Zips sports news, features and notes
- UA athletes fail to qualify
- 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
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Zips fall apart in overtime
Men's basketball
Akron and Miami played the game that most people would expect for the first 40 minutes. There was plenty of defense and minimal scoring.
Then Miami started overtime with a 8-0 run, which was enough separation to give the RedHawks a win in the MAC opener, 64-51.
The Zips had two opportunities to win in regulation. As the clock dwindled with a tie game, Humpty Hitchens missed an off-balance short jumper and the ball squirted out of bounds, giving Akron only 1.2 seconds with which to score. Brett McKnight air-balled a 3 and the game went to overtime.
On a positive note, Nate Linhart held Michael Bramos to 10 points, seven fewer than Bramos' season average. Carl Richburg, however, scored 12 points, including Miami's final five points in regulation.
The Zips play next against Buffalo Tuesday at Rhodes Arena. The Bulls have shown signs of improvement since last year. I will preview the game in the next couple days.
