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The Zips, fresh off of their first road win of the season, head into John F. Savage Arena Tuesday night to face the 18-4 Toledo Rockets. The Rockets are 6-3 in the MAC and are on a three game win streak. MAC West preseason first team 6'4" senior guard Jaelan Sanders leads Sprockets scoring with 16.3 ppg. Missouri transfer 6'6" junior forward Willie Jackson leads rebounding at at 10.1 rpg.

Nice road win. Solid defense throughout. Clearly, defense is going to be their calling card. The 3 early Riak blocks help set the tone.

I saw it on Sportscenter. He bounced up yelling at the ref. Too damn funny.

That's like getting half of a colonoscopy.

Is there a game Saturday?

From what I have seen of Reece he's shorter than your average 4, but he plays larger. You are exactly right that it will be good to free up Utomi.

And those 3 bigs are all coming back with Williams coming in too. Not a positive future for Mark with the Zips. Wish the kid luck.

I don't know the NCAA rules, but I suspect that the earlier he withdraws coupled with the circumstances make it easier for him to argue that this year should be treated like a red shirt year and not count against his eligibility.

Gueye will have to find college basketball's Last Chance U.

History tells s someone will drop out by next year. I suspect we may well have lost K-lac in any event. Who knows, maybe they just got an early jump on the exits with K-lac and Gueye.

Nice story from the Beacon Journal about Xavior Gray- https://www.ohio.com/sports/20190129/jackson-star-ol-xavior-gray-commits-to-akron/1

Bob and the Beacon can't seem to figure out just what he is. Is he a columnist? A humorist? An investigative reporter? In the end, whatever he's trying to be is being done poorly (yet arrogantly). Hopefully, Gatehouse will get their fill quickly.

My post was directed at GT's repeated insistence that Riak is being underutilized.

You should have waited for the end of the scroll. It actually read "Akron- 67 Northern Illinois 65.......Riak virtually forgotten....

OK, on the venting theme, could someone please explain to me why "Fat Bottomed Girls" is a staple in the pep band repertoire? It's even more questionable with the dance team and cheerleaders on the floor.

Uh oh, now NWAkron is going to have flashbacks!

I didn't mean to imply they would overlook OU, rather that I think OU may play way over their heads with the big crowd, etc.

The Zips get week off before heading into Athens to face the kittens next week. As I recall, the game is part of a doubleheader at Athens with the OU women's team to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Convocation Center with $5 tickets to fill the place. The Kittens are 11-8 overall and 3-4 in the MAC. In the MAC, they have beaten Ball State twice and Western with losses to BG, Northern, PCCC and Toledo. After a tough start, they are on a two game win streak. Redshirt freshman forward Jason Carter leads their scoring at 16/7 ppg while senior forward Doug Taylor leads rebounding at 7.7 rpg. This feels like a trap game to me.

Sorry Let'sGo, but I can't agree with you on this one. Riak had a rough game, especially a rough start with a couple of ugly early turnovers that led to easy points at the other end and he just seemed tentative all day. To his credit, he stuck with it and was in at crunch time. To his credit, I think his defense gets overlooked. I heard one of the players in an interview a couple of weeks ago talk about how much of a leader he is on the defensive end.

I would at some point like a win that wasn't characterized as "gutty." "Comfortable" would be nice.

Why call a time out there and give them a chance to set up a play?

Okay, let's accomplish something out of the time out.

Well....sh!+...…

Huge 3 by LCJ.