Akron edged Tulane 65-63

By Hardwood Bricks staff · Sat, Nov 14, 2026

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Akron edged Tulane 65-63 at James A. Rhodes Arena.

Ty Pence led Akron with 17 points. TJ Nadeau had 19 points for Tulane. Chabi Barre led all players with 10 rebounds for Akron.

Akron had 16 offensive rebounds to Tulane's 8. Tulane covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 13.6 points.

Scoring · Akron: Ty Pence 17, Tahj Staveskie 11, Buddy Hammer Jr. 11, Evan Mahaffey 10, Chabi Barre 5, Kamrin Oriol 5, Zach Halligan 3, Colin White 2, Marvin Musiime-Kamali 1. Tulane: TJ Nadeau 19, KJ Greene 16, Krystian Lewis 11, Joah Chappelle 6, Josiah Moore 5, Ryan Blount 4, Tyler Ringgold 2.

What the model said

Projected that morning with only earlier games

TULN 74, AKR 90model score

-15.6model spread (home)

164.5model total

13.6points off the final margin

FavoriteAKR -11.54.1 Lost Over 155.59.0 Lost

OverUnderFavoriteUnderdogThe colored fill is the gap between the model and the market: a full chip means 6 points or more. The number on each chip is that gap.

Leans are against the DraftKings closing line ESPN carries. Season record on the ratings page.

Line and result

	Spread (home)	Total	ML home	ML away	Source
Open (first seen)	-12.5	155.0			our snapshots
Latest	-3.0	135.5	-284	235	our snapshots (9 books)
Close	-11.5	155.5	-800	550	DraftKings via ESPN

Margin +2 (home) ATS TULN covered Total 128 → under

Travel and rest coming in

Team	Rest days	Miles in	Road streak	Time zone
TULN	3	906	1	+1 h
AKR	non-American team, not tracked

Rest is full days off between games. Miles are an estimate from the travel model (see the travel page).

Team stats

Stat	TULN	AKR
FG	20-56	25-63
FG%	36	40
3PT	5-17	7-30
3P%	29	23
FT	18-23	8-16
FT%	78	50
Rebounds	35	46
Offensive rebounds	8	16
Defensive rebounds	27	30
Assists	8	15
Steals	6	3
Blocks	2	4
Turnovers	11	11
Points off turnovers	12	7
Fast break points	7	2
Points in paint	26	36
Fouls	20	19
Largest lead	3	13
Possessions (est.)	69.9	65.6
Points per 100 possessions	90.1	99.1

Possessions = FGA − OREB + TO + 0.475 × FTA.

Tulane Green Wave

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
KJ Greene G	36	16	3-7	1-1	9-10	2	6	3	1	2	0	3
Krystian Lewis G	35	11	3-14	2-6	3-6	1	2	2	4	1	0	1
TJ Nadeau G	33	19	6-15	1-5	6-6	1	4	0	3	2	0	3
Tyler Ringgold F	28	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	1	8	2	0	1	1	4
Carson Schwieger F	11	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Josiah Moore	19	5	2-7	1-2	0-1	0	3	0	1	0	0	1
Joah Chappelle	18	6	3-5	0-1	0-0	1	3	0	1	0	1	3
Ryan Blount	15	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	1	0	0	5
Jordann Dumont	5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Cronin	DNP
Dame Salane	DNP
Noah Mister	DNP
Ryan Meltzer	DNP
Robert Moore	DNP
Tobias Brinkley	DNP

Akron Zips

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Ty Pence G	35	17	7-18	2-10	1-2	0	5	1	0	0	2	1
Evan Mahaffey F	31	10	5-9	0-0	0-3	3	6	5	1	0	1	1
Tahj Staveskie G	30	11	4-14	3-11	0-1	1	5	2	3	0	0	3
Chabi Barre F	16	5	1-4	0-1	3-4	4	10	1	1	0	0	0
Colin White F	15	2	0-2	0-2	2-2	0	1	2	1	1	0	3
Zach Halligan	22	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	2	1	0	1	1	4
Kamrin Oriol	19	5	2-6	1-3	0-0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4
Buddy Hammer Jr.	17	11	5-6	0-1	1-2	3	6	2	2	1	0	3
Tai Perkins	9	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
Marvin Musiime-Kamali	6	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
Devan Christion	DNP
Max Burton	DNP
RJ Jones	DNP
Josh Henderson	DNP
Exavier Wilson	DNP
Cody Head	DNP