Eastern Michigan Eagles vs Akron Zips Prediction, 12/19/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Eastern Michigan Eagles vs Akron Zips

Date: Friday, December 19, 2025

Location: James A. Rhodes Arena in Akron, OH

TV: ESPN+

The Eastern Michigan Eagles (6-5) are traveling to James A. Rhodes Arena on Friday where they will attempt to beat the Akron Zips (8-3).

The Eastern Michigan Eagles faced IPFW and went home with a loss by a final score of 80-65 in their last contest. Eastern Michigan ended the game with a 50.0% FG percentage (25 out of 50) and made 8 out of their 22 3-pointers. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Eagles converted 7 of their 15 attempts for a percentage of 46.7%. When it comes to grabbing rebounds, they collected 22 with 3 of them being offensive. They also recorded 14 dimes in this contest in addition to forcing the other team into 7 turnovers and earning 1 steal. Pertaining to defense, Eastern Michigan allowed the other team to shoot 50.0% from the floor on 28 of 56 shooting. IPFW distributed 11 dimes and had 7 steals for the game. Furthermore, IPFW collected 33 boards (6 offensive, 27 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. IPFW finished the game at 82.6% when shooting free throws by making 19 of their 23 tries. They also converted 5 of their 14 shots from beyond the arc. When it comes to personal fouls, the Eagles ended up finishing with 18 and IPFW totaled 19 personal fouls.

Addison Patterson is a guy who was a major factor for the matchup. He left the arena with 13 points on 6 of 9 shooting. He played 25 mins and pulled down 2 boards. He finished the contest at 66.7% from the floor but had no assists when the game ended.

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Eastern Michigan will enter this game with a mark of 6-5 on the season. They lose possession by turning the ball over 12.5 times per contest and as a squad are committing 16.8 fouls every game. As a unit, Eastern Michigan is grabbing 36.9 boards per contest and has earned 156 dimes so far this season, which ranks 189th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. The Eagles are shooting 33.8% on three-point shots (69 of 204) and 72.2% from the free throw line. They average 71.9 pts per game (298th in Division 1) while connecting on 44.6% from the floor.

Defensively, the Eagles have forced 12.7 turnovers per contest while drawing 17.0 fouls. They give up 34.0% from 3-point land while they are 123rd in the nation in opponents PPG (70.9). The Eagles defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 43.4% (282 of 650) and they relinquish 34.9 boards per game as a squad. They rank 171st in college in allowing assists to their opponents with 141 conceded so far this year.

In their last game, the Akron Zips walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 115-100 when they played Murray State. When talking about cleaning up the glass, Akron permitted Murray State to get 37 overall (14 on the offensive side). They shot 56.3% from beyond the perimeter by going 18 of 32 and ended up going 17 of 25 from the charity stripe (68.0%). The Zips permitted Murray State to make 40 of their 69 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 58.0% for this contest. When the final whistle blew, the Zips shot 37 out of 76 from the field which gave them a percentage of 48.7%. In regard to shooting from 3-point land, Akron made 7 out of their 18 attempts (38.9%). They were able to convert 19 of the free throw tries for a rate of 76.0%. Murray State earned 26 personal fouls for this contest which got the Zips to the charity stripe for 25 attempts. They turned the ball over 7 times, while getting 6 steals for this game. The Zips earned 18 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive rebounds for a total of 29 in this game.

Tavari Johnson was important for the Zips for the game. He recorded 28 points in his 30 mins on the court and had 2 dimes for the matchup. He converted 12 of 18 in this matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 66.7%, and added 1 rebound.

Akron has a win-loss record of 8-3 on the campaign. On the offensive side of the court, the Zips are shooting 52.0% from the floor, which is 10th in the nation. Akron has totaled 1,054 pts for the year (95.8 per game) and they grab 38.4 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 20.8 times per contest (4th in D-1) and they turn it over 10.2 times per game. The Zips commit 16.2 fouls per game while shooting 74.0% from the free throw line.

The Akron defense allows 35.0% from downtown (113 of 323) and their opposition makes 73.6% of their foul shots. They allow 15.2 assists and 33.8 total rebounds per game, which ranks 291st and 141st in Division 1. The Zips defensively are ranked 288th in Division 1 in PPG allowed with 78.5. They are able to force 14.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 43.2% from the field (174th in college hoops).

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Akron

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