Buffalo Bulls @ Akron Zips

9-22, 4-14 MAC

Final

	1	2	T
Buffalo BUF	24	46	70
Akron AKR	47	41	88

Akron ZipsAkronAKR

25-6, 17-1 MAC

Buffalo Bulls

starters
Ben MichaelsB. Michaels#8
Noah BatchelorN. Batchelor#1
Tyson DunnT. Dunn#5
Anquan Boldin JrA. Boldin Jr.#4
Ryan SabolR. Sabol#2
bench
Frederiks MeinartsF. Meinarts#14
Kavon BradfordK. Bradford#22
Omar Migues-HibeljicO. Migues-Hibeljic#0
Lloyd McVeighL. McVeigh#9
Bryson WilsonB. Wilson#11
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
25	14	5-9	2-4	2-2	5	0	1	0	0	1	4	4
20	3	1-2	0-1	1-1	4	1	1	0	0	2	2	2
27	5	2-8	1-5	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
28	9	2-6	1-4	4-6	3	1	1	1	0	1	2	1
28	14	5-13	1-7	3-3	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
15	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	0	1	2	3	2
17	7	2-4	0-0	3-3	3	0	4	2	0	1	2	1
3	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	11	4-8	1-3	2-2	6	1	1	0	0	3	3	2
20	5	2-8	1-3	0-0	4	2	2	0	2	1	3	1
	70	23-61	7-27	17-19	36	8	12	3	3	12	24	16
		38%	26%	89%

Akron Zips

starters
James OkonkwoJ. Okonkwo#32
Tavari JohnsonT. Johnson#5
Evan WilsonE. Wilson#20
Isaiah GrayI. Gray#13
Seth WilsonS. Wilson#14
bench
Amani LylesA. Lyles#0
Sharron YoungS. Young#3
Marvin Musiime-KamaliM. Musiime-Kamali#23
Shammah ScottS. Scott#1
Bowen HardmanB. Hardman#15
Nate JohnsonN. Johnson#34
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
21	10	4-4	0-0	2-4	11	1	1	1	0	3	8	2
27	7	3-7	1-4	0-0	3	5	0	1	0	0	3	2
6	3	1-5	1-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	14	7-12	0-0	0-0	4	2	1	0	0	2	2	0
24	9	3-5	2-4	1-2	3	3	0	1	0	1	2	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
16	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	10	3	0	0	1	5	5	1
17	7	3-8	0-4	1-2	4	1	2	2	0	2	2	0
5	4	1-2	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
22	11	3-6	2-2	3-4	3	3	1	1	0	1	2	0
15	7	2-5	2-5	1-2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
23	14	5-12	2-4	2-3	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	1
	88	33-70	10-28	12-19	44	18	6	8	2	16	28	13
		47%	36%	63%

Nate Johnson somehow gets the and-1 to fall

0:15

Noah Batchelor gets the hoop and the harm

0:13

Amani Lyles with the massive stuff at the rim

0:16

Game Information

Akron, OH

Referee:Greg Langsdorf

Referee:Tony Meeks

Referee:Jourdan Love

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	18-0	-	32-2
Akron	17-1	1	29-6
Kent State	14-4	4	24-10
Toledo	11-7	7	19-15
Bowling Green	9-9	9	18-14
Ohio	9-9	9	15-17
Buffalo	7-11	11	17-15
Massachusetts	7-11	11	17-16
Ball State	7-11	11	12-19
Central Michigan	6-12	12	10-21
Western Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Eastern Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Northern Illinois	4-14	14	9-21

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