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Eastern Michigan head coach Jeff Genyk knew his team's game against CMU would be his last. In doing so, Genyk pulled out every stop apart from the playing field. The showboating he had his team do was embarrassing. From taunting the CMU players on the field before the game, to bringing everyone on the field for a timeout, to having his own players toss official's penalty flags, it was all the act of a bitter coach having his own pity-party. Drew Ellis has a good recap of the game's events, in one of the wildest games in a long time.

November 29, The Morning Sun Following the Eagles second score that put the game at 14-0, Genyk stepped onto the field during the timeout and raised both his arms while staring at the CMU sidelines and shouting out unknown words. Continue reading "Genyk leaves showing little class" »

YPSILANTI - Freshman guard Natalie Novosel scored a career-best 18 points off the bench and Lindsay Schrader added 17 and 10 rebounds Tuesday night to help No. 11 Notre Dame stay unbeaten with an 83-63 victory over Eastern Michigan.

The Fighting Irish (6-0) led by as many as 19 points early in the second half before the Eagles cut the lead to 59-50 with 9 minutes to play. Notre Dame answered with six points and three steals in the next 2 minutes to push the lead back to double digits for good.

Former WMU assistant basketball coach Cornell Mann once told me that Detroit Mercy should hire a basketball coach that players really want to play for. Nobody goes to the corner of Livernois and McNichols just for the opportunity to play.

It's why Mann would have been a good choice to be the Titans' coach last spring, why Ray McCallum was ultimately chosen and why Perry Watson, who no longer had that characteristic, was all but asked to leave.

Eastern Michigan University quarterback Andy Schmitt was named The Walter Camp Football Foundation's final player of the week after he set an NCAA major-division record with 58 completions en route to a school record 516 yards and five touchdowns passing in the Eagles' season-ending 56-52 victory over Central Michigan last Friday.

Schmitt, a junior, finished 58-of-80 passing in the game. He also rushed for a touchdown in the victory. In his final two games, he was 108-of-156 passing for 1,000 yards and eight touchdowns.

The Walter Camp weekly award is in its fifth season. Award recipients are selected by a panel of national media members.

Ending an emotional week in an emotion-filled football rivalry game against Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan University's players sent fired coach Jeff Genyk out with a victory Friday.

With quarterback Andy Schmitt setting an NCAA record Friday with 58 completions, and tempers on both sides boiling over repeatedly, the Eagles beat the Chippewas 56-52 at Rynearson Stadium.

CANCUN, Mexico - A trip to paradise didn't help heat up Eastern Michigan's shooting.
No. 22-ranked Texas Christian forced the Eagles into a season-high 23 turnovers and limited them to 34 percent (22-for-64) shooting in a 71-55 win Friday at the Caribbean Challenge.

Freshman Tavelyn James scored a team-high 17 points and Tara Johnson had her first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Eagles, who lost to James Madison in the tournament's first round Thursday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Eastern Michigan University wrestling team started and finished strong, but couldn't win anything in between in a 26-8 loss to Buffalo on Wednesday.

Jordan McGuire started the match with a win at 125 pounds and David Wade won at 285, both by major decision, for EMU (1-4, 0-1 Mid-American Conference). In the eight matches in between, the Bulls (5-1, 1-0) won six decisions and two major decisions.

"We are in a funk right now, and it is up to these guys to find out what it takes to win," EMU coach Derek DelPorto said. "It's a matter of finding something within us to gain momentum."

NEW YORK - Ryan Wittman scored 19 points and Jeff Foote and Geoff Reeves each had 15 to help Cornell beat Eastern Michigan 67-54 on Tuesday in the Preseason NIT Tip-off consolation game.

Trailing by eight midway through the first half, Cornell used a 19-8 run to take a 31-28 lead at the half.