Akron 77-71 Kent State (20 Jan, 2024) Play-by-Play

Akron Zips

14-4, 6-0 Conference

	1	2	T
AKR	36	41	77
KENT	22	49	71

TIME	AKR	KENT
19:49	Mike Bekelja made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Reggie Bass.	0	3
19:22	Ali Ali made Jumper.	2	3
18:58	Mike Bekelja Turnover.	2	3
18:58	Enrique Freeman Steal.	2	3
18:48	Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.	2	3
18:42	Sammy Hunter Offensive Rebound.	2	3
18:42	Sammy Hunter made Dunk.	4	3
18:22	VonCameron Davis missed Layup.	4	3
18:19	Chris Payton Jr. Offensive Rebound.	4	3
18:16	Reggie Bass missed Three Point Jumper.	4	3
18:13	Akron Defensive Rebound.	4	3
17:52	Enrique Freeman made Layup.	6	3
17:52	Foul on Chris Payton Jr..	6	3
17:52	Enrique Freeman missed Free Throw.	6	3
17:52	Jalen Sullinger Defensive Rebound.	6	3
17:38	Chris Payton Jr. missed Jumper.	6	3
17:33	Ali Ali Defensive Rebound.	6	3
17:28	Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper.	9	3
17:01	Jalen Sullinger missed Jumper.	9	3
16:55	Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.	9	3
16:50	Foul on Chris Payton Jr..	9	3
16:50	Ali Ali made Free Throw.	10	3
16:50	Ali Ali made Free Throw.	11	3
16:50	Ali Ali made Free Throw.	12	3
16:34	Foul on Kaleb Thornton.	12	3
16:34	Reggie Bass missed Free Throw.	12	3
16:34	Kent State Deadball Team Rebound.	12	3
16:34	Reggie Bass made Free Throw.	12	4
16:06	Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sammy Hunter.	15	4
15:59	Jalen Sullinger Turnover.	15	4
15:59	Tavari Johnson Steal.	15	4
15:54	Tavari Johnson made Layup.	17	4
15:54	Kent State Timeout	17	4
15:54	Official TV Timeout	17	4
15:35	VonCameron Davis made Layup.	17	6
15:16	Akron Turnover.	17	6
14:58	VonCameron Davis missed Three Point Jumper.	17	6
14:56	Akron Defensive Rebound.	17	6
14:28	Sammy Hunter missed	17	6
14:24	VonCameron Davis Defensive Rebound.	17	6
14:17	Tyem Freeman missed Layup.	17	6
14:14	Sammy Hunter Defensive Rebound.	17	6
14:08	Shammah Scott missed Three Point Jumper.	17	6
14:04	Shammah Scott Offensive Rebound.	17	6
13:50	Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.	17	6
13:45	Tyem Freeman Defensive Rebound.	17	6
13:39	Giovanni Santiago made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Sullinger.	17	9
13:34	Akron Timeout	17	9
13:25	Ali Ali Turnover.	17	9
13:25	Giovanni Santiago Steal.	17	9
13:23	Foul on Amani Lyles.	17	9
13:07	Reggie Bass missed Three Point Jumper.	17	9
13:04	Ali Ali Defensive Rebound.	17	9
12:54	Amani Lyles missed Layup.	17	9
12:54	Donovan Hunter Block.	17	9
12:48	Reggie Bass Defensive Rebound.	17	9
12:30	Giovanni Santiago made Layup.	17	11
12:04	Ali Ali missed Three Point Jumper.	17	11
11:59	Amani Lyles Offensive Rebound.	17	11
11:59	Amani Lyles made Layup.	19	11
11:48	Foul on Ali Ali.	19	11
11:48	Official TV Timeout	19	11
11:29	Kent State Turnover.	19	11
11:13	Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.	19	11
11:09	Magnus Entenmann Defensive Rebound.	19	11
10:50	Reggie Bass missed Three Point Jumper.	19	11
10:47	Kaleb Thornton Defensive Rebound.	19	11
10:41	Foul on Reggie Bass.	19	11
10:32	Sammy Hunter missed Three Point Jumper.	19	11
10:29	Tavari Johnson Offensive Rebound.	19	11
10:24		21	11
10:10	Jalen Sullinger missed Jumper.	21	11
10:05	Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound.	21	11
9:59	Tavari Johnson made Layup.	23	11
9:38	Mike Bekelja missed Three Point Jumper.	23	11
9:35	Akron Defensive Rebound.	23	11
9:12		25	11
8:40	Giovanni Santiago missed Three Point Jumper.	25	11
8:36	Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.	25	11
8:29	Ali Ali missed Layup.	25	11
8:29	Chris Payton Jr. Block.	25	11
8:29	Akron Offensive Rebound.	25	11
8:14	Shammah Scott missed Jumper.	25	11
8:10	Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.	25	11
8:10	Enrique Freeman made Dunk.	27	11
7:55	VonCameron Davis missed Three Point Jumper.	27	11
7:52	Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.	27	11
7:51	Foul on Mike Bekelja.	27	11
7:51	Official TV Timeout	27	11
7:51	Shammah Scott missed Free Throw.	27	11
7:51	Akron Deadball Team Rebound.	27	11
7:51	Shammah Scott made Free Throw.	28	11
7:20	Jalen Sullinger missed Three Point Jumper.	28	11
7:20	Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.	28	11
7:20	Shammah Scott Block.	28	11
6:49	Enrique Freeman made Three Point Jumper.	31	11
6:35	Chris Payton Jr. made Layup. Assisted by VonCameron Davis.	31	13
6:35	Foul on Shammah Scott.	31	13
6:35	Chris Payton Jr. missed Free Throw.	31	13
6:35	Kent State Offensive Rebound.	31	13
6:31	Foul on Tavari Johnson.	31	13
6:24	Tyem Freeman Turnover.	31	13
6:03	Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.	31	13
5:59	Tyem Freeman Defensive Rebound.	31	13
5:55	Giovanni Santiago missed Three Point Jumper.	31	13
5:52	Akron Defensive Rebound.	31	13
5:39	Tavari Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	31	13
5:35	Chris Payton Jr. Defensive Rebound.	31	13
5:21	Chris Payton Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	31	13
5:19	Akron Defensive Rebound.	31	13
4:55	Ali Ali missed Jumper.	31	13
4:51	Giovanni Santiago Defensive Rebound.	31	13
4:46	VonCameron Davis missed Layup.	31	13
4:43	Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.	31	13
4:38	Tavari Johnson Turnover.	31	13
4:18	VonCameron Davis made Jumper. Assisted by Giovanni Santiago.	31	15
4:18	Foul on Tavari Johnson.	31	15
4:18	VonCameron Davis missed Free Throw.	31	15
4:18	Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.	31	15
3:49	Akron Turnover.	31	15
3:49	Official TV Timeout	31	15
3:36	Foul on Kaleb Thornton.	31	15
3:36	Giovanni Santiago missed Free Throw.	31	15
3:36	Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.	31	15
3:32	Shammah Scott missed Layup.	31	15
3:28	Magnus Entenmann Defensive Rebound.	31	15
3:21	Giovanni Santiago Turnover.	31	15
3:02	Mikal Dawson Turnover.	31	15
3:02	Giovanni Santiago Steal.	31	15
2:55	Giovanni Santiago Turnover.	31	15
2:55	Enrique Freeman Steal.	31	15
2:41	Foul on VonCameron Davis.	31	15
2:41	Ali Ali made Free Throw.	32	15
2:41	Ali Ali made Free Throw.	33	15
2:16	Foul on Tavari Johnson.	33	15
2:16	Giovanni Santiago made Free Throw.	33	16
2:16	Giovanni Santiago missed Free Throw.	33	16
2:16	Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.	33	16
1:53	Enrique Freeman missed	33	16
1:49	Ali Ali Offensive Rebound.	33	16
1:31	Akron Turnover.	33	16
1:05	Magnus Entenmann missed Jumper.	33	16
1:03	Reggie Bass Offensive Rebound.	33	16
1:03	Foul on Sammy Hunter.	33	16
1:03	Reggie Bass made Free Throw.	33	17
1:03	Reggie Bass made Free Throw.	33	18
0:48	Foul on Magnus Entenmann.	33	18
0:41	Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper.	36	18
0:38	Technical Foul on Ali Ali.	36	18
0:38	Jalen Sullinger made Free Throw.	36	19
0:38	Jalen Sullinger made Free Throw.	36	20
0:19	Foul on Mikal Dawson.	36	20
0:19	Reggie Bass made Free Throw.	36	21
0:19	Reggie Bass made Free Throw.	36	22
0:00	Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.	36	22
0:00	Kent State Defensive Rebound.	36	22
0:00	End of 1st half	36	22

Mikal Dawson drills the nice 3 for Akron

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