Akron Zips vs Bowling Green Falcons: Don Best MAC Tournament Odds & Insights for 3/11/2021

The No. 3 seed Akron Zips (14-7) and the No. 6 seed Bowling Green Falcons (14-10) will look to advance in the MAC tournament on Thursday as they meet in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament at 6:30 PM ET on ESPN+. Akron is listed as a 1.5-point favorite to win this contest and advance closer to an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament bracket.

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ATS Records for Akron and Bowling Green

Akron Leaders

• Loren Cristian Jackson leads the Zips in scoring (21.6 points per game) and assisting (6.3 assists per game).
• Akron is led in rebounds by Enrique Freeman's 8.9 per game.
• The Zips are led by Bryan Trimble Jr. from long distance. He hits 3.3 shots from deep per game.
• Jackson leads the team with 1.1 steals per game. Freeman collects 1.9 blocks an outing to pace the Zips.

Bowling Green Leaders

• Justin Turner's strong showing this season give him the top spot on the Falcons scoring and assists leaderboards with 19.1 points per game and 4.4 assists per game.
• Daeqwon Plowden's 8.1 rebounds per game paces Bowling Green's rebounding effort. He also adds 13.2 points per game.
• Trey Diggs averages 2.3 made threes per game to lead the Falcons.
• Turner leads the Zips with 1.1 steals per game and Plowden is their top shot blocker with 0.9 blocks per game.

Akron vs Bowling Green: Last 6 Meetings

Akron and Bowling Green have a tied 3-3 record in their last six head-to-head matchups. The Zips and the Falcons have a tied 2-2 record ATS in those head-to-head matchups.

Points Insights

• The Zips record 78.6 points per contest, just 3.1 more points than the 75.5 the Falcons give up to opponents.
• Akron is 10-2 overall and 6-0 against the spread when scoring more than 75.5 points.
• Bowling Green has a 1-7 record against the spread and a 1-7 record overall when allowing more than 78.6 points.
• The Falcons' 79 points per game are seven more points than the 72 the Zips allow to opponents.
• Bowling Green is 8-0 against the spread and 13-4 overall when it scores more than 72 points.
• Akron's record is 1-3 against the spread and 3-5 overall when it gives up more than 79 points.
• The Zips have totaled 138 more points than their opponents this season (6.6 per game on average), and the Falcons have scored 84 more points than their opponents (3.5 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Zips and the Falcons rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 36.9 and 37.2 boards per game, respectively.
• The Falcons are 6-1 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Zips are 0-3-1 when they lose the rebounding battle
• The Zips average 10.3 offensive boards per game, -1.5 rebounds fewer than the Falcons.
• When the Falcons grab the most offensive rebounds they are 5-7 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, the Zips are 5-3.
• Akron finds nightly success on the boards with an average rebounding margin of +3.4 rebounds per game. Bowling Green struggles in comparison averaging a margin of -0.6.