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Ugly night for Lamar Norman. Zips doing a nice job keeping him from getting the ball and getting open looks.

The teams are a combined 8 for 20 at the free throw line.

Finally figuring out to to pass around 3/4 coverage on Freeman.

Zips basketball, brought to by The Walking Dead.

He needs a seat next to Evan Wilson.

11-11 this half through 11 minutes.

Oh good, more free throws on the way to add to the excitement level of this one.

First team to 50...

Nobody's going to use the tape from this game as a part of their intro to get into an overseas league.

White and Norman with a combined 10 in the 1st. Hope that keeps up.

One thing I like about the small MAC crowds is that you can hear specific things the fans yell.

He shot 70% and 67% in his 1st and 2nd years then jumped to 88% last year. He seemed very good early this year but has obviously dropped off. Hopefully it is a brief slump and he's not reverting to has old ways.

They just need to do a batter job of getting over, through and around those perimeter screens. Their inability to do that against PCCC killed them.

GT article below. My favorite part- “We’ve gotten more contributions from [guard] Garvin Clarke, Mike Dawson, Aziz Bandaogo, Mike Wynne,” Groce said, “so it’s added to the depth of our team which also has made us better over the last couple of weeks.” https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2022/02/15/akron-zips-mens-basketball-team-tough-stretch-in-mac-john-groce/6744775001/

WMU won its first MAC game of the season on Saturday against CMU. They scored the first seven points of the game and won 77-63. Lamar Norman scored a game-high 25 points extending his double-digit scoring streak to 22 games in a row.

Yep, he was one of the last minute recruits to help keep things afloat. I will always have find memories of walk-on Lucas Smith who at about 6'5" had to all too often play in the post for that team. I believe that was also the year Olajapoke had his health issues forcing them both into extra duty.

Despite some enthusiasm on here, Mark Kostelac was never going to be a D1 player. Heck, he wasn't even all-conference in high school as a 7-footer. He moved onto Walsh and was relatively ineffective there for a year.

Please, call me Jack.

In last month's game, the Zips really beat up WMU in the paint and on second chance points. Aziz and Enrique combined for 10 offensive rebounds. Hastings, a 6'7" forward is their best rebounder at 8.8 rpg. Hopefully we can keep him off of the board and pound them again inside.

It just has an odd feeling looking forward to players that may come in between signing day and opening day. It's a whole new world out there!

4/13 on threes in the 1st half, 3/5 in the 2nd.

They were 14/24 from 3. They were hot and the Zips perimeter defense was, well, ...

3rd in scoring; 3rd in rebounding; 8th in assists; 3rd in steals. She certainly has a strong argument.

I do hope you're right zippy5. I just don't see it.

I think the guard that would make the difference has to be a ball dominant scorer, the guy that gets the ball in a pinch when you need a basket. A Rollins, Sears, Norman or gulp, Carry type. Clarke will be a nice piece and a good point guard but I don't see him ever being that kind of guy. As I have said many times before, the Zips just don't have that "go to" guy. They don't have anyone in the top 14 in MAC scoring. Freeman is great but he's a big in a guard's league and not the type of offensive star the Zips need. The Zips across the board talent is fine with a bunch of nice above average players but they need that "go to" guy to get them over the top.