Central Michigan Chippewas vs. Akron Zips

FINAL

Jan 6, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
CMU	30	39	69
AKR	43	39	82

Game Recap

Johnson scores 22 as Akron beats Central Michigan 82-69. Tavari Johnson's 22 points helped Akron defeat Central Michigan 82-69 on Tuesday night.

Player Stats

CENTRAL MICHIGAN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
21Nick Mullen	19	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
32Nathan Claerbaut	34	2-7	0-0	7-7	3	1	2	3	0	1	11
5Tamario Adley	28	8-13	4-7	0-0	6	2	2	0	4	3	20
3Jaxson Whitaker	28	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0
10Phat Phat Brooks	27	4-9	1-2	8-12	2	3	1	0	4	2	17
13Keenan Garner	18	2-3	0-1	1-1	4	0	0	0	3	3	5
2Jalen Kampen	15	2-3	0-1	2-3	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
22Will Ashford	9	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2
33Logan McIntire	22	2-7	0-3	2-2	2	2	3	0	2	2	6
TOTAL	-	21-4744.7%	5-1729.4%	22-2781.5%	18	12	10	3	15	12	69

AKRON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0Amani Lyles	29	6-12	0-2	0-0	7	1	4	1	6	4	12
3Sharron Young	18	2-6	1-4	2-2	2	3	1	0	0	2	7
21Zach Halligan	19	1-3	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2
5Tavari Johnson	35	9-12	4-7	0-0	5	10	1	0	6	1	22
12Evan Mahaffey	29	5-5	0-0	0-0	5	4	3	0	1	3	10
4Eric Mahaffey	20	1-5	0-2	2-4	4	3	2	1	1	5	4
23Marvin Musiime-Kamali	11	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
1Shammah Scott	24	7-9	4-4	1-1	2	1	0	0	2	3	19
15Bowen Hardman	15	1-5	1-5	1-2	2	0	0	0	1	0	4
TOTAL	-	33-5856.9%	10-2540.0%	6-966.7%	32	22	12	2	17	19	82

Play-by-Play

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1st halfCMUAKR

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Akron.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Central Michigan.
+2 (19:35) Evan Mahaffey makes 7-foot floating jump shot.
02
(19:16) Nathan Claerbaut misses layup.
(19:14) Zach Halligan Defensive Rebound.
(19:04) Amani Lyles bad pass turnover.
(19:04) Nathan Claerbaut Steal.
+2 (18:59) Phat Phat Brooks makes layup (Nathan Claerbaut assists).
22
+2 (18:53) Zach Halligan makes layup (Tavari Johnson assists).
24
(18:31) Foul on Sharron Young.
+1 (18:31) Phat Phat Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2.
34
+1 (18:31) Phat Phat Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2.
44
(18:12) Amani Lyles misses layup.
(18:12) Nathan Claerbaut Block.
(18:09) Amani Lyles Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:00) Tavari Johnson makes 15-foot floating jump shot.
46
(17:43) Tamario Adley bad pass turnover.
(17:43) Evan Mahaffey Steal.
+2 (17:38) Amani Lyles makes 1-foot dunk (Evan Mahaffey assists).
48
(17:12) Tamario Adley misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:09) Zach Halligan Defensive Rebound.
(16:55) Sharron Young misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:52) Tamario Adley Defensive Rebound.
(16:46) Jaxson Whitaker misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(16:43) Sharron Young Defensive Rebound.
(16:32) Sharron Young misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:30) Tavari Johnson Offensive Rebound.
(16:26) Zach Halligan misses layup.
(16:26) Nathan Claerbaut Block.
(16:21) Tamario Adley Defensive Rebound.
(16:20) Foul on Evan Mahaffey.
+1 (16:20) Phat Phat Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2.
58
+1 (16:20) Phat Phat Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2.
68
(16:11) Tavari Johnson bad pass turnover.
(15:59) Nathan Claerbaut misses 5-foot turnaround jump shot.
(15:56) Akron Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:46) Tavari Johnson makes layup (Eric Mahaffey assists).
610
(15:31) Keenan Garner bad pass turnover.
+3 (15:16) Shammah Scott makes 23-foot three point jumper (Eric Mahaffey assists).
613
(14:51) Nathan Claerbaut misses 11-foot jumper.
(14:49) Keenan Garner Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:49) Keenan Garner makes layup.
813
(14:49) Foul on Eric Mahaffey.
+1 (14:49) Keenan Garner makes free throw 1 of 1.
913
(14:37) Bowen Hardman misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:34) Marvin Musiime-Kamali Offensive Rebound.
(14:20) Foul on Logan McIntire.
+1 (14:20) Bowen Hardman makes free throw 1 of 2.
914
(14:19) Bowen Hardman misses free throw 2 of 2.
(14:19) Jaxson Whitaker Defensive Rebound.
(13:59) Logan McIntire misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(13:59) Bowen Hardman Defensive Rebound.
(13:59) Foul on Keenan Garner.
(13:41) Tavari Johnson bad pass turnover.
(13:41) Tamario Adley Steal.
+2 (13:31) Tamario Adley makes layup.
1114
(13:18) Amani Lyles misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:16) Tamario Adley Defensive Rebound.
(13:10) Logan McIntire misses layup.
(13:10) Eric Mahaffey Block.
(13:07) Amani Lyles Defensive Rebound.
(12:55) Amani Lyles misses layup.
(12:52) Keenan Garner Defensive Rebound.
(12:28) Keenan Garner misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:26) Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.
(12:19) Eric Mahaffey misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(12:15) Tavari Johnson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:58) Shammah Scott makes layup.
1116
(11:43) Foul on Eric Mahaffey.
+1 (11:43) Nick Mullen makes free throw 1 of 2.
1216
+1 (11:43) Nick Mullen makes free throw 2 of 2.
1316
(11:23) Amani Lyles bad pass turnover.
+3 (10:59) Phat Phat Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper.
1616
(10:34) Shammah Scott misses 15-foot jumper.
(10:32) Zach Halligan Offensive Rebound.
(10:30) Foul on Tamario Adley.
(10:30) Foul on Phat Phat Brooks.
+2 (10:09) Amani Lyles makes layup (Sharron Young assists).
1618
(9:50) Foul on Sharron Young.
(9:45) Logan McIntire bad pass turnover.
(9:45) Eric Mahaffey Steal.
+2 (9:39) Tavari Johnson makes layup (Eric Mahaffey assists).
1620
+2 (9:26) Jalen Kampen makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Tamario Adley assists).
1820
(8:57) Tavari Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:55) Amani Lyles Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:49) Evan Mahaffey makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Amani Lyles assists).
1822
+2 (8:28) Nathan Claerbaut makes 9-foot hook shot (Tamario Adley assists).
2022
+2 (8:19) Evan Mahaffey makes layup (Tavari Johnson assists).
2024
+2 (7:59) Keenan Garner makes layup (Logan McIntire assists).
2224
+2 (7:48) Tavari Johnson makes driving layup.
2226
(7:27) Tamario Adley bad pass turnover.
(7:27) Amani Lyles Steal.
(7:25) Amani Lyles out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(7:01) Jaxson Whitaker misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(6:56) Keenan Garner Offensive Rebound.
(6:55) Logan McIntire misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:51) Eric Mahaffey Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:40) Shammah Scott makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tavari Johnson assists).
2229
(6:17) Keenan Garner bad pass turnover.
(6:17) Eric Mahaffey Steal.
+2 (6:13) Eric Mahaffey makes 1-foot dunk.
2231
(6:02) Logan McIntire misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:59) Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:33) Shammah Scott makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tavari Johnson assists).
2234
+2 (5:18) Nathan Claerbaut makes 7-foot jumper.
2434
(5:18) Foul on Shammah Scott.
+1 (5:18) Nathan Claerbaut makes free throw 1 of 1.
2534
+2 (4:56) Tavari Johnson makes driving layup.
2536
(4:32) Phat Phat Brooks misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:29) Bowen Hardman Defensive Rebound.
(4:00) team shot clock turnover .
(3:33) Tamario Adley misses layup.
(3:31) Amani Lyles Defensive Rebound.
(3:24) Foul on Keenan Garner.
(3:15) Amani Lyles 3 second turnover.
(2:55) Nick Mullen bad pass turnover.
(2:55) Evan Mahaffey Steal.
+2 (2:51) Shammah Scott makes layup.
2538
(2:51) Foul on Tamario Adley.
+1 (2:51) Shammah Scott makes free throw 1 of 1.
2539
(2:33) Phat Phat Brooks bad pass turnover.
(2:33) Amani Lyles Steal.
(2:10) Evan Mahaffey bad pass turnover.
(2:10) Nathan Claerbaut Steal.
(2:10) Foul on Evan Mahaffey.
+1 (2:10) Nathan Claerbaut makes free throw 1 of 2.
2639
+1 (2:10) Nathan Claerbaut makes free throw 2 of 2.
2739
(1:54) Amani Lyles bad pass turnover.
+2 (1:30) Jalen Kampen makes layup.
2939
(1:30) Foul on Shammah Scott.
+1 (1:30) Jalen Kampen makes free throw 1 of 1.
3039
+2 (1:11) Marvin Musiime-Kamali makes layup (Tavari Johnson assists).
3041
(0:52) Phat Phat Brooks misses layup.
(0:50) Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:41) Shammah Scott makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
3043
(0:18) Will Ashford misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:14) Nathan Claerbaut Offensive Rebound.
(0:11) Nathan Claerbaut misses layup.
(0:08) Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(0:03) Bowen Hardman misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Phat Phat Brooks Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

CMU

AKR

69Points82

21-47(44.7%)Field Goal(%)33-58(56.9%)

5-17(29.4%)3-Point(%)10-25(40.0%)

22-27(81.5%)Free Throw(%)6-9(66.7%)

20(5)Rebounds(Offensive)34(11)

12Assists22

10Steals12

3Blocks2

17Turnovers19

12(0)Fouls(Technical)19(0)

0Largest Lead18

Game Details

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 · 7:00 PM

James A. Rhodes Arena · Akron, OH

attendance: 1,623 (29.5%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: AKR -23.5

over/under: 164.5