Toledo (17-6, 8-2) at Akron (17-6, 9-1) – 7:00 PM ET (ESPN+)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day returns to the Rubber Capital of the World as Akron hosts the Toledo Rockets in yet another battle of top teams in the MAC. Akron is coming off of a 67-55 win against Kent State in which Xavier Casteneda led the Zips with 24 points in front of a nationally televised audience. Tonight’s game will be pivotal for Akron in that they will be playing three of their next four games on the road, including an eventual rematch with Toledo in a couple weeks.
Whereas Akron comes into tonight with an 8-game winning streak, Toledo comes in almost as equally hot with a 7-game winning streak. Even a 43-point performance from Emoni Bates was not enough for Eastern Michigan to knock off the Rockets a couple of weeks ago. More recently, both RayJ Dennis and JT Shumate scored 18 points apiece to lead Toledo over Central Michigan.