The CMU women’s basketball team is headed to Cleveland for the Mid-American Conference tournament for the second consecutive season.

No. 6 seed CMU advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sunday by defeating No. 11 seed Ohio 69-66 in front of 416 fans at the final game played at Rose Arena.

The Central Michigan women’s basketball team will have an opportunity to start with a clean slate Sunday when it hosts a Mid-American Conference tournament first round game.

No. 6 seed CMU (11-17, 8-8 MAC) stumbled down the stretch of conference place, but will play No. 11 Ohio at 5 p.m. Sunday at Rose Arena. The Chippewas have lost three consecutive games heading into the tournament, including a 77-74 loss against Ball State on Tuesday.

Robbie Harman’s landmark night was overshadowed by the CMU men’s basketball team’s third consecutive loss Thursday.

CMU lost 89-76 against Ohio University at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio.

Leave the scoring to the smaller guys.

That is what most Mid-American Conference men’s basketball teams have done this season.

Canes Nicolas immediately thought of his family last week when he first heard about the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti.
Nicolas, a Haitian international student, attended CMU last semester to study musical conducting and violin before transferring to Ohio University as a graduate student in December.

The Ohio Bobcats saw their quarterback deliver last week against Temple when the season was on the line to earn the team a trip to the Mid-American Conference Championship.

The Bobcats beat Temple 35-17 Friday to clinch the MAC East bid.

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