Kent State Golden Flashes vs Akron Zips

MAC Championship - Final

24-9, 14-6 MAC

Final

	1	2	T
Akron AKR	34	41	75
Kent State KENT	25	30	55

Kent State Golden FlashesKent StateKENT

23-10, 16-4 MAC

Sincere Carry missed Jumper.
Andrew Garcia missed Jumper.
VonCameron Davis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sincere Carry.
Giovanni Santiago missed Three Point Jumper.
Sincere Carry made Three Point Jumper.
Andrew Garcia missed Layup.
Andrew Garcia made Two Point Tip Shot.
Andrew Garcia missed Layup.
Andrew Garcia made Layup.
Giovanni Santiago missed Three Point Jumper.
Sincere Carry missed Three Point Jumper.
Tervell Beck made Jumper.
Tervell Beck missed Three Point Jumper.
Giovanni Santiago made Three Point Jumper.
Sincere Carry missed Jumper.
Justyn Hamilton made Jumper.
Sincere Carry missed Jumper.
Tervell Beck made Layup. Assisted by Sincere Carry.
Justyn Hamilton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Giovanni Santiago.
Sincere Carry missed Three Point Jumper.
Sincere Carry missed Jumper.
Giovanni Santiago missed Jumper.
Jalen Sullinger missed Jumper.
VonCameron Davis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sincere Carry.
Justyn Hamilton made Jumper. Assisted by Malique Jacobs.
Sincere Carry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malique Jacobs.
VonCameron Davis missed Three Point Jumper.
Justyn Hamilton made Dunk. Assisted by Malique Jacobs.
Malique Jacobs missed Layup.
Sincere Carry missed Three Point Jumper.
Justyn Hamilton made Jumper.
Justyn Hamilton made Jumper.
Sincere Carry missed Jumper.
Malique Jacobs missed Jumper.
Giovanni Santiago missed Three Point Jumper.
Giovanni Santiago made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Andrew Garcia.
Giovanni Santiago missed Three Point Jumper.
Justyn Hamilton made Dunk.
Malique Jacobs made Jumper.
Malique Jacobs made Jumper.
Justyn Hamilton missed Jumper.
Malique Jacobs made Jumper.
Giovanni Santiago made Jumper. Assisted by Malique Jacobs.
Justyn Hamilton made Jumper. Assisted by Giovanni Santiago.
Tervell Beck missed Three Point Jumper.
Justyn Hamilton missed Layup.
Sincere Carry missed Layup.
Enrique Freeman made Dunk. Assisted by Ali Ali.
Mikal Dawson missed Layup.
Greg Tribble missed Jumper.
Ali Ali missed Jumper.
Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper.
Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
Xavier Castaneda missed Layup.
Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Garvin Clarke.
Xavier Castaneda missed Jumper.
Ali Ali missed Three Point Jumper.
Garvin Clarke missed Three Point Jumper.
Mikal Dawson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
Xavier Castaneda made Jumper.
Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
Michael Wynn made Layup. Assisted by Enrique Freeman.
Garvin Clarke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
Xavier Castaneda made Layup.
Ali Ali made Layup.
Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Ali Ali.
Xavier Castaneda made Jumper.
Ali Ali missed Jumper.
Greg Tribble made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Enrique Freeman.
Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
Greg Tribble missed Three Point Jumper.
Xavier Castaneda missed Jumper.
Greg Tribble missed Three Point Jumper.
Garvin Clarke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ali Ali.
Xavier Castaneda made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Garvin Clarke.
Garvin Clarke made Three Point Jumper.
Garvin Clarke missed Three Point Jumper.
Ali Ali missed Dunk.
Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
Enrique Freeman made Layup.
Xavier Castaneda missed Jumper.
Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
Greg Tribble made Layup.
Greg Tribble missed Jumper.
Xavier Castaneda made Jumper.
Greg Tribble missed Jumper.
Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Ali Ali.
Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Mikal Dawson.
Michael Wynn missed Three Point Jumper.
Enrique Freeman made Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
Enrique Freeman made Dunk. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
Garvin Clarke missed Layup.
Enrique Freeman made Dunk. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.

AKRON

KENT STATE

TIME		AKR	KENT
20:00	Jump Ball won by Akron	0	0
19:48	Enrique Freeman made Dunk. Assisted by Ali Ali.	2	0
19:18	Sincere Carry missed Jumper.	2	0
19:18	Akron Defensive Rebound.	2	0
18:58	Mikal Dawson missed Layup.	2	0
18:58	Kent State Defensive Rebound.	2	0
18:47	Andrew Garcia missed Jumper.	2	0
18:47	Andrew Garcia Offensive Rebound.	2	0
18:36	VonCameron Davis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sincere Carry.	2	3
18:12	Greg Tribble missed Jumper.	2	3
18:12	Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.	2	3
18:09	Foul on VonCameron Davis.	2	3
18:06	Ali Ali missed Jumper.	2	3
18:06	Akeem Odusipe Defensive Rebound.	2	3
17:32	Giovanni Santiago missed Three Point Jumper.	2	3
17:32	Akeem Odusipe Offensive Rebound.	2	3
17:26	Jump Ball won by Kent State	2	3
17:23	Sincere Carry made Three Point Jumper.	2	6
17:01	Enrique Freeman missed Layup.	2	6
17:01	Sincere Carry Defensive Rebound.	2	6
16:36	Andrew Garcia missed Layup.	2	6
16:36	Andrew Garcia Offensive Rebound.	2	6
16:36	Andrew Garcia made Two Point Tip Shot.	2	8
16:13	Foul on Andrew Garcia.	2	8
16:13	Ali Ali made Free Throw.	3	8
16:13	Ali Ali missed Free Throw.	3	8
16:13	Kent State Defensive Rebound.	3	8
15:58	Andrew Garcia missed Layup.	3	8
15:58	Andrew Garcia Offensive Rebound.	3	8
15:55	Andrew Garcia made Layup.	3	10
15:55	Foul on Michael Wynn.	3	10
15:55	Official TV Timeout	3	10
15:55	Andrew Garcia made Free Throw.	3	11
15:33	Michael Wynn Turnover.	3	11
15:15	Giovanni Santiago missed Three Point Jumper.	3	11
15:15	Ali Ali Defensive Rebound.	3	11
15:06	Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper.	6	11
14:48	Sincere Carry missed Three Point Jumper.	6	11
14:48	Garvin Clarke Defensive Rebound.	6	11
14:34	Jump Ball won by Akron	6	11
14:33	Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.	6	11
14:33	Kent State Defensive Rebound.	6	11
14:05	Sincere Carry Turnover.	6	11
14:05	Xavier Castaneda Steal.	6	11
13:59	Xavier Castaneda missed Layup.	6	11
13:59	Kent State Defensive Rebound.	6	11
13:52	Sincere Carry Turnover.	6	11
13:52	Xavier Castaneda Steal.	6	11
13:43	Garvin Clarke Turnover.	6	11
13:19	Tervell Beck made Jumper.	6	13
12:58	Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Garvin Clarke.	9	13
12:33	Sincere Carry Turnover.	9	13
12:13	Foul on Justyn Hamilton.	9	13
11:56	Xavier Castaneda missed Jumper.	9	13
11:56	Tervell Beck Defensive Rebound.	9	13
11:50	Sincere Carry Turnover.	9	13
11:50	Xavier Castaneda Steal.	9	13
11:44	Ali Ali missed Three Point Jumper.	9	13
11:44	Sincere Carry Defensive Rebound.	9	13
11:36	Foul on Sincere Carry.	9	13
11:36	Sincere Carry Turnover.	9	13
11:36	Official TV Timeout	9	13
11:25	Foul on Greg Tribble.	9	13
11:25	Greg Tribble Turnover.	9	13
11:12	Tervell Beck missed Three Point Jumper.	9	13
11:12	Greg Tribble Defensive Rebound.	9	13
10:48	Garvin Clarke missed Three Point Jumper.	9	13
10:48	Mikal Dawson Offensive Rebound.	9	13
10:40	Mikal Dawson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.	12	13
10:23	Jeremiah Hernandez Turnover.	12	13
10:00	Enrique Freeman Turnover.	12	13
9:50	VonCameron Davis Turnover.	12	13
9:50	Mikal Dawson Steal.	12	13
9:21	Xavier Castaneda made Jumper.	14	13
8:52	Giovanni Santiago made Three Point Jumper.	14	16
8:49	Foul on VonCameron Davis.	14	16
8:38	Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.	14	16
8:38	Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.	14	16
8:35	Foul on Andrew Garcia.	14	16
8:35	Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.	15	16
8:35	Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.	16	16
8:26	Foul on Xavier Castaneda.	16	16
8:19	Sincere Carry Turnover.	16	16
8:01	Michael Wynn made Layup. Assisted by Enrique Freeman.	18	16
7:36	Sincere Carry missed Jumper.	18	16
7:36	Justyn Hamilton Offensive Rebound.	18	16
7:30	Foul on Michael Wynn.	18	16
7:30	Official TV Timeout	18	16
7:30	Justyn Hamilton made Free Throw.	18	17
7:30	Justyn Hamilton made Free Throw.	18	18
7:09	Foul on Jeremiah Hernandez.	18	18
7:09	Garvin Clarke made Free Throw.	19	18
7:09	Garvin Clarke made Free Throw.	20	18
7:09	Garvin Clarke missed Free Throw.	20	18
7:09	Justyn Hamilton Defensive Rebound.	20	18
6:44	Justyn Hamilton made Jumper.	20	20
6:16	Garvin Clarke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.	23	20
5:53	Sincere Carry Turnover.	23	20
5:53	Xavier Castaneda Steal.	23	20
5:48	Xavier Castaneda made Layup.	25	20
5:48	Kent State Timeout	25	20
5:22	Sincere Carry missed Jumper.	25	20
5:22	Ali Ali Block.	25	20
5:22	Mikal Dawson Defensive Rebound.	25	20
5:11	Ali Ali made Layup.	27	20
4:57	Tervell Beck made Layup. Assisted by Sincere Carry.	27	22
4:33	Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Ali Ali.	29	22
4:18	Tervell Beck Turnover.	29	22
4:18	Mikal Dawson Steal.	29	22
4:07	Xavier Castaneda made Jumper.	31	22
3:43	Justyn Hamilton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Giovanni Santiago.	31	25
3:17	Garvin Clarke Turnover.	31	25
3:17	Official TV Timeout	31	25
3:07	Giovanni Santiago Turnover.	31	25
2:51	Ali Ali missed Jumper.	31	25
2:51	VonCameron Davis Defensive Rebound.	31	25
2:39	Jump Ball won by Kent State	31	25
2:29	Sincere Carry missed Three Point Jumper.	31	25
2:29	Justyn Hamilton Offensive Rebound.	31	25
2:21	Kent State Timeout	31	25
2:10	Sincere Carry missed Jumper.	31	25
2:10	Mikal Dawson Defensive Rebound.	31	25
1:53	Greg Tribble made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Enrique Freeman.	34	25
1:20	Giovanni Santiago missed Jumper.	34	25
1:20	Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.	34	25
1:12	Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.	34	25
1:12	Kent State Defensive Rebound.	34	25
0:39	Jalen Sullinger missed Jumper.	34	25
0:39	Mikal Dawson Defensive Rebound.	34	25
0:27	Akron Timeout	34	25
0:08	Greg Tribble missed Three Point Jumper.	34	25
0:08	Kent State Defensive Rebound.	34	25
0:00	End of 1st half	34	25

Ali makes beautiful pass for a basket

0:18

Rocket Arena

7:30 PM, March 12, 2022Coverage: ESPN2

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 8,361

Referees:
Chris Beaver
Steve McJunkins
Chad Barlow

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Ball State	0-0	-	2-0
Bowling Green	0-0	-	2-0
Buffalo	0-0	-	2-0
Miami (OH)	0-0	-	2-0
Akron	0-0	-	1-0
Central Michigan	0-0	-	1-0
Eastern Michigan	0-0	-	1-0
Kent State	0-0	-	1-1
Northern Illinois	0-0	-	1-1
Ohio	0-0	-	1-1
Western Michigan	0-0	-	1-1
Massachusetts	0-0	-	0-1
Toledo	0-0	-	0-1

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