Zips Down Buffalo, 75-61

February 01 | Men's Basketball

Feb. 1, 2006

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AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Romeo Travis scored 15 points and Cedrick Middleton scored all 12 of his points in the first half to lead Akron to a 75-61 victory over Buffalo on Wednesday night.

Nick Dials and Dru Joyce each had 13 points for the Zips (16-4, 9-1 Mid-American Conference), who have won their last three games.

Buffalo (15-6, 5-5), leading the conference in free-throw shooting at 74 percent, hit just 14-of-21. The Zips were 21-of-28.

Yassin Idbihi had 16 points, Calvin Cage 14 and Mario Jordan 11 for the Bulls.

Akron rolled to a 40-27 first-half lead and led by as many as 23 points in the second half.

The Bulls led 16-14 on Christian Schmidt's layup midway through the first 20 minutes before Middleton hit two free throws to tie the game. Joyce and Dials then hit back-to-back 3-pointers to push the lead to 22-16.