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EMU Tripped Up at Akron, 71-57
2/7/2009 4:07:03 PM | Women's Basketball
Freshman Paige Redditt nearly notched her first career double-double
Box score.
AKRON, Ohio – The Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team fell short Saturday afternoon, Feb. 7, as the University of Akron Zips handed the Eagles a 71-57 loss at James A. Rhodes Arena.
The loss drops EMU to 4-17 and 0-9 in the Mid-American Conference this season, while Akron improves to 9-13 (4-5 MAC) with the victory.
Freshman Paige Redditt (Belton, Mo.-Belton) nearly notched her first career double-double, tallying a career-high 17 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the field to go along with nine boards. Akron's Kara Murphy scored a game-high 21 points.
Down by as many as 11 points in the first frame, the Eagles managed to pull within a basket, as back-to-back three-pointers by freshman Tavelyn James (Detroit, Mich.-Mumford) and sophomore De'Ja Wills (Anderson, Ind.-Anderson) made it a 25-23 game with under two minutes left in the half. Wills would again connect from downtown in the waning seconds of the first half to make it a 32-26 game at intermission.
EMU shot 39.9 percent (9-of-29) from the field in the first half, while the Zips shot 59.9 percent (13-of-22) from the field in the first 20 minutes.
The Zips continued their hot shooting in the second half, going on a 17-2 run in the opening minutes to take a 49-30 advantage. The Eagles pulled within 12 points with 6:12 remaining, but the Zips would keep EMU at arm's length for the remainder of the contest to seal the victory.
The Eagles will be back in action Wednesday, Feb. 11, when the Bulls of the University at Buffalo invade the Convocation Center for a 7 p.m. Mid-American Conference cross-divisional tilt. In their last meeting, the Eagles tallied 31 points off 22 UB turnovers to register a 74-71 win over the Bulls in Buffalo, N.Y.
