Zips sports news, features and notes
- UA’s Alexis Cooks wins discus with school-record throw
- Seven KSU baseball players earn All-MAC honors
- Marla Ridenour: From walk-on to champion: UA’s Alex McCune finds his niche
- KSU’s Jennifer Ha struggles to 79 in first round of NCAA Women’s Golf Championships
- Zips notebook: Quincy Diggs back in school; football player arrested
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 1: Flashes top Zips, get help from Bowling Green to win MAC title, earn top seed in tournament
- On the Record — May 18
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 3: Flashes muster enough energy to top Zips, stay alive for top seed in MAC Tournament
- Kent State golf in fifth after two rounds of NCAA Regional
- Kent State-Akron in-game updates: Kent State wins 4-3
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Who is Western Michigan?
Men's basketball
Western Michigan might be the most balanced team in the MAC.
The Broncos get great interior defense, scoring and rebounding from a corps of big men led by All-MAC center Joe Reitz.
Then they get great guard play from Michael Redell and David Kool. Redell is fourth in the MAC with 4.33 assists per game. Kool is a great shooter with pro potential.
Reitz and Kool comprise the MAC's best inside-outside punch. That's the reason they are 6-2 in the MAC and will end up being one of two teams in the nation to beat Davidson this season. WMU also is 7-1 at home.
The Broncos' weakness is that they don't shoot that well aside from the Big Two.
Still, this will be Akron's third hardest game in the MAC season (behind KSU and Ohio). The Zips can win with a great 3-point shooting night and terrific defense.
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Notes...
The Buchtelite's Vincent Dorsey wrote about how basketball fits in Steve McNees' life and how he wound up at Akron.
CollegeHoops.net breaks down the BracketBuster games and declares Akron the favorite over Virginia Commonwealth.
Women's basketball
The Buchtelite's Adam Ferrise wrote about how the Zips are using three freshmen in the starting lineup.
