CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team fought valiantly with a powerful first-quarter performance, but ultimately fell to Bowling Green State University, 70-36, in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament today, March 8, inside Cleveland's Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
The Eagles (15-15, 7-11 MAC) had two players score in double figures, led by Tayra Eke (Madrid, Spain-IES Oretega y Gasset-LIU) who had 11 points, four assists and two blocks. Irekpitan Ozzy-Momodu (London, England-City of London Academy-Robert Morris) tacked on 10 points and Lachelle Austin (Redford, Mich.