UTA routs Akron 85-69 in NIT second round
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kaelon Wilson scored 18 points, Erick Neal added 13 points and nine assists and UTA routed Akron 85-69 on Monday night in the second round of the NIT.
No. 6 seed UTA (27-8) will host eighth-seeded Cal State Bakersfield (24-9) in a quarterfinal. The Mavericks have won 14 straight at home.
Neal, who is second all-time in assists at UTA, assisted on two spectacular dunks. He threw an underhanded pass from midcourt to Wilson that split two defenders. Wilson capped the play with an emphatic one-handed dunk.