CLEVELAND (AP) - Dominique Buckley made two free throws with 5.6 seconds left as Toledo held off a furious rally by Central Michigan for a 75-72 win Wednesday night in the second round of the Mid-American Conference tournament.
The seventh-seeded Rockets (18-15) led by 11 with 4:16 left, but the Chippewas, forcing turnovers with their full-court press, pulled within one, 73-72, on Austin McBroom's 3-pointer with 8.3 seconds remaining.
After Buckley knocked down his two foul shots, McBroom's off-balance 3 at the buzzer was way off.
Rian Pearson scored 20 and Julius Brown had 18, including five free throws in the final minute for Toledo, which plays third-seeded Ohio in Thursday's quarterfinals. The Rockets beat the Bobcats during the regular season.
Trey Zeigler scored 17 for the No. 11 seed Chippewas (11-21), but the sophomore missed two free throws with 13 seconds left.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Central Michigan (11-21) | 31 | 41 | 72 |
| Toledo (18-15) « | 35 | 40 | 75 |
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| Central Michigan Chippewas | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Coimbra, F | 22 | 2-8 | 3-3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| A. Barnes, F | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Jackson, G | 37 | 4-12 | 5-8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| A. McBroom, G | 34 | 4-14 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| T. Zeigler, G | 30 | 8-16 | 1-6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| O. Mbaigoto | 26 | 5-10 | 3-3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| F. Craddock | 16 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| J. Harden | 10 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Keel | 8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Z. Saylor | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Morris | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-67 | 15-25 | 39 | 11 | 23 | 72 | |
| 37.3% | 60% | ||||||
| Toledo Rockets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Smith, F | 14 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| R. Holliday, G | 36 | 4-5 | 2-4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| J. Brown, G | 35 | 5-12 | 7-10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| R. Pearson, G | 33 | 7-17 | 6-7 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| D. Buckley, G | 19 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Dennis | 32 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Dear | 18 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| R. Wonnell | 8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Mathew | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-51 | 23-30 | 39 | 11 | 24 | 75 | |
| 45.1% | 76.7% | ||||||
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