ATHENS, Ohio – No heroic 3-pointer necessary.
It was Marcus Keene simply being himself. Again.
Keene scored 41 points, going over the 40-point mark for the fifth time this season, in leading the Central Michigan men’s basketball team to a 97-87 Mid-American Conference victory on Tuesday over Ohio at the Bobcats’ Convocation Center.
The win, the Chippewas’ fourth straight over Ohio, lifted CMU to 16-8, 6-5 MAC and into a first-place tie in the West Division with Ball State and Northern Illinois. Ohio is 14-8, 6-5.
“If we can just take care of business and win more than we lose down the stretch we should be in nice shape to make a conference-tournament run,” said CMU coach Keno Davis, whose team plays at Miami (Ohio) on Saturday.