attention when it comes to the Eastern Michigan University realm of athletics.

EMU gymnastics improves to 7-1

By Andrew Mascharka · Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016

The Eastern Michigan women’s gymnastics team competed in their first home meet Saturday afternoon and were able to defeat the Northern Illinois University Huskies, 194.775-193.950 in a Mid-American Conference meet. Despite the win, the Eagles (7-1, 2-0 MAC) saw their lowest score of the season but also saw their highest total on the floor exercise with a 48.750. “When we started out on vault, they seemed to get really tight and the energy kind of dropped,” EMU coach Jay Santos said.

Eagles lose fifth straight

By Leveander Bradshaw · Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016

The troubles for the Eastern Michigan men's basketball team continued Saturday as they lost to the Western Michigan University Broncos, 94-86, in Kalamazoo.

Wrestling drops fourth straight in loss to NIU

By Evan Hensley · Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016

Eastern Michigan University wrestling fell to Northern Illinois University in a Mid-American Conference meet, by a score of 21-9.

Eagles fall to Akron on the road

By Zachary Badger-House · Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016

A second half scoring drought for the Eagles gave the Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team its second loss in the span of a week, this time to Akron University by a score of 75-72 on Saturday afternoon in Akron, Ohio. Despite back and forth scoring from the Zips and the Eagles, it was Akron who would send the Eagles back to Ypsilanti having dropped two games in four days. The Eagles got off to a good start with their shooting thanks to guard Cha Sweeney with eight early points in the first quarter.

Thompson records double-double in loss

By Leveander Bradshaw · Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016

Coming off the controversial loss to Ball State University, the Eastern Michigan men’s basketball team would lose its fourth straight game to the Kent State University Golden Flashes, 73-58, in Kent, OH.

Loss unchanged after suspensions

By Andrew Mascharka · Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016

The Mid-American Conference gave its resolution to the Eastern Michigan-Ball State ending Sunday afternoon by suspending two of the three referees involved for two games and banned them from MAC post-season play.

Ebeyer returns home to face sister's team in Ball State

By Andrew Mascharka · Monday, Jan. 25, 2016

For Eastern Michigan senior gymnast Kimberly Ebeyer, Sunday afternoon marked a homecoming as her Eagles faced off against the Ball State University Cardinals.

Lacey Rubin notched a career high 9.875 on the balance beam on Sunday Jan. 24 in Muncie, Ind.

Eagles have career day on beam; record two more wins

By Andrew Mascharka · Monday, Jan. 25, 2016

Compiling the best score on the balance beam in program history, the Eastern Michigan women’s gymnastics team recorded an 195.05 score notching two wins against Ball State University and Illinois State University Sunday afternoon in Muncie, Ind.

EMU-BSU Officials Suspended by MAC after Controversial Finish

By Robert Hull · Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016

EMU-BSU Officials Suspended by MAC after Controversial Finish In an official statement released by the Mid-American Conference, the officiating crew of the Eastern Michigan vs.

Eagles earn fourth MAC win versus Toledo, 59-41

By Zachary Badger-House · Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016

Janay Morton’s hot shooting early and defensive effort helps the Eastern Michigan University women’s team beat the Toledo Rockets 59-41 Saturday afternoon in Ypsilanti, MI.

Controversial call hands Eagles loss

By Leveander Bradshaw · Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016

Eastern Michigan was on the receiving end of questionable refereeing as they lost their third straight Mid-American Conference meeting.

EMU alum returns home with Globetrotters

By Leveander Bradshaw · Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016

The Harlem Globetrotters took to the court to showcase their skills Friday at the Convocation Center. But what most people didn’t know was that there was an Eastern Michigan Eagle soaring amongst the crowd.

Jock Jamz 2016 rocks Pease

By Leveander Bradshaw · Friday, Jan. 22, 2016

The fifth annual Jock Jamz brought multiple Eastern Michigan athletic teams to Pease Auditorium to show off their lip-syncing and dancing skills. The wrestling, baseball, softball, rowing, men's and women's track and field, gymnastics, and women’s soccer teams took the stage to compete for bragging rights and the 2016 Jock Jamz trophy.