The University of Akron Athletics
Akron 75, Kent State 67
March 04 | Men's Basketball
March 4, 2006
Recap | Box Score | Quotes
Team Notes:
• The Zips finished the season a perfect 13-0 at home, posting the first perfect home record since Akron went 18-0 (17-0 regular season) at home during the 1986-87 season.
• Akron extended its home winning streak to 18 games, tying them for the fourth-longest home winning streak in the nation. The only teams ahead of Akron on the national list to play today are Duke (19) and Connecticut (18), with Duke playing at 9 p.m. and UConn playing at 2 p.m.
• Akron's 24 first-half points was the second-lowest point total in a half this season. In the game against Kent State on February 4, the Zips scored a season-low 22 points in the second half of a 63-57 loss.
• A crowd of 5,651 fans saw the Zips and Golden Flashes face off on Saturday, the 10th-largest crowd in Rhodes Arena history and the largest crowd to see the KSU-UA rivalry game in Akron.
• After trailing 33-24 at the half, the Zips opened the second half on an 10-2 run to cut the KSU lead to 35-34 with 16:49 left in regulation. Akron was 4-for-5 from the field during the run, including two 3-point buckets to equal their first-half total from behind the arc.
• Rob Preston's two free throws with 11:17 left in the game gave Akron a 46-45 lead. The Zips had not held a lead in the game since the 12:39 mark in the first half (11-10). The lead capped off a 22-12 run to open the second half.
• After shooting a dismal 28.1 percent from the floor in
the first half (9-for-32), the Zips exploded in the second half to
shoot 16-for-23 from the field in the second half (69.6 percent).
The Zips' 69.6 percent shooting in the second half was the highest
field goal percentage of any half this year.
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Player Notes:
• With his jumper with 14:09 left in the first half, Darryl Peterson moved into 13th place on Akron's all-time career scoring list, passing Jim Fenton's (1951-54) mark of 1,319 points. Peterson finished the game with a season-high 22 points, including 12 first-half points to lead all scorers at the break. Peterson finished the game 10-for-14 from the field.
• Rob Preston scored seven-straight points (all of his points for the game) in a stretch of 1:36 to give the Zips a 51-45 lead with 9:31 left in the game.
• Dru Joyce was held without a field goal in the game, going 0-for-6, but connected on 8-of-9 from the free throw line.
• Cedrick Middleton posted 11 points in the game, his third-straight game in double figures in the scoring column.
