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JaQuan Hart scored 20 points to lead five Eastern Michigan players in double figures in a 82-55 victory over Northern Colorado on Tuesday night.
The game gave the Eagles' Jim Boone his 300th career win as a head coach.
Eastern Michigan (4-4) were never threatened, leading 48-30 at halftime before expanding the margin to as many as 32 points in the second half.
Hart scored 16 of his points in the second half and shot 9-of-11 from the field. John Bowler added 18 points and 12 rebounds, while Danny McElhinny hit 4-of-6 3-point attempts and scored 16 points.
James Jackson and Markus Austin each added 10 points for the Eagles, who shot 58 percent from the field (29-of-50) to 29 percent (18-of-62) for the Bears. Eastern Michigan outrebounded Northern Colorado 42-30.
Erik Olson led
Northern Colorado (2-10) with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Vincent Jackson added
9 points.
Rashaun Freeman scored 23 points and Massachusetts survived a strong second-half surge by Maine to beat the Black Bears 67-60 on Tuesday night.
Maine (5-3), which trailed by 10 in the first half, went on a 9-0 run midway through the second half to take the lead. A pair of 3-pointers by Mark Flavin sparked the rally, which put the Black Bears ahead 52-49 with 8:05 to play.
Anthony Anderson then hit his only hoop of the night on a three-point play, Chris Chadwick followed with a pair of foul shots, and Freeman added a layup to put the Minutemen ahead 56-52.
After a basket by Chris Markwood, Maine trailed 63-60 with 27.6 seconds left. But Anderson and Maurice Maxwell made the last four points from the line to seal the win for UMass (4-4).
Freddy Petkus scored 15 points and Flavin added 14 to lead Maine.
UMass led 36-30 at halftime.