Akron Zips vs. Northern Kentucky Norse

Dec 9, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
AKR	41	36	77
NKU	37	39	76

Game Recap

Freeman has double-double, scores late dunk to lift Akron past Northern Kentucky 77-76. Enrique Freeman scored 21 points including a dunk with 3.6 seconds left and Akron beat Northern Kentucky 77-76 on Saturday night.

Player Stats

AKRON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
25Enrique Freeman	34	10-12	0-0	1-2	10	0	1	1	3	2	21
11Sammy Hunter	28	7-10	5-7	1-2	4	1	0	0	1	0	20
24Ali Ali	29	5-8	1-2	2-2	2	5	1	0	6	4	13
34Nate Johnson	29	6-10	1-3	0-1	3	2	0	0	0	3	13
2Greg Tribble	32	3-6	0-2	1-2	1	2	0	0	1	3	7
1Shammah Scott	15	0-2	0-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0
3Kaleb Thornton	20	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	5	0	0	1	2	0
22Mikal Dawson	13	1-5	1-4	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	2	3

TOTAL	-	32-5558.2%	8-2236.4%	5-955.6%	23	18	3	1	13	18	77

NORTHERN KENTUCKY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5LJ Wells	14	2-3	0-1	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	2	4
40Keeyan Itejere	33	2-5	0-0	0-4	6	0	0	1	1	3	4
2Sam Vinson	37	4-13	1-3	1-2	5	3	4	0	1	2	10
3Marques Warrick	37	8-18	1-6	13-17	6	2	3	0	0	0	30
1Trey Robinson	31	9-11	2-3	0-1	7	1	1	0	2	2	20
15Cesar Tchilombo	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
10Cade Meyer	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Jeramiah Israel	15	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	3	0	0	1	1	0
22Michael Bradley	26	3-6	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	2	4	6
TOTAL	-	29-6048.3%	4-1526.7%	14-2458.3%	29	12	9	1	8	15	76

Play-by-Play

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1st halfAKRNKU

(19:45) Keeyan Itejere missed Layup.
(19:42) Trey Robinson Offensive Rebound.
(19:42) Trey Robinson Turnover.
(19:19) Enrique Freeman Turnover.
(19:04) Foul on Sammy Hunter.
+1 (19:04) Marques Warrick made Free Throw.
01
+2 (18:55) Trey Robinson made Jumper.
03
+2 (18:38) Nate Johnson made Jumper.
23
+2 (18:19) Trey Robinson made Jumper.
25
+2 (18:00) Ali Ali made Jumper.
45
+2 (17:33) Marques Warrick made Jumper.
47
+2 (17:16) Enrique Freeman made Dunk. Assisted by Nate Johnson.
67
+2 (17:02) LJ Wells made Layup. Assisted by Michael Bradley.
69
+2 (16:49) Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Ali Ali.
89
(16:39) Foul on Ali Ali.
+1 (16:39) Marques Warrick made Free Throw.
810
+1 (16:39) Marques Warrick made Free Throw.
811
(16:20) Sammy Hunter Turnover.
(16:20) LJ Wells Steal.
+2 (16:15) Marques Warrick made Jumper. Assisted by LJ Wells.
813
+2 (15:47) Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton.
1013
+2 (15:34) LJ Wells made Jumper. Assisted by Michael Bradley.
1015
+3 (15:15) Sammy Hunter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shammah Scott.
1315
(14:40) Michael Bradley missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:36) Ali Ali Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:15) Enrique Freeman made Dunk. Assisted by Ali Ali.
1515
(14:15) Foul on Trey Robinson.
+1 (14:15) Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.
1615
(13:51) Trey Robinson Turnover.
(13:51) Mikal Dawson Steal.
+2 (13:24) Ali Ali made Layup.
1815
+2 (13:16) Marques Warrick made Jumper.
1817
(12:57) Foul on Michael Bradley.
+3 (12:47) Sammy Hunter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mikal Dawson.
2117
(12:30) Marques Warrick missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:25) Northern Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
(12:20) Sam Vinson missed Jumper.
(12:16) Keeyan Itejere Offensive Rebound.
(12:13) Keeyan Itejere Turnover.
(12:04) Nate Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:00) Keeyan Itejere Defensive Rebound.
(11:47) Foul on Keeyan Itejere.
(11:38) Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:33) Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
(11:33) Foul on Michael Bradley.
(11:25) Greg Tribble missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:22) LJ Wells Defensive Rebound.
(11:19) LJ Wells Turnover.
(11:19) Ali Ali Steal.
+3 (11:14) Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper.
2417
(10:55) Michael Bradley Turnover.
(10:55) Enrique Freeman Steal.
(10:50) Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
(10:49) Nate Johnson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:49) Nate Johnson made Dunk.
2617
(10:42) Foul on Greg Tribble.
+2 (10:34) Sam Vinson made Jumper.
2619
(10:22) Ali Ali missed Jumper.
(10:14) Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:14) Enrique Freeman made Layup.
2819
(10:02) Keeyan Itejere missed Layup.
(9:59) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(9:52) Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:49) Sam Vinson Defensive Rebound.
(9:40) Foul on Enrique Freeman.
(9:40) Marques Warrick missed Free Throw.
(9:40) Northern Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
+1 (9:40) Marques Warrick made Free Throw.
2820
(9:22) Nate Johnson missed Layup.
(9:17) Nate Johnson Offensive Rebound.
(9:16) Nate Johnson missed Layup.
(9:13) Trey Robinson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:10) Sam Vinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeramiah Israel.
2823
(8:44) Kaleb Thornton missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:41) Trey Robinson Defensive Rebound.
(8:35) Marques Warrick missed Layup.
(8:34) Keeyan Itejere Offensive Rebound.
(8:34) Foul on Mikal Dawson.
(8:34) Keeyan Itejere missed Free Throw.
(8:34) Northern Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
(8:34) Keeyan Itejere missed Free Throw.
(8:34) Akron Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:14) Ali Ali made Jumper.
3023
+2 (7:50) Trey Robinson made Layup. Assisted by Sam Vinson.
3025
(7:31) Greg Tribble missed Layup.
(7:31) Keeyan Itejere Block.
(7:31) Akron Offensive Rebound.
(7:29) Foul on Sam Vinson.
(7:17) Ali Ali missed Layup.
(7:15) Sam Vinson Defensive Rebound.
(7:08) Michael Bradley Turnover.
(6:48) Ali Ali missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:44) Sam Vinson Defensive Rebound.
(6:40) Foul on Kaleb Thornton.
+2 (6:31) Michael Bradley made Jumper.
3027
(5:56) Shammah Scott missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:56) Shammah Scott Offensive Rebound.
(5:56) Foul on Trey Robinson.
+2 (5:55) Enrique Freeman made Jumper.
3227
(5:32) LJ Wells missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:28) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(5:18) Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:14) Marques Warrick Defensive Rebound.
(5:08) Jeramiah Israel missed Jumper.
(5:07) LJ Wells Offensive Rebound.
(5:07) Foul on Nate Johnson.
(4:51) Sam Vinson missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:47) Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:38) Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Shammah Scott.
3427
(4:26) Jeramiah Israel Turnover.
+2 (4:09) Greg Tribble made Jumper.
3627
+3 (3:43) Marques Warrick made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Vinson.
3630
(3:06) Greg Tribble missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:00) Michael Bradley Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:45) Cesar Tchilombo made Layup. Assisted by Marques Warrick.
3632
(2:20) Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
(2:16) Marques Warrick Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:03) Keeyan Itejere made Layup.
3634
+2 (1:40) Ali Ali made Jumper. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton.
3834
(1:26) Marques Warrick missed Jumper.
(1:23) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(1:18) Kaleb Thornton Turnover.
(1:18) Sam Vinson Steal.
+2 (1:12) Trey Robinson made Layup. Assisted by Marques Warrick.
3836
+3 (0:42) Sammy Hunter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ali Ali.
4136
(0:06) Sam Vinson missed Jumper.
(0:04) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(0:04) Foul on Keeyan Itejere.
(0:04) Enrique Freeman missed Free Throw.
(0:04) Marques Warrick Defensive Rebound.
(0:03) Foul on Kaleb Thornton.
+1 (0:03) Marques Warrick made Free Throw.
4137
(0:03) Marques Warrick missed Free Throw.
(0:03) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

AKR

NKU

77Points76

32-55(58.2%)Field Goal(%)29-60(48.3%)

8-22(36.4%)3-Point(%)4-15(26.7%)

5-9(55.6%)Free Throw(%)14-24(58.3%)

29(7)Rebounds(Offensive)32(14)

18Assists12

3Steals9

1Blocks1

13Turnovers9

18(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

9Largest Lead5

Game Details

Saturday, December 9, 2023 · 7:00 PM

Truist Arena · Highland Heights, KY

attendance: 4,163 (44.3%)

tv: ESPN+