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Willis' 22 help Western Michigan beat Miami (OH) 78-70

AP
Feb 15, 2025

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) Chansey Willis Jr. had 22 points in Western Michigan's 78-70 victory against Miami (OH) on Saturday.

Willis added seven assists and four steals for the Broncos (8-17, 5-7 Mid-American Conference). Donovan Williams added 15 points while shooting 5 for 12 (1 for 4 from 3-point range) and 4 of 5 from the free-throw line while he also had 15 rebounds. Javaughn Hannah shot 4 for 10 (2 for 4 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 13 points.

Brant Byers finished with 19 points for the RedHawks (19-6, 10-2). Mekhi Cooper added 12 points for Miami. Antwone Woolfolk also had 11 points and two blocks. The loss broke the RedHawks' five-game winning streak.

Markhi Strickland scored eight points in the first half and Western Michigan went into halftime trailing 32-30. Willis' 16-point second half helped Western Michigan finish off the eight-point victory.

Both teams play on Tuesday. Western Michigan visits Buffalo and Miami (OH) travels to play Eastern Michigan.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
M-OH
RedHawks
32
WMU
Broncos
30

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Antwone Woolfolk vs. Max Burton (Mekhi Cooper gains possession)
19:39	+2	Antwone Woolfolk makes two point hook shot	2-0
19:21		Antwone Woolfolk blocks Chansey Willis Jr.'s two point layup
19:19		Broncos offensive rebound
19:07		Donovan Williams misses three point jump shot
19:05		JaVaughn Hannah offensive rebound
18:59		Markhi Strickland misses two point jump shot
18:57		Mekhi Cooper defensive rebound
18:41		Antwone Woolfolk misses two point jump shot
18:39		Donovan Williams defensive rebound
18:28	+2	Max Burton makes two point layup (Chansey Willis Jr. assists)	2-2
18:08		Kam Craft misses three point jump shot
18:06		Broncos defensive rebound
17:39		Markhi Strickland misses two point layup
17:37		Eian Elmer defensive rebound
17:24	+2	Peter Suder makes two point jump shot	4-2
17:17		Antwone Woolfolk blocks Chansey Willis Jr.'s two point layup
17:15		Peter Suder defensive rebound
17:04		Peter Suder turnover (bad pass) (Chansey Willis Jr. steals)
17:02		Eian Elmer personal foul (Chansey Willis Jr. draws the foul)
16:47		Markhi Strickland misses two point jump shot
16:45		Mekhi Cooper defensive rebound
16:20	+3	Mekhi Cooper makes three point jump shot (Peter Suder assists)	7-2
15:59		TV timeout
15:49		JaVaughn Hannah turnover (lost ball) (Mekhi Cooper steals)
15:45		Jump ball. (Broncos gains possession)
15:45		Mekhi Cooper turnover (Markhi Strickland steals)
15:32	+2	Markhi Strickland makes two point layup (Chansey Willis Jr. assists)	7-4
15:19		Reece Potter misses three point jump shot
15:17		Chansey Willis Jr. defensive rebound
15:12		Chansey Willis Jr. misses two point layup
15:10		Owen Lobsinger offensive rebound
15:07		Owen Lobsinger misses two point layup
15:05		Donovan Williams offensive rebound
15:04	+2	Donovan Williams makes two point layup	7-6
14:54		Peter Suder misses two point jump shot
14:52		Owen Lobsinger defensive rebound
14:45		JaVaughn Hannah misses three point jump shot
14:43		Owen Lobsinger offensive rebound
14:41		Eian Elmer personal foul (Owen Lobsinger draws the foul)
14:19		EJ Ryans misses two point jump shot
14:17		Luke Skaljac defensive rebound
14:15		Luke Skaljac turnover (bad pass) (Donovan Williams steals)
14:07	+2	Donovan Williams makes two point layup	7-8
14:07		Reece Potter shooting foul (Donovan Williams draws the foul)
14:07	+1	Donovan Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 1	7-9
13:52		Antwone Woolfolk misses two point layup
13:50		EJ Ryans defensive rebound
13:44		Donovan Williams misses two point layup
13:42		Markhi Strickland offensive rebound
13:41	+2	Markhi Strickland makes two point layup	7-11
13:26		Evan Ipsaro misses two point jump shot
13:24		Brandon Muntu defensive rebound
13:08		Max Burton turnover (bad pass)
12:57		Brandon Muntu shooting foul (Antwone Woolfolk draws the foul)
12:57	+1	Antwone Woolfolk makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-11
12:57		Antwone Woolfolk misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:57		Max Burton defensive rebound
12:51		Donovan Williams turnover (bad pass)
12:39	+2	Antwone Woolfolk makes two point layup (Luke Skaljac assists)	10-11
12:13		EJ Ryans misses three point jump shot
12:11		Antwone Woolfolk defensive rebound
12:03		Brandon Muntu personal foul (Luke Skaljac draws the foul)
11:53		Seryee Lewis personal foul (Evan Ipsaro draws the foul)
11:53		TV timeout
11:49	+2	Antwone Woolfolk makes two point layup (Brant Byers assists)	12-11
11:31		Luke Skaljac personal foul (Donovan Williams draws the foul)
11:26	+3	Donovan Williams makes three point jump shot (Chansey Willis Jr. assists)	12-14
11:15	+3	Luke Skaljac makes three point jump shot (Evan Ipsaro assists)	15-14
11:07		Brant Byers personal foul (Markhi Strickland draws the foul)
10:59		Donovan Williams misses two point layup
10:57		Peter Suder defensive rebound
10:38		Evan Ipsaro misses two point layup
10:36		Broncos defensive rebound
10:23		Max Burton misses two point hook shot
10:21		JaVaughn Hannah offensive rebound
10:20	+2	JaVaughn Hannah makes two point layup	15-16
10:11		Brant Byers misses two point jump shot
10:09		Markhi Strickland defensive rebound
9:45	+2	Chansey Willis Jr. makes two point jump shot	15-18
9:32		Max Burton personal foul (Peter Suder draws the foul)
9:25		Kam Craft misses two point layup
9:23		Chansey Willis Jr. defensive rebound
9:20	+2	Markhi Strickland makes two point dunk (Chansey Willis Jr. assists)	15-20
9:19		RedHawks 30 second timeout
9:00		Peter Suder misses two point jump shot
8:58		Reece Potter offensive rebound
8:58	+2	Brant Byers makes two point layup (Reece Potter assists)	17-20
8:37		Markhi Strickland misses two point layup
8:35		Kam Craft defensive rebound
8:24		Brant Byers misses three point jump shot
8:22		Markhi Strickland defensive rebound
8:16		Markhi Strickland misses two point layup
8:14		Markhi Strickland offensive rebound
8:11		Markhi Strickland turnover (bad pass) (Kam Craft steals)
8:06		Donovan Williams blocks Kam Craft's two point layup
8:04		Peter Suder offensive rebound
7:56	+2	Mekhi Cooper makes two point jump shot (Luke Skaljac assists)	19-20
7:41		Markhi Strickland misses two point layup
7:39		Markhi Strickland offensive rebound
7:38	+2	Markhi Strickland makes two point layup	19-22
7:22		Mekhi Cooper misses two point jump shot
7:20		Donovan Williams defensive rebound
7:06		JaVaughn Hannah turnover (bad pass) (Peter Suder steals)
6:57	+3	Reece Potter makes three point jump shot (Peter Suder assists)	22-22
6:45		Owen Lobsinger misses three point jump shot
6:44		Broncos offensive rebound
6:44		TV timeout
6:39		JaVaughn Hannah turnover (bad pass)
6:21		Eian Elmer misses three point jump shot
6:19		Seryee Lewis defensive rebound
6:10		Chansey Willis Jr. misses three point jump shot
6:08		Seryee Lewis offensive rebound
6:05	+2	Seryee Lewis makes two point layup	22-24
5:54		Brant Byers misses three point jump shot
5:52		Donovan Williams defensive rebound
5:47	+2	Chansey Willis Jr. makes two point layup	22-26
5:37		Markhi Strickland personal foul (Antwone Woolfolk draws the foul)
5:27		Eian Elmer misses two point jump shot
5:25		Antwone Woolfolk offensive rebound
5:18	+2	Antwone Woolfolk makes two point layup (Brant Byers assists)	24-26
5:02		Seryee Lewis misses two point layup
5:00		Luke Skaljac defensive rebound
4:57	+3	Evan Ipsaro makes three point jump shot (Luke Skaljac assists)	27-26
4:35		Donovan Williams misses two point layup
4:33		Evan Ipsaro defensive rebound
4:25		Evan Ipsaro misses two point jump shot
4:23		Donovan Williams defensive rebound
3:55		Eian Elmer blocks Donovan Williams's three point jump shot
3:54		Seryee Lewis offensive rebound
3:54		Broncos turnover (shot clock violation)
3:54		TV timeout
3:42		JaVaughn Hannah personal foul (Eian Elmer draws the foul)
3:39		Kam Craft misses two point layup
3:37		Owen Lobsinger defensive rebound
3:32	+2	Chansey Willis Jr. makes two point layup	27-28
3:24	+2	Brant Byers makes two point layup (Peter Suder assists)	29-28
3:15		Peter Suder blocks JaVaughn Hannah's two point jump shot
3:13		Peter Suder defensive rebound
2:56	+3	Brant Byers makes three point jump shot (Peter Suder assists)	32-28
2:39		Brant Byers personal foul (Max Burton draws the foul)
2:32		Reece Potter blocks Owen Lobsinger's two point layup
2:30		Brant Byers defensive rebound
2:08		Owen Lobsinger blocks Evan Ipsaro's two point layup
2:06		RedHawks offensive rebound
2:06		Evan Ipsaro turnover (bad pass) (Owen Lobsinger steals)
2:06		Donovan Williams turnover (bad pass)
2:00		EJ Ryans personal foul (Reece Potter draws the foul)
2:00		Reece Potter misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:00		Markhi Strickland defensive rebound
1:42		Chansey Willis Jr. misses two point jump shot
1:40		Owen Lobsinger offensive rebound
1:37	+2	Owen Lobsinger makes two point layup	32-30
1:17		Evan Ipsaro misses two point layup
1:15		Mekhi Cooper offensive rebound
1:14		Mekhi Cooper turnover (lost ball) (Chansey Willis Jr. steals)
1:08		JaVaughn Hannah misses two point jump shot
1:06		Antwone Woolfolk defensive rebound
0:42		Antwone Woolfolk misses two point jump shot
0:40		Donovan Williams defensive rebound
0:37		Owen Lobsinger misses three point jump shot
0:35		Mekhi Cooper defensive rebound
0:03		Peter Suder misses three point jump shot
0:01		Owen Lobsinger defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
M-OH
RedHawks
38
WMU
Broncos
48

Time		Play	Score
19:46	+2	Antwone Woolfolk makes two point layup	34-30
19:29		JaVaughn Hannah misses two point jump shot
19:27		Antwone Woolfolk defensive rebound
19:08		Mekhi Cooper turnover (bad pass) (JaVaughn Hannah steals)
19:00	+2	Max Burton makes two point layup (JaVaughn Hannah assists)	34-32
18:43		Eian Elmer misses two point jump shot
18:41		Broncos defensive rebound
18:23	+2	Chansey Willis Jr. makes two point jump shot	34-34
18:09	+2	Mekhi Cooper makes two point layup	36-34
18:09		Chansey Willis Jr. shooting foul (Mekhi Cooper draws the foul)
18:09	+1	Mekhi Cooper makes regular free throw 1 of 1	37-34
17:45	+3	JaVaughn Hannah makes three point jump shot (Chansey Willis Jr. assists)	37-37
17:29		Peter Suder turnover (bad pass)
17:16	+2	Seryee Lewis makes two point layup (Chansey Willis Jr. assists)	37-39
16:55		Kam Craft misses three point jump shot
16:53		Broncos defensive rebound
16:44		Mekhi Cooper shooting foul (Chansey Willis Jr. draws the foul)
16:44		Chansey Willis Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:44	+1	Chansey Willis Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-40
16:26		Eian Elmer misses two point jump shot
16:24		Owen Lobsinger defensive rebound
16:13		Donovan Williams misses three point jump shot
16:11		Donovan Williams offensive rebound
15:57		TV timeout
15:51		Donovan Williams misses two point layup
15:49		Peter Suder defensive rebound
15:44		Markhi Strickland personal foul (Peter Suder draws the foul)
15:28		Brant Byers misses two point layup
15:26		Owen Lobsinger defensive rebound
15:26		Brant Byers personal foul (Owen Lobsinger draws the foul)
15:18		Chansey Willis Jr. misses three point jump shot
15:16		Luke Skaljac defensive rebound
15:11		Donovan Williams flagrant 1 (Brant Byers draws the foul)
15:11	+1	Brant Byers makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	38-40
15:11	+1	Brant Byers makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2	39-40
15:03		Luke Skaljac misses three point jump shot
15:01		Donovan Williams defensive rebound
14:55		Evan Ipsaro personal foul (Owen Lobsinger draws the foul)
14:48		Markhi Strickland misses two point layup
14:46		Brant Byers defensive rebound
14:46		Owen Lobsinger personal foul (Brant Byers draws the foul)
14:28	+2	Peter Suder makes two point layup (Reece Potter assists)	41-40
14:05	+2	Donovan Williams makes two point layup	41-42
13:43		Luke Skaljac misses three point jump shot
13:41		Chansey Willis Jr. defensive rebound
13:36		Luke Skaljac shooting foul (Brandon Muntu draws the foul)
13:36	+1	Brandon Muntu makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-43
13:36	+1	Brandon Muntu makes regular free throw 2 of 2	41-44
13:24	+2	Peter Suder makes two point layup (Reece Potter assists)	43-44
13:10	+2	Brandon Muntu makes two point layup	43-46
13:10		Reece Potter shooting foul (Brandon Muntu draws the foul)
13:10	+1	Brandon Muntu makes regular free throw 1 of 1	43-47
12:51		Mekhi Cooper turnover (lost ball) (EJ Ryans steals)
12:47		Donovan Williams offensive foul (Evan Ipsaro draws the foul)
12:47		Donovan Williams turnover (offensive foul)
12:33		Brandon Muntu personal foul (Evan Ipsaro draws the foul)
12:28		Peter Suder turnover (bad pass) (JaVaughn Hannah steals)
12:04		Peter Suder shooting foul (Markhi Strickland draws the foul)
12:04		Markhi Strickland misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:04		Markhi Strickland misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:04		JaVaughn Hannah offensive rebound
11:46		JaVaughn Hannah misses two point jump shot
11:44		Markhi Strickland offensive rebound
11:40	+3	JaVaughn Hannah makes three point jump shot (Brandon Muntu assists)	43-50
11:28		Brandon Muntu shooting foul (Evan Ipsaro draws the foul)
11:28		TV timeout
11:28	+1	Evan Ipsaro makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-50
11:28	+1	Evan Ipsaro makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-50
11:03		JaVaughn Hannah turnover (bad pass) (Reece Potter steals)
10:54		Max Burton shooting foul (Reece Potter draws the foul)
10:54	+1	Reece Potter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-50
10:54	+1	Reece Potter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-50
10:32		Evan Ipsaro personal foul (JaVaughn Hannah draws the foul)
10:32	+1	JaVaughn Hannah makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-51
10:32	+1	JaVaughn Hannah makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-52
10:17		Reece Potter turnover (lost ball) (Chansey Willis Jr. steals)
10:10	+2	JaVaughn Hannah makes two point dunk (Chansey Willis Jr. assists)	47-54
9:56		Reece Potter turnover (lost ball) (JaVaughn Hannah steals)
9:50		Max Burton offensive foul (Reece Potter draws the foul)
9:50		Max Burton turnover (offensive foul)
9:27		Reece Potter turnover (lost ball) (JaVaughn Hannah steals)
9:13	+3	Chansey Willis Jr. makes three point jump shot	47-57
9:12		RedHawks 30 second timeout
9:12		TV timeout
8:59		Kam Craft misses three point jump shot
8:57		Chansey Willis Jr. defensive rebound
8:55		Markhi Strickland misses two point dunk
8:53		RedHawks defensive rebound
8:38		JaVaughn Hannah personal foul (Mekhi Cooper draws the foul)
8:38		Mekhi Cooper misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:38	+1	Mekhi Cooper makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-57
8:13		Owen Lobsinger turnover (bad pass) (Antwone Woolfolk steals)
7:53		Peter Suder misses three point jump shot
7:51		Donovan Williams defensive rebound
7:25		JaVaughn Hannah misses three point jump shot
7:23		Owen Lobsinger offensive rebound
7:23		Eian Elmer shooting foul (Owen Lobsinger draws the foul)
7:23		TV timeout
7:23		Owen Lobsinger misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:23	+1	Owen Lobsinger makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-58
7:09		Peter Suder misses two point jump shot
7:07		JaVaughn Hannah defensive rebound
6:45	+2	Chansey Willis Jr. makes two point layup	48-60
6:28		Peter Suder turnover (lost ball) (Chansey Willis Jr. steals)
6:23		Chansey Willis Jr. misses two point layup
6:21		Donovan Williams offensive rebound
6:18	+2	Donovan Williams makes two point layup	48-62
6:01		Mekhi Cooper misses three point jump shot
5:59		JaVaughn Hannah defensive rebound
5:31		Chansey Willis Jr. misses three point jump shot
5:29		Donovan Williams offensive rebound
5:29		Peter Suder personal foul (Donovan Williams draws the foul)
5:29	+1	Donovan Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-63
5:29	+1	Donovan Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-64
5:20		Evan Ipsaro misses three point jump shot
5:18		Peter Suder offensive rebound
5:06	+2	Peter Suder makes two point layup	50-64
4:39		Markhi Strickland misses two point layup
4:37		Owen Lobsinger offensive rebound
4:37		Reece Potter shooting foul (Owen Lobsinger draws the foul)
4:37	+1	Owen Lobsinger makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-65
4:37	+1	Owen Lobsinger makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-66
4:28	+3	Brant Byers makes three point jump shot (Evan Ipsaro assists)	53-66
4:11	+2	Chansey Willis Jr. makes two point layup	53-68
4:09		RedHawks 30 second timeout
4:09		TV timeout
3:59	+2	Brant Byers makes two point jump shot (Reece Potter assists)	55-68
3:59		JaVaughn Hannah shooting foul (Brant Byers draws the foul)
3:59		Brant Byers misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:59		Donovan Williams defensive rebound
3:54		Markhi Strickland turnover (back court violation)
3:45	+2	Reece Potter makes two point layup (Mekhi Cooper assists)	57-68
3:45		Chansey Willis Jr. shooting foul (Reece Potter draws the foul)
3:45	+1	Reece Potter makes regular free throw 1 of 1	58-68
3:38		Peter Suder personal foul (JaVaughn Hannah draws the foul)
3:38		JaVaughn Hannah misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:38	+1	JaVaughn Hannah makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-69
3:30		Evan Ipsaro turnover (bad pass)
3:02		Chansey Willis Jr. misses two point jump shot
3:00		Donovan Williams offensive rebound
3:00		Brant Byers personal foul (Donovan Williams draws the foul)
3:00		Donovan Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:00	+1	Donovan Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-70
2:55		Donovan Williams shooting foul (Peter Suder draws the foul)
2:55		Peter Suder misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:55		Peter Suder misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:55		Donovan Williams defensive rebound
2:26	+2	Chansey Willis Jr. makes two point layup	58-72
2:11	+2	Brant Byers makes two point layup	60-72
1:39		Chansey Willis Jr. misses three point jump shot
1:37		JaVaughn Hannah offensive rebound
1:37		Broncos turnover (shot clock violation)
1:26	+3	Brant Byers makes three point jump shot (Evan Ipsaro assists)	63-72
1:18	+2	Markhi Strickland makes two point layup	63-74
1:09	+2	Evan Ipsaro makes two point layup	65-74
1:09		RedHawks 60 second timeout
1:08		Reece Potter personal foul (Chansey Willis Jr. draws the foul)
1:08	+1	Chansey Willis Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-75
1:08	+1	Chansey Willis Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-76
0:58	+2	Evan Ipsaro makes two point layup (Mekhi Cooper assists)	67-76
0:49		Reece Potter personal foul (Markhi Strickland draws the foul)
0:49		Markhi Strickland misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:49		Markhi Strickland misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:49		Peter Suder defensive rebound
0:43	+3	Mekhi Cooper makes three point jump shot (Peter Suder assists)	70-76
0:39		Eian Elmer personal foul (Chansey Willis Jr. draws the foul)
0:39	+1	Chansey Willis Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-77
0:39	+1	Chansey Willis Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-78
0:29		Peter Suder misses three point jump shot
0:27		Donovan Williams defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Donovan Williams defensive rebound