Kent State 64-44 Akron (1 Mar, 2025) Play-by-Play

Kent State Golden Flashes

19-10, 11-5 MAC

	1	2	3	4	T
KENT	11	12	29	12	64
AKR	14	10	11	9	44

Akron Zips

9-20, 3-13 MAC

Shelbee Brown missed Layup.
Shelbee Brown missed Layup.
Shelbee Brown missed Layup.
Zakia Rasheed missed Three Point Jumper.
Shelbee Brown made Jumper. Assisted by Emily Hall.
Shelbee Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zakia Rasheed.
Shelbee Brown missed Layup.
Emily Hall missed Three Point Jumper.
Liisa Taponen missed Layup.
Shelbee Brown missed Layup.
Emily Hall made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Liisa Taponen.
Shelbee Brown made Layup.
Ni'Rah Clark missed Layup.
Maddie Vejsicky missed Three Point Jumper.
Alexus Mobley missed Layup.
Alexus Mobley made Layup.
Zakia Rasheed missed Three Point Jumper.
Alexus Mobley missed Three Point Jumper.
Alexus Mobley made Layup.
Alexus Mobley missed Three Point Jumper.
Alexus Mobley made Layup.
Alexus Mobley missed Jumper.
Shelbee Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
Shelbee Brown made Layup.
Alexus Mobley missed Layup.
Shelbee Brown missed Layup.
Shelbee Brown missed Layup.
Zakia Rasheed missed Three Point Jumper.
Shelbee Brown missed Layup.
Liisa Taponen made Layup.
Zakia Rasheed missed Three Point Jumper.
Ni'Rah Clark missed Layup.
Shelbee Brown missed Layup.
Maddie Vejsicky missed Layup.
Emily Hall missed Three Point Jumper.
Liisa Taponen missed Layup.
Liisa Taponen made Layup. Assisted by Liz Murphy.
Shelbee Brown missed Layup.
Shelbee Brown missed Layup.
Liz Murphy missed Three Point Jumper.
Shelbee Brown missed Layup.
Zakia Rasheed made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shelbee Brown.
Alexus Mobley made Layup. Assisted by Shelbee Brown.
Alexus Mobley made Layup.
Shelbee Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
Maddie Vejsicky missed Jumper.
Liz Murphy missed Three Point Jumper.
Ni'Rah Clark missed Layup.
Liz Murphy made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ni'Rah Clark.
Liz Murphy missed Three Point Jumper.
Zakia Rasheed missed Three Point Jumper.
Ni'Rah Clark missed Layup.
Liz Murphy missed Jumper.
Shelbee Brown made Layup.
Alexus Mobley made Layup.
Shelbee Brown missed Layup.
Jenna Batsch missed Three Point Jumper.
Janae Tyler missed Layup.
Janae Tyler made Layup. Assisted by Jenna Batsch.
Janae Tyler made Layup. Assisted by Dionna Gray.
Mya Babbitt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dionna Gray.
Mya Babbitt made Layup.
Bridget Dunn missed Three Point Jumper.
Janae Tyler made Layup.
Mya Babbitt missed Layup.
Jenna Batsch missed Layup.
Meghan Murray missed Jumper.
Jenna Batsch missed Three Point Jumper.
Dionna Gray missed Three Point Jumper.
Jenna Batsch made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dionna Gray.
Janae Tyler missed Layup.
Jenna Batsch missed Three Point Jumper.
Bridget Dunn missed Layup.
Bridget Dunn missed Three Point Jumper.
Bridget Dunn missed Three Point Jumper.
Janae Tyler made Layup. Assisted by Dionna Gray.
Journey Hildebrand missed Jumper.
Jenna Batsch made Layup.
Dionna Gray made Layup.
Mya Babbitt missed Three Point Jumper.
Bridget Dunn missed Three Point Jumper.
Jenna Batsch made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dionna Gray.
Janae Tyler made Layup.
Jenna Batsch made Layup. Assisted by Bridget Dunn.
Janae Tyler missed Layup.
Jenna Batsch made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dionna Gray.
Jenna Batsch made Layup.
Mya Babbitt missed Three Point Jumper.
Dionna Gray missed Three Point Jumper.
Bridget Dunn made Layup.
Dionna Gray made Layup.
Jenna Batsch made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dionna Gray.
Dionna Gray missed Jumper.
Janae Tyler made Layup.
Bridget Dunn missed Three Point Jumper.
Journey Hildebrand made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mya Babbitt.
Dionna Gray made Jumper.
Jenna Batsch missed Three Point Jumper.
Janae Tyler missed Layup.
Mya Babbitt missed Three Point Jumper.
Janae Tyler made Layup. Assisted by Dionna Gray.
Jenna Batsch made Three Point Jumper.
Janae Tyler missed Layup.
Janae Tyler made Layup. Assisted by Dionna Gray.
Janae Tyler missed Layup.
Journey Hildebrand missed Three Point Jumper.
Lexy Linton missed Three Point Jumper.
Meghan Murray missed Three Point Jumper.
Journey Hildebrand missed Three Point Jumper.
Lexy Linton missed Layup.
Lexy Linton made Layup.

KENT STATE

AKRON

TIME		KENT	AKR
10:00	Start game	0	0
9:58	Jump Ball won by Kent State	0	0
9:58	Jump Ball lost by Akron	0	0
9:48	Jenna Batsch Turnover.	0	0
9:48	Ni'Rah Clark Steal.	0	0
9:35	Shelbee Brown missed Layup.	0	0
9:31	Dionna Gray Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:16	Jenna Batsch missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
9:10	Janae Tyler Offensive Rebound.	0	0
9:07	Janae Tyler missed Layup.	0	0
9:05	Shelbee Brown Defensive Rebound.	0	0
8:57	Shelbee Brown missed Layup.	0	0
8:51	Janae Tyler Defensive Rebound.	0	0
8:31	Janae Tyler made Layup. Assisted by Jenna Batsch.	2	0
8:04	Shelbee Brown missed Layup.	2	0
8:01	Bridget Dunn Defensive Rebound.	2	0
7:50	Janae Tyler Turnover.	2	0
7:50	Zakia Rasheed Steal.	2	0
7:40	Zakia Rasheed missed Three Point Jumper.	2	0
7:36	Shelbee Brown Offensive Rebound.	2	0
7:34	Shelbee Brown Turnover.	2	0
7:34	Janae Tyler Steal.	2	0
7:20	Janae Tyler made Layup. Assisted by Dionna Gray.	4	0
6:51	Shelbee Brown made Jumper. Assisted by Emily Hall.	4	2
6:39	Mya Babbitt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dionna Gray.	7	2
6:14	Shelbee Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zakia Rasheed.	7	5
6:05	Mya Babbitt made Layup.	9	5
5:38	Shelbee Brown missed Layup.	9	5
5:38	Bridget Dunn Block.	9	5
5:34	Ni'Rah Clark Offensive Rebound.	9	5
5:34	Zakia Rasheed subbing out for Akron	9	5
5:34	Ni'Rah Clark subbing out for Akron	9	5
5:34	Alexus Mobley subbing in for Akron	9	5
5:34	Liisa Taponen subbing in for Akron	9	5
5:34	Mya Babbitt subbing out for Kent State	9	5
5:34	Janae Tyler subbing out for Kent State	9	5
5:34	Tatiana Thomas subbing in for Kent State	9	5
5:34	Journey Hildebrand subbing in for Kent State	9	5
5:33	Emily Hall missed Three Point Jumper.	9	5
5:24	Kent State Defensive Rebound.	9	5
5:21	Tatiana Thomas Turnover.	9	5
4:53	Liisa Taponen missed Layup.	9	5
4:50	Shelbee Brown Offensive Rebound.	9	5
4:49	Shelbee Brown missed Layup.	9	5
4:49	Liisa Taponen Offensive Rebound.	9	5
4:49	Foul on Dionna Gray.	9	5
4:49	Official TV Timeout	9	5
4:49	Jenna Batsch subbing out for Kent State	9	5
4:49	Dionna Gray subbing out for Kent State	9	5
4:49	Meghan Murray subbing in for Kent State	9	5
4:49	Mya Babbitt subbing in for Kent State	9	5
4:39	Emily Hall made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Liisa Taponen.	9	8
4:28	Meghan Murray Turnover.	9	8
4:28	Shelbee Brown Steal.	9	8
4:24	Shelbee Brown made Layup.	9	10
3:49	Kent State Turnover.	9	10
3:43	Emily Hall subbing out for Akron	9	10
3:43	Liisa Taponen subbing out for Akron	9	10
3:43	Zakia Rasheed subbing in for Akron	9	10
3:43	Ni'Rah Clark subbing in for Akron	9	10
3:43	Shelbee Brown subbing out for Akron	9	10
3:43	Emily Hall subbing in for Akron	9	10
3:43	Tatiana Thomas subbing out for Kent State	9	10
3:43	Journey Hildebrand subbing out for Kent State	9	10
3:43	Jenna Batsch subbing in for Kent State	9	10
3:43	Janae Tyler subbing in for Kent State	9	10
3:20	Ni'Rah Clark missed Layup.	9	10
3:20	Janae Tyler Block.	9	10
3:16	Bridget Dunn Defensive Rebound.	9	10
3:09	Bridget Dunn missed Three Point Jumper.	9	10
3:04	Janae Tyler Offensive Rebound.	9	10
3:03	Janae Tyler made Layup.	11	10
2:44	Maddie Vejsicky missed Three Point Jumper.	11	10
2:40	Ni'Rah Clark Offensive Rebound.	11	10
2:26	Ni'Rah Clark subbing out for Akron	11	10
2:26	Liisa Taponen subbing in for Akron	11	10
2:25	Alexus Mobley missed Layup.	11	10
2:25	Bridget Dunn Block.	11	10
2:19	Janae Tyler Defensive Rebound.	11	10
1:59	Mya Babbitt missed Layup.	11	10
1:59	Liisa Taponen Block.	11	10
1:55	Liisa Taponen Defensive Rebound.	11	10
1:47	Liisa Taponen Turnover.	11	10
1:29	Jenna Batsch missed Layup.	11	10
1:25	Emily Hall Defensive Rebound.	11	10
1:24	Janae Tyler subbing out for Kent State	11	10
1:24	Tatiana Thomas subbing in for Kent State	11	10
1:13	Alexus Mobley made Layup.	11	12
0:53	Meghan Murray missed Jumper.	11	12
0:49	Maddie Vejsicky Defensive Rebound.	11	12
0:38	Foul on Jenna Batsch.	11	12
0:38	Alexus Mobley made Free Throw.	11	13
0:38	Alexus Mobley made Free Throw.	11	14
0:25	Jenna Batsch missed Three Point Jumper.	11	14
0:21	Zakia Rasheed Defensive Rebound.	11	14
0:02	Liisa Taponen Turnover.	11	14
0:02	Mya Babbitt Steal.	11	14
0:00	End of 1st Quarter	11	14

James A. Rhodes Arena

5:00 PM, 1 March 2025

Akron, OH

Attendance: 397

Referees:
Kevin Pethtel
Ashlee Goode
Ivan Fulton

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Ball State	16-2	-	27-8
Buffalo	13-5	3	28-7
Toledo	13-5	3	24-9
Kent State	12-6	4	21-12
Miami (OH)	11-7	5	19-12
Bowling Green	11-7	5	18-13
Central Michigan	9-9	7	14-17
Western Michigan	8-10	8	12-18
Northern Illinois	6-12	10	13-17
Akron	4-14	12	10-21
Ohio	4-14	12	6-23
Eastern Michigan	1-17	15	2-27

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