GAME 11 • Eastern Michigan at Oakland • December 22, 2017 1988, 1991, 1996 and 1998 MAC Tournament Champions 1988, 1991, 1996, and 1998 MAC Regular Season Champions • 2012 MAC West Division Champions Friday, December 22, 2017 • 7 p.m. • Rochester, Mich. • Athletics Center O'Rena (4,000) Eastern Michigan Eagles 8-2 (0-0 Mid-American Conference) Head Coach: Rob Murphy (Central State, 1996) at #EMUHOOPS Oakland Golden Grizzlies 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 7-5 (0-0 Horizon League) Nov. 10 SPRING ARBOR (DH) W, 92-60 Head Coach: Greg Kampe (Bowling Green, 1978) Nov. 12 MICHIGAN-DEABORN W, 97-73 GAME INFORMATION EMU PROBABLE STARTERS AND ROSTER Nov. 16 ARKANSAS STATE ! W, 76-59 Nov. 18 HOWARD ! W, 76-66 Date: Friday, Dec. 22 Starters Nov. 24 at Indiana ! L, 67-87 Tipoff: 7:00 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. GP/GS PPG RPG APG MIN. Nov. 26 at South Florida ! W, 65-47 Site: Rochester, Mich. 1 Tim Bond G 6-7 160 Sr. 10/10 9.9 3.8 3.2 29.0 Nov. 29 at North Florida L, 81-84 Arena: Athletics Center O'Rena (4,000) 2 James Thompson IV F/C 6-10 240 Jr. 10/10 17.7 12.7 0.5 34.6 3 Paul Jackson G 6-2 175 R-Jr. 10/10 16.2 2.1 4.7 32.7 Dec. 6 OAKLAND W, 95-89 5 Elijah Minnie F 6-9 200 R-Jr. 10/10 18.5 6.8 1.7 30.6 Dec. 9 CENTRAL STATE W, 80-65 Radio: WEMU 15 Jordan Nobles F 6-9 195 R-Jr. 10/3 4.1 3.0 1.1 22.1 Dec. 16 at Long Beach State W, 85-80 Chad Bush (pxp) + Kyler Ludlow (analyst) Dec. 22 at Oakland 7 p.m. Television ESPN3 Off the Bench Dec. 27 at Syracuse 7 p.m. Neal Ruhl (pxp) + Matt Dery (analyst) 0 Malik Ellison G 5-8 160 Fr. 10/0 2.7 0.4 1.5 9.2 Dec. 29 ROCHESTER 2 p.m. Live Stats goldengrizzlies.com/gametracker 4 Terry Harris G/F 6-6 215 R-Jr. 9/7 3.0 0.8 0.8 14.3 Jan. 2 at Ball State 7 p.m. 12 Jalen Brown G 5-9 160 So. --/-- -- -- -- -- Jan. 6 BOWLING GREEN* (DH) Noon 20 Bud Jones F 6-8 250 Fr. 6/0 1.0 0.8 0.0 3.7 Jan. 9 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 7 P.M. Series: Eastern Michigan leads 12-5 21 Kevin McAdoo G 6-2 162 Fr. 9/0 4.6 0.4 0.3 9.6 Jan. 13 at Northern Illinois* 3:30 p.m. Last Meeting: Dec. 6, 2017 (W, 95-89) 30 Jalen King F 6-10 195 Fr. 5/0 0.0 0.4 0.0 2.6 Jan. 16 AKRON* 7 p.m. 31 Ty Groce F 6-7 195 R-Fr. 10/0 4.4 3.0 0.8 15.3 COACHING STAFF Jan. 20 OHIO* 2 p.m. 32 Isaiah Green F 6-7 200 Jr. 8/0 0.8 1.4 0.0 5.6 Jan. 23 at Buffalo* 7 p.m. Head Coach Rob Murphy Jan. 27 at Miami* 3:30 p.m. Overall Record 115-99 EASTERN MICHIGAN STORYLINES, STREAKS AND SIDEBARS Jan. 30 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 7 p.m. Record at EMU 115-99 YPSILANTI, Mich. -- The Eastern Michigan University men's basketball Feb. 3 BALL STATE* (DH) Noon MAC Record at EMU 50-54 team continues its three-game December road trip by completing its Feb. 6 at Kent State* 7 p.m. Associate Head Coach Kevin Mondro in-season home-and-home with Oakland University Friday, Dec. 22. Feb. 10 at Bowling Green* 4 p.m. Assistant Coach Matt Cline After finishing their road swing at Syracuse Dec. 27, the Eagles will Feb. 13 MIAMI* 7 p.m. Assistant Coach Jimmy Wooten wrap up the 2017 portion of their schedule with a home game against Feb. 17 at Central Michigan* 4:30 p.m. Director of Operations LaKita Gantz Rochester, Dec. 29. Feb. 20 TOLEDO* 7 p.m. Assistant Sports Performance Coach Sean Conaty Fans can watch Friday night's game on ESPN3, with the Oakland Feb. 24 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (DH) Noon Graduate Assistant Andrew Kang University simulcast bringing Neal Ruhl as play-by-play and Matt Dery Feb 27. at Western Michigan* 7 p.m. Mar. 2 at Toledo* 7 p.m. Graduate Assistant Brad Showalter as analyst. The game can also be heard on WEMU 89.1 with Chad Bush Mar. 5 at MAC Tournament First Round TBA Athletic Trainer Brad Watson on the play-by-play and Kyler Ludlow as analyst. Mar. 8 MAC Tournament Quarterfinals# TBA Mar. 9 MAC Tournament Semifinals# TBA MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE LAST TIME OUT: EMU rallied from nine down for an exciting 85-80 road Mar. 10 MAC Tournament Championship# 11 a.m. Asst. Director/MBB Contact Kyler Ludlow victory at Long Beach State University, Dec. 16 at the Walter Pyramid. Office Phone 734.487.0318 The win was the first of the Division I era in the state of California for the * - Mid-American Conference game; ! - 2017 Hoosier Tipoff Classic; Cell Phone 937.489.4744 Green and White. # - MAC Tournament (Cleveland, Ohio); Home games in BOLD CAPS; All times are site times E-mail [email protected] The game had 11 lead changes and 10 ties in a thrilling 40 minutes of Assoc. AD/Media Relations Greg Steiner action, as the Eagles withstood a fast and furious final charge from the PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant Director Katie Gonzales 49ers to pull out the victory. Eastern is off to its best start to a season in Graduate Assistant Ali Holmquist the Rob Murphy era since the 2014-15 campaign when it started 11-2. MALIK Ellison muh-LEEK Four players finished in double-figures for the Eagles, with Elijah Graduate Assistant Tim Hepler Kevin MCADOO MACK - uh - doo Minnie leading the team with 23 points. Junior James Thompson IV Graduate Assistant Dan Whitaker TARIQ Silver tuh-REEK dominated the inside game with 19 points and 11 rebounds, registering Ty GROCE gross SOCIAL MEDIA CORNER his ninth double-double this season, while Paul Jackson tossed in 18 Twitter @EMUHoops and had a season-high seven assists. Freshman Kevin McAdoo tied a @EMUAthletics | #EMUEagles career-high with 10 points off the bench. @robmurphyEMU | @brdcstrkll Instagram @EMUMBB THOMPSON IV NAMED MAC WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Junior @EMUAthletics James Thompson IV was named the Mid-American Conference West Facebook /EMUAthletics | /EMUMBB Division Player of the Week for the period ending Dec. 17. It is the first award for the Eagles of the 2017-18 season. EMUEagles.com • @EMUAthletics 1 @EMUHOOPS • #EMUEagles GAME 11 • Eastern Michigan at Oakland • December 22, 2017 award, Karrington Ward was named All-MAC Third QUICK FACTS Team, while Lee scored University the most points by an EMU Location Ypsilanti, Mich. freshman with 380. In Murphy’s second Founded 1849 Rob season at EMU, the Eagles Enrollment 21,105 registered a 47-44 victory Murphy against Purdue. It was the Nickname Eagles first time since the 1996-97 Colors Green (PMS 349) and White Head Coach ~ Seventh Season at EMU Central State, 1996 season that EMU had beat- Arena (Capacity): Convocation Center (8,754) en a Big Ten opponent. The season concluded with EMU winning two games Conference Mid-American The 2017-18 campaign will mark Head Coach Rob in the MAC Tournament for the first time since the President Dr. James M. Smith Murphy’s seventh season at the helm of the Eastern 1997-98 season to reach the quarterfinals. After Murphy was hired on April 21, 2011, he and VP/Director of Athletics Scott Wetherbee Michigan University men’s basketball program. In just seven seasons since arriving from Syra- his staff worked tirelessly to implent his defensive cuse University, Murphy has made great strides at philosophy and begin the process of reviving the Coaching Staff Eastern Michigan. Through his first five seasons. he EMU men’s basketball program. During Murphy’s has accumulated a record of 91-80. inaugural season, 2011-12, the Eagles won Eastern’s Head Coach Rob Murphy In the 2015-16 campaign, the Detroit, Mich. first-ever MAC West Division Championship. Alma Mater Central State, 1996 native helped James Thompson IV to earn the Mid- For his efforts in leading the team to that West championship, Murphy was named MAC Coach Record at EMU 115-99 American Conference Freshman of the Year award. Thompson is just the EMU student-athlete to earn of the Year and Co-Coach of the Year in the NCAA Career Record 115-99 the award in men’s basketball. Thompson was also District 14 Division I ranks by the National Associa- Associate Head Coach Kevin Mondro named All-MAC Second Team after recording the tion of Basketball Coaches (NABC). third-most single season rebounds (352) in EMU Coach Murphy has been on the staff of two Assistants Matt Cline history, along with the second-best single-season outstanding college basketball programs and was Jimmy Wooten field goal percentage (.645) at Eastern, while Raven also a highly successful high school head coach in Detroit, leading Crockett to the Class B State Assistant Sports Performance Sean Conaty Lee nabbed All-MAC Honorable Mention accolades. Additionally, Tim Bond was named to the inaugu- Championship in 2000-01 and was the associate Graduate Assistant Andrew Kang ral All-MAC Defensive Team after completing the head coach on the staff of the Detroit Central High Bad Showalter season with the second-most steals (67) in a single School team that won the Class A state title in 1997- season.