University of Akron NCAA News

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A quick-hitting scoring run that turns defeat into victory, or a close game into a blowout.

And that makes so much sense! But then again, maybe you don't want to see this. I don't know the antidote for losing five games in a row, but a trip to Kent cannot possibly be part of the cure.

While most of our area will be shivering with temperatures in the 30s, the University of Akron softball team will open the season in the warmer weather of the South in the Southeast Louisiana Lion Classic this afternoon.

WMU's Mike Douglas, top, makes a pass to teammate Matt Stainbrook over Akron's Demetrius Treadwell Wednesday night at University Arena.

MACsketball notes and highlights, where the East remains king but the West is starting a bit of an uprising : Flenard Whitfield had a chance.

Akron's Zeke Marshall , a 7-foot junior center, leads the Zips with 10.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game.

The Zips are riding a five-game win streak and, after some early season struggles, appear to be a team on the verge of putting everything together.

The groin injury of Cleveland State forward D'Aundray Brown is nothing new. He has had it for several years, according to Vikings coach Gary Waters -- Brown receives treatment and soon returns to play.

Sina King had a big week for the University of Akron's women's basketball team and was rewarded as the Mid-American Conference East Division Player of the week.

Toledo's Rian Pearson has earned the StatSheet MAC Player of the Week for the week ending February 6th.

It's too early to know if this will be Keith Dambrot's best basketball team at Akron, but it may be his most talented.

StatSeed is StatSheet's postseason projections for all of Division I, including the NCAA Tournament, National Invitation Tournament , College Basketball Invitational , and the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament .

From the outside looking in, Cleveland State seems to be cruising to a Horizon League title going into the final month of the regular season.

When the 2012 college football season kicks off, six Orrville High School alums will be on Div.

The Toledo Rockets women's basketball team played host to the Akron Zips, while the Lady Falcons took on Northern Illinois down at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green.

National college football signing day saw the Akron Zips focus on getting bigger, and the Kent State Golden Flashes look for speed.

The star newcomer of Rich Rodriguez 's debut crew will not count as a member of his initial recruiting class.

AGWildcatReport: Quotes, links, couple of videos -- a position-by-position breakdown of the #arizonawildcats recruiting class: http://t.co/2ciMMkxo AGWildcatReport: You might have missed this: DT signee Dwight Melvin was part of a chat with the AZ Republic today.

Sophomore G Rian Pearson scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed 12 rebounds on Wednesday evening but his stellar performance wasn't enough to overcome Akron's red-hot shooting in Toledo's 86-72 defeat to the MAC East Division-leading Zips in Rhodes Arena.