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Bowen Hardman's late 3-pointer lift Akron men's basketball to MAC win
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Bowen Hardman 's 3-pointer with 8.1 seconds to play lifted the University of Akron men's basketball team to a 66-64 Mid-American Conference win at Eastern Michigan on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Akron's Tavari Johnson recorded the assist on Hardman's game-winning shot. Eastern Michigan had two shot attempts in the closing seconds as Gregory Lawson missed a jumper and Merritt Alderink missed a tip-in layup.
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Johnson made two free throws to give Akron a 63-59 lead with 2:11 to go. EMU scored the next five points, with Jon Sanders making a layup, Lawson converting two free throws and Mohammad Habhab making one free throw to make it 64-63 with 20 seconds left.
Bowen Hardman, shooting a 3-pointer in a win over Toledo last month, hit a game-winning 3 at Eastern Michigan on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
The Zips (19-4, 10-1) had four players score in double figures, led by Johnson, who finished with 17 points, six rebounds and three assists. Hardman scored 12 points, Evan Mahaffey contributed 12 points, three rebounds and two steals and Sharron Young totaled 12 points, three steals and two rebounds.
Akron also received solid efforts from Amani Lyles (four points, eight rebounds, four assists) and Eric Mahaffey (four points, seven rebounds, two blocks).
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Lawson paced the Eagles (9-14, 3-8) with 17 points and four rebounds. Addison Patterson (16 points, six rebounds), Sanders (11 points, four assists) and Habhab (11 points, seven rebounds) also reached double figures.
The game featured 15 lead changes. EMU held the largest lead in the game, 49-40, when Patterson made a 3-pointer with 9:39 to go in the second half.
Next Akron Zips basketball game
The Zips will take a break from conference play this weekend when they travel to Troy for a second-round game in the MAC-SBC Challenge at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. Troy won the Sun Belt Conference a year ago, and Akron is the reigning MAC champ.
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Akron Beacon Journal sports writer Michael Beaven can be reached by email at mbeaven@thebeaconjournal and is on Twitter at @MBeavenABJ .
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Akron men's basketball scores win at Eastern Michigan on late 3
