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Bates Drops 43 as Eagles Fall at Toledo

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TOLEDO, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) -- Emoni Bates (Ypsilanti, Mich.-Ypsi Prep-Memphis) scored 43 points, but the Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team fell to the University of Toledo Rockets, 84-79, on the road Tuesday inside Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio.

Bates added seven rebounds to his 43-point game to lead the Eagles (4-16, 1-6 MAC). With his point total, Bates recorded the sixth-highest point total in a game nationally this season and the most in the MAC, surpassing his own game high of 36 he scored at the University of South Carolina, Dec.