Central Michigan 77, Bowling Green 72 Central Michigan, which has just eight healthy players and went to overtime in the semifinals, made the key plays down the stretch against a young Falcons’ team that hadn’t won a title since 2011 or a tournament game in six years.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Micaela Kelly scored 29 points, Molly Davis added 23 and second-seeded Central Michigan edged top-seeded Bowling Green 77-72 on Saturday for the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship and the Chippewas’ sixth trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Davis hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with five minutes to play and her 3-pointer with just under a minute to go capped a 10-0 run for a 75-67 lead.