Zips @ Central Michigan

[MDZip]

An almost 5 minutes stretch (18:17 to 13:35) where we didn't score a single point and yet we're still in it. Amazing. And this is the MAC West leader vs. almost the MAC East leader? No wonder the word Mactastic gets tossed around a lot.

[Quickzips]

Tied up at 52. Central trying to give the Zips this game. Do our guys want it?

[ZachTheZip]

50.7 seconds to go. CMU out of timeouts.If we play this right, we can win on the final shot.

[RowdyZip]

C'mon DEFENSE!

[akronzips71]

50.7 seconds to go. CMU out of timeouts.If we play this right, we can win on the final shot.

So how many PPG does B MKnight average?If we just had 4 of them...

[ZachTheZip]

McNeese fouled! Please make these.30.9 seconds to go.

[ZachTheZip]

Can't let them take the last shot.

[ZachTheZip]

Zeke blocks it to Humpty! Fouled!

[RowdyZip]

YESSSS!!!!

[Quickzips]

ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[akronzips71]

HUGE BLOCK BY ZEKE

[ZachTheZip]

What an absurd way to end the game.

[Quickzips]

Unbelievable, Zips have no business being anywhere near this game and yet they now lead by 4.

[ZachTheZip]

How the HELL did we win that game?!

[RootforRoo44]

THIS IS ZEKE'S LEAGUE!See what happens when you leave hot shooters (McNees) in and when you leave Zeke in at the end?!YOU WIN

[Quickzips]

Somebody call the Mt. Pleasent Police Department. Zips just robbed the Chippewas.

[RowdyZip]

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. THAT MADE MY NIGHT...VERY LOW TO VERY HIGH.GO ZIPS!!!!

[akronzips71]

HUGE BLOCK BY ZEKE

ZEKE WON THAT GAME!!!HUGE BLOCK IN CMU LAST POSSESSION.

[The Hip Zip]

Have to wonder if this team has just lost some confidence in KD.

Thank God! The Zips regained their confidence in Keith in just the nick of time.

[Dave in Green]

Zips win it at the free throw line with a perfect 12-12. MAC refs finally catch on as Zeke gets 4 clean blocks and only 1 foul. Life is good.

[RowdyZip]

Two items of interest:Zips FTs: 12/12 (including some CLUTCH FTs by McNees and Humpty)VCU/GMU in a tight game now.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/gamecast?gameId=300402244

[ZippyforPresident]

Tonight might have been THAT game. The game that gives a team that confidence, that toughness, and a focus that can propel them for the rest of the season. Kind of like the Toledo game in the opening round of the tournament last season. A game when a team finds a way to win a game where nothing was going right and it seemed like there was no way victory is possible, but you don't give up, you believe in yourself and you come through in the stretch and just forge ahead. A terrible game, but great win.

[zippy5]

Being a Steeler fan, I've come to realize that an ugly win is just as good as a pretty one. a win is a win is a win!!

[Valpo Zip]

This is one of those games that makes you feel good. We are used to loosing games that we should win. I think this is the first time i experience winning a game that we should have lost. It feels good.Kudos to Zeke, Mcneese, Conyers, and most of all KD. The TO and clock management as well as the subs at the end of the game were all crucial.On the negative side, Chris Mcknight continues to disappoint me. Gozips, I hope your friend Phil McKnight can lit some fire under both his sons. Let's hope the cardinals can give us a hand against the felons.

[Dave in Green]

Zeke really did own the court in crunch time. With 1:24 left and the Zips trailing 50-52, he had 3 rebounds and a block over those last 84 seconds.Conyers had pulled them to within 2 with a layup, C. McKnight tied it with a layup after a Zeke rebound, McNees put them 2 ahead with a pair of free throws after a Zeke rebound, and Hitchens sealed it with 2 more free throws after a Zeke block.It was a team victory, but Zeke was just outstanding at the end. I don't know how you don't have him on the court at the end of close games after this performance.