Zips win 7th MAC game
Posted January 26th, 2006 by mrasor
Men's basketball
Akron beat Miami 52-45 to move to 7-1 in the MAC and 14-4 overall. The RedHawks (9-8, 6-3) played their typically solid defense but the Zips pulled away late in the second half. With losses by Ohio and Kent State, the Zips are back in first place.
Some thoughts…
- The turning point was a blocked shot from Darryl Peterson which started a fast break. Dru Joyce hit a 3 to expand the Zips' lead to four.
- Actually, both teams played great defense. And up until the RedHawks had to foul to stop the clock, neither team accumulated many fouls.
- Joyce hit three 3-pointers and scored 12. Romeo Travis had seven boards and three blocks. However, my player of the game is Peterson, who gave a great offensive lift from the bench. He scored 11 on seven shots. I'm really rooting for Peterson to come back to have a strong second half of his senior year.
- William Hatcher played well for Miami with 14 points and six rebounds.
- Miami is not a good team, but still can surprise some teams who aren't shooting well from the perimeter. The RedHawks are well-coached, and as long as they keep the pace down, they can win.
- Here's some amazing news for Zips fans. Kent State lost at home to Bowling Green, 79-74. Akron is again tied for the conference lead with the Flashes. Ohio also lost to Buffalo. That's the good news. The bad news is that the Zips play the underrated Falcons on the road on Saturday.
- In other MAC action, Northern Illinois won at Central Michigan, Toledo creamed Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan beat Ball State.
January 26th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Glad the Zips won…and that Huggins could mumble his way thru another "thank-you" at halftime. His monotone is a riot. Nice standing "O" reception for him, though, and for Wyatt Webb's family. UA fans remember the best of times, for sure.
But let's ask the hard question, now: "Who is responsible for scheduling that elaborate halftime ceremony on the same night that TWENTY mascots from all over Akron and Cleveland were in-house and ready to play a halftime basketball game??" That was utterly ridiculous and a waste of a LOT of people's time. By the time that lengthy video played, the introductions and speeches were made…all of the mascots had ZERO time, as the teams were ready to take their warm-ups. Let's get it TOGETHER in the Athletic Dept., guys. ONE activity in a fast-moving halftime is PLENTY.
And we missed one of the funniest sights imaginable, with all those helpless, goofy mascots trying to dribble, pass and shoot.
January 26th, 2006 at 8:22 pm
wait, the women's team was going to play at game at half time?
ohh sorry. I saw goofy, dribble, pass and shoot in the same sentence. Honest mistake.
Ohh yeah, Buffalo beat Ohio 70-51.
January 27th, 2006 at 8:09 am
I totally agree with your comments about the quality of ONN's video. I watched both games this week, and you're right, it very disappointing that a statewide cable company's picture looks so bad. (and it for the high school football games, too)
And a compliment to Time-Warner. After the Akron-Miami last night, I flipped over to check out the BG-Kent game. The quality of picture was 1000 times better than ONN. So much cleaner crisp. Congrats to Time Warner!!!
Let's just hope that Akron looks that good in the upcoming weeks