Dayton > Millikin

The men's basketball team has a huge away matchup tonight with the Dayton Flyers. If you live in the Cincinnati or Dayton areas, tune in to FSN Ohio at 9 see your Flyers lose. If you live in the Cleveland, Akron, Toledo or Columbus area, the coverage of Akron/Dayton will pick up right after the Cavs/76ers.

Shocking Stat:

Alex Abreu's 8 assists last week were the most in a single game by an Akron player in almost three years. Dru Joyce had 10 in January of 2007. I read all summer long that Abreu was a talented point guard, and if he continues to improve his passing game we could see a very, very good Akron Zips basketball team in the next couple of years. One of the main issues with the team in the last couple years has been the lack of ability to distribute the ball in clutch situations. Last year's close home losses to Austin Peay and Rhode Island immediately spring to mind.

Look for a very intense game tonight. Both teams are very scrappy, underrated teams looking to impress a local televised audience.

In other news, the women's basketball team lost 69-54 to IPFW yesterday. Sophomore Rachel Tecca looked very impressive, playing 30 minutes while putting up 21 points on 10-17 shooting, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Unfortunately, nobody else on the team scored more than 7. Tecca's 4 assists were also a team high. The lady Zips have another road game tomorrow against IUPUI.