2017 MAC Men's Basketball Championship
No. 6 Kent State 70, No. 1 Akron 65
Box Score
Cleveland, Ohio – No. 6 seed Kent State defeated No. 1 seed Akron with a 70-65 final in the Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Championship Game, presented by VisitMyrtleBeach.com, at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on Saturday.
The win for Kent State marked the first MAC Championship for the Golden Flashes since 2008. A crowd of 10,376 fans were in attendance at the Q. This game marked the third meeting in the last 22 days between these MAC rivals.