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Akron Basketball (sort of)

Sophomore Guard Rydell Brooks has been expelled from Akron. Brooks hadn't even played a game for the Zips yet, as he was a transfer from Niagara and sat out last year. He wasn't even on scholarship.

After a routine traffic stop, he thought it would be smart to just start open fire on police officers. Luckily the officers were not hit and Brooks was arrested after a short pursuit on foot. He has a $1 Million bond in jail right now. Five guns, two ski masks and gloves were found inside the minivan.

He is facing charges for:

• Attempted murder
• Felonious assault
• Carrying a concealed weapon
• Driving on a suspended license
• Having excessively tinted windows

You can check out his mug shot if you'd like, but be forewarned he might haunt your dreams.


Now for the good stuff


Miami Football

Offensive Lineman Zachary Marshall was accused of going in to 2 unlocked dorm rooms and holding a pillow over the face of a female student sleeping in one of the rooms. The event happened May 21st @ 6 AM and was arrested Thursday, May 29th. He was released on bond by his mother for $26,000. He has since been suspended from the football team and the university. Zach, a Junior, was the expected starter at the Right Tackle position.

He is facing charges for:

• Aggravated burglary
• Bulglary
• Misdemeanor Assault

Now for his story:

Marshall was hammered after a night of drinking with friends, walked into the wrong dorm room and plopped down, thinking he was in his own bed, the attorney said.

“He flopped down on this girl, and she started screaming and kicking and hitting him,” Peeler said.

Ford told an officer that “both times the white male just stated, ‘My bad, wrong room,’ and left closing the door behind him,” a Miami University police report said.

Marshall had 14 beers and 2 potent mixed drinks. But then of course that's probably just a lot less to a college offensive lineman. Here is the woman's story.

It's quite the interesting story. Some things are fishy but realistically this could have happened to any enormous drunk offensive lineman.

Bizzaro World - Huskies pull off win in Akron

My health has been in the toilet lately. I didn't attend an extra credit event for one of my classes and didn't even bother to listen or watch NIU @ Akron. It was the "MAC game of the week" or something. I really couldn't stomach another loss at this point. Earlier today, I shrugged off the notion that NIU right now was just like an animal backed up in to a corner.

Akron had won 22 straight games @ Rhodes Arena, which was the 5th longest streak in the country. Come on now this is a 5-17 17 point underdog against a 17-6 Akron team at home! Truly David vs Goliath.

Jake Anderson went 8 for 11 from the field and scored 24 points with 10 rebounds. Michael Patton went 7 for 13 including 5 from behind the arc, finishing with 22.

Keep in mind that both players mentioned above are TRUE FRESHMEN and will be around for 3 more years.

Out of nowhere, Ben Rand also got a double double scoring 11 and pulling down 10. Logan and Nichols both had 10 pts as well. Ricardo made a comment after the game that Rand was only 65-75% ready to go. The Iowa transfer truly has a lot of heart to still be playing this game.

One of the worst perimeter defenses in the nation (currently 328th) in NIU stopped Akron as they only made 8 of 27 shots from the 3-point range. The Huskies shot 64.5% for the entire game, and never fell behind in the 2nd half.

The next home game is Sunday at 3pm @ the Convo in Dekalb against Western Michigan. Can NIU continue their momentum and possibly make a dent in the MAC Tourney? Is it possible for this team to have a chance to make the tourney? Only time will tell.

HIGHLIGHTS (courtesy of MadDawgz02 of godawgz.com)