2012–13 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2012–13 Eastern Michigan Eagles Eastern Michigan Eagles logo.svg 120 Mid-American Conference West Division MAC 16–18 7–9 Rob Murphy 2nd Mike Brown Kevin Mondro Benny White Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center "Ice Man" Classic The 2012–13 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second year head coach Rob Murphy, played their home games at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center and were members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 16–18, 7–9 in MAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They won two games in the MAC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Western Michigan. Arrivals Ray Lee Ranked as the 19th best point guard in the country by Scout.com and the 142nd best player overall in the 2012 class by Rivals.com committed to EMU. Jalen Ross (Greensboro Day School) another PG was a PACIS (Piedmont Athletic Conference of Independent Schools) All-Conference selection and MVP of the Pizza Hut Invitational in high school.http://emueagles.com/sports/2013/11/5/MBB_1105132005.aspx?path=mbball 2013-14 EMU Men's Basketball Digital Media Guide Awards All-MAC Honorable Mention Glenn Bryant http://emueagles.com/sports/2013/11/5/MBB_1105132005.aspx?path=mbball 2013-14 EMU Men's Basketball Digital Media Guide Statistics http://macsports.sidearmsports.com/custompages/stats/2013MBB/CONFSTAT.HTM 2012-13 MAC Men's Basketball Statistics 2014-08-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20140814200332/http://macsports.sidearmsports.com/custompages/stats/2013MBB/CONFSTAT.HTM 2014-08-14 dead Conference Team Highs Scoring Defense (59.1 Pg/G) 3-Point Fg Pct Defense (.299) Free Throw Pct 1.000 (4-4) at Kentucky (01/02/13) Conference Individual Highs Free Throw Pct. Daylen Harrison vs Eastern Illinois (11-16-12) 1.000 (11-11) Anthony Strickland vs Akron (02-13-13) 1.000 (8-8) Conference Opponent Lows Points 25 by Northern Illinois (01-26-13) Field Goals Made 8 by Northern Illinois (01-26-13) Field Goal Pct .131 (8-61) by Northern Illinois (01-26-13) Steals 1 by IPFW (11-17-12) Fouls 7 Michigan (12/20/12) Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 0 Ray Lee Guard 6–3 170 Freshman Detroit, Michigan 1 Da'Shonte Riley Center 7–0 233 Junior Detroit, Michigan 2 J.R. Sims Guard 6–3 175 Junior Fort Wayne, Indiana 3 Austin Harper Guard 6–2 190 Junior Grand Haven, Michigan 4 James Still Forward 6–10 205 Junior Detroit, Michigan 5 Derek Thompson Guard 6–3 178 Senior Detroit, Michigan 10 Mike Talley Guard 5–11 176 Junior Detroit, Michigan 12 Antoine Chandler Guard 5–10 158 Sophomore Windsor, Canada 21 Jalen Ross Guard 5–11 176 Freshman Greensboro, North Carolina 22 Josh Lyle Guard 6–4 186 Sophomore Detroit, Michigan 23 Glenn Bryant Forward 6–8 201 Junior Detroit, Michigan 32 Jamell Harris Forward 6–9 201 Senior Euclid, Ohio 33 Anthony Strickland Guard 6–5 219 Junior Ypsilanti, Michigan 35 Daylen Harrison Guard/Forward 6–6 214 Junior Akron, Ohio 45 Matt Balkema Center 6–10 286 Senior Roseville, Michigan James Still was dismissed from the team on November 16, 2012, following a guilty plea in felony charges stemming from an incident in April 2010, when he was enrolled at Providence College (see also 2010–11 Providence Friars men's basketball team#Offseason).https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/mac/2012/11/17/eastern-michigan-dismisses-james-still-felony-assault/1710925/ Eastern Michigan dismisses James Still for felony 2012-11-17 2013-01-10 USA Today Schedule no 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2012 yes yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition 11/02/2012 7:30 pm yes no Michigan–Dearborn Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI   82–38 |- !colspan=9| Regular season 11/09/2012 12:00 pm yes no Rochester College Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI EMU "Ice Man" Classic 2,359 66–52 1–0 11/11/2012 2:00 pm yes yes no Jacksonville State Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, AL 1,032 54–61 1–1 11/16/2012 7:00 pm yes no Eastern Illinois Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI EMU "Ice Man" Classic 881 60–52 2–1 11/17/2012 7:00 pm yes no IPFW Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI EMU "Ice Man" Classic 758 60–47 3–1 11/18/2012 7:00 pm yes no Texas–Pan American Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI EMU "Ice Man" Classic 938 57–47 4–1 11/24/2012 6:30 pm yes no Madonna Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 552 75–57 5–1 12/03/2012 7:00 pm yes yes no Syracuse 4 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 20,822 ESPNU 48–84 5–2 12/08/2012 2:00 pm yes no Purdue Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 1,790 ESPN3 47–44 6–2 12/15/2012 2:00 pm yes yes no UIC UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 3,274 CSNCHI 48–74 6–3 12/20/2012 8:30 pm yes yes no Michigan 2 Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI 12,693 BTN 54–93 6–4 12/22/2012 2:00 pm yes no Oakland Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 830 57–59 6–5 12/28/2012 4:00 pm yes no Siena Heights Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 654 87–49 7–5 01/02/2013 6:00 pm yes yes no Kentucky Rupp Arena Lexington, KY 22,135 ESPNU 38–90 7–6 01/05/2013 2:00 pm yes yes no Massachusetts William D. Mullins Memorial Center Amherst, MA 5,060 61–75 7–7 01/09/2013 7:00 pm no Ball State Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 826 58–60 7–8 (0–1) 01/12/2013 6:00 pm yes no Bowling Green Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH 2,180 ESPN3 44–46 7–9 (0–2) 01/15/2013 7:00 pm no Central Michigan Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI N/A ESPN3 58–52 8–9 (1–2) 01/19/2013 2:00 pm no Miami (OH) Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 884 65–58 9–9 (2–2) 01/23/2013 7:00 pm yes no Western Michigan University Arena Kalamazoo, MI 2,419 59–63 9–10 (2–3) 01/26/2013 2:00 pm no Northern Illinois Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 888 42–25 10–10 (3–3) 02/02/2013 6:00 pm yes no Kent State M.A.C. Center Kent, OH 2,267 ESPN3 62–77 10–11 (3–4) 02/06/2013 7:00 pm no Buffalo Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 522 ESPN3 65–46 11–11 (4–4) 02/09/2013 7:00 pm yes no Toledo Savage Arena Toledo, OH 4,252 52–60 11–12 (4–5) 02/13/2013 7:00 pm no Akron Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 672 62–70 11–13 (4–6) 02/16/2013 2:00 pm yes no Ball State John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, IN 3,491 56–50 12–13 (5–6) 02/20/2013 7:00 pm yes no Ohio Convocation Center Athens, OH 5,932 50–73 12–14 (5–7) 02/23/2013 12:00 pm yes no Missouri State Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI BracketBusters 676 54–57 12–15 02/27/2013 8:00 pm yes no Northern Illinois Convocation Center DeKalb, IL 826 53–41 13–15 (6–7) 03/02/2013 2:00 pm no Western Michigan Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 1,216 50–49 OT 14–15 (7–7) 03/05/2013 7:00 pm yes no Central Michigan McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI 879 59–61 14–16 (7–8) 03/09/2013 12:00 pm no Toledo Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 892 67–78 14–17 (7–9) |- !colspan=9| 2013 MAC men's basketball tournament 03/11/2013 7:00 pm no Northern Illinois Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI First Round 302 45–44 15–17 03/13/2013 9:00 pm yes no Miami (OH) Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH Second Round 2,147 STO/ESPN3 58–47 16–17 03/14/2013 9:00 pm yes no Western Michigan Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH Quarterfinals 3,361 STO/ESPN3 55–70 16–18 AP Poll Eastern Time ^ The game was originally scheduled for 1/30/2013 but was postponed due to the closure of the Ohio campus following an armed robbery of $5 just off campus.https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/mac/2013/01/30/ohio-university-bobcats-eastern-michigan-armed-robbery/1877793/ Ohio-EMU game postponed after campus shutdown due to $5 robbery USA Today 2013-01-31 2013-01-30 Noteworthy games The win over Purdue on December 8 was the program's first win over a Big Ten team in nearly 15 years. The January 26 win over Northern Illinois set several NCAA defensive records, including lowest field goal percentage allowed in a half since the implementation of the shot clock (3.2%), fewest points allowed in a half (4 points), and lowest field goal percentage allowed in a game (13.1%).http://www.freep.com/article/20130126/SPORTS08/130126042/College-hoops-EMU-holds-NIU-record-low-four-points-first-half?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CSports College basketball roundup: Eastern Michigan holds Northern Illinois to record-low four points in first half Detroit Free Press 2013-01-27 2013-01-26 Northern Illinois broke its own NCAA Division I record for futility, scoring just four points in the first half of a 42-25 loss to Eastern Michigan today in Ypsilanti. The Huskies (4-14, 2-4 Mid-American) also broke the record for lowest field goal percentage in a half of the shot clock era (3.2%) and lowest field goal percentage in a game (13.1%), and tied the mark for fewest made field goals in a half after hitting 1 of 31 attempts in the opening period. References Category:Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball seasons Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball