Gets skype interview to lead off SportsCenter. 10-15 from three, 10-10 from the FT line.

Scored 26 straight CMU points in the second half as they went from down 1 to up 12.

3rd highest scoring game in CMU history:
1. Tommie Johnson 53
(Wright State, 12/22/87)
2. David Webber 51
(Ball State, 2/24/00)

Keene's run:
GOOD! 3 PTR by Keene, Marcus 06:43 76-74 H 2
FOUL by Scott, DaRohn (P3T4) 06:36 76-75 H 1 GOOD! FT SHOT by WEATHERS, Michael
REBOUND (DEF) by Hibbitts, Blake 06:36 MISSED FT SHOT by WEATHERS, Michael
TURNOVR by Rayson, Braylon 06:25
06:07 TURNOVR by WEATHERS, Marcus
STEAL by Keene, Marcus 06:06
GOOD! LAYUP by Keene, Marcus [FB/PNT] 06:04 78-75 H 3
GOOD! FT SHOT by Keene, Marcus 06:04 79-75 H 4 FOUL by WADE, Dion (P3T9)
05:55 79-77 H 2 GOOD! LAYUP by McLANE, Logan [FB/PNT]
05:55 ASSIST by WEATHERS, Marcus
GOOD! LAYUP by Keene, Marcus [PNT] 05:42 81-77 H 4
FOUL by Rayson, Braylon (P2T5) 05:36
05:29 81-79 H 2 GOOD! LAYUP by WEATHERS, Michael [PNT]
GOOD! FT SHOT by Keene, Marcus 05:21 82-79 H 3 FOUL by WEATHERS, Michael (P4T10)
GOOD! FT SHOT by Keene, Marcus 05:21 83-79 H 4
REBOUND (DEF) by Scott, DaRohn 04:54 MISSED JUMPER by HAROUNA, Abdoulaye
GOOD! 3 PTR by Keene, Marcus 04:44 86-79 H 7
04:39 TIMEOUT 30sec
04:30 MISSED 3 PTR by WRIGHT, Jake
04:30 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM)
04:16 MISSED 3 PTR by HAROUNA, Abdoulaye
04:16 REBOUND (OFF) by WEATHERS, Marcus
04:11 TIMEOUT TEAM
03:57 TURNOVR by WEATHERS, Michael
STEAL by DiLeo, David 03:56
GOOD! 3 PTR by Keene, Marcus 03:51 89-79 H 10
ASSIST by Rayson, Braylon 03:51
FOUL by DiLeo, David (P2T6) 03:40 89-80 H 9 GOOD! FT SHOT by WEATHERS, Michael
03:40 89-81 H 8 GOOD! FT SHOT by WEATHERS, Michael
GOOD! 3 PTR by Keene, Marcus 03:19 92-81 H 11
FOUL by Scott, DaRohn (P4T7) 03:07 92-82 H 10 GOOD! FT SHOT by WEATHERS, Marcus
03:07 92-83 H 9 GOOD! FT SHOT by WEATHERS, Marcus
GOOD! FT SHOT by Keene, Marcus 02:45 93-83 H 10 FOUL by McLANE, Logan (P2T11)
GOOD! FT SHOT by Keene, Marcus 02:45 94-83 H 11
REBOUND (DEF) by Williams, Cecil 02:38 MISSED 3 PTR by McLANE, Logan
GOOD! 3 PTR by Keene, Marcus 02:16 97-83 H 14
02:04 MISSED JUMPER by WEATHERS, Michael
02:04 REBOUND (OFF) by WEATHERS, Marcus
02:03 97-85 H 12 GOOD! DUNK by WEATHERS, Marcus [PNT]
FOUL by Williams, Cecil (P2T8) 02:03 MISSED FT SHOT by McLANE, Logan
REBOUND (DEF) by DiLeo, David 02:03
MISSED 3 PTR by Keene, Marcus 01:39 REBOUND (DEF) by HAROUNA, Abdoulaye
01:33 97-87 H 10 GOOD! LAYUP by WEATHERS, Michael [FB/PNT]
GOOD! FT SHOT by Keene, Marcus 01:20 98-87 H 11 FOUL by WADE, Dion (P4T12)
GOOD! FT SHOT by Keene, Marcus 01:20 99-87 H 12

He is impressive.

I saw a game where he sat a lot of minutes in crucial time. The tandem is what makes them go. Rayson is a 5'9 sparkplug that keeps the offense running. Ranked 3rd in the country in %of minutes played I think a lot of Keene's ability to produce is helped by Rayson's ability to move the ball downhill. Keene is a talent no doubt and the attention you have to give to Rayson makes him better.

This will be an interesting vote. The MAC doesn't usually give the award to a player on a team that has a losing record. CMU's got some work to do to make that happen.

Seems to have some range on his jumper.

Scoring 26 in a row seems to be out of the norm.

Yep, and they are the exceptions that prove the rule since they were the last two. It's been 27 years since the last one.

Averaging 30 points a game, best in the nation by almost 6 points. If that holds, I don't think it will matter if CMU ends up terrible, they'll give him the award. And then to make matters crazier, his teammate Braylon Rayson is averaging almost 20 points per game, 50th in the nation.

But I'm just not sold. When you have 2 players that AVERAGE 50 per night, how can you be so unimpressive? The 2 take 56% of the team's shots. That doesn't seem smart, especially given Rayson's effective FG % is worse than every single player on Ohio except Simmons. Keene has almost as many turnovers as assists and offers very little in the way of steals/blocks/rebounds. Clearly these 2 play almost every minute and the result is one of the worst defenses in the country.

I don't doubt he is a good player but my impression is his scoring ability overrates him as an overall player.

That's why I said carry the team on his back. He'd have to average 20 PPG and 7 assists the rest of the way, plus a win over Akron to be considered.

Keene definitely isn't shy about putting the ball up. Beenish, but better.

If he leads the nation in scoring, it would be the second time for a MAC player to ever do it (Howard Komives of BG had 36.7 ppg in 1964-1965). Not giving him POY would rank among the dumbest results ever for that award, and there have been some awful ones.

It would be hard for him not to be player of the year, no matter how bad his team, if he leads the nation in scoring and does so by a good margin. So long as his shooting numbers are decent. So far they are pretty efficient.