Miami women at Akron at 2:00 on Saturday on ESPN+

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Miami is 8-20 ( 4-15). Akron is 15-10 ( 12-7). Akron is currently seeded #3.

They hammered us in Oxford earlier in the year. This has been a big turnaround year for Akron, who has been near the bottom of the league for several years. Akron has Jordyn Dawson who is a definite first team all MAC player and some have mentioned her as a possible Player of the Year. In MAC play Dawson has averaged a double double, 24/10. The rest of their team are solid MAC players, not stars but lots of good players.

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15-9 at the 5 and under TO. Down 6. Amani Freeman had 2 fouls in the first minute. Clueless Jada Duckett missed the first two passes to her for turnovers and then gave up a layup, so we were down to our 3rd center 3 minutes into the game. Richason has played better.

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19-13 Akron at the end of 1, Scott has 2 points and Wolf none. Cluse and Davidson has been our best player so far today.

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Paying attention/ keeping your eye on the ball all the time----is rule one in basketball, men’s…OR WOMEN’S.

On defense, watch/ guard your opponent…all pretty easy to grasp, even in elementary school hoops.

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29-25 Akron at the 5 and under TO. Scott has been out for about 3 minutes now for absolutely no reason that I can see. Wolf finally got a couple of buckets. Foster scored 6 points on the first 3 possessions of the second quarter and Coach took her out and brought in Amani Freeman who has 2 fouls. Strange moves. Overall, we are playing better than usual.

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Peyton Scott just got what looks like a serious knee injury on a drive to the bucket where she went sprawling to the court, as she does many times each game. I would guess her season is over. We were down 1 after Wolf came off the bench to hit two free throws, but without Scott I would not look for anything good.

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40-32 Akron at the half.

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44-41 Akron , TO Akron with 6 minutes to go in the third quarter. Wolf has been taking over and other than Jordyn Dawson we have done a good defensive job against the Zips. Foster-Walker is having a nice game.

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47-45 Miami at the 5 and under TO as Akron keeps turning it over. Their point guard turned an ankle and went out. Wolf has been taking over offensively.

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Incidentally, Collen Day Henderson is looking very pregnant. Hope they have a future RedHawk!

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52-49 Akron with a 7-0 run as we do some dumb stuff again.

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56-55 Miami at the end of 3. Dawson has 24 for Akron, Wolf 19 for us. Both had 3 fouls, and in a huge play in the last minute, Dawson got called for a charge against Wolf, so Dawson starts the 4th quarter with 4 fouls. Garrelts has been great at causing turnovers.

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61-59 Akron with 7 minutes to go, TO Miami as Wolf pick up foul #4. Dawson has been sitting out.

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My HS coach said if they are not looking, hit them in the head with the pass and they will be more alert after that.

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Battle and Wolf hit 3’s and Duckett makes one of her best catches and moves of the year and we are up 4 at the 5 and under TO. Dawson comes back in.

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In today’s warped society, that might be considered physical abuse. :sunglasses:

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Dawson scored her 26th point, but on a loose ball scramble Dawson turns her ankle with 3 minutes to go. We are up 3.

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73-72 Akron, 24 seconds to go, our ball, 19 on the shotclock.

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Still down 1, Our ball 1.8 seconds, Akron has only 2 fouls.

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We lose. Tried a tip play to Cluse and there was plenty of contact but no call. We missed our last 4 or 5 shots, Katie missed 3 open looks, although she did make two free throws to put us up 1 with 58 seconds to go. Game ended with Akron’s best player and their point guard with turned ankles and Scott with a knee or maybe a high ankle sprain. Akron will need both of those girls on Wednesday to have a chance to advance.