X vs Carry is going to be the biggest matchup of the night. Carry guarded X all night last week and that screwed the whole offense up. I think X knows he needs this one bad. My heart isn’t ready for this game. Go zips!
So far this is the ideal Akron blueprint. Score early inside, rebound, clamp down and then dictate the pace of the game. Hit your shots, stop the runs and win
Losing Jacobs is brutal for Kent. Wonder if they have anything to numb him up and he’ll come back. Being down 3 with X doing nothing is really damn impressive. Keep it to one score by half and we’re still in this
Hard to determine this game. It’s kind of like a week 18 game in the NFL but both teams have made the playoffs. Ive always believed the “it’s impossible to beat a rival 3 times” and a great example is last year with Akron and Kent. Zips got a huge win and needs to carry momentum into Cleveland so a win here would be huge but not an end of the world loss. I’d expect if Groce wanted to make any changes for the tournament lineup and minutes it’d probably come in this game.
I hope this was the spark that we needed. That was the Sammy Hunter game wouldn’t have been in it without him. Ofc the duo killed it as well. Let’s win a chip!