A 23-5 run spanning halftime helped the 19th-ranked and fifth-seeded Creighton men's basketball team make history on Monday evening at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse as the Bluejays earned a trip to the Sweet 16 with a 72-58 victory over 13th-seeded Ohio.

Led by a 17-point performance by redshirt junior forward Ben Vander Plas (Ripon, Wis.) and a near-triple double from junior guard Jason Preston (Orlando, Fla.), the No. 13-seeded Ohio men's basketball (17-7) squad upset No. 4-seeded Virginia (18-7), 62-58, Saturday (March 20) night inside Assembly Hall in the NCAA First Round.

With their top two scorers sidelined with injuries and one of the nation's best shooting teams hitting from all over the court, things looked grim for the Spiders early in Wednesday night's NIT opener against MAC regular-season champion Toledo. Richmond found itself down 13-4 just five minutes into the game and was a dismal 2-10 from the field.

Toledo head coach Tod Kowalczyk was named a finalist for the Hugh Durham National Mid-Major Coach of the Year award and Ryan Rollins is a finalist for the Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year award.

The Kent State men's basketball team will travel to Buffalo for its final game of the regular season on Friday night at Alumni Arena. Tip off is set for 6 p.m. and will air on ESPNU.

Toledo dropped an 81-79 decision at Central Michigan on Tuesday night when the Chippewas' Meikkel Murray scored on a put-back with 3.0 seconds remaining. Even with the defeat, the Rockets (19-7, 14-4 MAC) secured an outright Mid-American Conference regular-season title due to Akron losing at Buffalo and Kent State's game vs. Ohio being canceled.

After a dominant relief performance in a win over nationally-ranked Arizona, junior right-hander Tyler Ruetschle has been selected as MAC Pitcher of the Week.

The Kent State Golden Flashes open the 2021 season with a three-game series at Virginia Tech.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to change the way high school and college sports are played as it was announced today that the McDonald's All American Games will not take place for the second year in a row.

For the first time since 2012, the Akron Zips earned a season series sweep against crosstown rivals Kent State, defeating the Golden Flashes 72-61 at the M.A.C Center on ESPNU Friday night.

The Ball State football team is ranked No. 23 in the final AP Top 25 and the final Amway Coaches Poll, both released following last night's conclusion to the 2020 college football season.

In a memorable football season that almost didn't happen, Ball State finished it by making history. The Cardinals scored 27 first-quarter points and cruised the rest of the afternoon to capture the first bowl victory in school history, a 34-13 win over AP No. 19 San Jose State in the Arizona Bowl.

Kevin Marks, Jr. scored on a 2-yard touchdown run with just over one minute to play and the defense withstood a late rally to lift the University at Buffalo football team to a 17-10 win over Marshall in the 2020 Camellia Bowl on Friday afternoon in Montgomery, AL. It was the second straight year the Bulls were victorious in a bowl game.

Former conference rivals will clash on Christmas Day as the Buffalo Bulls and Marshall Thundering Herd meet in the 2020 Camellia Bowl. While Marshall now calls Conference USA home, the Herd once thundered through the MAC - after transitioning from Division I-AA (FCS) in 1997.

Luke Albright threw six shutout innings, Nick Elsen cracked a grand slam, and Collin Mathews had four hits and four driven in as Kent State evened the series with the Dayton Flyers on Saturday in an 11-3 win at Woerner Field.