2013–14 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2013–14 Eastern Michigan Eagles Eastern Michigan Eagles logo.svg 150 Mid-American Conference West Division MAC 22–15 10–8 Rob Murphy 3rd Mike Brown Kevin Mondro Benny White Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center Keightley Classic Runner-Up CIT Second round vs. Columbia L 56–69 The 2013–14 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third 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 22–15, 10–8 in MAC play to finish in third place in the West Division. They advanced to the semifinals of the MAC tournament where they lost to Toledo. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Norfolk State in the first round before losing in the second round to Columbia. Arrivals Olalekan Ajayi transferred from Collin College in Plano, TX. While at Collin Ajayi ranked 17th in the nation in rebounding and was rated as the 11th best junior college player according to rivals.com. Ali Farhat a freshman walk-on from Dearborn HS where he was a four time All-City award winner, three time All-League and during his senior year earned All-State accolades and named to the All-Metro West Second team. Darell Combs joined EMU from Blinn College in Brenham, TX. Last season he led his team in points, with a 16.8pts per game average. Mo Hughley is a graduate student transfer from CSU-Baskersfield. Before that he was named honorable mention NCJAA All-Region and ranked 8th in Region XIV in rebounding at Paris Junior College. Jordan Martin a walk-on from Oakland Community College. Was a First Team All-Eastern Collegiate Conference award winner. Jodan Price will have to sit out the 2013/14 after transferring from DePaul University.Ranked 143rd overall on Rivals.Ranked among the class of 2012’s top-25 three-point shooters by ESPN.com in high school. Trent Perry another walk-on, attended Independence HS in Thompson Station, TN. In high school Perry was named to the District 11AAA All-Tournament Team and earned John Maher Student-Athlete of the Month. Karrington Ward a transfer from Moraine Valley CC where he was named Skyway Conference Player of the Year and was a Division 1 National Junior College Athletic Association All-American. While at Kankakee Community College he earned Division II First Team National Junior College Athletic Association All-American status. http://emueagles.com/documents/2013/11/5/Book110513.pdf?id=3007 2013-14_MBBGuide Departures Name Yr Pos Reason Derek Thompson Sr G Graduated J.R. Sims Sr G Graduated Jamell Harris Sr F Graduated Austin Harper Jr G Transferred Out Matt Balkema Sr C Graduated Antoine Chandler So G Transferred Out Josh Lyle Jr F Transferred Out Awards Academic All-MAC Daylen Harrison,3.66 GPA, Chemistryhttp://macsports.sidearmsports.com/news/2014/4/23/MBB_342439.aspx The Mid-American Conference - 2013-14 Men's Basketball Academic All-MAC Team Announced 2014-08-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20140814195736/http://macsports.sidearmsports.com/news/2014/4/23/MBB_342439.aspx 2014-08-14 dead Ben Jobe Award Rob Murphy was a finalisthttp://emueagles.com/news/2014/3/26/MBB_0326141604.aspx?path=mbball Rob Murphy Named Ben Jobe Award Finalist MAC West Players of the Week Dec 16 Raven Lee Feb 17 Da'Shonte Riley Hustlebelt.com Preseason Top 25 MAC Players 10 Glenn Bryant 25 Daylen Harrison Honorable Mention-Mike Talley MAC Defensive Player Of The Year Da'Shonte Riley 3rd Team All-MAC Karrington Ward Statistics National Statistical Champions 2013/14 NCAA Statistical Championship for Field Goal Percentage Defense (36.9%)http://www.emueagles.com/news/2014/5/7/MBB_0507140349.aspx?path=mbball The Official Website of Eastern Michigan Athletics - Men's Basketball Earns NCAA Statistical Champion Distinction 2014-08-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20140810040121/http://emueagles.com/news/2014/5/7/MBB_0507140349.aspx?path=mbball 2014-08-10 dead MAC Statistical Champions 2013/14 Scoring Defense (61.4)http://mac-sports.com/custompages/stats/2014MBB/CONFLDRS.HTM 2013-14 MAC Men's Basketball Statistics - Overall Statistics 2013/14 Field Goal Percentage Defense (.369) 2013/14 Blocked Shots (6 Avg/G) 2013/14 Turnover Maring (+3.57) Roster 2013 Eastern Michigan Eagles y Raven Lee 0 G 6 3 170 FR yes Detroit, Michigan Mike Talley 1 G 5 11 175 JR yes Detroit, Michigan J.R. Sims 2 G 6 3 175 SR yes Fort Wayne, Indiana Mo Hughley 3 F 6 7 240 SR Queens Village, New York Jodan Price 5 G 6 7 172 SO yes Indianapolis, Indiana Da'Shonte Riley 10 C 7 0 240 SR yes Detroit, Michigan Olalekan Ajayi 12 F 6 11 245 SO Winston-Salem, North Carolina Trent Perry 13 G 6 4 175 FR Irving, Texas Karrington Ward 14 F 6 7 180 JR Lockport, Illinois Ali Farhat 20 G 6 0 165 FR Dearborn, Michigan Jalen Ross 21 G 5 11 175 SO Greensboro, North Carolina Jordan Martin 22 G 6 3 195 JR Detroit, Michigan Glenn Bryant 23 F 6 8 210 SR yes Detroit, Michigan Darell Combs 25 G 6 2 175 SO Chicago, Illinois Anthony Strickland 33 G 6 5 220 SR yes Ypsilanti, Michigan Daylen Harrison 35 G 6 6 215 SR yes Akron, Ohio http://www.emueagles.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball& Rob Murphy (Central State) Mike Brown (Wayne State) Kevin Mondro (Detroit) Benny White (Michigan State) Schedule no 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006633; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/04/2013 7:00 pm yes no Marygrove Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI   101–38 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006633; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 11/08/2013 12:00 pm yes no Albion Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 2,677 77–45 1–0 11/12/2013 7:00 pm yes no Concordia Bowen Field House Ypsilanti, MI 506 95–50 2–0 11/14/2013 7:30 pm yes no Robert Morris Bowen Field House Ypsilanti, MI Keightley Classic Game 793 69–64 3–0 11/18/2013 7:00 pm yes no Cleveland State Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI Keightley Classic Game 825 81–69 4–0 11/23/2013 7:00 pm yes no Texas–Arlington Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI Keightley Classic Game 810 74–69 5–0 11/27/2013 4:00 pm yes yes no Kentucky 3 Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky Keightley Classic Game 22,721 FSN 63–81 5–1 12/3/2013 7:00 pm yes no Massachusetts 21 Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 1,314 57–69 5–2 12/7/2013 2:00 pm yes yes no Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana 13,079 ESPN3 64–69 5–3 12/10/2013 7:00 pm yes no Green Bay Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 583 67–58 6–3 12/21/2013 1:00 pm yes yes no Oakland Athletics Center O'rena Rochester, Michigan 1,507 81–79 OT 7–3 12/28/2013 2:00 pm yes yes no Duke 9 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina 9,314 ESPN2 59–82 7–4 12/31/2013 3:00 pm yes yes no Syracuse 2 Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York 20,306 ESPNU 48–70 7–5 1/4/2014 2:00 pm yes no Rochester Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 429 92–54 8–5 1/8/2014 4:00 pm yes no Bowling Green Stroh Center Bowling Green, Ohio 1,205 56–51 9–5 (1–0) 01/11/2014 2:00 pm yes no Buffalo Alumni Arena Amherst, New York 2,616 66–76 9–6 (1–1) 01/14/2014 7:00 pm no Western Michigan Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI Michigan MAC Trophy 1,049 TWCSC Ohio 56–37 10–6 (2–1) 01/18/2014 7:00 pm yes no Central Michigan McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy 2,428 72–59 11–6 (3–1) 01/22/2014 7:00 pm no Akron Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 609 ESPN3 68–78 11–7 (3–2) 01/25/2014 7:00 pm no Ohio Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI ESPNU 1,321 56–58 11–8 (3–3) 01/29/2014 7:00 pm no Bowling Green Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 601 69–57 12–8 (4–3) 02/1/2014 3:00 pm yes no Miami (OH) Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio 1,038 61–65 12–9 (4–4) 02/5/2014 7:00 pm yes no Akron James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, Ohio 3,014 ESPN3 48–52 12–10 (4–5) 02/08/2014 2:00 pm no Kent State Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 716 70–53 13–10 (5–5) 02/12/2014 7:00 pm yes no Ball State Convocation Center Muncie, Indiana 2,411 73–62 14–10 (6–5) 02/15/2014 2:00 pm no Toledo Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 1,356 65–44 15–10 (7–5) 02/20/2014 7:00 pm yes no Northern Illinois Convocation Center DeKalb, Illinois 877 ESPN3 59–61 2OT 15–11 (7–6) 02/23/2014 2:00 pm yes no Western Michigan University Arena Kalamazoo, Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy 3,204 67–75 15–12 (7–7) 02/26/2014 7:00 pm no Central Michigan Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI Michigan MAC Trophy 571 64–42 16–12 (8–7) 03/1/2014 2:00 pm no Northern Illinois Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 815 56–52 17–12 (9–7) 03/4/2014 7:00 pm no Ball State Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI 903 Ball State Sports Net 72–58 18–12 (10–7) 03/8/2014 2:00 pm yes no Toledo Savage Arena Toledo, Ohio 5,911 66–77 18–13 (10–8) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006633; color:#FFFFFF;"| MAC Tournament 03/10/2014 7:30 pm no Central Michigan Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI First round 863 72–60 19–13 03/12/2014 9:00 pm yes no Northern Illinois Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Second round 513 53–48 20–13 03/13/2014 9:00 pm yes no Buffalo Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Quarterfinals 4,116 TWCSC 69–64 21–13 03/14/2014 9:00 pm yes no Toledo Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Semifinals 6,318 TWCSC 44–59 21–14 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006633; color:#FFFFFF;"| CIT 03/18/2014 7:00 pm yes no Norfolk State Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI First round 373 58–54 22–14 03/22/2014 7:00 pm yes yes no Columbia Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY Second round 2,019 56–69 22–15 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball seasons Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball