Eastern Michigan hosts Freeman and Akron
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This article was published 12/01/2023 (712 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Eastern Michigan Eagles (4-12, 1-2 MAC) at Akron Zips (10-6, 2-1 MAC)
Akron, Ohio; Friday, 7 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Akron -13.5; over/under is 141.5
BOTTOM LINE: Akron hosts the Eastern Michigan Eagles after Enrique Freeman scored 21 points in Akron’s 74-70 victory over the Bowling Green Falcons.
The Zips have gone 8-0 in home games. Akron is sixth in the MAC in rebounding averaging 33.6 rebounds. Freeman leads the Zips with 10.9 boards.
The Eagles have gone 1-2 against MAC opponents. Eastern Michigan gives up 80.1 points to opponents while being outscored by 7.0 points per game.
The matchup Friday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Xavier Castaneda is scoring 19.3 points per game with 4.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists for the Zips. Freeman is averaging 14.8 points and 10.9 rebounds while shooting 57.7% over the last 10 games for Akron.
Emoni Bates is averaging 20.9 points and six rebounds for the Eagles. Tyson Acuff is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Eastern Michigan.
LAST 10 GAMES: Zips: 7-3, averaging 72.7 points, 35.1 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 7.7 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 42.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 60.5 points per game.
Eagles: 3-7, averaging 70.6 points, 26.9 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 7.2 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 41.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.2 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.