The University of Akron Athletics
Women's Basketball Shocks Buffalo, 65-64
May 03 | Women's Basketball
March 3, 2001
AKRON - March Madness was in full bloom Saturday evening in Buffalo, N.Y., as the 12th seeded Akron Zip women's basketball team stunned #5 seed Buffalo, 65-64, on a last-second three-point basket by UA's all-time leading scorer Cheryl Bowles.
The Zips, now 6-22, will play #4 seed Northern Illinois (15-15) Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at Gund Arena in Cleveland. The winner will play again Friday at noon at Gund against the #1 Toledo-#9 Bowling Green winner with the game to be televised by Fox Sports Net.
The Buffalo win marks Akron's second MAC Tournament victory in the last three years. The Zips reached the MAC tourney semifinals in coach Roxanne Allen's second year in 1999. Buffalo is 19-9 and hoping for a WNIT berth.
Tickets for Akron's Tuesday quarterfinal game are available
through the Zip Athletic Ticket Office in the lobby of James A.
Rhodes Arena. Tickets will be on sale Monday from 9 a.m. until 5
p.m. and on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Fans also can charge
tickets over the phone and pick them up at Gund from UA's ticket
manager Scott Hogue. The ticket office can be contacted by dialing
330-972-6920 or 1-888-99AKRON. Tickets are priced at $10 apiece and
are good for the entire four-game session which begins at 2 p.m.
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