Eastern Michigan Athletics
Wednesday, November 14
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7 p.m.
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Men's Hoops Takes On No. 1 Duke Wednesday
11/12/2018 6:20:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The games is the first for Eastern Michigan against a team ranked No. 1
| Eastern Michigan at Duke | |
| Date | Wednesday, Nov. 15 | 7 p.m. |
| Venue | Durham, N.C. | Cameron Indoor Stadium |
| Preview Info | EMU Notes |
| Live Stats | Fan Stats | Media Stats |
| Watch | ESPN3 |
| Listen | WEMU (89.1) |
| @EMUHoops | @EMUAthletics | |
DURHAM, N.C. (EMUEagles.com) -- The Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team plays its first road game of the 2018-19 season against the nation's top-ranked team in Duke University Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. inside historic Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The game will be broadcast on RSN/ACC+ with Wes Durham on play-by-play and Mike Gminski providing analysis. Additional coverage can be found by following @EMUHoops on Twitter, and through live stats at EMUEagles.com
ALL TIME AGAINST DUKE: Wednesday's showdown between the Eagles and Blue Devils is just the third time in program history the two have met, with each winning one game.
Duke won the most recent matchup back on Dec. 28, 2013 by a final score of 82-59. That game, played at Cameron Indoor Stadium, was one-of-three road games played against top-25 opponents that season.
The first meeting between the Eagles and Blue Devils was in the opening round of the 1996 NCAA Tournament, with No. 9 seed EMU prevailing by a final score of 75-60. Eastern was led by a trio of Green and White legends as Earl Boykins (23 points, five assists, four steals), Brian Tolbert (20 points, seven rebounds), and Derrick Dial (12 points, six rebounds) carried the team to victory.
WHAT A SCHEDULE!: The Eagles are set to take on one of their most daunting non-conference schedules of the Rob Murphy era in 2018-19, traveling to No. 1 Duke, No. 2 Kansas, No. 21 TCU, and No. 25 Buffalo, while also heading east to take on Rutgers and Northeastern.
AGAINST RANKED TEAMS: During the Rob Murphy era of EMU hoops, the Eagles have taken on opponents ranked in the top 10 of the AP's Top 25 poll 10 times (Duke, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, UMass, and Syracuse x3).
In fact, since the 1976-77 season, Eastern has played 43 games against Top 25 opponents and hold a record of 2-41.
EVERYBODY'S A WINNER! (ALMOST): In Eastern's 97-74 drubbing of Goshen College, 14-of-15 players that saw the court scored, including the first career points for sophomore Jalen King (Pasco, Wash.-Kings Academy), redshirt freshmen Tariq Silver (Clarksville, Tenn.-Northwest) and Derek Ballard Jr. (Southfield, Mich.-Southfield-Lathrup), and freshman Andre Rafus Jr. (Baltimore, Md.-Reach Partnership at Lake Clifton)
In fact, six players set personal records in the game, including senior Isaiah Green, who scored a career-best six points and tied his career-high for rebounds with five.
WELCOME BACK KEVIN MAC: After sitting out the season opener against Rochester College, sophomore guard Kevin McAdoo (Pontiac, Mich.-West Bloomfield) has come off the bench in back-to-back games to score 10 points while shooting a blistering 53.3 percent from the floor.
One of the Eagles' top three-point threats, McAdoo is 4-of-8 from downtown on the season and has averaged just 14.0 minutes per contest.
A MARK IN HISTORY: Redshirt junior Boubacar Toure (Dakar, Senegal-Phase One Academy (Grand Canyon) followed up his 15-point, 15-rebound performance in the Eagles' opener against Rochester with another double-double, this time with 14 points and 11 rebounds in Eastern's win over Drexel.
By starting his career with back-to-back double-doubles, Toure solidified himself in the EMU record books. Only one other player in program history has ever accomplished the feat: all-time great George Gervin. Gervin netted 27 points and 15 rebounds in his debut, and followed it with a 16 points, 13 rebound performance in his second game.
BACK IN ACTION JACKSON: After starting the season with a career-high 27-point output, redshirt senior Paul Jackson (Stone Mountain, Ga.-Martin Luther King Jr.(Eastern Kentucky)) came back the next game with a 20-point performance in the Eagles' win over Drexel. It marked the first time in the point guard's career that he went for 20 or more points in back-to-back games.
In the third game of the season for the Green and White, the Stone Mountain, Ga. native scored nine points and dished out five assists in 20 minutes of play. He currently ranks third in the MAC in assists (5.7 apg) and ninth in scoring (18.7 ppg).
A "QUIET" NIGHT FOR THOMPSON: Senior James Thompson IV (Baton Rouge, La.-Parkview Baptist) had a "quiet" night by the forward's standards in Eastern's convincing victory over Goshen College, pulling down a team-high nine rebounds and scoring six points in just 18 minutes of play.
Thompson is the NCAA's active career rebound leader with 1,129 during his three-plus seasons with Eastern. The Baton Rouge, La. native needs 298 boards to pass all-time EMU record holder Kennedy McIntosh.
LAST RANKED WIN: EMU's last victory over a ranked opponent in the regular season was a lifetime ago. Literally. No player on the current Eastern Michigan team was alive when the Green and White defeated No. 14-ranked Wisconsin in the Bowen Fieldhouse in Ypsilanti, Dec. 10, 1994.
Eastern came out on top of the Badgers with a 92-76 win.
ALL TIME VS. THE ACC: Eastern Michigan holds a record of 3-14 against teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference, with wins coming against Duke, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse. The Eagles are 1-1 against the Blue Devils, 1-3 against the Panthers, and 1-4 against the Orange. EMU has also fallen short twice to Notre Dame, and once against Louisville, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina, and Virginia Tech.
Two of Eastern's three wins came in the same calendar year: 1996. EMU defeated Duke in the 1996 NCAA Tournament, 75-60, and then defeated Syracuse Dec. 14, 1996 in the Carrier Dome, 68-65.
ON THE HORIZON: Eastern returns to the friendly confines of the Convocation Center Saturday, Nov. 17 as part of a double-header with the EMU women. The Eagles are set to take on Boston University at approx. 2:30 p.m. following the women's game against Illinois State at noon.
The game will be broadcast on RSN/ACC+ with Wes Durham on play-by-play and Mike Gminski providing analysis. Additional coverage can be found by following @EMUHoops on Twitter, and through live stats at EMUEagles.com
ALL TIME AGAINST DUKE: Wednesday's showdown between the Eagles and Blue Devils is just the third time in program history the two have met, with each winning one game.
Duke won the most recent matchup back on Dec. 28, 2013 by a final score of 82-59. That game, played at Cameron Indoor Stadium, was one-of-three road games played against top-25 opponents that season.
The first meeting between the Eagles and Blue Devils was in the opening round of the 1996 NCAA Tournament, with No. 9 seed EMU prevailing by a final score of 75-60. Eastern was led by a trio of Green and White legends as Earl Boykins (23 points, five assists, four steals), Brian Tolbert (20 points, seven rebounds), and Derrick Dial (12 points, six rebounds) carried the team to victory.
WHAT A SCHEDULE!: The Eagles are set to take on one of their most daunting non-conference schedules of the Rob Murphy era in 2018-19, traveling to No. 1 Duke, No. 2 Kansas, No. 21 TCU, and No. 25 Buffalo, while also heading east to take on Rutgers and Northeastern.
AGAINST RANKED TEAMS: During the Rob Murphy era of EMU hoops, the Eagles have taken on opponents ranked in the top 10 of the AP's Top 25 poll 10 times (Duke, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, UMass, and Syracuse x3).
In fact, since the 1976-77 season, Eastern has played 43 games against Top 25 opponents and hold a record of 2-41.
EVERYBODY'S A WINNER! (ALMOST): In Eastern's 97-74 drubbing of Goshen College, 14-of-15 players that saw the court scored, including the first career points for sophomore Jalen King (Pasco, Wash.-Kings Academy), redshirt freshmen Tariq Silver (Clarksville, Tenn.-Northwest) and Derek Ballard Jr. (Southfield, Mich.-Southfield-Lathrup), and freshman Andre Rafus Jr. (Baltimore, Md.-Reach Partnership at Lake Clifton)
In fact, six players set personal records in the game, including senior Isaiah Green, who scored a career-best six points and tied his career-high for rebounds with five.
WELCOME BACK KEVIN MAC: After sitting out the season opener against Rochester College, sophomore guard Kevin McAdoo (Pontiac, Mich.-West Bloomfield) has come off the bench in back-to-back games to score 10 points while shooting a blistering 53.3 percent from the floor.
One of the Eagles' top three-point threats, McAdoo is 4-of-8 from downtown on the season and has averaged just 14.0 minutes per contest.
A MARK IN HISTORY: Redshirt junior Boubacar Toure (Dakar, Senegal-Phase One Academy (Grand Canyon) followed up his 15-point, 15-rebound performance in the Eagles' opener against Rochester with another double-double, this time with 14 points and 11 rebounds in Eastern's win over Drexel.
By starting his career with back-to-back double-doubles, Toure solidified himself in the EMU record books. Only one other player in program history has ever accomplished the feat: all-time great George Gervin. Gervin netted 27 points and 15 rebounds in his debut, and followed it with a 16 points, 13 rebound performance in his second game.
BACK IN ACTION JACKSON: After starting the season with a career-high 27-point output, redshirt senior Paul Jackson (Stone Mountain, Ga.-Martin Luther King Jr.(Eastern Kentucky)) came back the next game with a 20-point performance in the Eagles' win over Drexel. It marked the first time in the point guard's career that he went for 20 or more points in back-to-back games.
In the third game of the season for the Green and White, the Stone Mountain, Ga. native scored nine points and dished out five assists in 20 minutes of play. He currently ranks third in the MAC in assists (5.7 apg) and ninth in scoring (18.7 ppg).
A "QUIET" NIGHT FOR THOMPSON: Senior James Thompson IV (Baton Rouge, La.-Parkview Baptist) had a "quiet" night by the forward's standards in Eastern's convincing victory over Goshen College, pulling down a team-high nine rebounds and scoring six points in just 18 minutes of play.
Thompson is the NCAA's active career rebound leader with 1,129 during his three-plus seasons with Eastern. The Baton Rouge, La. native needs 298 boards to pass all-time EMU record holder Kennedy McIntosh.
LAST RANKED WIN: EMU's last victory over a ranked opponent in the regular season was a lifetime ago. Literally. No player on the current Eastern Michigan team was alive when the Green and White defeated No. 14-ranked Wisconsin in the Bowen Fieldhouse in Ypsilanti, Dec. 10, 1994.
Eastern came out on top of the Badgers with a 92-76 win.
ALL TIME VS. THE ACC: Eastern Michigan holds a record of 3-14 against teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference, with wins coming against Duke, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse. The Eagles are 1-1 against the Blue Devils, 1-3 against the Panthers, and 1-4 against the Orange. EMU has also fallen short twice to Notre Dame, and once against Louisville, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina, and Virginia Tech.
Two of Eastern's three wins came in the same calendar year: 1996. EMU defeated Duke in the 1996 NCAA Tournament, 75-60, and then defeated Syracuse Dec. 14, 1996 in the Carrier Dome, 68-65.
ON THE HORIZON: Eastern returns to the friendly confines of the Convocation Center Saturday, Nov. 17 as part of a double-header with the EMU women. The Eagles are set to take on Boston University at approx. 2:30 p.m. following the women's game against Illinois State at noon.
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