Buffalo Bulls vs. Akron Zips
FINAL
Feb 24, 2026
Box Score
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUFF | 35 | 50 | 85 |
| AKR | 39 | 60 | 99 |
Game Recap
Akron takes down Buffalo 99-85. Tavari Johnson's 23 points helped Akron defeat Buffalo 99-85 on Tuesday.
Player Stats
 BUFFALO | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Tim Oboh | 23 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10Derrick Talton Jr. | 30 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2Ryan Sabol | 36 | 8-19 | 6-13 | 4-4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| 1Noah Batchelor | 29 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 14Angelo Brizzi | 35 | 7-13 | 2-6 | 9-10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| 13Ezra McKenna | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12Kyle Jones | 20 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 5Daniel Freitag | 21 | 3-17 | 0-8 | 10-10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| TOTAL | - | 25-6737.3% | 9-3327.3% | 26-3378.8% | 33 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 85 |
| AKRON | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0Amani Lyles | 31 | 7-12 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 21Zach Halligan | 14 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5Tavari Johnson | 30 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 11-11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| 12Evan Mahaffey | 32 | 8-12 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| 15Bowen Hardman | 16 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8Chabi Barre | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4Eric Mahaffey | 23 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 6-6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 3Sharron Young | 19 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 23Marvin Musiime-Kamali | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1Shammah Scott | 27 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| TOTAL | - | 32-5855.2% | 9-2142.9% | 26-2989.7% | 34 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 99 |
Play-by-Play
1st halfBUFFAKR
- (20:00) Start game.
- (19:59) Jump Ball won by Akron.
- (19:59) Jump Ball lost by Buffalo.
- (19:37) Amani Lyles misses layup.
- (19:37) Ryan Sabol Defensive Rebound.
- (19:37) Tim Oboh Block.
- (19:32) Ryan Sabol bad pass turnover.
- (19:32) Zach Halligan Steal.
- (19:17) Tavari Johnson bad pass turnover.
- (19:17) Ryan Sabol Steal.
- (19:09) Ryan Sabol bad pass turnover.
- (19:09) Zach Halligan Steal.
- +2 (19:03) Zach Halligan makes layup (Tavari Johnson assists).02
- +2 (18:45) Angelo Brizzi makes layup.22
- +2 (18:32) Evan Mahaffey makes layup (Tavari Johnson assists).24
- (18:06) Tim Oboh bad pass turnover.
- (18:06) Tavari Johnson Steal.
- (17:59) Bowen Hardman misses 26-foot three point jumper.
- (17:56) Amani Lyles Offensive Rebound.
- (17:39) Foul on Derrick Talton Jr..
- +1 (17:39) Tavari Johnson makes free throw 1 of 3.25
- +1 (17:39) Tavari Johnson makes free throw 2 of 3.26
- +1 (17:39) Tavari Johnson makes free throw 3 of 3.27
- (17:27) Derrick Talton Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
- (17:17) Ryan Sabol Offensive Rebound.
- (17:17) Ryan Sabol misses tip in layup.
- (17:17) Noah Batchelor Offensive Rebound.
- +3 (17:16) Ryan Sabol makes 25-foot three point jumper (Noah Batchelor assists).57
- +2 (17:06) Bowen Hardman makes layup (Tavari Johnson assists).59
- (16:49) Angelo Brizzi misses 24-foot three point jumper.
- (16:47) Zach Halligan Defensive Rebound.
- +2 (16:28) Amani Lyles makes driving layup.511
- (16:14) Foul on Zach Halligan.
- +1 (16:13) Ryan Sabol makes free throw 1 of 3.611
- +1 (16:13) Ryan Sabol makes free throw 2 of 3.711
- +1 (16:13) Ryan Sabol makes free throw 3 of 3.811
- (16:06) Tavari Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
- (16:06) Amani Lyles Offensive Rebound.
- (16:06) Tavari Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
- (16:06) Ryan Sabol Defensive Rebound.
- (15:46) Ryan Sabol misses 26-foot three point jumper.
- (15:45) Akron Defensive Rebound.
- (15:26) Amani Lyles bad pass turnover.
- (15:12) Tim Oboh misses layup.
- (15:10) Buffalo Offensive Rebound.
- (15:00) Foul on Tavari Johnson.
- +1 (15:00) Angelo Brizzi makes free throw 1 of 2.911
- +1 (15:00) Angelo Brizzi makes free throw 2 of 2.1011
- (14:42) Foul on Daniel Freitag.
- +1 (14:41) Tavari Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2.1012
- +1 (14:41) Tavari Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2.1013
- (14:28) Angelo Brizzi bad pass turnover.
- (14:09) Eric Mahaffey misses 25-foot three point jumper.
- (14:05) Noah Batchelor Defensive Rebound.
- +2 (13:52) Tim Oboh makes layup (Derrick Talton Jr. assists).1213
- (13:44) Sharron Young misses 26-foot three point jumper.
- (13:41) Noah Batchelor Defensive Rebound.
- (13:34) Foul on Marvin Musiime-Kamali.
- +1 (13:34) Angelo Brizzi makes free throw 1 of 2.1313
- +1 (13:34) Angelo Brizzi makes free throw 2 of 2.1413
- (13:26) Evan Mahaffey misses layup.
- (13:24) Derrick Talton Jr. Defensive Rebound.
- +3 (13:07) Noah Batchelor makes 23-foot three point jumper (Derrick Talton Jr. assists).1713
- (12:40) Eric Mahaffey traveling turnover.
- +3 (12:17) Ryan Sabol makes 25-foot three point jumper (Noah Batchelor assists).2013
- +2 (11:50) Shammah Scott makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot.2015
- (11:23) Noah Batchelor misses 11-foot jumper.
- (11:19) Evan Mahaffey Defensive Rebound.
- +2 (11:16) Eric Mahaffey makes layup (Tavari Johnson assists).2017
- (10:55) Noah Batchelor bad pass turnover.
- (10:55) Evan Mahaffey Steal.
- (10:39) Amani Lyles misses 26-foot three point jumper.
- (10:36) Eric Mahaffey Offensive Rebound.
- (10:36) Foul on Noah Batchelor.
- +2 (10:29) Evan Mahaffey makes layup (Eric Mahaffey assists).2019
- (10:12) Tim Oboh misses 8-foot hook shot.
- (10:08) Evan Mahaffey Defensive Rebound.
- +2 (10:00) Amani Lyles makes driving layup.2021
- (9:46) Foul on Eric Mahaffey.
- (9:45) Tim Oboh bad pass turnover.
- (9:30) Amani Lyles bad pass turnover.
- (9:30) Ryan Sabol Steal.
- +3 (9:12) Ryan Sabol makes 25-foot three point jumper (Angelo Brizzi assists).2321
- +2 (8:56) Tavari Johnson makes 15-foot floating jump shot.2323
- +3 (8:43) Ryan Sabol makes 26-foot three point jumper.2623
- (8:43) Foul on Tavari Johnson.
- +1 (8:43) Ryan Sabol makes free throw 1 of 1.2723
- +2 (8:32) Shammah Scott makes driving layup.2725
- +2 (8:12) Angelo Brizzi makes driving layup.2925
- (7:53) Shammah Scott misses 17-foot jumper.
- (7:48) Ryan Sabol Defensive Rebound.
- (7:34) Angelo Brizzi misses layup.
- (7:32) Evan Mahaffey Defensive Rebound.
- +2 (7:27) Evan Mahaffey makes layup.2927
- (7:07) Foul on Sharron Young.
- (6:47) Derrick Talton Jr. misses 15-foot jumper.
- (6:45) Bowen Hardman Defensive Rebound.
- (6:33) Tavari Johnson bad pass turnover.
- (6:29) Ryan Sabol misses 30-foot three point jumper.
- (6:26) Evan Mahaffey Defensive Rebound.
- (6:13) Amani Lyles misses layup.
- (6:11) Eric Mahaffey Offensive Rebound.
- (6:11) Eric Mahaffey misses layup.
- (6:09) Tim Oboh Defensive Rebound.
- (5:51) Ryan Sabol misses 13-foot jumper.
- (5:49) Eric Mahaffey Defensive Rebound.
- (5:34) Tavari Johnson misses 11-foot floating jump shot.
- (5:31) Tim Oboh Defensive Rebound.
- (5:14) Derrick Talton Jr. misses layup.
- (5:12) Tim Oboh Offensive Rebound.
- (5:06) Derrick Talton Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper.
- (5:03) Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.
- +3 (4:51) Tavari Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shammah Scott assists).2930
- (4:28) Angelo Brizzi misses 24-foot three point jumper.
- (4:24) Derrick Talton Jr. Offensive Rebound.
- (4:22) Angelo Brizzi misses 24-foot three point jumper.
- (4:19) Amani Lyles Defensive Rebound.
- (4:03) Evan Mahaffey misses 26-foot three point jumper.
- (4:01) Ryan Sabol Defensive Rebound.
- +2 (3:48) Kyle Jones makes layup.3130
- (3:41) Evan Mahaffey misses layup.
- (3:41) Derrick Talton Jr. Block.
- (3:40) Akron Offensive Rebound.
- (3:34) Bowen Hardman misses layup.
- (3:32) Tim Oboh Defensive Rebound.
- (3:16) Ryan Sabol misses 24-foot three point jumper.
- (3:14) Tim Oboh Offensive Rebound.
- (3:13) Ryan Sabol misses 25-foot three point jumper.
- (3:10) Eric Mahaffey Defensive Rebound.
- (2:56) Foul on Tim Oboh.
- +1 (2:56) Eric Mahaffey makes free throw 1 of 2.3131
- +1 (2:56) Eric Mahaffey makes free throw 2 of 2.3132
- (2:32) Foul on Evan Mahaffey.
- +1 (2:32) Tim Oboh makes free throw 1 of 2.3232
- +1 (2:32) Tim Oboh makes free throw 2 of 2.3332
- (2:08) Shammah Scott misses 13-foot jumper.
- (2:06) Tim Oboh Defensive Rebound.
- (1:53) Angelo Brizzi bad pass turnover.
- (1:53) Evan Mahaffey Steal.
- (1:47) Foul on Angelo Brizzi.
- +1 (1:47) Eric Mahaffey makes free throw 1 of 2.3333
- +1 (1:47) Eric Mahaffey makes free throw 2 of 2.3334
- (1:37) Daniel Freitag misses layup.
- (1:33) Kyle Jones Offensive Rebound.
- (1:31) Angelo Brizzi misses 24-foot three point jumper.
- (1:27) Zach Halligan Defensive Rebound.
- (1:08) Sharron Young misses 25-foot three point jumper.
- (1:06) Amani Lyles Offensive Rebound.
- (1:02) Foul on Kyle Jones.
- +1 (1:01) Sharron Young makes free throw 1 of 2.3335
- +1 (1:01) Sharron Young makes free throw 2 of 2.3336
- (0:51) Foul on Sharron Young.
- +1 (0:51) Daniel Freitag makes free throw 1 of 2.3436
- +1 (0:51) Daniel Freitag makes free throw 2 of 2.3536
- (0:44) Tavari Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
- (0:42) Kyle Jones Defensive Rebound.
- (0:22) Daniel Freitag misses 17-foot jumper.
- (0:20) Kyle Jones Offensive Rebound.
- (0:20) Kyle Jones out of bounds bad pass turnover.
- +3 (0:03) Shammah Scott makes 26-foot three point jumper.3539
2nd half
Team Stats
Game Details
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 · 7:00 PM
James A. Rhodes Arena · Akron, OH
attendance: 2,323 (42.2%)
tv: ESPN+
spread: AKR -15.5
over/under: 160.5