Eastern Michigan Athletics
Friday, December 3
Moscow, Ida.
5:30 p.m.
Eastern Michigan University
vs
Monmouth
EMU Heads to Idaho for Basketball Travelers Classic
11/30/2010 12:18:57 PM | Men's Basketball
The Eagles are scheduled to play Monmouth, Dec. 3, North Dakota, Dec. 4, and host Idaho, Dec. 5.
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- The Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team will head to Moscow, Idaho, home of the University of Idaho Vandals, to play in the Basketball Travelers Classic, Dec. 3-5, 2010, in Memorial Gym. The Eagles are scheduled to play Monmouth, Dec. 3, North Dakota, Dec. 4, and host Idaho, Dec. 5. The first two games are slated for 5:30 p.m. starts while the third, against Idaho, is scheduled to tip at 6 p.m.
CATCHING THE EAGLES IN IDAHO: Neither WEMU or Eagle All-Access will be making the trip to Idaho to broadcast the games in the Basketball Travelers, Inc. (BTI) Classic, Dec. 3-5. Fans wanting to follow the Eagles can find live stats and links to the home team's radio broadcasts at govandals.com
EMU VS. THE FIELD: EMU will be meeting Monmouth and North Dakota for the first time ever. EMU has played Idaho one time, Dec. 29, 1997, in Hilo, Hawai'i and Eastern posted an 81-71 win in overtime.
In that game, Idaho jumped out to a 36-21 halftime lead, but the Eagles fought back to out-score the Vandals, 46-31, in the second half to tie the game at 67-all, forcing an overtime period.
The Eagles dominated overtime, 14-4, to record the 81-71 win. Earl Boykins led the Eagles with 27 points while James Head scored 22 sand Jon Zajac has 15. Idaho was led by Reggie Rose with 24.
IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT ACTION: EMU will travel to Moscow, Idaho, Dec. 3-5, to compete in the Basketball Travelers Invitational against Monmouth, North Dakota and host Idaho. The Eagles will also play in a second in-season tournament, Dec. 20-21, the Lou Henson Tournament hosted by Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. The Eagles open that tournament against Valparaiso and Oakland will play Rochester College in the other first-round game. The consolation game and championship game are set for Dec. 21.
CLIMBING UP THE RECORD BOOK: EMU senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) enters his senior season in the top 20 in both career scoring and rebounding. After his first four games of the 2010-11 season Bowdry has now scored 1,332 career points to rank 15th and his 759 rebounds is good for the seventh spot.
BOWDRY WINS MAC AWARD AFTER CAREER-BEST EFFORT: EMU senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor, Mich.-Truman) turned in a career-best performance Friday, Nov. 12, at Michigan State and he earned the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week Award for his efforts. Bowdry scored a career-high 32 points, connected on a career-best five three-point field goals and tied his career-high with 15 rebounds against the No. 2 ranked team in the nation. His 32-point, 15-rebound double-double against MSU was the 24th of his career.
HARRIS WORKS BOTH ENDS OF THE COURT: Sophomore Jamell Harris (Euclid, Ohio-Euclid) worked both ends of the court to produce big numbers in EMU's 2010-11 home opener against Madonna University, Nov. 17. Harris turned in the first double-double of his career with 15 points and 13 rebounds. The 6-foot-9 Harris also set a Convocation Center record for single-game blocks with seven, breaking the mark of six held by three opposing players, Marshall's LaVar Carter (11-30-04), IPFW's Davis Simon (2-6-05) and Northern Illinois player James Hughes (10-9-07). The seven blocks also ties the EMU record for the second-most single-game blocks with Brian Nolan, versus Stetson(12-9-89) and two by Theron Wilson, vs. Toledo (2-13-93) and Kent State (1-20-93).
FOR OPENERS: With the season-opening loss at Michigan State Friday, Nov. 12, EMU now has a 65-49 record in season openers while Charles Ramsey is 3-3 in lid-lifters. The Eagles are 9-68 against the Big Ten, playing everyone except Northwestern.
FOR THE 114th TIME: The 2010-11 season is the 114th of men's intercollegiate basketball for the Eastern Michigan University Eagles. Eastern played its first season in 1897-98 and split games with Detroit, losing a 2-0 decision before coming back for a 4-0 victory. The 2009-10 season will also be the 37th for the Eagles in the Mid-American Conference. The first year of MAC play for EMU was 1974-75 when the then-Hurons went 12-14 overall and 4-9 in league play. EMU has won three Mid-American Conference titles: 1987-88, 1990-91, and 1995-96, and the Green and White captured MAC Tournament crowns in all three of those years in addition to winning the tournament title in 1997-98.
37th MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE YEAR: The 2010-11 season will be Eastern Michigan University 37th in Mid-American Conference men's basketball action. EMU joined the conference in 1971, but did not get a league men's basketball schedule cleared until the 1974-75 season.
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- The Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team will head to Moscow, Idaho, home of the University of Idaho Vandals, to play in the Basketball Travelers Classic, Dec. 3-5, 2010, in Memorial Gym. The Eagles are scheduled to play Monmouth, Dec. 3, North Dakota, Dec. 4, and host Idaho, Dec. 5. The first two games are slated for 5:30 p.m. starts while the third, against Idaho, is scheduled to tip at 6 p.m.
CATCHING THE EAGLES IN IDAHO: Neither WEMU or Eagle All-Access will be making the trip to Idaho to broadcast the games in the Basketball Travelers, Inc. (BTI) Classic, Dec. 3-5. Fans wanting to follow the Eagles can find live stats and links to the home team's radio broadcasts at govandals.com
EMU VS. THE FIELD: EMU will be meeting Monmouth and North Dakota for the first time ever. EMU has played Idaho one time, Dec. 29, 1997, in Hilo, Hawai'i and Eastern posted an 81-71 win in overtime.
In that game, Idaho jumped out to a 36-21 halftime lead, but the Eagles fought back to out-score the Vandals, 46-31, in the second half to tie the game at 67-all, forcing an overtime period.
The Eagles dominated overtime, 14-4, to record the 81-71 win. Earl Boykins led the Eagles with 27 points while James Head scored 22 sand Jon Zajac has 15. Idaho was led by Reggie Rose with 24.
IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT ACTION: EMU will travel to Moscow, Idaho, Dec. 3-5, to compete in the Basketball Travelers Invitational against Monmouth, North Dakota and host Idaho. The Eagles will also play in a second in-season tournament, Dec. 20-21, the Lou Henson Tournament hosted by Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. The Eagles open that tournament against Valparaiso and Oakland will play Rochester College in the other first-round game. The consolation game and championship game are set for Dec. 21.
CLIMBING UP THE RECORD BOOK: EMU senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) enters his senior season in the top 20 in both career scoring and rebounding. After his first four games of the 2010-11 season Bowdry has now scored 1,332 career points to rank 15th and his 759 rebounds is good for the seventh spot.
BOWDRY WINS MAC AWARD AFTER CAREER-BEST EFFORT: EMU senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor, Mich.-Truman) turned in a career-best performance Friday, Nov. 12, at Michigan State and he earned the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week Award for his efforts. Bowdry scored a career-high 32 points, connected on a career-best five three-point field goals and tied his career-high with 15 rebounds against the No. 2 ranked team in the nation. His 32-point, 15-rebound double-double against MSU was the 24th of his career.
HARRIS WORKS BOTH ENDS OF THE COURT: Sophomore Jamell Harris (Euclid, Ohio-Euclid) worked both ends of the court to produce big numbers in EMU's 2010-11 home opener against Madonna University, Nov. 17. Harris turned in the first double-double of his career with 15 points and 13 rebounds. The 6-foot-9 Harris also set a Convocation Center record for single-game blocks with seven, breaking the mark of six held by three opposing players, Marshall's LaVar Carter (11-30-04), IPFW's Davis Simon (2-6-05) and Northern Illinois player James Hughes (10-9-07). The seven blocks also ties the EMU record for the second-most single-game blocks with Brian Nolan, versus Stetson(12-9-89) and two by Theron Wilson, vs. Toledo (2-13-93) and Kent State (1-20-93).
FOR OPENERS: With the season-opening loss at Michigan State Friday, Nov. 12, EMU now has a 65-49 record in season openers while Charles Ramsey is 3-3 in lid-lifters. The Eagles are 9-68 against the Big Ten, playing everyone except Northwestern.
FOR THE 114th TIME: The 2010-11 season is the 114th of men's intercollegiate basketball for the Eastern Michigan University Eagles. Eastern played its first season in 1897-98 and split games with Detroit, losing a 2-0 decision before coming back for a 4-0 victory. The 2009-10 season will also be the 37th for the Eagles in the Mid-American Conference. The first year of MAC play for EMU was 1974-75 when the then-Hurons went 12-14 overall and 4-9 in league play. EMU has won three Mid-American Conference titles: 1987-88, 1990-91, and 1995-96, and the Green and White captured MAC Tournament crowns in all three of those years in addition to winning the tournament title in 1997-98.
37th MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE YEAR: The 2010-11 season will be Eastern Michigan University 37th in Mid-American Conference men's basketball action. EMU joined the conference in 1971, but did not get a league men's basketball schedule cleared until the 1974-75 season.
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