TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Zeke Marshall scored 18 points and tied his own school record with nine blocked shots as Akron defeated Toledo 71-56 Wednesday night to extend its winning streak to 10 games for the first time in 40 years.
The Zips (14-4, 5-0 Mid-American Conference), who won 14 straight in the 1972-73 season, jumped out to a 15-point lead, but went cold after Chauncey Gilliam's 3-pointer made it 30-14 at the 7:31 mark. Akron did not score again for more than 5 minutes en route to a 36-21 halftime advantage.
After the Rockets (6-10, 2-3) closed to 40-32 with 15:48 remaining, the Zips hit five straight 3-pointers, three by Gilliam and two by Alex Abreu, to lead 55-39.
Akron's Demetrius Treadwell had his second straight double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, Gilliam added 12 points on 4-of-5 3-point shooting and Abreu finished with 11 points.
Rian Pearson's 16 points led Toledo.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Akron (14-4) « | 36 | 35 | 71 |
| Toledo (6-10) | 21 | 35 | 56 |
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| Akron Zips | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Treadwell, F | 30 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| N. Harney, F | 18 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Marshall, C | 30 | 8-10 | 2-5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| A. Abreu, G | 34 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| B. Walsh, G | 26 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Kretzer | 15 | 0-5 | 1-1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Gilliam | 13 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| P. Forsythe | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Ibitayo | 10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| R. McAdams | 8 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Betancourt | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-63 | 5-9 | 43 | 15 | 10 | 71 | |
| 44.4% | 55.6% | ||||||
| Toledo Rockets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Smith, F | 30 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| N. Boothe, C | 22 | 1-8 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Brown, G | 38 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| D. Buckley, G | 33 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| R. Pearson, G | 24 | 7-19 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Holliday | 24 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| R. Wonnell | 18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Lemons | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-61 | 8-10 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 56 | |
| 37.7% | 80% | ||||||
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