POPULAR SEARCHES <br> BROWSE BY <br>Ohio Bobcats (10-6, 4-0 MAC) at Akron Zips (11-5, 4-0 MAC)<br>Akron, Ohio; Friday, 6 p.m. EST<br><a href="http://betmgm.com/" rel="nofollow">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:</a> Zips -3.5; over/under is 159<br>BOTTOM LINE: Akron hosts Ohio after Nate Johnson scored 28 points in Akron's 85-78 win over the Toledo Rockets.<br>The Zips are 8-0 in home games. Akron is the MAC leader with 36.4 rebounds per game led by James Okonkwo averaging 8.2.<br>The Bobcats have gone 4-0 against MAC opponents. Ohio is 4-6 against opponents over .500.<br>Akron scores 82.3 points, 8.5 more per game than the 73.8 Ohio gives up. Ohio averages 7.5 more points per game (81.1) than Akron allows to opponents (73.6).<br>The Zips and Bobcats match up Friday for the first time in MAC play this season.<br>TOP PERFORMERS: Okonkwo is averaging 7.7 points and 8.2 rebounds for the Zips.<br>Jackson Paveletzke is averaging 12.1 points and 5.7 assists for the Bobcats.<br>LAST 10 GAMES: Zips: 7-3, averaging 81.7 points, 37.2 rebounds, 16.2 assists, 8.0 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 44.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.9 points per game.<br>Bobcats: 8-2, averaging 82.7 points, 31.3 rebounds, 16.7 assists, 8.3 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 50.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.2 points.<br>___<br>The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a href="https://www.dataskrive.com/">Data Skrive</a> and data from <a href="https://www.sportradar.com">Sportradar</a>.<br><br><a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimgFBVV95cUxOVElnRFFHemoyN2hCZGxOSWpCMFpzUG0wbXp1bUZ1Z3Z3MElLTFE4cmRxZUpGcUhJNm9UdU1tR2RiSVpTdFFjYWdOZmhjdzNQajNRMmxqR0NDX2VnQXBEYThkT045MHNRTy1MYWNBVVl2UEdyTHBuLVBncEhkRUFlc01PYjNIT3FtNzh5ZEtLSklvRFJfNk10dlN3?oc=5">source</a>
