Josh Williams – The Buchtelite

Zips grind out win over Golden Flashes

By Jacob Allen, Writer

March 6, 2016

The University of Akron men’s basketball team survived a rare poor shooting night and beat the Kent State Golden Flashes, 74-60, on Friday night at Rhodes Arena. The Zips, who shot just 21.2 percent from beyond the arc, improved to 24-7 on the season. Kent State fell to 19-12, and with the loss fal...

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Zips clinch top spot in MAC Tournament with win over Ohio

By Jacob Allen, Writer

March 2, 2016

The University of Akron men’s basketball team beat the Ohio Bobcats on Tuesday night, 91-76, in front of over 4,000 fans at Rhodes Arena. The win gave the Zips the number one seed in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, which starts March 7th. The top spot will give the Zips a bye in the first ...

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Bench Leads Zips to Win over Bobcats

By Jake Allen, jda47@zips.uakron.edu

February 4, 2016

Freshman guard Josh WIlliams scored 20 points off the bench to lead the Zips to a 80-68 victory over the Ohio Bobcats on Tuesday night in Athens. The win improves the Zips to 18-4 on the season and 7-2 in the MAC while the Bobcats fall to 13-8 and 4-5 in the conference. Ohio started the scorin...

Tags: Akron men's basketball, Akron Zips, Antino Jackson, Isaiah Johnson, Jake Kretzer, Josh Williams, Kwan Cheatham Jr., Noah Robotham, Pat Forsythe, Reggie McAdams, University of Akron

Zips beat MAC leader Northern Illinois, 76-66

By Jacob Allen, Writer

January 27, 2016

Kwan Cheatham Jr. scored a career high 18 points to lead The University of Akron men’s basketball team to a victory over The Northern Illinois Huskies 76-66. The Zips improve to 16-4 on the season and 5-2 in conference play while the Huskies now carry identical records. Cheatham played per...

Tags: Akron men's basketball, Akron Zips, Antino Jackson, Isaiah Johnson, Jake Kretzer, James A. Rhodes Arena, Josh Williams, Kwan Cheatham Jr., Noah Robotham, Northern Illinois Huskies, Reggie McAdams

Zips defeat RedHawks

By Jacob Allen, Writer

January 24, 2016

The Akron Zips men’s basketball team defeated the Miami RedHawks 75-46 on Saturday night at Rhodes Arena. The win improved the Zips to 15-4 overall on the season and 4-2 in MAC conference play. Miami fell to 6-13 on the season and are still looking for their first MAC win after six games. The gam...

Tags: Aaron Jackson, Akron men's basketball, Akron Zips, Antino Jackson, Isaiah Johnson, Jake Kretzer, James A. Rhodes Arena, Josh Williams, Kwan Cheatham Jr., Miami RedHawks, Pat Forsythe, Purple Out, Reggie McAdams

Men’s basketball breaks two-game losing streak

By Terry Rabbitts, Sports-editor@buchtelite.com

November 28, 2015

The University of Akron Men’s basketball team got back on the winning track with a 82-58 victory over the Charleston Southern Buccaneers Friday evening at the James A. Rhodes Arena in their fourth and final NIT Preseason Tip-off game. Reggie McAdams and Josh Williams each scored 14 points and...

Tags: 2015 NIT Season Tip-Off, Aaron Jackson, Akron men's basketball, Akron Zips, Antino Jackson, Isaiah Johnson, Jimond Ivey, Josh Williams, Keith Dambrot, Kwan Cheatham Jr., Men's basketball, Pat Forsythe, Reggie McAdams