The UB men’s basketball team looks for their fifth straight win on Tuesday night when they close out a two-game road trip at Central Michigan.
UB is looking to sweep the season series from the Chippewas as UB took the first meeting on January 31, 101-91. With a victory, UB is also looking for its sixth win over a MAC West opponent, something they haven’t done since the 2013-14 season.
The Bulls shot 72.7% from the floor in the opening half on Saturday at Bowling Green. It was the first time that the Bulls had shot over 70% in a half since January 25, 2011 when the Bulls shot 71.4% in the second half of a 79-68 victory at Western Michigan. The Bulls shot 63.5% overall from the field, its highest single-game total since February 19, 2014 against Akron when they shot 63.3%.
The Bulls are currently on a four-game winning streak where they have won their games by an average of 17.8 points per game during the streak. This is the first time that UB has won four straight games, all by double figures, since the 2003-04 season when UB won five straight by double figures from Feb. 18 through March 3, 2004. In all, the Bulls won eight in a row during that stretch, but two were by less than 10 points.
Central Michigan is 16-9 on the season and 6-6 in MAC play following a loss at Miami (OH) on Saturday afternoon. The Chippewas had won two in a row since the last meeting with the Bulls prior to Saturday. The Chippewas are 10-1 at home this season with their only home loss coming against MAC-leading Akron.
The Chippewas are led by the nations leading scorer Marcus Keene, who is averaging 29.9 points per game and he also leads Central Michigan with 129 assists. The Bulls “held” Keene to 24 points in the first meeting on 7-of-21 shooting, but made the junior turn it over seven times. Braylon Rayson is second on the team in scoring at 20.4 points per game. He led Central Michigan in scoring with 25 points in the first meeting with the Bulls. No other CMU player is currently in double figures.
As a team, Central Michigan is currently the third highest scoring team in the nation at 89.4 points per game. They live by the three ball as the Chippewas are second nationally in three-pointers made per game and third in three-pointers attempted. Keene is third nationally in three-pointers made and attempted. He is first in scoring, total field goals made and total field goals attempted.
Keno Davis was named head coach at Central Michigan on April 3, 2012. Davis brought four years of Division I head coaching experience, and in 2008 was named the coach of the year by six national organizations. In one season at Drake and three at Providence, Davis compiled a 74-55 (.574) record and made two postseason appearances.
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