MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team is flying high tonight as it defeated its in-state rival and the defending Mid-American Conference regular season champion Central Michigan University, 70-67, tonight, Jan. 20, inside CMU's McGuirk Arena.
The win is the fourth straight for Eastern (8-5, 5-3), its best conference streak since winning five in-a-row during the 2015-16 campaign. Additionally, the victory puts an end to a 13-game win streak for Central Michigan (7-5, 6-3 MAC), who had previously bested Eastern in every matchup between the two schools since 2016-17. Eastern's last win over Central previous to tonight was March 7, 2015, which also came on the road.