Eastern Michigan Athletics

Monday, December 20
Rochester, Mich.
5 p.m.

Eastern Michigan University

vs

Valparaiso

Will Cooper

Men's Hoops Stays in State for Lou Henson Tournament

12/13/2010 3:00:16 PM | Men's Basketball

EMU joins host Oakland, Valparaiso and Rochester College in the Lou Henson field at Oakland’s O’Rena in Rochester, Mich

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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- The Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team will compete in its second, and final, in-season tournament of the 2010-11, but this time the Eagles stay in the state of Michigan for the Lou Henson Tournament, Dec. 20-21, hosted by Oakland University. The other in-season tournament this season was the Basketball Travelers Invitational in Moscow, Idaho.
EMU joins host Oakland, Valparaiso and Rochester College in the Lou Henson field at Oakland's O'Rena in Rochester, Mich.

EAGLES TAKE FINALS BREAK: The EMU men's basketball team will be idle for seven days during final exam week before heading back into action Dec. 20-21 at the Lou Henson Tournament in Rochester, Mich. hosted by Oakland University. 

CONVO RECORDS: EMU set or tied two Convocation Center records in a 68-65 overtime loss to Detroit Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. The Eagles hauled down 62 team rebounds against the Titans, breaking the Convo record of 54 by a visiting Buffalo team, March 3, 2003. Senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) tied the single-game rebound mark for the Convo with 19 boards. That total tied the mark shared by EMU's Tyson Radney who had 19 twice, against UWGB (11-29-00) and Grambling (12-23-00), and Ball State's Therron Smith (1-5-02) versus EMU.

CLIMBING UP THE RECORD BOOK: EMU senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) has moved into the top 12 in both EMU career scoring and rebounding. After his first nine games of the 2010-11 season Bowdry has scored 1,453 career points to rank 12th and his 813 rebounds is good for the fifth spot.

HITTING THE CENTURY MARK: EMU senior wing Will Cooper (Detroit, Mich.-Pershing-Bridgton Academy) has played in 100 games for the Eagles, earning 28 starts during his four-year career. Teammate Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) has played in 105 games, starting 97 times.

ALL-TOURNEY SELECTION: EMU senior forward Brandon Bowdry (St. Louis, Mo.-Taylor (Mich.) Truman) was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Basketball Travelers Invitational, Dec. 3-5, 2010, in Moscow, Idaho. Bowdry scored averaged 21.7 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in the three games. He turned in a 28-pound 12-rebound double-double in the opener against Monmouth, Dec. 3.
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