Sometimes you gotta let the Big Dog eat, and in their first game in Cleveland, the Akron Zips did as they rode their big man to a 79-62 win over the Eastern Michigan Eagles.
The first half was the James Thompson show. The sophomore big man came out on fire, scoring the Eagles’ first 11 points, while grabbing 7 rebounds before the first media timeout. He would finish the double-double before the “under-eight” timeout, as Eastern Michigan jumped out to the early lead.
However, the Zips would shake off the early rust to take the lead late.