Today's Game: Princeton (5-6 / 0-0) vs. Akron (7-4 / 0-0)
Location: James A. Rhodes Arena - Akron, OH
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
| Princeton | Akron | |
| 2-3 | Home Record | 5-0 |
| 3-2 | Away Record | 0-3 |
| 0-1 | Neutral Record | 2-1 |
| 169 | RPI | 104 |
| 132 | Sagarin | 51 |
| 91 | Pomeroy | 49 |
| 60.2 | Points / Game | 78.3 |
| 58.3 | Points Allowed / Game | 65.8 |
| .446 | FG% | .473 |
| .698 | FT% | .693 |
| .337 | 3PT FG% | .364 |
| 30.1 | Rebounds / Game | 37.0 |
| 7.8 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 12.8 |
| -0.8 | Rebounding Margin | +4.5 |
| 14.6 | Assists / Game | 15.6 |
| 13.3 | Turnovers / Game | 14.5 |
| 2.4 | Blocks / Game | 6.6 |
| Hummer: 15.5 | Points | Marshall: 13.0 |
| Hummer: 6.5 | Rebounds | Marshall: 6.6 |
| Hummer: 4.6 | Assists | Abreu: 5.7 |
| Bray: 2.0 | Steals | Walsh: 1.5 |
| Hummer: 1.1 | Blocks | Marshall: 4.0 |
| Brase: .576 | FG% (Min: 10 FGA) | Treadwell: .639 |
| Koon: .905 | FT% (Min: 10 FTA) | Kretzer: .900 |
| Barrett: .500 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTA) | Walsh: .429 |
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A few things you should know about the Zips in advance of the opening tip:
1. They're an impressive 109-17 at home the previous nine seasons, including a perfect 5-0 mark this year.
2. In addition to a Top 100 defense, Akron also has the 26th most efficient offense. They shoot the ball very well inside the arc (53.4%) and grab 38.0% of all available offensive rebounds.
3. A lot of that has to do with two players - 7'0" senior center Zeke Marshall and junior forward Demetrius "Tree" Treadwell. Marshall - who averages 13.0 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.0 blocks - is in the Top 10 nationally in three categories: Block Percentage (15.8 - 8th), Fouls Drawn (7.7 - 7th) and FT Rate (122.7 - 2nd). In Treadwell's last two games he had 15/8 in 23 minutes versus Cleveland State and 18/10 in 22 minutes versus Texas Southern.
4. Akron's best win is over #40 Middle Tennessee in OT at home. Three of their four losses are against Top 100 teams - #96 Detroit, #15 Creighton and to #17 Oklahoma State in OT, a game they let get away at the end of regulation.
5. This game poses a significantly more difficult challenge than Princeton's visits to fellow MAC East foes Buffalo (#166) and Kent State (#137).
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