Eastern Michigan Eagles @ Omaha Mavericks

5-2, 1-2 Away

Final

	1	2	T
E Michigan EMU	42	38	80
Omaha OMA	25	48	73

Omaha MavericksOmahaOMA

3-4, 2-2 Home

Thompson IV leads Eastern Michigan over Nebraska-Omaha 80-73

Updated: Dec 1, 2015, 11:41 pm

OMAHA, Neb. -- James Thompson IV scored 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Eastern Michigan to an 80-73 victory over Nebraska-Omaha on Tuesday night.

Thompson was 8 of 13 from the field and had two blocks and a steal. Raven Lee made 9 of 10 free throws and finished with 17 points for Eastern Michigan (5-2).

Tre'Shawn Thurman scored 25 points on 11-of-19 shooting with 11 rebounds to lead Nebraska-Omaha (3-4). Devin Patterson added 16 points and Jake White chipped in 14 for the Mavericks.

The Eagles had a 15-point lead early in the second half. A 10-4 surge pulled the Mavericks to 64-55 with six minutes left. Thompson made a layup and the Eagles had a double-digit lead until Patterson, Tra-Deon Hollins and Randy Reed scored to make it 73-67 with 1:56 left.

Ty Toney scored and the Eagles made 5 of 6 free throws to seal it.

Game Information

Omaha, NE

Referee:Larry Scirotto

Referee:John Yorkovich

Referee:Lewis Garrison

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	18-0	-	32-2
Akron	17-1	1	29-6
Kent State	14-4	4	24-10
Toledo	11-7	7	19-15
Bowling Green	9-9	9	18-14
Ohio	9-9	9	15-17
Buffalo	7-11	11	17-15
Massachusetts	7-11	11	17-16
Ball State	7-11	11	12-19
Central Michigan	6-12	12	10-21
Western Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Eastern Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Northern Illinois	4-14	14	9-21

NCAA Division I

Summit League	CONF	GB	OVR
North Dakota State	14-2	-	27-8
St. Thomas-Minnesota	12-4	2	24-10
North Dakota	10-6	4	18-17
South Dakota	8-8	6	16-16
Omaha	8-8	6	16-17
Denver	8-8	6	15-17
South Dakota State	7-9	7	14-18
Oral Roberts	4-12	10	10-23
Kansas City	1-15	13	4-27

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