James Madison Dukes @ Akron Zips

MAC-SBC Challenge

0-1, 0-1 Away

Final

	1	2	T
James Madison JMU	39	32	71
Akron AKR	30	55	85

Akron ZipsAkronAKR

1-0, 1-0 Home

James Madison Dukes

starters
Gabe NewhofG. Newhof#33
Eddie Ricks IIIE. Ricks III#3
Justin McBrideJ. McBride#21
Bradley DouglasB. Douglas#2
Cliff DavisC. Davis#10
bench
Preston FowlerP. Fowler#13
Christian BrownC. Brown#0
Eli WilbornE. Wilborn#25
Paul Jones IIIP. Jones III#1
Paul LewisP. Lewis#11
Justin TaylorJ. Taylor#5
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
19	8	4-5	0-0	0-0	2	0	3	1	1	0	2	4
25	4	1-4	0-3	2-2	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	2
25	14	5-15	4-6	0-1	5	0	1	0	0	3	2	3
26	11	3-9	0-2	5-5	1	3	5	2	0	0	1	4
26	14	5-9	4-8	0-0	4	2	2	2	0	2	2	4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
23	6	2-8	2-6	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
16	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	2	0	7	0	0	2
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
8	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	0
21	12	3-5	1-2	5-5	2	6	2	0	0	0	2	2
7	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	71	24-61	11-29	12-13	36	14	19	5	9	12	24	22
		39%	38%	92%

Akron Zips

starters
Amani LylesA. Lyles#0
Eric MahaffeyE. Mahaffey#4
Tavari JohnsonT. Johnson#5
Shammah ScottS. Scott#1
Evan MahaffeyE. Mahaffey#12
bench
Ognjen StankovicO. Stankovic#16
Sharron YoungS. Young#3
Marvin Musiime-KamaliM. Musiime-Kamali#23
Zach HalliganZ. Halligan#21
Bowen HardmanB. Hardman#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
28	22	8-13	1-3	5-6	9	0	2	1	4	3	6	2
21	4	2-5	0-1	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	3
28	14	4-9	1-2	5-6	2	4	1	2	0	0	2	2
32	17	6-13	4-8	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
30	4	2-7	0-2	0-0	6	7	2	4	2	4	2	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
11	3	0-2	0-0	3-4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
20	10	2-5	1-3	5-6	4	3	1	1	0	2	2	2
12	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	2	0	2	2	0
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	7	1-6	1-6	4-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	85	27-63	8-25	23-29	41	15	8	10	6	15	26	13
		43%	32%	79%

Evan Mahaffey denies James Madison Dukes with swat

0:20

Justin McBride gets the and-1 to fall

0:15

Sharron Young shows off the range on 3-point shot

0:15

Game Information

Akron, OH

Referee:Ben Syroka

Referee:Tony Meeks

Referee:Michael Griffith

NCAA Division I

Sun Belt Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Troy	12-6	-	22-12
South Alabama	11-7	1	21-12
Arkansas State	11-7	1	20-12
Texas State	11-7	1	19-13
Marshall	11-7	1	19-13
Coastal Carolina	11-7	1	19-13
App State	11-7	1	19-13
James Madison	9-9	3	18-15
Southern Miss	9-9	3	19-16
Georgia Southern	8-10	4	21-16
Old Dominion	7-11	5	12-21
Louisiana	7-11	5	11-22
Georgia State	7-11	5	10-22
UL Monroe	1-17	11	4-28

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
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	14	9-21

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