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ATHENS, Ohio -- The Ohio men's basketball team (13-11, 5-6 MAC) is back in Athens starting Friday, Feb. 10 when the Bobcats host Akron (17-7, 9-2 MAC). Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. inside the Convocation Center. The Bobcats matchup will be seen on CBS Sports Network where John Sadak & Steve Wolf will have the call.

The Bobcats' matchup can also be heard on the Ohio Sports Network from Learfield. Russ Eisenstein returns for his 15th season as the "Voice of the Bobcats" and will be joined by Ohio alum Rob Cornlius, who has been a part of the broadcasts for two decades. WXTQ (Power 105) in Athens returns as the 11-station network's flagship.  

STORYLINES
• Ohio is coming off an 82-76 win at NIU on Tuesday night. 
• This is the 90th all-time meeting between Ohio and Akron.
• Akron leads the all-time series, 47-42. 
• Ohio and Akron met two weeks ago in Akron, with Ohio falling, 83-77.
• The Bobcats and Akron met twice last season, with the two teams splitting the series. 
•The Bobcats took the first game, 69-63 at Akron, before following to the Zips, 91-83 in the Convo.  
• Ohio is 12-17 against Akron since 2009-10, while the Bobcats are 2-5 against The Zips under Jeff Boals. 
• Ohio has registered an impressive 550-179 (.756) all-time record at the Convocation Center, which opened in 1968.
• Ohio is 10-1 in the Convo this season.
• Last season Ohio finished 15-2 in the Convo. 
• Ohio is ranked 149th in the latest NET Rankings, with Akron ranked 106.
• In the NCAA, Ohio ranks 40th in total rebounds per game, 89th in defensive rebounds per game and 50th in offensive rebounds per game.
• Ohio also ranks 62nd in three point percentage, 62nd in three pointers made and 41st in scoring offense. The Bobcats also rank 43rd in bench points per game. 
• Dwight Wilson III is 13th in the NCAA in field goal percentage, 13th in offensive rebounds per game and 22nd in rebounds per game. He also ranks 32nd in double doubles and 34th in total rebounds. 
• Dwight Wilson III leads the MAC in field goal percentage and is third in rebounding, while Miles Brown ranks third in the league in three-point field goal percentage. 
• Jaylin Hunter is second in the MAC in assist/turnover ratio. 
• The Bobcats picked up their first MAC road victory on Feb. 7 at NIU. 
• Jaylin Hunter and Dwight Wilson III were back in full force again on Feb. 4 against Miami, with Hunter tying his career-high with 23 points and seven rebounds, while Wilson III added 21 points and nine rebounds. The two also combined to go 11-for-11 from the field. 

SCOUTING AKRON
Akron enters the matchup with Ohio with a 17-7 record and a 9-2 mark in MAC play and is coming off an 84-74 loss against Toledo on Tuesday. 

Overall, Akron averages 72.0 points a game, while shooting .431 from the field, .350 from three and .728 from the line. Akron also averages 36.0 rebounds a game, 13.3 assists and 6.4 steals a game. Akron also forces 12.9 turnovers a game. 

Meanwhile, Opponents average 63.6 points and 32.8 rebounds a game. Opponents also shoot .420 from the field, .332 from three and .709 from the line. Opponents also dish out 11.5 assists and grab 5.6 steals a game, while also forcing 11.3 turnovers a game. 

Individually, Xavier Castaneda averages 21.1 points a game, while grabbing 4.4 rebounds. He also shoots .414 from the field, .400 from three and .831 from the line. Enrique Freeman adds 15.1 points and 11.0 rebounds, while shooting .592 from the field and .632 from the line. 

SCOUTING OHIO
Ohio enters the matchup with Akron with a 13-11 record and a 5-6 mark in MAC play after defeating NIU, 82-76 Tuesday night in DeKalb. 

As a team, Ohio is averaging 78.1 points and 38.0 rebounds a game, while opponents average 73.6 points and 34.7 rebounds a game. The Bobcats are also shooting .461 from the field, .363 from three and .721 from the line. Ohio also adds 13.1 assists, 6.1 steals and force 11.9 turnovers a game.

Opponents are shooting .441 from the field, .357 from three and .672 from the line, while dishing out 13.0 assists, 6.3 steals and 11.6 turnovers a game. 

Individually, Dwight Wilson III leads Ohio with 15.9 points a game, while shooting .636 from the field, while also averaging 9.7 rebounds a game. Jaylin Hunter adds 11.8 points and 4.3 assists a game, while Miles Brown adds 10.7 points a game. 

ALL TIME VS. AKRON
This is the 90th all-time meeting between Ohio and Akron.

Akron leads the all-time series, 47-42. 

Ohio and Akron met two weeks ago in Akron, with Ohio falling, 83-77.

The Bobcats and Akron met twice last season, with the two teams splitting the series. 

The Bobcats took the first game, 69-63 at Akron, before following to the Zips, 91-83 in the Convo.  

Ohio is 12-17 against Akron since 2009-10, while the Bobcats are 2-5 against The Zips under Jeff Boals.

LAST TIME AGAINST AKRON
Ohio and Akron met two weeks ago in Akron, with Ohio falling, 83-77.

Overall, Ohio shot 51.8 percent from the field, 38.5 percent from three and were 9-of-15 from the line, while Akron shot 56.0 percent from the field, 56.3 percent from three and were 18-of-25 from the line. Akron out-rebounded the Bobcats, 33-23, while the Bobcats forced 10 turnovers and only turned the ball over seven times. 

Individually, Jaylin Hunter scored 16 points, going 4-of-10 from three, while grabbing four rebounds and dishing out five assists. Miles Brown added 15 points, going 6-of-9 from the field, and dishing out four assists. AJ Brown added 15 points and five rebounds, while Dwight Wilson III scored 14 points and grabbed four rebounds.

For Akron, Enrique Freeman scored 32 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Xavier Castaneda added 16 points, followed by Trendon Hankerson with 14. 

LAST TIME OUT
Ohio is coming off an 82-76 win at NIU on Tuesday night. 

Overall, Ohio shot 50.9 percent from the field, 45.5 percent from three and were 16-of-20 from the line, while NIU shot 45.9 percent from the field, 26.3 percent from three and were 15-of-23 from the line. Ohio out-rebounded Ohio 39-30, while Ohio dished out 14 assists to NIU's 13.

Individually, the Bobcats were led by junior guard Jaylin Hunter (Manchester, Conn.) with 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists, followed by senior guard Miles Brown (Rochester, N.Y.) with 16 points and seven boards, followed by graduate student forward Dwight Wilson III (Tallahassee, Fla.) with 13 points and eight boards. Freshman guard Elmore James (Cleveland, Ohio) added 13 points, and senior guard DeVon Baker (Dayton, Ohio) added nine points. 

For NIU, Kaleb Thornton scored 21 points, while Zarique Nutter added nine rebounds

OHIO IN NET
Ohio is ranked 149th in the latest NET Rankings, with Akron ranked 106.

OHIO IN NCAA
In the NCAA, Ohio ranks 40th in total rebounds per game, 89th in defensive rebounds per game and 50th in offensive rebounds per game.

Ohio also ranks 62nd in three point percentage, 62nd in three pointers made and 41st in scoring offense. The Bobcats also rank 43rd in bench points per game. 

Dwight Wilson III is 13th in the NCAA in field goal percentage, 13th in offensive rebounds per game and 22nd in rebounds per game. He also ranks 32nd in double doubles and 34th in total rebounds. 

MAC RANKINGS
Dwight Wilson III leads the MAC in field goal percentage and is third in rebounding, while Miles Brown ranks third in the league in three-point field goal percentage. 

Jaylin Hunter is second in the MAC in assist/turnover ratio. 

PROTECT THIS HOUSE
Ohio has registered an impressive 550-179 (.756) all-time record at the Convocation Center, which opened in 1968.

Ohio is 10-1 in the Convo this season. 

Last season Ohio finished 15-2 in the Convo. 

DJ ALL-TIME MARKS
As Dwight Wilson III's career begins to wind down, he is looking at cementing his mark in a number of spots in the Ohio record book. 

Currently, Wilson III has an Ohio career .645 field goal percentage, which will cement his as Ohio's all-time leader in field goal percentage. 

AJ BROWN MAKES A STATEMENT
Freshman guard AJ Brown showed the type of talent Ohio could see over the next four years against UC Clermont, where he scored a game-high 18 points, went 7-of-11 from the field and dished out four assists in the victory. 

As AJ Brown continues to see more minutes, he continues to get more comfortable, with a stellar game on Dec. 11 at Youngstown State where he scored 16 points, while going 6-of-8 from the field. 

He was also stellar off the bench against Florida, scoring a team-high 14 points in 24 minutes. 

Brown made his first career start on Dec. 17 against Stetson, scoring 13 points, grabbed four rebounds and drained three 3-pointers. 

On Dec. 21 at Delaware, Brown was efficient, scoring 14 points, going 5-of-9 from the field, 2-of-2 from three and grabbed a career-high five boards. 

AJ Brown had a bounce back game on Jan. 24 against WMU, scoring 16 points, going 6-of-10 from the field and 3-of-4 from the line, while also grabbing four rebounds. 

Brown built on that at Akron the following game, scoring 15 points. 

So far this season, Brown is averaging 10.6 points a game and is shooting .430 from the field. 

HUNTER FINDING A GROOVE
Junior guard Jaylin Hunter started to find his groove in the Green and White. 

On Dec. 11 at Youngstown State, Hunter led the Bobcats with 17 points, five rebounds, seven assists and three steals in the victory. 

Hunter led Ohio against Cleveland State, scoring 17 points, grabbing four rebounds and dishing out seven assists in the victory. 

Hunter is had a career-high 23-point performance against Ball State on Jan. 10. Hunter finished the game, 7-of-12 from the field and 4-of-5 from three, while also going 5-of-6 from the line. 

Hunter put together a solid game at Akron on Jan. 28, scoring a team-leading 16 points, while going 4-of-10 from three and dishing out five assists. 

Hunter was solid at EMU on Jan. 31, scoring 22 points, going 8-of-16 from the field and hitting a new career-high of five threes. 

Hunter tied his career-high on Feb. 4 against Miami, scoring 23 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out four assists in the win. 

Hunter was stellar on Feb. 7 at NIU, scoring 19 points, while grabbing seven rebounds and dishing out five assists 

As of Feb. 6, Hunter averages 11.8 points and 4.3 assists a game. 

BROWN SETTING UP FOR CAREER YEAR
Senior guard Miles Brown is already on pace to set new marks in his fourth season in the Green and White. 

After a solid game at Belmont, Brown was clutch against Cleveland State, scoring 14 points and going a perfect 6-of-6 from the line in the victory. 

Brown was also solid against No. 20 Michigan, scoring 11 points and grabbing a season-hight nine rebounds. 

He was back in action during the Bobcat battle where he averaged 16.0 points and set and matched a career-high four made threes before being named the tournament MVP. 

Brown set another career-high on Jan. 3 at Buffalo, scoring a personal best 24 points. Brown went 7-of-16 from the field, 4-of-7 from three and was 6-of-6 from the line. 

Brown reset his career high on Jan. 21, scoring 27 points and hitting six made threes. 

Brown helped the Bobcats to victory Feb. 7 at NIU, scoring 16 points and grabbing seven rebounds in 32 minutes on the court.

Brown averages 10.7 points and 3.3 rebounds a game, while shooting .444 from three, .449 from the field and .758 from the line. 

WELCOME BACK DJ
In his return to the court after missing all of last season due to a knee injury, Dwight Wilson III put on a show. 

Wilson III finished the game with a game-high 20 points, going 8-of-10 from the field and 4of-4 from the line. He also grabbed eight rebounds in 24 minutes of action. 

He then put on a show at No. 20 Michigan, scoring 21 points and grabbing nine boards. 

Wilson III was the hero on Dec. 11 at YSU, hitting the buzzer beater to give Ohio the victory. In that game, he scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. 

Wilson III recorded another 20-point performance on Dec. 17 against Stetson, scoring 20 points, while going 8-of-9 from the field and 4-of-6 from the line. 

Wilson III was clutch in Ohio's win at Delaware on Dec. 21, scoring 16 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. Wilson III added another double double on Dec. 30, scoring 12 points and grabbing 10 rebounds against Chicago State. 

Dwight Wilson III is coming off a stellar game at Bowling Green on Jan. 7, scoring 17 points and grabbing 17 rebounds - just one off his career high. He followed that up with a 22 point and 10 rebound performance against Ball State on Jan. 10. 

Wilson III added to his career achievement on Jan. 13, scoring a career-high 27 points against Kent State. Wilson III went 9-of-11 from the field and was 9-of-10 from the line. 

Wilson III continued to build on his career year on Tuesday, setting anew career-high with 31 points, while grabbing 11 rebounds. Wilson III went 13-of-16 from the field and 5-of-7 from the line in the victory. 

Wilson III added another double double to his career total at EMU on Jan. 31, scoring 23 points, while going 10-of-12 from the field and grabbing 12 rebounds. 

Wilson III was another force on Feb. 4 against Miami, scoring 21 points and grabbing nine rebounds. 

Wilson III has continued to dominate, averaging 15.9 points and 9.7 rebounds a game, while shooting .636 from the field. 

BROD'S NEW ROLE
After starting every game last season, senior Ben Roderick is fitting in with his new role off the bench. 

This season, Roderick averages 5.2 points, while shooting .361 from the field and .391 from three, while also recording a .786 shooting percentage from the line in just 18.3 minutes a game. 

QUIET YET MIGHTY 
Freshman guard Elmore James responded well in the Bobcats' game against Cleveland State. 

James scored eight points, while going 3-of-4 from the field and hitting both of his free throws. James also added one steal and drew a foul in his nine minutes of action. 

James was stellar on Nov. 30 against UC Clermont, scoring 16 points and going 8-of-12 from the field and grabbed three rebounds in the win. 

James put together a career-high 21 point performance in Jan. 17 at Toledo, going 8-of-10 from the field, 2-of-3 from three and 3-of-4 from the line. 

James made his first career start on Jan. 21 against CMU and has stayed in the starting lineup since. 

James was solid on Feb. 7 at NIU, scoring 13 points, while going 5-of-6 from the line

So far this season, James is averaging 5.8 points and is shooting .516 in 13.0 minutes off the bench. 

SLASH FITTING RIGHT IN
Sophomore AJ Clayton is taking advantage of his new roll. 

After grabbing a career-high nine rebounds at Belmont to open the season, Clayton added on, scoring a career-high 15 points at Detroit Mercy on Wednesday. 

Clayton was consistent again on Dec. 11 at YSU, scoring 10 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. 

Clayton scored a career-high 23 points on Dec. 21 at Delaware, and went 9-for-9 from the line in the victory. Clayton led Ohio against on Dec. 30, scoring 13 points and grabbing six rebounds against Chicago State. 

In his first game on the bench, Clayton recorded a career-high four made threes against Ball State on Jan. 10. 

So far this season, Clayton averages 8.4 points and 5.1 rebounds a game. 

BAKER STARTING TO COOK
Senior guard DeVon Baker has continued to get into the flow of the Green and White. 

After opening the season with a 16-point performance at Belmont, Baker seemed to get on track again at YSU on Dec. 11, scoring 15 points. 

Despite dropping out of the starting lineup, Baker was a playmaker against Stetson on Dec. 17, scoring 12 points, going 5-of-8 from the field, 1-of-1 from three in 18 minutes. 

Baker has continued to make the most of his minutes this season, averaging 6.1 points, while shooting .349 from the field. 

UP NEXT
Up next, the Bobcats are back in Athens on Tuesday, Feb. 14 when they host Buffalo. Tip-off is set for 7p.m. inside the Convo and can be seen on ESPN+. 

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