CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Central Michigan women’s basketball team outscored Western Michigan, 36-26, in the second half Wednesday in topping the Broncos, 66-62, in a Mid-American Conference Tournament quarterfinal game at Quicken Loans Arena.
The second-seeded Chippewas (21-9) will play Eastern Michigan on Friday in a semifinal game at approximately 2:20 p.m. Eastern, the sixth seed, upset third-seeded Ball State, 67-53, on Wednesday. The Chippewas won both regular-season meetings with the Eagles, 66-65 and 78-70.
Tinara Moore scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Presley Hudson added 18 points to lead the Chippewas, who withstood an early Western Michigan flurry and overcame a 15-point second-quarter deficit.