Eastern Michigan men’s basketball team building confidence with each win YPSILANTI — Eastern Michigan coach Rob Murphy didn’t shy away from criticizing his team’s performance Friday night. In his post-game session with the media, he said the Eagles played a “little selfish” in a 71-62 win over Youngstown St. as they couldn’t get into a rhythm offensively for much of the night. But his biggest takeaway wasn’t a negative one. “The game could have gone either way,” Murphy said. “We stepped up, and made plays. When you can do that early in the season when you have six new guys, who are trying to understand what we want, I think it’s huge for us.” RELATED: New faces, no excuses as EMU basketball team looks to be contender in MAC (with video) Graduate transfer Anali Okoloji hit a 3-pointer to push the Eagles lead to six at 65-59 with 1:17 to go while senior Karrington Ward went 4 of 6 from the free throw line in the final 30 seconds to help put the win away. Ward finished with a game-high 19 points and 11 rebounds. “We are just trying to get it done,” Ward said. “We were just trying find different ways to score, get shots and rebounds. Just scrap basically.” [...] newsinmi/eastern-michigan-mens-basketball-team-building-confidence-with-each-win/
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 07:28:48 +0000
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