The University of Akron Athletics
Akron-Toledo Postgame Notes
January 31 | Men's Basketball
• Akron posted its fourth-straight victory over Toledo and
topped the Rockets at Rhodes Arena for the fifth-consecutive
time.
• Akron is 74-10 at Rhodes Arena under sixth-year head coach
Keith Dambrot (10-2 overall,
3-0 MAC this season). The Zips have won 35 of their last 39 MAC
home games and 65 of the last 74 overall outings on their home
floor. UA went 11-3 (6-2 MAC) at home in 2008-09.
• The Zips have won four-straight and nine of their last 10
home games against MAC opponents (dating to last season). The loss
in that span came to Bowling Green 50-46 on March 1, 2009.
• The Zips have held MAC opponents under 55 points in nine of
the last 10 home games, including seven straight (the exception
came versus Western Michigan 87-63 on Feb. 8, 2009). Akron is 9-1
in those games, including a 50-46 loss to Bowling Green on March 1,
2009.
• The Zips have held nine opponents to 59 points or less this
season (9-0), and have kept three league foes under 50 points
(topped Miami 69-49 on Jan. 20, Bowling Green 71-45 on Jan. 9 and
Toledo tonight).
• Akron committed a season-low six turnovers, tying their
six-turnover performance against Malone on Dec. 12, 2009.
Player Notes:
• Sophomore guard Anthony
"Humpty" Hitchens scored in double figures for the first time
in six games (10 points versus Bowling Green on Jan. 9). He has
scored in double-digits nine times this season, finishing with 13
tonight. He went 5-for-10 from the field in his fourth-straight
start.
• Sophomore forward Nikola Cvetinovic recorded
his sixth double-digit scoring total of the season
(second-straight) with 10 points on 4-for-7 shooting from the field
and two points from the charity stripe.
