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Billingsley's putback dunk with 1.9 remaining lifts Eastern Michigan past Akron, 61-60
AKRON, Ohio (AP) Jalin Billingsley scored 14 points and made a dunk with 1.9 seconds left to give Eastern Michigan a 61-60 victory over Akron on Tuesday night.
Eastern Michigan's Arne Osojnik shot a contested 3 that rimmed out before Billingsley sealed it with a left-handed putback.
Billingsley also grabbed eight rebounds for the Eagles (13-17, 6-11 Mid-American Conference). Orlando Lovejoy added 13 points while going 5 of 14 and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line. Connor Serven finished with 11 points.
The Zips (21-9, 13-4) were led in scoring by Enrique Freeman, who finished with 15 points, 13 rebounds, two steals and four blocks. Ali Ali added 12 points for Akron. Sammy Hunter also had 11 points.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 |  | Â | Connor Serven vs. Enrique Freeman (Eagles gains possession) | Â |
| 19:34 |  | +2 | Orlando Lovejoy makes two point reverse layup | 2-0 |
| 19:15 | | +2 | Enrique Freeman makes two point layup (Ali Ali assists) | 2-2 |
| 18:48 | | Â | Zips kicked ball violation | Â |
| 18:29 | | Â | Orlando Lovejoy misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 18:27 | | Â | Nate Johnson defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:06 | | Â | Ali Ali misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 18:04 | | Â | Jalin Billingsley defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:48 | | Â | Arne Osojnik offensive foul | Â |
| 17:48 | | Â | Arne Osojnik turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 17:29 | | +2 | Ali Ali makes two point pullup jump shot | 2-4 |
| 17:13 | | Â | Jalin Billingsley misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 17:11 | | Â | Nate Johnson defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:02 | | +2 | Sammy Hunter makes two point floating jump shot | 2-6 |
| 16:40 | | Â | Yusuf Jihad misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 16:38 | | Â | Yusuf Jihad offensive rebound | Â |
| 16:33 | | Â | Enrique Freeman blocks Yusuf Jihad's two point layup | Â |
| 16:31 | | Â | Enrique Freeman defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:21 | | +2 | Enrique Freeman makes two point turnaround hook shot (Nate Johnson assists) | 2-8 |
| 16:01 | | Â | Arne Osojnik misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 15:59 | | Â | Greg Tribble defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:46 | | Â | Nate Johnson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 15:44 | | Â | Enrique Freeman offensive rebound | Â |
| 15:41 | | Â | Enrique Freeman turnover (Arne Osojnik steals) | Â |
| 15:32 | | Â | Yusuf Jihad misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 15:30 | | Â | Nate Johnson defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:22 | | Â | Nate Johnson turnover (Connor Serven steals) | Â |
| 15:17 | | +2 | Connor Serven makes two point dunk | 4-8 |
| 14:59 | | Â | Enrique Freeman misses two point layup | Â |
| 14:57 | | Â | Arne Osojnik defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:46 | | Â | Jalin Billingsley misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:44 | | Â | Nate Johnson defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:37 | | +2 | Enrique Freeman makes two point layup (Nate Johnson assists) | 4-10 |
| 14:21 | | +2 | Orlando Lovejoy makes two point jump shot | 6-10 |
| 13:54 | | Â | Yusuf Jihad shooting foul (Ali Ali draws the foul) | Â |
| 13:54 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 13:54 | | +1 | Ali Ali makes regular free throw 1 of 3 | 6-11 |
| 13:54 | | Â | Ali Ali misses regular free throw 2 of 3 | Â |
| 13:54 | | +1 | Ali Ali makes regular free throw 3 of 3 | 6-12 |
| 13:29 | | Â | Orlando Lovejoy misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 13:27 | | Â | Sammy Hunter defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:16 | | Â | Kaleb Thornton turnover (lost ball) | Â |
| 12:55 | | +3 | Legend Geeter makes three point jump shot (Orlando Lovejoy assists) | 9-12 |
| 12:21 | | Â | Zips turnover (shot clock violation) | Â |
| 12:06 | | +2 | Connor Serven makes two point cutting layup (Orlando Lovejoy assists) | 11-12 |
| 12:03 | | Â | Enrique Freeman turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 11:47 | | Â | Connor Serven misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 11:45 | | Â | Cyril Martynov offensive rebound | Â |
| 11:42 | | Â | Eagles turnover (shot clock violation) | Â |
| 11:42 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 11:23 | | Â | Greg Tribble turnover (traveling) | Â |
| 10:59 | | Â | Orlando Lovejoy misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 10:57 | | Â | Mikal Dawson defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:46 | | Â | Mikal Dawson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 10:44 | | Â | Enrique Freeman offensive rebound | Â |
| 10:28 | | Â | Mikal Dawson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 10:26 | | Â | Connor Serven defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:06 | | Â | Arne Osojnik misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 10:04 | | Â | Ryan Prather Jr. defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:00 | | Â | Ali Ali misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 9:58 | | Â | Mikal Dawson offensive rebound | Â |
| 9:56 | | Â | Jalin Billingsley personal foul (Mikal Dawson draws the foul) | Â |
| 9:48 | | Â | Greg Tribble misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 9:46 | | Â | Connor Serven defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:23 | | +2 | Jalin Billingsley makes two point turnaround hook shot | 13-12 |
| 9:07 | | Â | Nate Johnson turnover (traveling) | Â |
| 8:50 | | Â | Nate Johnson blocks Legend Geeter's two point jump shot | Â |
| 8:48 | | Â | Orlando Lovejoy offensive rebound | Â |
| 8:48 | | Â | Tavari Johnson shooting foul (Orlando Lovejoy draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:48 | | +1 | Orlando Lovejoy makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 14-12 |
| 8:48 | | Â | Orlando Lovejoy misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 8:48 | | Â | Enrique Freeman defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:19 | | +2 | Tavari Johnson makes two point driving layup | 14-14 |
| 8:02 | | Â | Orlando Lovejoy misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 8:00 | | Â | Yusuf Jihad offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:56 | | Â | Yusuf Jihad misses two point layup | Â |
| 7:54 | | Â | Orlando Lovejoy offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:51 | | Â | Orlando Lovejoy misses two point layup | Â |
| 7:49 | | Â | Legend Geeter offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:45 | | Â | Legend Geeter misses two point layup | Â |
| 7:42 | | Â | Yusuf Jihad offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:38 | | +2 | Yusuf Jihad makes two point layup | 16-14 |
| 7:36 | | Â | Zips 30 second timeout | Â |
| 7:36 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 7:27 | | +2 | Ali Ali makes two point pullup jump shot (Enrique Freeman assists) | 16-16 |
| 7:04 | | Â | Legend Geeter turnover (lost ball) (Enrique Freeman steals) | Â |
| 6:58 | | Â | Jump ball. (Zips gains possession) | Â |
| 6:45 | | Â | Tavari Johnson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:43 | | Â | Enrique Freeman offensive rebound | Â |
| 6:36 | | Â | Tavari Johnson misses two point layup | Â |
| 6:34 | | Â | Enrique Freeman offensive rebound | Â |
| 6:33 | | Â | Orlando Lovejoy personal foul (Enrique Freeman draws the foul) | Â |
| 6:27 | | Â | Enrique Freeman turnover (traveling) | Â |
| 6:10 | | Â | Jalin Billingsley turnover (bad pass) (Tavari Johnson steals) | Â |
| 6:08 | | Â | Orlando Lovejoy personal foul (Tavari Johnson draws the foul) | Â |
| 5:55 | | Â | Yusuf Jihad shooting foul (Enrique Freeman draws the foul) | Â |
| 5:55 | | +1 | Enrique Freeman makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 16-17 |
| 5:55 | | +1 | Enrique Freeman makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 16-18 |
| 5:48 | | Â | Micah Schnyders misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 5:46 | | Â | Cyril Martynov offensive rebound | Â |
| 5:46 | | Â | Greg Tribble personal foul (Cyril Martynov draws the foul) | Â |
| 5:33 | | Â | Jalin Billingsley misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 5:31 | | Â | Sammy Hunter defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:22 | | Â | Sammy Hunter misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 5:20 | | Â | Micah Schnyders defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:58 | | Â | Arne Osojnik misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 4:56 | | Â | Ali Ali defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:47 | | Â | Ali Ali turnover (lost ball) | Â |
| 4:32 | | Â | Tavari Johnson personal foul (Micah Schnyders draws the foul) | Â |
| 4:27 | | Â | Jalin Billingsley turnover (bad pass) (Mikal Dawson steals) | Â |
| 4:23 | | +2 | Enrique Freeman makes two point layup (Mikal Dawson assists) | 16-20 |
| 3:51 | | Â | Enrique Freeman blocks Jalin Billingsley's two point layup | Â |
| 3:49 | | Â | Cyril Martynov offensive rebound | Â |
| 3:48 | | +2 | Cyril Martynov makes two point tip layup | 18-20 |
| 3:35 | | +3 | Sammy Hunter makes three point jump shot (Ryan Prather Jr. assists) | 18-23 |
| 3:08 | | Â | Greg Tribble personal foul (Connor Serven draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:08 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 2:51 | | +2 | Legend Geeter makes two point driving reverse layup | 20-23 |
| 2:32 | | Â | Mikal Dawson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 2:30 | | Â | Enrique Freeman offensive rebound | Â |
| 2:26 | | Â | Legend Geeter shooting foul (Enrique Freeman draws the foul) | Â |
| 2:26 | | +1 | Enrique Freeman makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 20-24 |
| 2:26 | | +1 | Enrique Freeman makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 20-25 |
| 2:03 | | Â | Arne Osojnik turnover (traveling) | Â |
| 1:48 | | Â | Mikal Dawson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 1:46 | | Â | Arne Osojnik defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:40 | | Â | Mikal Dawson personal foul (Micah Schnyders draws the foul) | Â |
| 1:18 | | +3 | Connor Serven makes three point jump shot (Micah Schnyders assists) | 23-25 |
| 1:07 | | Â | Enrique Freeman turnover (bad pass) (Arne Osojnik steals) | Â |
| 0:43 | | +2 | Jalin Billingsley makes two point pullup jump shot (Micah Schnyders assists) | 25-25 |
| 0:31 | | Â | Tavari Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Arne Osojnik steals) | Â |
| 0:24 | | Â | Jalin Billingsley misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 0:22 | | Â | Tavari Johnson defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:01 | | +2 | Ali Ali makes two point driving layup | 25-27 |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |