# 2012–13 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team

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.

## Awards

All-MAC Honorable Mention
* Glenn Bryant

### Statistics

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).

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| 11/02/2012* 7:30 pm | Michigan–Dearborn | W 82–38 | | Convocation Center Ypsilanti, MI |
| Regular season |||||
| 11/09/2012* 12:00 pm | Rochester College EMU "Ice Man" Classic | W 66–52 | 1–0 | Convocation Center (2,359) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 11/11/2012* 2:00 pm | at Jacksonville State | L 54–61 | 1–1 | Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,032) Jacksonville, AL |
| 11/16/2012* 7:00 pm | Eastern Illinois EMU "Ice Man" Classic | W 60–52 | 2–1 | Convocation Center (881) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 11/17/2012* 7:00 pm | IPFW EMU "Ice Man" Classic | W 60–47 | 3–1 | Convocation Center (758) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 11/18/2012* 7:00 pm | Texas–Pan American EMU "Ice Man" Classic | W 57–47 | 4–1 | Convocation Center (938) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 11/24/2012* 6:30 pm | Madonna | W 75–57 | 5–1 | Convocation Center (552) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 12/03/2012* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | at No. 4 Syracuse | L 48–84 | 5–2 | Carrier Dome (20,822) Syracuse, NY |
| 12/08/2012* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Purdue | W 47–44 | 6–2 | Convocation Center (1,790) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 12/15/2012* 2:00 pm, CSNCHI | at UIC | L 48–74 | 6–3 | UIC Pavilion (3,274) Chicago, IL |
| 12/20/2012* 8:30 pm, BTN | at No. 2 Michigan | L 54–93 | 6–4 | Crisler Center (12,693) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 12/22/2012* 2:00 pm | Oakland | L 57–59 | 6–5 | Convocation Center (830) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 12/28/2012* 4:00 pm | Siena Heights | W 87–49 | 7–5 | Convocation Center (654) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 01/02/2013* 6:00 pm, ESPNU | at Kentucky | L 38–90 | 7–6 | Rupp Arena (22,135) Lexington, KY |
| 01/05/2013* 2:00 pm | at Massachusetts | L 61–75 | 7–7 | William D. Mullins Memorial Center (5,060) Amherst, MA |
| 01/09/2013 7:00 pm | Ball State | L 58–60 | 7–8 (0–1) | Convocation Center (826) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 01/12/2013 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Bowling Green | L 44–46 | 7–9 (0–2) | Stroh Center (2,180) Bowling Green, OH |
| 01/15/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Central Michigan | W 58–52 | 8–9 (1–2) | Convocation Center (N/A) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 01/19/2013 2:00 pm | Miami (OH) | W 65–58 | 9–9 (2–2) | Convocation Center (884) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 01/23/2013 7:00 pm | at Western Michigan | L 59–63 | 9–10 (2–3) | University Arena (2,419) Kalamazoo, MI |
| 01/26/2013 2:00 pm | Northern Illinois | W 42–25 | 10–10 (3–3) | Convocation Center (888) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 02/02/2013 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Kent State | L 62–77 | 10–11 (3–4) | M.A.C. Center (2,267) Kent, OH |
| 02/06/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Buffalo | W 65–46 | 11–11 (4–4) | Convocation Center (522) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 02/09/2013 7:00 pm | at Toledo | L 52–60 | 11–12 (4–5) | Savage Arena (4,252) Toledo, OH |
| 02/13/2013 7:00 pm | Akron | L 62–70 | 11–13 (4–6) | Convocation Center (672) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 02/16/2013 2:00 pm | at Ball State | W 56–50 | 12–13 (5–6) | John E. Worthen Arena (3,491) Muncie, IN |
| 02/20/2013 7:00 pm | at Ohio | L 50–73 | 12–14 (5–7) | Convocation Center (5,932) Athens, OH |
| 02/23/2013* 12:00 pm | Missouri State BracketBusters | L 54–57 | 12–15 | Convocation Center (676) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 02/27/2013 8:00 pm | at Northern Illinois | W 53–41 | 13–15 (6–7) | Convocation Center (826) DeKalb, IL |
| 03/02/2013 2:00 pm | Western Michigan | W 50–49 $^{OT}$ | 14–15 (7–7) | Convocation Center (1,216) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 03/05/2013 7:00 pm | at Central Michigan | L 59–61 | 14–16 (7–8) | McGuirk Arena (879) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 03/09/2013 12:00 pm | Toledo | L 67–78 | 14–17 (7–9) | Convocation Center (892) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 2013 MAC men's basketball tournament |||||
| 03/11/2013 7:00 pm | Northern Illinois First Round | W 45–44 | 15–17 | Convocation Center (302) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 03/13/2013 9:00 pm, STO/ESPN3 | vs. Miami (OH) Second Round | W 58–47 | 16–17 | Quicken Loans Arena (2,147) Cleveland, OH |
| 03/14/2013 9:00 pm, STO/ESPN3 | vs. Western Michigan Quarterfinals | L 55–70 | 16–18 | Quicken Loans Arena (3,361) Cleveland, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in 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.

### 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%).