Men's Basketball Celebration Set For April 12

March 26 | Men's Basketball

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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron men's basketball program will commemorate its 2011-12 season with a celebration on Thursday, April 12, at Rhodes Arena.

Social hour begins at 6 p.m. ET, with a dinner buffet and awards ceremony to follow at 7 p.m. The event is open to the public and costs $20 per person if reserved by April 6 ($25 per person after April 6). Admission for the event is $10 for children age 12 and under, as well as University students with a valid student ID). Tables, with seating for 10 people, can be purchased for $150. Dress for the event is casual.

Come show your support for the graduating seniors – Nikola Cvetinovic, Brett McClanahan and Kyle Petersen – as the Zips celebrate their season.

To make a reservation, please visit the Z-Fund Events Page by clicking here or by contacting Erin Horning, Graduate Assistant for Athletic Development, at 330-972-2039 or emh51@zips.uakron.edu.

Akron closed out the season with a 22-12 record (13-3 Mid-American Conference) and captured the first MAC regular season title in program history. The Zips advanced to their sixth-straight MAC title game – a conference record and second-longest active streak in the nation – before falling 64-63 to Ohio. Akron appeared in its fifth NIT, third under head coach Keith Dambrot, falling 76-74 to Northwestern in the first round.

The season also saw a number of team and individual milestones and achievements, including the Zips winning 20 games for the seventh-consecutive season, one of just 17 teams in the Division I ranks to currently boast the achievement. Junior center Zeke Marshall was named MAC Defensive Player of the Year while junior forward Quincy Diggs earned MAC Sixth Man of the Year accolades.

Marshall broke the career blocked shots record with 246 career swats while sophomore Alex Abreu broke the sophomore assists record (149) and moved into the top-10 in the career assists category. Both Marshall and Abreu earned Second-Team All-MAC honors while Cvetinovic was named Third-team All-MAC.

Cvetinovic became the 39th player in program history to record 1,000 career points, finishing his Akron career with 1,158 points, 25th-most all-time.

For information on purchasing men's basketball season tickets for the 2012-13 season, please contact the UA Athletics Ticket Office at 1-888-99-AKRON or by visiting GoZips.com/Tickets.