AKRON, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team fell to Mid-American Conference foe, the University of Akron, 86-65, tonight, Jan. 26 inside James A. Rhodes Arena. EMU is now 4-8 overall and 1-7 in the MAC, while UA improved to 9-3 with a 7-2 league mark.
Individually, redshirt senior Ty Groce (Ypsilanti, Mich.-Lincoln) notched his fourth-career double-double with a career-high 28 points. He also grabbed 11 rebounds. The Ypsilanti native shot 9-of-16 from the field and drained nine from the charity stripe. Junior Bryce McBride (Jackson, Tenn.