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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Zips retain composure, win a big one
Men's basketball
Every good team is capable of blowing a big lead.
Not every one can keep its composure enough to win the game.
The Zips beat Oral Roberts 61-59 tonight after it appeared Oral Roberts would ride late momentum to a come-from-behind victory. The Zips probably will look back at this win as a big RPI boost in March.
Akron led by 14 early in the second half. Feeding the ball to stud big man Caleb Green, Oral Roberts took a four-point lead.
Down one, Dru Joyce nailed a crucial 3-pointer with less than a minute to go. Oral Roberts' Adam Liberty stepped out of bounds. Nate Linhart then hit another 3 to take a five-point lead with 25 seconds left.
Akron fended off another late scare to put away the Golden Eagles. I'll have more on the game tomorrow morning.
