clarkwgriswold Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) The Zips visit Mount Pleasant Tuesday to play one of the few teams left with a native American team name. The Chippewas are dismal 2-12 and haven’t played since January 11th. Jermaine Jackson Jr. leads the Chipps at a mere 11.4 ppg. Ralph BIssainthe leads rebounding at 7.1 rpg. Their two wins are against PCCC and Eastern Illinois. In their last game on January 11th they lost by 31 (99-68) to Eastern Michigan. Edited January 23, 2022 by clarkwgriswold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZippers Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 27 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Their two wins are against Olivet and Eastern Illinois. In their last game on January 11th they lost by 31 (99-68) to Eastern Michigan. Olivet was an exhibition game. Their second win was against PCCC in Kent, so they have been able to do something this season that the Zips were not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 11 minutes ago, UAZippers said: Olivet was an exhibition game. Their second win was against PCCC in Kent, so they have been able to do something this season that the Zips were not. Fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 My thought on this stretch of games (Kent to CMU) was that the Zips needed to go 4-1 heading into Toledo on Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 CMU is in a real position of rebuilding. They have a new head coach, Tony Barbee who was an assistant at Kentucky and before that had head-coaching stops at Auburn and UTEP. The team has 12 players who were not on last year's roster. They have four returnees, including starters Ralph Bissainthe and Audre Polk. Polk, a 6-foot-10 sophomore from Detroit who was on the All-MAC Freshman Team last year. They have really struggled so far. Looking at the MAC stats, they are 11th in points scored per game and 12th in points surrendered per game. They are last in point margin at -19.4 per game. They are last in field goal percentage, opponent field goal percentage, rebounds per game and rebounds per game margin. They also have trouble with turnovers and are 11th in TO margin. They are first in 3 point percentage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said: CMU is in a real position of rebuilding. They have a new head coach, Tony Barbee who was an assistant at Kentucky and before that had head-coaching stops at Auburn and UTEP. The team has 12 players who were not on last year's roster. They have four returnees, including starters Ralph Bissainthe and Audre Polk. Polk, a 6-foot-10 sophomore from Detroit who was on the All-MAC Freshman Team last year. They have really struggled so far. Looking at the MAC stats, they are 11th in points scored per game and 12th in points surrendered per game. They are last in point margin at -19.4 per game. They are last in field goal percentage, opponent field goal percentage, rebounds per game and rebounds per game margin. They also have trouble with turnovers and are 11th in TO margin. They are first in 3 point percentage. The one area that CMU is strong is in 3-point shooting. They're first in the MAC in 3P%, meanwhile, we're 9th in the MAC in defending against the 3 ball. We will need to be able to run them off the 3 point line otherwise they might be able to hang around with the 3 ball much like WMU did against us. Edited January 23, 2022 by kreed5120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 1 hour ago, kreed5120 said: The one area that CMU is strong is in 3-point shooting. They're first in the MAC in 3P%, meanwhile, we're 9th in the MAC in defending against the 3 ball. We will need to be able to run them off the 3 point line otherwise they might be able to hang around with the 3 ball much like WMU did against us. It's a little odd in that they are number one in 3 point percentage but in the bottom half of threes made per game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 15 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said: It's a little odd in that they are number one in 3 point percentage but in the bottom half of threes made per game. So they shoot them well but not often. Smart 😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 Looking into this one, their leading scorer Jermaine Jackson left the program to begin prepping for his pro career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said: Looking into this one, their leading scorer Jermaine Jackson left the program to begin prepping for his pro career. yikes. I will make a mental note to follow up on how his pro-career turns out 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 Nice article on Ali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1981 grad Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Blue & Gold said: Nice article on Ali For all those George Thomas critics, here is a nice relevant article on the Zips. Ali needs to be a consistent scorer for this team to win. Trimble is going to have his on and off games. We can win when he is off but we cannot win if both he and Ali struggle offensively. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 The Zips are currently 13-point favorites heading into this one. I don't see any reason why it would be too much of a struggle, but we all know how this group can be so hard to figure out. I would like to see a nice enough lead for the guys on the bench to come in and get significant minutes to give the starters rest ahead of their biggest test of the season on Friday, and I would simply like to see Clarke develop as a leader on the floor. I know he can do it, he had so many great moments last year. But it's been slim to none this year. Also, I've really liked what I've seen from Aziz, so continuing to grow him can add another wrinkle that teams will have to worry about moving forward. With all of that said, this is just a place that's never easy to win at. Between the bus ride being so long and the weather being so brutal even by Akron standards, a few good Zip teams have gone on road trips to abysmal Directional Michigan schools and come back with embarrassing losses. Go Zips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 1 hour ago, LoyalZIP said: The Zips are currently 13-point favorites heading into this one. I don't see any reason why it would be too much of a struggle, but we all know how this group can be so hard to figure out. I would like to see a nice enough lead for the guys on the bench to come in and get significant minutes to give the starters rest ahead of their biggest test of the season on Friday, and I would simply like to see Clarke develop as a leader on the floor. I know he can do it, he had so many great moments last year. But it's been slim to none this year. Also, I've really liked what I've seen from Aziz, so continuing to grow him can add another wrinkle that teams will have to worry about moving forward. With all of that said, this is just a place that's never easy to win at. Between the bus ride being so long and the weather being so brutal even by Akron standards, a few good Zip teams have gone on road trips to abysmal Directional Michigan schools and come back with embarrassing losses. Go Zips! CMU is desperate at this point. They got nothing to lose. Their record is terrible, and they lost their best player. And they haven't had competition in weeks. Their last game was 31 point loss to EMU. This would be a total collapse and fail if the Zips lose this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 1 hour ago, NWAkron said: CMU is desperate at this point. They got nothing to lose. Their record is terrible, and they lost their best player. And they haven't had competition in weeks. Their last game was 31 point loss to EMU. This would be a total collapse and fail if the Zips lose this one. Agreed, but yet our Zips seem to play to the level of the competition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 Tonight's under/overs: Freeman- 11 rebounds Trimble- 3 made three pointers Ali- 14 points CMU FG percentage- 40% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWAkron Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 I'm awaiting the notice that this one is canceled because CMU can't field a team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 32 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Tonight's under/overs: Freeman- 11 rebounds Trimble- 3 made three pointers Ali- 14 points CMU FG percentage- 40% Under Over Over Under Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) 58 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Tonight's under/overs: Freeman- 11 rebounds Trimble- 3 made three pointers Ali- 14 points CMU FG percentage- 40% Under 3 Over Under I’ll add one: Aziz - 1.5 blocks Edited January 25, 2022 by Reslife4Life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kangaroo Craig Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 5:43 AM, MDZip said: So they shoot them well but not often. Smart 😂 That's either a bad game plan, or opposing defenses doing a good job of taking away the open looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 Akron by a million... LFG; I've been looking forward to this one all day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illini Zip Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 What am I missing. I don't see the ESPN 3/Plus link for the Akron/Central Michigan game at 7:00. Anybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronAlumnus Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, Illini Zip said: What am I missing. I don't see the ESPN 3/Plus link for the Akron/Central Michigan game at 7:00. Anybody? Here you go brother: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/eventCalendarId/401365130?gameId=401365130&sourceLang=en 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted January 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Illini Zip said: What am I missing. I don't see the ESPN 3/Plus link for the Akron/Central Michigan game at 7:00. Anybody? Sometimes that happens and I just have to go to Search and find. Just had to do that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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