MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team dropped its final regular season game of the 2015-16 campaign, 78-70, to the Chippewas of Central Michigan University Saturday, March 5, at McGuirk Arena. Plenty was on the line between the two intrastate rivals, including final seeds in the upcoming Mid-American Conference Tournament, the Michigan MAC Trophy as well as CMU's opportunity to win the outright MAC West Division championship.
Eastern Michigan (19-10, 10-8 MAC) was led by junior Cha Sweeney's (Toledo, Ohio-Rogers) team-high 19 points and six assists while graduate transfer Chanise Baldwin (Pontiac, Mich.