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Western Michigan Edges Akron in MAC Opener, 73-60

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KALAMAZOO, Mich. – A more than six-minute scoreless drought proved too much for the University of Akron women's basketball team to overcome in its Mid-American Conference opener on Saturday, Dec. 31, as Western Michigan (10-2, 1-0 MAC) used a 13-0 run over that span to register a 73-60 triumph over the Zips (7-5, 0-1 MAC).

Akron was directed by 16- and 14-point performances from seniors Alex Ricketts (Mercer, Pa.