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Akron was the only team to win on the road Wednesday and gain “golf” points.

Kent State and Eastern Michigan are tied in race for the fourth and final bye in the regular standings. In regular standings, Western Michigabn joins them. Toledo is a game behind, Akron two games. There are five games to go in the regular season.

A nice graphic on where the conference races standings is at https://twitter.com/MACSports/status/123...556125184.

Akron beat Buffalo 69-63, sending the Bulls to their sixth straight defeat. The last time Buffalo lost six in a row was 2012-13. A 7-1 run toward the end of the third quarter gave Buffalo a brief lead, but Akron finished the quarter with seven straight points, then outscored the Bulls 20-17 in the fourth quarter.

Western Michigan led by as many as 17 points in beating Bowling Green 69-55. Breanna Mobley had 23 points and 13 rebounds for her 16th double-double of the season.

Ball State ran its home MAC record to 7-0 with a 97-89 win over Northern Illinois. Oshlynn Brown had 28 points and 13 rebounds for the Cardinals, who had five players score in double figures.

Ohio went on a 28-1 run over 12 minutes in the third and fourth quarter and beat Toledo 86-58. OU’s Erica Johnson, the MAC’s leading scorer in conference games, had 31 points, nine assists, eight rebounds and four steals.

BEST GAMES THIS SATURDAY: Ball State at Eastern Michigan. Western Michigan at Toledo.

THE "GOLF" STANDINGS

They give a team -1 for a road win (a “birdie”) and adds a point for a home loss (a “bogey.” A home win or road loss gets zero (“par”).

-6
-- Central Michigan (13-0, 20-4)

-3
-- Ball State (10-3, 18-7)
-- Ohio (10-3, 17-7)

-1
-- Kent State (7-6, 14-10)
-- Eastern Michigan (7-6, 12-12)

Even

-- Western Michigan (7-6, 14-10)
-- Toledo (6-7, 11-13)

+1
-- Akron (5-8, 12-12)

+2
-- Northern Illinois (3-9, 7-16)

+3
-- Buffalo (4-9, 13-11)
-- Miami (4-9, 11-14)

+5
-- Bowling Green (1-12, 8-17).

More detail and Kent State's report card on the Central Michigan game (not good) is on the blog at http://wbbFlashes.