Akron at Toledo, 7:00 PM Eastern, espn+
The Under the Radar Game of the Day focuses in on Toledo, Ohio today for a huge MACtion battle between the Toledo Rockets and Akron Zips. Toledo has very quietly put together an impressive season, with a 15-4 overall and 10-1 MAC record entering tonight’s game. They have already picked up a solid win at Marshall and swept conference rival Kent State. The Rockets also played very well in a 3 point loss at Xavier back inn November. Five players are averaging double digits for Toledo, led by Marreon Jackson’s 16.9 points per game. The firepower on offense has KenPom rating this team with the 10 best adjusted offensive efficiency in the nation.
Toledo may be playing great, but they did lose one conference game back on January 16 — 95-94 in overtime at Akron. The Zips are going for the regular season sweep tonight, as they enter the game at 10-3 overall and 8-2 in MAC play. Loren Cristian Jackson is leading the Zips with an average of over 20 points per game, and tied his season high with 34 in these two teams’ last matchup. The Zips have not lost since before the first win over Toledo, and will be looking to tie the Rockets for first in the loss column if they can pull the huge road upset tonight.
