Game 18- Western Michigan

[Reslife4Life]

They are shooting 67% from 3 so far

[Reslife4Life]

New QB is at the game and got a shoutout during this TO

[zippy5]

23 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:

This game is Youth Day and Mascot Day and there is also a dance cheer clinic.  There's also some kind of discount on kid's tickets, so maybe they'll get as decent crowd.

 

Don't forget, it's a 2:00 tip-off.

I think some guys in Akron jerseys forgot about the tip off time

[csims0917]

At first it was definitely was hot shooting. Now it’s turnovers and not getting down the court quick enough 

[Reslife4Life]

9 misses for WMU and they have 5 offensive rebounds

[clarkwgriswold]

Very important question -  what's the fish mascot?

 

[Reslife4Life]

Don’t think I’ve seen us go offense-defense subs in the first half like this 

[Reslife4Life]

Now that’s how a player of the year gets you back into the game

[clarkwgriswold]

They actually called a dribbler for a carry.  What's next, a call for 3 seconds?

[Reslife4Life]

Just now, clarkwgriswold said:

They actually called a dribbler for a carry.  What's next, a call for 3 seconds?

Maybe a call for stepping on the line when defending an inbound

[csims0917]

Fantastic run 

[kreed5120]

We've struggled all season in securing defensive rebounds. Way too many 2nd chance points.

[MDZip]

How did Amani Lyles turn himself into such an effective three-point shooter? 

[Reslife4Life]

19/33 from downtown 

[Reslife4Life]

5 minutes ago, MDZip said:

How did Amani Lyles turn himself into such an effective three-point shooter? 

I think him coming out of nowhere helped because defenses don’t really guard him out there. When he made those open ones early in the year it solidified his confidence in the shot. The mental aspect is probably bigger than we expect 

Edited 3 hours ago by Reslife4Life

[kreed5120]

I don't know if it's factual or not, but it feels like there are much fewer charges called than previous years. Not just in Akron games either. 

[Illini Zip]

Great response by the Zips. The MAC does appear to be much improved. 

[Reslife4Life]

“We are going to get every team’s best shot” not kidding today

[MDZip]

29 point turnaround after the Zips were down by 14. 

[Zippy87]

The Lyles-Mahaffey x2-Tavari-Shammah looked good today. Easily our best five IMO. 

[Illini Zip]

Nice to see that we can still hit 100 points regardless of the lineup rotation.

[NWAkron]

closer at times than we would have wanted but fun game for the crowd.  big FTs by Eric to finish off WMU

[ZippyRulz]

2 hours ago, Illini Zip said:

Nice to see that we can still hit 100 points regardless of the lineup rotation.

 

this team is on pace to set the zips record for highest scoring average, 93.4 ppg so far this season, 84 ppg last season.

 

home win streak intact, 2nd highest in div. 1 currently.

Edited 38 minutes ago by ZippyRulz

[csims0917]

1 hour ago, kreed5120 said:

We've struggled all season in securing defensive rebounds. Way too many 2nd chance points.

So excited to see us face Gillespie 🙃

[Zippy87]

42 minutes ago, csims0917 said:

So excited to see us face Gillespie 🙃

 

Hopefully Chabi will be back before we make our stretch run + the MAC Tournament.