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Women's Basketball Falls on the Road to MAC East Leader Ohio

ATHENS, Ohio -- The Western Michigan women's basketball team battled back-and-forth with Ohio, the Mid-American Conference (MAC) East leaders, but the Bobcats came away with an 80-67 win at the Convocation Center Wednesday night. Ohio entered this game as the No. 9 ranked team in the College Insider Mid-Major Madness Coaches Poll and were picked to repeat as MAC East Champions in the preseason coaches' poll.

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The first quarter featured six lead changes, with the Broncos (14-5, 5-3 MAC) taking a 21-20 lead into the second quarter. Ohio (15-4, 6-2 MAC) was on fire in the second quarter however, connecting on seven 3-pointers to outscore WMU 27-10 in the quarter.