This match-up features two teams on very different points in their seasons. EMU started hot, while CMU started slow. Now, the tables have turned for their second match-up of the season.
Something tells me that this match-up will be much closer than the first time these two teams met in early January. At that point in the season, the Eagles improved to 9-5 (now 11-12), and the Chippewas fell to 7-7 (now 13-10). In the present, Central Michigan (6-4 in conference play) finds themselves second in the MAC West, while Eastern Michigan has taken a fall down to fifth place (3-7 in conference play).