Buffalo upsets Akron women in MAC tourney

Terry Rabbitts Anita Brown drives around a Greta Burry pick during the MAC Tournament game against Buffalo.The eighth-seeded Buffalo Bulls continue to play basketball at the right time of the year as they upset the fifth-seeded University of Akron women’s baskeball team, 88-87, in semi-final action of the Mid-American Conference Tournament at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

Reserve Lilli Piper led the Zips with 24 points and nine rebounds in the game while Anita Brown and Hannah Plybon each added 22 markers but it was not enough to save the Zips.

Akron (19-13) started the game off a little slow falling behind 4-0, but a Plybon free throw and a three ball from DiAndra Gibson tied the game up…