Akron 65, Buffalo 53

March 14, 2009

Conference Tournament

Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, Ohio) - Neutral Site

Attendance: 9,309

Officials: Terry Wymer, Mike Sanzere, Bo Boroski

Team Rebounds: Akron (4) Buffalo (1)

Technicals: Akron (0) Buffalo (0)

  1 2 Final
AKR (23-12) 33 32 65
BUFF (21-11) 25 28 53

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
AKR 60 107.7 87.8
BUFF 60 87.8 107.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
AKR .658 0.182 0.087 0.395
BUFF .398 0.232 0.382 0.286

Akron Zips

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Nikola Cvetinovic Starter C 15:00 1-2 0-0 1-2 1.0 1 1 2 2 5 0 1 0 3
- Chris McKnight Starter SF 26:00 4-7 0-0 4-4 6.8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 12
- Steve McNees Starter SG 31:00 2-4 2-4 2-4 8.0 0 2 2 5 2 1 2 0 8
- Darryl Roberts Starter PG 30:00 3-5 2-3 2-2 5.5 0 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 10
- Nate Linhart Starter PF 31:00 3-5 0-1 0-1 9.6 0 9 9 0 2 1 0 1 6
- Brett McClanahan Bench SG 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Anthony Hitchens Bench PG 14:00 4-6 2-3 0-0 7.0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 10
- Brett McKnight Bench SF 27:00 4-9 2-3 6-10 7.5 0 4 4 2 4 2 3 0 16
- Jimmy Conyers Bench SG 09:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.8 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
- Mike Bardo Bench C 14:00 0-0 0-0 0-4 -3.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0
  Team                   4            
        200 21-38 8-14 15-27 41.6 2 21 27 11 23 7 11 2 65
          55.3% 57.1% 55.6%                    

Buffalo Bulls

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Rodney Pierce Starter PG 28:00 1-9 1-5 1-2 -3.8 0 3 3 2 3 0 3 0 4
- Greg Gamble Starter SF 33:00 5-7 0-1 1-2 5.5 0 4 4 2 3 1 4 0 11
- Mitchell Watt Starter C 16:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 -0.5 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
- Calvin Betts Starter SG 33:00 2-7 1-5 7-8 6.0 2 5 7 0 5 2 3 0 12
- Titus Robinson Starter PF 17:00 3-5 0-0 0-2 4.2 2 3 5 1 5 1 1 0 6
- Jawaan Alston Bench PF 07:00 1-2 0-0 0-2 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
- Sean Smiley Bench PG 04:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Byron Mulkey Bench PG 12:00 1-2 1-2 2-2 5.2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5
- Max Boudreau Bench PF 20:00 3-6 0-0 2-3 5.4 3 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 8
- John Boyer Bench PG 10:00 0-2 0-1 0-0 0.2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Andy Robinson Bench PG 20:00 2-6 0-1 1-2 1.5 3 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 5
  Team                   1            
        200 18-49 3-16 14-23 23.9 13 21 35 7 21 4 14 1 53
          36.7% 18.8% 60.9%                    

Akron Zips Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Darryl Roberts
8p, 1.8r, 1.6a		 Steve McNees
5.9p, 1.8r, 1.9a		 Chris McKnight
9.2p, 4.8r, 1.1a		 Nate Linhart
10.1p, 6.2r, 1.5a		 Nikola Cvetinovic
4.4p, 2.6r, 0.5a
Rotation Anthony Hitchens
8.9p, 1.4r, 2.3a		  
 		 Brett McKnight
11.4p, 3.6r, 1.1a		  
 		 Mike Bardo
1.6p, 2.3r, 0.4a
Lim PT  
 		 Jimmy Conyers
3.2p, 3.2r, 0.8a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 Brett McClanahan
4.5p, 1.4r, 1a		  
 		  
 		  
 

Buffalo Bulls Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rodney Pierce
14.3p, 3.7r, 2.2a		 Calvin Betts
9.2p, 6.5r, 1a		 Greg Gamble
8.8p, 5.1r, 3.8a		 Titus Robinson
3.9p, 1.8r, 0.3a		 Mitchell Watt
3.6p, 2.3r, 0.5a
Rotation Andy Robinson
7.9p, 3.1r, 1.2a		  
 		  
 		 Max Boudreau
5.9p, 3.2r, 0.4a		  
 
Rotation Byron Mulkey
1.6p, 0.7r, 0.6a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Rotation John Boyer
2.7p, 2.3r, 1.5a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Sean Smiley
3.6p, 1.5r, 0.4a		  
 		  
 		 Jawaan Alston
2.5p, 2.6r, 0.5a		  
 

Today's Games

(1) North Carolina 70
(22) Florida State 73
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(4) Memphis 64
Tulsa 39
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(5) Louisville 76
(18) Syracuse 66
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(7) Michigan State 70
Ohio State 82
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(9) Duke 67
Maryland 61
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(14) Missouri 73
Baylor 60
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(20) LSU 57
Mississippi State 67
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(23) Arizona State 63
USC 66
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Illinois 56
(24) Purdue 66
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