Akron Zips @ Ohio State Buckeyes

0-1, 0-1 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Akron AKR	28	38	66
Ohio State OSU	36	31	67

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1-0, 1-0 Home

No. 17 Buckeyes need late layup to beat Akron 67-66

— Zed Key saved No. 17 Ohio State from a season-opening embarrassment, catching a sharp pass from freshman Malachi Branham in the paint and laying in a buzzer-beater to give the Buckeyes a 67-66 win over Akron on Tuesday night.

Nov 9, 2021, 11:55 pm - AP

--AKR

100%

--OSU

According to ESPN Analytics

Enrique Freeman made Layup.
Meechie Johnson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
K.J. Walton made Layup.
Zed Key made Layup. Assisted by E.J. Liddell.
Zed Key made Layup. Assisted by E.J. Liddell.
Ali Ali missed Three Point Jumper.
Jamari Wheeler missed Jumper.
Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
Aziz Bandaogo missed Layup.
Xavier Castaneda made Layup.
Meechie Johnson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Ahrens missed Jumper.
Aziz Bandaogo missed Jumper.
Zed Key made Layup. Assisted by Justin Ahrens.
Justice Sueing missed Jumper.
Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
Justice Sueing missed Layup.
E.J. Liddell made Dunk.
Malachi Branham missed Jumper.
Justin Ahrens made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by E.J. Liddell.
Garvin Clarke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
Justice Sueing missed Jumper.
Mikal Dawson missed Layup.
Justin Ahrens made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malachi Branham.
K.J. Walton missed Jumper.
K.J. Walton made Free Throw.
K.J. Walton made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
Greg Tribble made Jumper.
E.J. Liddell made Layup. Assisted by Justin Ahrens.
Zed Key made Layup. Assisted by Malachi Branham.
Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Layup.
Zed Key missed Jumper.
Justice Sueing made Two Point Tip Shot.
Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Greg Tribble missed Layup.
E.J. Liddell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eugene Brown III.
K.J. Walton made Layup.
E.J. Liddell made Jumper.
Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell missed Free Throw.
Zed Key missed Layup.
E.J. Liddell made Dunk.
Malachi Branham missed Jumper.
Malachi Branham made Layup.
Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell missed Free Throw.
Garvin Clarke made Free Throw.
Garvin Clarke made Free Throw.
Joey Brunk made Jumper.
K.J. Walton missed Free Throw.
Joey Brunk made Jumper.
Garvin Clarke missed Layup.
Enrique Freeman made Two Point Tip Shot.
Ali Ali made Jumper.
Jamari Wheeler missed Jumper.
K.J. Walton made Layup.
Justin Ahrens made Free Throw.
Justin Ahrens missed Free Throw.
K.J. Walton made Free Throw.
Justice Sueing missed Three Point Jumper.
Garvin Clarke missed Jumper.
Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Ali Ali.
E.J. Liddell missed Three Point Jumper.
Xavier Castaneda made Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell missed Three Point Jumper.
Xavier Castaneda made Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell made Jumper.
K.J. Walton missed Layup.
Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell made Layup.
Ali Ali missed Jumper.
Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
Zed Key missed Two Point Tip Shot.
K.J. Walton missed Free Throw.
K.J. Walton made Free Throw.
Meechie Johnson Jr. made Free Throw.
Meechie Johnson Jr. made Free Throw.
Greg Tribble missed Jumper.
Greg Tribble missed Layup.
Justice Sueing missed Jumper.
Zed Key missed Layup.
Ali Ali missed Jumper.
Ali Ali made Layup.
Meechie Johnson Jr. made Free Throw.
Meechie Johnson Jr. made Free Throw.
Mikal Dawson made Jumper.
Mikal Dawson missed Free Throw.
Justin Ahrens missed Three Point Jumper.
Meechie Johnson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
Justice Sueing missed Three Point Jumper.
K.J. Walton made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
Malachi Branham missed Jumper.
Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell made Layup.
Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Eugene Brown III missed Three Point Jumper.
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ali Ali.
E.J. Liddell made Jumper.
K.J. Walton made Jumper.
Malachi Branham missed Layup.
E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
Garvin Clarke missed Layup.
Garvin Clarke missed Three Point Jumper.
Malachi Branham missed Jumper.
Eugene Brown III made Layup.
Ali Ali missed Jumper.
Xavier Castaneda made Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell missed Free Throw.
Ali Ali made Jumper.
E.J. Liddell missed Three Point Jumper.
Jamari Wheeler made Free Throw.
Jamari Wheeler made Free Throw.
Jamari Wheeler missed Jumper.
K.J. Walton made Jumper.
Malachi Branham made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jamari Wheeler.
Ali Ali made Free Throw.
Ali Ali made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell missed Layup.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell made Layup.
E.J. Liddell missed Free Throw.
Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Jumper.
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
K.J. Walton missed Jumper.
Ali Ali made Jumper.
E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
Zed Key made Dunk. Assisted by Justin Ahrens.
Enrique Freeman missed Jumper.
Enrique Freeman missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Malachi Branham made Jumper.
Ali Ali missed Three Point Jumper.
Malachi Branham missed Layup.
Zed Key made Two Point Tip Shot.
Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper.
Ali Ali made Free Throw.
Zed Key made Layup. Assisted by Malachi Branham.

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NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	18-0	-	32-2
Akron	17-1	1	29-6
Kent State	14-4	4	24-10
Toledo	11-7	7	19-15
Bowling Green	9-9	9	18-14
Ohio	9-9	9	15-17
Buffalo	7-11	11	17-15
Massachusetts	7-11	11	17-16
Ball State	7-11	11	12-19
Central Michigan	6-12	12	10-21
Western Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Eastern Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Northern Illinois	4-14	14	9-21

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

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