Sensational Second-Half Run Powers Men’s Hoops Past Toledo, 76-69

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Trailing by as many as 12 in the second half, the Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team turned the tables with a 22-0 run lasting nearly eight minutes en route to a crucial 76-69 victory over the University of Toledo Tuesday, Feb. 19, inside the Convocation Center.

EMU (12-14, 6-7 MAC) fell behind by a 53-41 margin with 11:07 remaining in the second half, prompting head coach Rob Murphy to call his final timeout and give the Green and White another opportunity to regroup. The move paid instant dividends, as redshirt senior Paul Jackson (Stone Mountain, Ga.-Martin Luther King Jr. (Eastern Kentucky)) and redshirt freshman Tariq Silver…