Ball State 77, at Akron 87

AKRON, Ohio (Interstat) — In a game defined by a blistering offensive display from its star guard, the Akron Zips weathered a heroic individual performance from Ball State’s Armoni Zeigler to secure an 87-77 victory in a Mid-American Conference men’s basketball game Tuesday night at James A. Rhodes Arena. A crowd of 1,934 saw the Zips (12-4, 3-1 MAC) use balanced scoring and timely defensive stops to hold off the Cardinals (4-13, 0-4), who leaned heavily on Zeigler’s game-high 30 points. The win kept Akron in the upper tier of the conference standings, while Ball State’s losing streak extended to… Read more...