Western Michigan University NCAA News

One week after giving up 344 yards and 4 TDs to the most prolific passer in Mid-Ameican Conference history, Dan LeFevour , beleaguered Ball State now must contend with Hiller, who needs 316 yards tonight to move into third all-time on the conference list.

Loyola of Chicago holds off Western Michigan 60-58 Eds: APNewsNow. Loyola of Chicago 60, Western Michigan 58.

Each week, we'll look at some statistics involving individuals and/or teams that we find intriguing.

When Western Michigan University's men's basketball team lost its home opener last season, it was good-bye to an 11-game home winning streak.

WMU's Bill Cubit , 67-44-1, 10 seasons; 33-26 at WMU, fifth season. Eastern Michigan's Ron English , 0-9 at EMU, first season as a head coach.

Martelle McLemore had a game-high 22 points and David Kool had 17 as Western Michigan rallied to beat Virginia Commonwealth 83-67 Wednesday night.

West, a 5-10 senior, has enjoyed the best November of any college football player east of Stanford.

It served as the final lesson of an eye-opening season for David Kool - a seemingly callous label slapped on a player who thought he'd done so much.

Chase Simon had 22 points to lead Detroit past Western Michigan 86-80 Sunday afternoon.

Eastern Michigan hurt its own cause Saturday as it had six turnovers in a 35-14 loss to Western Michigan in the Rynearson Stadium finale.

Two years ago, then a redshirt freshman, Phil Swanson came to grips with how pesky a team Eastern Michigan can be.

Michigan's Brandon Graham, right, gets ready to take down Western Michigan University quarterback Tim Hiller during first quarter action of the Wolverine's 31-7 season-opening win over Western at Michigan Stadium, Saturday, September 5th.

Brandon West has every intention of playing in Western Michigan University's football game this Saturday at Eastern Michigan - as of late Thursday morning.

Last Saturday was far from the finest hour for either of these defenses. The Broncos saw Kent State's freshman quarterback torch them continuously until he'd racked up a career-best 373 yards passing, more than doubling his average.

The 32nd Shrum Bowl saw SFU Clansmen defeat UBC T-Birds 30-1. Photograph by: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Sun More misery for the UBC Thunderbirds, but a lifeline for the Simon Fraser Clan.

Western Michigan sophomore point guard Mikey Douglas, left, and senior guard David Kool listen during a timeout in WMU's exhibition game last Saturday against K-College. Douglas was one of a bevy of Detroit-born Broncos to experience tragedy last season, a season of which Kool said, "I've really never been a part of anything like that." Broncos ...

Even Keith Nichol has joined in on the fun. His 7-yard TD pass to Dion Sims makes it 49-14 Spartans with 5:59 to play in the fourth quarter.

The third play from scrimmage got it started for MSU. Facing a third-and-1 at their 29, the Spartans called for Ashton Leggett to get his second carry of the season.

Numbers don't always tell the story. Sometimes, though, they do. Statistically, Western Michigan University's defense is among the worst in the nation, ranked 108th out of 120 Division I-A football teams, giving up 426 yards per game.

WMU quarterback Tim Hiller pauses after throwing an incomplete pass during the first half Saturday in East Lansing.