CENTRAL MICHIGAN 2020-21 CHIPPEWAS BASKETBALL GAME NOTES CENTRAL MICHIGAN vs. kent state Game 12 | Tuesday, Jan. 12 | 4:30 p.m. | McGuirk Arena | Mount Pleasant, Mich. 2020-21 SCHEDULE GAME 12 Nov. 28 at Illinois-Chicago L, 74-72 CENTRAL MICHIGAN kent state Dec. 1 at Florida International L, 96-76 CHIPPEWAS golden flashes Dec. 2 vs. Flagler College L, 92-73 Dec. 6 at Western Illinois W, 79-73 2020-21 Record 5-6 (1-3 MAC) 2020-21 Record 4-3 (1-2 MAC) Dec. 12 VALPARAISO W, 84-79 H: 3-1/A: 2-4/N: 0-1 H: 3-1/A: 1-2/N: 0-0 Head Coach Keno Davis Head Coach Rob Senderoff Dec. 14 ST. FRANCIS (ILL.) W, 91-39 (Iowa, 1995) (Albany, 1995) Dec. 18 at Western Michigan* L, 76-61 Career Record 214-188 (13th season) Career Record 185-124 (10th season) Record at CMU 140-133 (Ninth season) Record at KSU 185-124 (10th season) Dec. 20 OLIVET W, 127-66 COVERAGE GAME PREVIEW Dec. 29 at Eastern Michigan* W, 87-60 Jan. 1 at Akron* postponed • Central Michigan (5-6, 1-3 MAC) will continue a three-game home stretch on Tuesday, Jan. 12 when it Jan. 2 MIAMI (OHIO)* postponed Link at CMUChippewas.com welcomes Kent State (4-3, 1-2 MAC) to McGuirk Arena Jan. 5 at Bowling Green* L, 90-69 STREAM PxP: Adam Jaksa | Analyst: Matt DeVries for a 4:30 p.m. Mid-American Conference showdown. Jan. 9 BOWLING GREEN* L, 93-65 • CMU is coming off a 93-65 setback to MAC frontrunner CMU SPORTS PROPERTIES RADIO NETWORK Bowling Green on Saturday, its first home loss of the Jan. 12 KENT STATE* 4:30 p.m. 98.5 WUPS-FM 2020-21 season. Jan. 16 EASTERN MICHIGAN* 4:30 p.m. CMU Athletics & TuneIn apps • Kent State, which has had three league games RADIO PxP: Jesse Goldberg-Strassler Jan. 19 at Toledo* 7 p.m. postponed, routed Western Michigan at the M.A.C. Center, 80-54, in the Golden Flashes’ last outing to Jan. 26 at Buffalo* 5 p.m. secure their first conference win of the season. Jan. 30 at Kent State* 4 p.m. Link at CMUChippewas.com • CMU dropped its only meeting with Kent State last CMU Athletics app Feb. 2 OHIO* 7 p.m. STATS season, a 79-73 road setback. • CMU possesses a 34-49 record in the all-time series Feb. 6 at Northern Illinois* 2:30 p.m. FOLLOW AND STAY CONNECTED with Kent State, including a 5-7 mark under head coach Feb. 9 BALL STATE* 7 p.m. #FireUpChips Keno Davis. Twitter: @CMUMensBball Feb. 13 BUFFALO* 4:30 p.m. • Central Michigan is 3-1 in home games this season SOCIAL Facebook: /CMUMensBBall while Kent State holds a 1-2 road record. Feb. 16 at Ohio* 6 p.m. Feb. 20 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 2 p.m. PROJECTED STARTERS Feb. 27 at Ball State* 1 p.m. No. Name Pos. GP-GS PPG RPG FG% Notes 0 Travon Broadway Jr. G 11-11 15.7 5.5 .452 Scored in double figures in 10 games Mar. 2 TOLEDO* 7 p.m. 2 Devontae Lane G 11-11 9.2 3.7 .364 Had a career-high 27 pts vs. Valpo Mar. 5 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 7 p.m. 5 Meikkel Murray G 11-11 12.6 6.1 .518 Averaging 16.5 ppg in MAC play 2021 MAC CHAMPIONSHIP 15 Aundre Polk F 10-7 8.0 4.6 .593 Scored team-high 19 points at WIU 22 Matt Beachler G 11-11 6.9 2.5 .409 Made 4 3-pointers at EMU Mar. 11 Quarterfinals% TBA Mar. 12 Semifinals% TBA KEY RESERVES Mar. 13 Finals% TBA 1 Ralph Bissainthe F 11-0 6.6 4.3 .397 Had 17 pts, 11 rebs vs. Olivet 3 PJ Mitchell G 11-0 2.3 0.5 .281 Back up point guard * Mid-American Conference games 4 Caleb Huffman G 11-0 12.3 2.7 .547 Scored 30 points against Olivet % Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, Cleveland, Ohio 25 Malik Muhammad F 7-2 4.4 7.0 .393 Had 12 rebounds vs. BGSU Home games in CAPS 34 Caleb Hodgson F 5-2 4.0 2.0 .333 Scored 10 points vs. BGSU All times Eastern 2020-21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN -1- CHIPPEWAS BASKETBALL GAME 12 • CENTRAL MICHIGAN vs. KENT STATE • JANUARY 12, 2021 • MCGUIRK ARENA • MOUNT PLEASANT, MICH. MEDIA INFORMATION TRENDING roster had combined for a total of just 41 career starts Please coordinate all coach and player interview • In 2020-21, Central Michigan played a MAC opponent (Devontae Lane [27] and Travon Broadway Jr. [14]). requests through Associate Director of Athletic (Bowling Green) in back-to-back games during the • The loss to UIC snapped CMU’s seven-game winning Communications John Regenfuss. He can be reached regular season for the first time in program history. streak in season openers under head coach Keno Davis. in at 989-400-8913 or by email at john.regenfuss@ • Central Michigan’s margin of victory over Eastern • CMU’s 0-3 start to the season was its first since 2007-08 cmich.edu. Please allow 24 hours of advanced Michigan on Dec. 29 (27 points) was the largest in the when the Chippewas dropped their first five games notice in scheduling an interview. Also note series since 1987, when the Chippewas downed the under head coach Ernie Ziegler. that no in-person interviews with Coach Davis or Eagles, 91-64, in Mount Pleasant. • The Chippewas have recorded double digit wins in Chippewa players will take place this season but • The margin of victory was also the largest on the road McGuirk Arena in six-straight seasons. CMU is 3-1 at can be arranged via phone or video conference. against a Mid-American Conference opponent since home in 2020-21. Practices are closed to the media this season. CMU joined the league (1972-73). • Demonstrating the far reach of the Central Michigan • The Chippewas’ game at Eastern Michigan on Dec. 29 program, players from eight different states, hailing WEBSITE marked Keno Davis’ 400th of his career as a collegiate from New York to California and Illinois to Florida, Media members are reminded that the official head coach. populate the 2020-21 roster, not including Michigan. athletics website, CMUChippewas.com, contains • In its five wins this season, CMU is averaging 93.6 updated player stats and bios each week. Also points per game. SCOUTING KENT STATE available on the site are video interviews, postgame • The Chippewas have two games outstanding that have • Led by 10-year head coach Rob Senderoff, Kent State highlights and press conferences. yet to be rescheduled -- a road game against Akron and enters Tuesday’s matchup coming its first MAC win, an a home game versus Miami (Ohio). 80-54 throttling of Western Michigan at the Golden VISITING RADIO • The 127 points scored against Olivet tied for second Flashes’ M.A.C. Center. One ISDN line and one telephone line are available most in CMU program history. The Chippewas set the • Kent State’s conference schedule has been unforgiving for use by the official radio network of the visiting program last year (134) against Mississippi Valley State. early on, as the Golden Flashes have dropped back-to- team. Visiting networks that wish to have additional • After the scoring output against Olivet, CMU has back tight games to top tier teams Akron (66-62) and lines installed at their own expense may do so by contacting CMU Telecommunications at reached or surpassed the century mark in points in 22 Toledo (84-82). (989) 774-1474. games under head coach Keno Davis. • Kent State has also had three MAC games postponed. • Junior guard Meikkel Murray, a transfer from Coffeyville • The Golden Flashes are led by the trio of senior forward VIDEO Community College in Kansas, has recorded seven or Danny Pippen (19.7 ppg, 8.3 rpg), senior guard Michael The Athletic Communications Department maintains a more rebounds in six of his last seven games. He leads Nuga (18.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg) and Justyn Hamilton (10.6 vast library of video clips for distribution to requesting CMU in rebounding, averaging 6.3 per game. ppg, 9.1 rpg). electronic media. In addition, postgame highlights and • The 39 points Central Michigan limited St. Francis (Ill.) • Pippen, who missed the Western game, shoots 81.8% press conference cut-ups are available for download to were the fewest surrendered by a Chippewa team from the free throw line. He ranks third in the MAC in using the department’s FTP server. Please contact in the Keno Davis era and the fewest a CMU team has scoring (19.7 ppg). Zack Howard ([email protected]) for detailed allowed since 2007 in a 100-34 win over Tiffin. • Nuga, a Portland State transfer, tops Kent State with 22 instructions and requests. • Forward Aundre Polk’s 19 points scored against 3-pointers and 11 steals. He ranks fifth in the MAC in Western Illinois were the most by a CMU true freshman scoring (18.0 ppg). MEDIA ROOM since guard Braylon Rayson posted a program-record • Hamilton, a transfer from Temple, leads the Mid- The Media Room will be closed for the 2020-21 30 in a win over Ball State on Feb. 19, 2014. American Conference in rebounding (9.1 rpg). He has season. Game notes and flip cards will not be printed • Heading into the 2020-21 season, CMU’s returning 31 offensive and 33 defensive rebounds this season.