Eastern Michigan Eagles at Akron Zips
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63 - 65
Top-seeded Akron holds off Eastern Michigan in MAC opener
The Zips (25-7) trailed by 12 with 8:46 left before finally finding their range behind the 3-point line to hold off the eighth-seeded Eagles (18-15). They will face 12th-seeded Bowling Green in the semifinals on Friday.
Raven Lee made two free throws to put Eastern Michigan up 63-62 before the Zips went inside to Johnson, who finished with 19 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. Lee was bumped while missing a layup with nine seconds left but didn't get the call and Akron's Josh Williams missed a breakaway with three seconds left.
Eastern Michigan was assessed a technical foul for calling a timeout it didn't have and Tim Bond made a free throw for Akron.
Reggie McAdams led Akron with 20 points. The Zips went 9 of 33 on 3-pointers.
Lee led the Eagles with 23 points.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 63 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Noah Robotham made Free Throw. | 63 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Technical Foul on Tim Bond. | 63 - 64 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Tim Bond Defensive Rebound. | 63 - 64 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Josh Williams missed Layup. | 63 - 64 |
Statistics
 EMU |
 AKR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 22-58 | FG | 21-62 |
| 38 | Field Goal % | 34 |
| 5-14 | 3PT | 9-33 |
| 36 | Three Point % | 27 |
| 14-17 | FT | 14-22 |
| 82 | Free Throw % | 64 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 33 | Defensive Rebounds | 28 |
| 6 | Assists | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 5 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 8 | Points Off Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| 30 | Points in Paint | 24 |
| 15 | Fouls | 18 |
| 12 | Largest Lead | 3 |
Game Information
Location: Cleveland, OH
Capacity:
2025-26 Mid-American Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 10 | 9-21 |