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Mount Pleasant, Michigan

February 9, 2012 by · Comments Off on Mount Pleasant, Michigan 

Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Javon McCrea scored 16 points leading four Buffalo players in double figures, and the Bulls won their seventh straight game by beating Central Michigan 66-62 Wednesday night.

McCrea also had 10 rebounds for Buffalo (15-6, 8-2 Mid-American). Mitchell Watt scored 15 points, Zach Filzen had 12 points and Auraum Nuiriankh scored 11 for the Bulls, who have won four MAC road games in a row for the first time.

Olivier Mbaigoto scored 18 to lead all scorers for the Chippewas (7-16, 2-8), who have lost eight in a row after winning their first two MAC games. Three Central Michigan players — Austin Keel, Austin McBroom and Derek Jackson — scored 11 points.

Buffalo outrebounded the Chippewas 48-27 and held CMU to 32 percent shooting from the field, but the Bulls struggled at the free-throw line, making just 10 of 23 attempts, to keep it close.

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