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I had the pleasure of speaking with Evan and Eric at the tip-off reception and could not have been more impressed. They are both personable, mature and friendly.

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I suspect Evan will have the primary task of defending Gillespie tonight. He'll be a little outsized but he's up to the task as he's one of the Zips best defenders. If Whatley is out, Amani's free to take some of that on.

I think Nick being here could help Oggie's adjustment to Akron and the American system. It also gives the program an in in Nick's area of the world.

Unpaid grad assistant so that UA still had to pay his full salary,

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He spoke a bit about Mrs. Acus, wife of Dr. Acus. Her calling hours are this week but Doc was at the game tonight. An official he was also close to was discussed along with Larry Williams.

Groce was interesting in the post-game. Said Toledo was more physical and played with more urgency in the first half while the Zips didn't impose their will and played poorly on defense but were fortunate to shoot well enough to stay in the game. Eric has the best hops for the Zips since Tribble. I've been waiting for his breakout game and I hope this was a sign of things to come.

PCCC comes to the JAR Friday night at 6:00 to renew the rivalry. The Flushes are 16-5 coming off a home win against OU. 6’8” senior forward Delrecco Gillespie leads PCCC in scoring and rebounding at 19.4 ppg and 12.3 rpg. He’s 3rd in the MAC in scoring and first in rebounding. Morgan Safford, a 6’4” grad student scores 13.7 ppg along with 6 rpg. Gillespie’s cousin, 6’7” 290 pound Nevada transfer grad student Rob Whaley contributes 12.3 ppg and 4.1 rpg and seems to be taking on a larger role as the season has progressed. Gillespie has made a huge improvement this year after averaging 8.1 ppg and 8.1 rpg last season.

Big brother wasn't going to be outdone.

I'll try to keep it up. I've been waiting!

Before 😁.

Time for Eric to bust out.

Dustin all of the way out to the Akron Children's logo. LOL.

Dunk of the year by Eric.

Well, Groce was as mad as I have ever seen him at the team over the defense. Agree on the turnovers.

Hot shooting + bad defense = 49 first half points

What an ugly half for the Zips.

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict they won't shoot 82% on threes all night.

Groce is good and p!$$ed with the defense.

Too many turnovers.

Toledo came prepared for the 1-3-1.

The Parks kid has slimmed down and is more mobile than I remembered.

Zack with a mask. Broken nose?

It's going to be interesting to see how Groce plans to handle the defense when Gillespie and 6'7" 290 pound Whaley are on the floor together.