The University of Akron women’s basketball team defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles 75-72 on Saturday afternoon at Rhodes Arena. The Zips improved to 11-9 on the season and 5-4 in MAC play while Eastern Michigan fell to 13-7 and 4-5 in the MAC.
Leading scorer Anita Brown led the game in both points and rebounds with 27 and nine. Brown also added five assists and two blocks while making over 50 percent of her shots from the floor. Brown also led the game in minutes played, as she never came out of the game.
Additionally, guard Hannah Plybon came out and scored a season-high 24 points to go with seven rebounds and four assists.