Ohio at Toledo
■ Time: 7 p.m.
■ Records: Ohio 11-7, 2-4 MAC; UT 12-7, 3-3
■ TV: BCSN
■ Radio: 1370
■ Series: Ohio leads 69-56
■ Notes: The Rockets begin a three-game homestand, their longest of the MAC schedule. … Both teams have traditionally dominated their home floors in this series. UT is 41-20 in Toledo, while the Bobcats are 46-14 in Athens. … Ohio point guard Jaaron Simmons leads the MAC in assists per game (7.3), while center Tony Campbell leads the conference in blocks with 32 in 18 games. … UT and Ohio are coming off identical weeks. Each team won at home, followed by a road loss. The Bobcats lost 72-49 to Central Michigan, while UT lost 58-49 at Northern Illinois. … This is the only scheduled meeting of the season. The Rockets won 80-73 in last year's matchup at the Convocation Center. … The Bobcats are the best free-throw shooting team in the MAC at 76.7 percent. … UT leads the MAC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.5. … Ohio and Toledo have the two highest field-goal percentages in the league. Ohio (46.5) ranks just ahead of UT (46.4). … UT center Nathan Boothe is averaging 22.3 points and 8.8 rebounds in MAC games. He leads the MAC in scoring by nearly two points per game.
Bowling Green at Western Michigan
■ Time: 7 p.m.
■ Records: BGSU 12-7, 3-3 MAC; WMU 8-11, 2-4
■ Radio: 1470, 99.1
■ Series: BGSU leads 69-46
■ Notes: The Falcons look to remain unbeaten in Mid-American Conference road games. BG has road wins at Ohio and at Eastern Michigan. … The Falcons are on a four-game winning streak over Western Michigan, including wins in the last two games at Kalamazoo. Before that streak WMU, which is 7-3 at home this season, won the previous four meetings. … The Broncos are led by Thomas Wilder (17.6 points per game) and Tucker Haymond (17.1). … Western Michigan is outrebounding opponents by plus-5.3 rebounds per game, the second-best mark in the MAC, and leads the league by grabbing 75.5 percent of the defensive rebounds available. … Bowling Green senior Spencer Parker averaged 13.4 points in nonconference games and 16.0 points in MAC contests … Parker has averaged 17.5 points in his last five contests, leading the Falcons in scoring in four of them. … Wes Alcegaire has scored 10.3 points in league games (9.5 non-MAC), and Antwon Lillard averages 9.8 points in the MAC (7.4 non-MAC).
First Published January 26, 2016, 5:13 a.m.
