Akron Zips Fall One Point Short in First Home Loss of the Season
by Ryan Isley The University of Akron men’s basketball team dug themselves a hole and try as they might, they never could fully climb out of it in a 62-61 loss to Middle Tennessee Saturday night. Akron...
View ArticleAkron Zips Get Early Christmas Gift With 92-53 Win Over Bluffton
by Ryan Isley The Akron men’s basketball team must have been good boys this year because when they showed up at the arena on Saturday night, they found wrapped under the Christmas tree an easy win over...
View ArticleAntino Jackson Learns to Enjoy the Process in Akron Zips Win
by Ryan Isley The Akron Zips men’s basketball team finished up the non-conference portion of their schedule on Saturday night, defeating Coppin State 79-62. There was one Akron player who may have...
View ArticleAkron Zips Buck Western Michigan Broncos 72-52 to Open MAC Play
by Ryan Isley The Akron Zips men’s basketball team had the unenviable task of opening Mid-American Conference play against the defending MAC champions – and the team that eliminated them from the MAC...
View ArticleAkron Zips Use Big First Half Run to Clip Falcons 67-50
by Ryan Isley First things first for the University of Akron men’s basketball team. Well, first halves first, anyway. For the second straight home game, Akron took a large lead in the first half. And...
View ArticleReggie McAdams Has Career Night as Akron Zips Hold on to Beat Central Michigan
by Ryan Isley It was as if there was a reality show being taped inside the James A. Rhodes Arena at the University of Akron on Saturday night. They could have called it “the Reggie McAdams Show.” The...
View ArticleAkron Zips Beat Ball State; Honor Dan Peters
by Ryan Isley The University of Akron’s men’s basketball team overcame a slow start on Tuesday night to beat the Ball State Cardinals 59-47 at the James A Rhodes Arena. Akron (14-6, 5-2 MAC) trailed...
View ArticleJuice Brown Ices The Zips in Toledo Rockets Win
by Ryan Isley If you thought the frigid temperatures throughout Ohio were cold, they have nothing on the temperature of the ice water in the veins of Toledo’s Juice Brown. The senior guard buried a...
View ArticleAkron Zips Lose Third Straight With 57-52 OT Loss to Miami (OH)
by Ryan Isley The Akron Zips couldn’t hit a shot when it mattered, and it cost them as they dropped a 57-52 overtime decision to the Miami RedHawks Saturday night. After the two teams couldn’t decide...
View ArticleAkron Uses Big Second Half From Antino Jackson to Beat Ohio
by Ryan Isley A losing streak was going to end Friday night no matter what. The Akron Zips decided that it was going to be theirs. After suffering a four-game losing streak – the worst in head coach...
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